Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lloyd Stevenson
Description
Prepared by Peguis First Nation for the Clean Environment Commission.
Land-Water Management and Sustainability: An Indigenous Perspective in Laitu Khyang Community, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh
Theses
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
Description
Environment and Sustainability Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
Language , Distance, Democracy: Development Decision Making and Northern Communications
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheena Kennedy Dalseg
Frances Abele
The Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 207-240
Description
Looks at the role new communication technology played in two scenarios: the inquiry into the construction of a pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley and the Nunavut Impact Review Board hearings into the Mary River ore project.
Leading the Way to Sustainability: A First Nation’s Case Study in Self-Sufficiency
Theses
Author/Creator
Kimberleigh C. Schultz
Alderville First Nation
Description
Environment and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
Focuses on the Alderville First Nation's large solar project.
Legal Position of the Sami in the Exploitation of Mineral Resources in Finland, Norway and Sweden
Theses
Author/Creator
Giuseppe Amatulli
Description
Human Rights and Democratisation Thesis (E.MA)--Åbo Akademi University, 2015.
Legal Protection of Sami Traditional Livelihoods From the Adverse Impacts of Mining: A Comparison of the Level of Protection Enjoyed by Sami in Their Four Home States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Timo Koivurova
Vladimir Masloboev
Kamrul Hossain
Vigdis Nygaard
Anna Petrétei ... [et al.]
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 6, no. 1, 2015, pp. 11-51
Description
Looks at legislation protecting Sami land rights and customary usage in different countries.
Legal Regulation of the Relationships Between Indigenous Small-Numbered Peoples of the North and Subsoil Users in the Russian Federation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vladimir A. Kryazhkov
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 66-87
Description
Looks at international standards and Russian legislation regarding relations between small numbered Indigenous people of the Russian North, Siberia and Far East with mining, oil, and gas companies.
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in US Sacred Land Law
Alternate Title
Legislative Ambiguity and Ontological Hierarchy in United States Sacred Land Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Dunstan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 23-43
Description
Uses two court cases involving protection of the sacred San Francisco Peaks from ski-resort development to highlight how phrases in the American Indian Religious Freedom Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act lend themselves to judicial interpretations which undermine protection of sacred sites.
Lessons from the Yukon for Northern Ontario? First Nations, Tourism and Regional Economic Development
Alternate Title
Commentary (Northern Policy Institute) ; no. 17
E-Books
Author/Creator
Justin Ferbey
Levelling the Playing Field: First Nations and Financial Empowerment: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Public Policy Forum
Description
Summarizes results of National Aboriginal Economic Development Board's report Enhancing Aboriginal Financial Readiness for Major Resource Development Opportunities.
"Liberated by God's Grace"
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marie Wilson
Description
Presentation at the 15th Biennial National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, July 10, 2015 by the TRC Commissioner.
Duration: 1:03:48.
Local Government and Land Use Engagement with First Nations: Surfacing Positive Stories for Future Land Use Consultation Successes
Theses
Author/Creator
Hillary Elliott
Description
Professional Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
The Long and Winding Road Towards Aboriginal Economic Prosperity
Alternate Title
Special Report: TD Economics
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sonya Gulati
Derek Burleton
Description
Forecast of market income.
Longhouse and Greenhouse: Searching for Food Security in a Community Based Research Project
Theses
Author/Creator
Adrianne Lickers
Description
Intercultural and International Communication Research Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2015.
Making Place for Space: Land Use and Occupancy Studies, Counter-Mapping, and the Supreme Court of Canada's Tsilhqot'in Decision
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas McIlwraith
Raymond Cormier
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 35-53
Description
Looks at traditional land use research in areas that have known Indigenous interests but unknown location of activities and how the court decision effects site-specific research and practices.
Manitoba and Canada's North-West: Founders and Builders
Alternate Title
Canadian Issues ; Spring/Summer 2021
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Wardhaugh
James Mochoruk
Barry Ferguson
Frank J. Tough
David Chartrand ... [et al.]
Description
Special issue of Canadian Issues containing articles which focus on the Métis and the formation of Manitoba.
Manitobah Mukluks
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Medd
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief business case study discusses development of the company which produces traditional-style mukluks in a modern factory setting.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
Membertou Heritage Park: Craft Table at the Port of Sydney
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Medd
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief business case study looks at the viability of initiative, which sold locally-produced crafts to cruise ship tourists.
Membertou Hotel
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith G. Brown
Janice Esther Tulk
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief business case study describes community's economic development initiatives and considerations involved in deciding where the hotel, which was meant to attract more business to the Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, would be located.
Membertou Museum A
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Beth Doucette
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study describes activities of the Membertou Development Corporation and criticisms leveled at it about neglecting cultural and social needs of the community.
Membertou Museum B
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Beth Doucette
Description
Brief case study discusses community concerns about a facility that would serve its cultural and social needs.
