Canadian Arctic Resources Committee (CARC) held meetings to identify mining-related issues, opportunities, concerns and discuss projects, which would meet the needs of the communities.
Focuses on opportunities in hard-rock and placer mining. Sources of information include literature review and interviews with Aboriginal leaders, territorial and federal government mining department staff, and industry representatives.
Brief which was submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) outlines the thought process in creating the report and provides a summary of consultations.
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.
Description
Paper discusses fur trade issues including: trap research, standards development, trapper education and trap replacement, all in an attemp to ensure that Canadian wild fur products will continue to have access to the European Market.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
Four main themes are covered: profile of mixed economy in the community; historical, political and cultural context; local views on barriers to economic success, and recommended strategies.
Discusses the creation and accomplishments of the Kitsaki Development Corporation, an economic development and investment arm of the La Ronge Indian Band.
Overview of community's history and discussion of geographic, demographic, institutional, employment and other factors which impact the economic development of the Nimpkish Band. Concludes with recommendations.
Discusses five key elements needed for self-sufficiency: land and natural resources, capital and financing, human resource development, governmental environment, cultural and social environment, and organizational structure. Concludes with recommendations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 43-73
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Analysis of the Choctaw, who live in the southeastern Oklahoma timber region, and how they survive in the face of land alienation and economic challenges to their traditional strategies, in order to maintain a livelihood.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, Fall, 1995, pp. 22-30
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Looks at a printmaking program, started by Father Henri Tardy, as a means for economic growth in the community.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 119-131
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Examines the 1988 U.S. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act as a vehicle for self-government; also argues that there is a need to look at pathological gambling behaviour in the state.
Library & Information Science Research, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 49-67
Description
Analyzed the literature on gaming and natural resource exploitation in terms of authors, publication forms, type of source, titles of frequently cited works, and age of publication. Compared results to previous study by Metoyer-Duran.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 329-340
Description
Article discusses the different understandings of property and ownership that exist in United States law and in the treaties with Indigenous peoples; examines the different implications of property rights and how they are exercised with regards to mineral rights and hunting and fishing rights.