Environmental justice, vol. 2, no. 3, 2009, pp. 117-125
Description
Analyzes contemporary mining developments in Northern Canada, particularly local conflicts, over access to resources that originate with colonialism and the expansion of global capital.
Outlines principles that are intended to promote research that is scientifically and culturally competent, is in keeping with Aboriginal values and traditions, and is mutually beneficial and empowering to both Canada’s Aboriginal and research communities.
Includes list of online content evaluation guidelines, examples of sites developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples, and guidelines for consultation.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 115-122
Description
Essay situates the #NoDAPL movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), within the historical context and the longer histories of Oceti Sakowin resistance against the trespass of settlers, dams, and pipelines across the Mni Sose, the Missouri River, and into Sioux territory.
Compares studies on the costs and benefits of the treaty settlement process, looks at the settlement model, and impacts of finances, economics and pace of settlement process.
Occasional Paper Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lou Hammond Ketilson
Kimberley Brown
Description
Goal of study was to explore the possibility of Aboriginal Financial Institutions expanding beyond their developmental role to full-service financial providers, perhaps modelled on credit unions.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 99-106
Description
Confirms need for small communities to work together towards common economic goals, need for an urban strategy for remote First Nations, and need for basic infrastructure for many communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 99.
Discusses the need for governments to remove barriers to First Nations economic activity and how more needs to be done to ensure that Aboriginal youth complete skills training, K-12 schooling and post-secondary education.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 32, no. 2, Fall, 2017, pp. 46-69
Description
Author examines text and video about the Honor the Earth environmental organization's campaign against Enbridge pipeline projects to understand how the organization represents itself to the public, and how it’s represented by other media outlets. Finds a cultural and a procedural narrative are both present in the discourse.
Site of national significance for transportation, trade, and settlement as well as the history of the Canadian West. Site includes natural resources, fur trade, Aboriginal settlement, immigration, online tour, activities, interpretive programs, and visitor information.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 2009, pp. 45-122
Description
Examines the implications of a national First Nations Land Title System (FNLTS) as it relates to economic development. The article also compares and looks at other Indigenous communities internationally.
Determines whether the criteria and indicator process, a tool used to conceptualize, evaluate and implement sustainable forest management globally, is appropriate to Aboriginal communities.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 1, Winter, 2009, pp. 33-166
Description
Explains the history of berry picking as an example of how the Lake Superior Ojibwe adapted to economic change in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Describes the thriving fur industry in the Montreal region in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Website includes history, the bourgeois, the voyageurs, role of Aboriginal women, North West Company, Hudson's Bay Company, virtual tour, image gallery, and activities.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall , 2009, pp. 46-63
Description
Assessment and recommendations made by representatives of the Native Women's Association of Canada.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]
Reports on quantitative and qualitative survey data from interviews conducted with 30 Inuit women business-owners, 15 Economic Development Officers and other service providers.
Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.
Maclean's, vol. 122, no. 47, December 7, 2009, pp. 40-41
Description
Brief discussion the plans to increase building and industry on native lands in British Columbia which have created opposition on the part of ecological groups.