Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 1999-17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mike Robinson
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network)
Description
Looks at how First Nations communities have played an important role in the development of unique co-management regimes that promote regional natural resource sustainability.
Presents a study that examines the unique problems and issues that effect the sustainability of nine communities that are timber-dependent, tourist dependent, subsistence dependent, and forest dependent.
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Provides a legal and policy framework that allows participation by Indigenous local communities (ILCs) to access the economic potential of traditional knowledge.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 35-60
Description
Authors review history, ethnography, and archaeology literatures and conduct interviews with Elders from the Canadian prairies; use Indigenous languages and oral tradition to present Indigenous knowledge and values around mineral extraction, use and trade.
Report (Northern Labour Market Information Clearinghouse) ; no. 64
Documents & Presentations
Description
Needs identified included money management, dealing with funding and political issues, transitioning to broader marketplace, and developing communication and interpersonal skills. Discusses training available and barriers to delivery and makes recommendations to colleges offering programming.
Looks at the connection between sound governance and solid communities. Profiles First Nations communities who have sustainable socio-economic development.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 44-48
Description
Examines the structure and mandate of the Windigo Interim Planning Board, formed as part of Windigo-Shibogama-Ontario Planning Agreement; board deals with issues surrounding the development of a gold mine on traditional lands in North Caribou Lake and Cat Lake First Nations.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 434-460
Description
"This article traces the transformation of the Muskego Cree and the Métis peoples of the district from independent traders, hunters, and wage labourers to a colonized people with diminished economic opportunities."
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 2, 1999, pp. 213-248
Description
Looks at concerns and themes presented to the Royal Commission almost a century ago, which continue to be concerns today, including secure access and control of the traditional resource base and participation in the economy.