Summarizes the results of an ethnobotanical study, conducted during 2002-2006, which documented traditional plant knowledge and ecological values of Elders and other knowledgeable community members.
Discusses key features of intellectual property protection, copyright, patents, trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs, protection against unfair competition, and trade secrets. Includes examples from various countries around the world.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 23, no. 4, December 1990, pp. 797-798
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Book review of: After Native Claims? The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements for Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale.
Provides background information on barriers, includes key findings from the report First Nations and Inuit Access to Capital Economic Development, Business and Infrastructure, and makes policy recommendations for addressing the identified deficits.
Comments on the flooding at Red Earth, Saskatchewan and how the media said people were evacuated to Prince Albert and Saskatoon, but many stayed with relatives at the Opaskwayak First Nation at The Pas, or Shoal Lake, Cumberland House and James Smith First Nations.
Presents recommendations for climate change-related action, taking into account issues relating to First Nations peoples impact, adaptation and mitigation measures.
Describes the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and sets out the legal framework for the Sencot'en Alliance First Nations' involvement in the planning and management of the park.
Conference Board of Canada - Northern and Aboriginal Policy
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Focuses on the Aboriginal Financing Program and Aboriginal Developmental Lending Assistance program associated with the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association, and the Business Development Bank of Canada's Aboriginal portfolio.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 3, 2006, pp. 75-127
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Examines the Native American population in Southern California and the significant amount of research which has been conducted in the area, concentrating on the Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 127-132
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Author of Eating the Landscape discusses how resilience theory can explain the relationship between traditional knowledge and adaptive change to ecological circumstances.
Discusses how the negative impacts of resource extraction development can be minimized for increased self reliance, self determination and a sustainable future in Inuit regions.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 127-181
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Book reviews of:
Powhatan's Mantle: Indians in the Colonial Southeast edited by Peter Wood.
Navajo Textiles: The William Randolph Hearst Collection by Nancy J. Blomberg.
Utmost Good Faith: Patterns of Apache-Mexican Hostilities in Northern Chihuahua Border Warfare, 1821-1848 by William B. Griffen.
The Confederate Cherokees: John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles by W.
Land Use Policy, vol. 23, no. 4, October 2006, pp. 385-394
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Suggests that an Indigenous groups ability to effectively participate in the planning process is important for achieving land justice and community goals.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
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Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.