Métis Action, Canadian Law and Historical Research: Preliminary Thoughts about Strategies for Current Efforts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Signa A. Daum Shanks
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 132-141
Description
Argues the volume of research needs to increase; recognition of importance of distinction between "historic" and "historical" is needed by legal practitioners; lawyers need to be more candid with clients about probability of a litigation's success; and clearer communication needs to take place about understandings of what an "economic" role is.
Mi'kmawe'l Tan Teli-kina'muemk: Teaching about the Mi'kmaq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre
Description
Mikwam Makwa Ikwe (Ice Bear Woman): A National Needs Analysis on Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurship
Alternate Title
Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ashley Richard
Description
Uses qualitative data from roundtable community consultations with more than 350 participants throughout 2020 in order to identify barriers and challenges faced by Indigenous businesswomen as they develop their enterprises and make recommendations.
Mine Closure Planning With First Nations Communities: The Stk'emlupsemc Te Secwepemc Nation and the New Afton Mine
Theses
Author/Creator
Benjamin C. Collins
Description
Mining Engineering Thesis (MASC)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2015.
Mining and Aboriginal Rights in the Yukon: How Certainty Affects Investor Confidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Malcolm Lavoie
Dwight Newman
Description
Looks at crowning legal uncertainty about Aboriginal land claims and the resource sector investment.
Mining and Communities in Northern Canada: History, Politics and Memory
Alternate Title
Canadian History and Environment Series ; 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Arn Keeling
John Sandlos
Patrica Boulter
Sarah M. Gordon
Alexandra Winton ... [et al.]
[Mining Capitalism: The Relationship Between Corporations and Their Critics]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Walker
Fern Brunger
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 254-255
Description
Book review of: Mining Capitalism by Stuart Kirsch.
Mining Sápmi: Colonial Histories, Sámi Archaeology, and the Exploitation of Natural Resources in Northern Sweden
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carl-Gősta Ojala
Jonas M. Nordin
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 52, no. 2, 2015, pp. 6-21
Description
Examines elements of Swedish colonialism and conflicts surrounding the increase in mining activity in the northern area of Sweden.
Ministerial Transition Book: November 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
Description
"The material provides an overview of the mandate and history of the Department, the parliamentary environment, the Minister's portfolio, key relationships, and departmental sectors and their mandates. It also includes an overview of First Nation, Métis and Inuit protocols, cultures and traditions."
Missionaries, Merchants, and Inuit Entrepreneurs: An Examination of Trade Relations Along the Labrador Coast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amelia Fay
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 141-164
Description
Paper provides documentation in support of Inuit entrepreneurs as catalysts for the abundance of trade goods rather than the missionaries or the merchants.
Mobile Miners: Work, Home, and Hazards in the Yukon's Mining Industry
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Jones
Chris Southcott
Northern Review, no. 41, Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic, 2015, pp. 111-137
Description
Interviews workers who commute long distances about their concerns with the work place culture, safety and commuting.
A Model for the Development of Entrepreneurship on First Nation Indian Reserves
Theses
Author/Creator
Adam Charles Munnings
Description
Business Administration Thesis (MBA)--Simon Fraser University, 2015.
The Modernization of Đạo Mẫu: The Impact of Political Ideology and Commercialism on the Worship of the Mother Goddess in Vietnam
Alternate Title
The Modernization of Dao Mau: The Impact of Political Ideology and Commercialism on the Worship of the Mother Goddess in Vietnam
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vũ Thị Tú Anh (Vu Thi Tu Anh)
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 4, no. 1, October 2015, pp. [1]-17
Description
Focuses on how the traditional Indigenous belief system has adapted over time to survive as an important part of Vietnamese life despite ideological and technological pressures.
The Moral Terrains of Māori Tourism
Alternate Title
The Moral Terrains of Maori Tourism
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandi Ringham
Description
Social Sciences Thesis (MSocSc)--University of Waikato, 2015
Muslims, Navajos, and Peaches
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George H. Junne
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at how an Asian fruit was cultivated by Navajo Indians in the Chelly Canyon.
Mythic Frontiers: Remembering, Forgetting, and Profiting with Cultural Heritage Tourism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica L. Taylor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 187-190
Description
Book review of Mythic Frontiers by Daniel R. Maher.
A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Gregory Rosenthal
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 178-180
Description
Book review of: A Nation Rising edited by Noelani Goodyear-Ka'ōpua, Ikaika Hussey, and Erin Kahunawaika'ala Wright.
National Aboriginal Tourism Research Project 2015: Economic Impact of Aboriginal Tourism in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Beverley O’Neil
Peter Williams
Krista Williams
Roslyn Kunin
Lee Gan
Brian Payer
Description
Findings from a national study on the successes, barriers, challenges, and opportunities of Aboriginal tourism on economic growth.
National Chief Perry Bellegarde, Canada 2020: Aboriginal Peoples and Economic Development
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Presents a speech about building a brighter future given April 29, 2015 at the Canada 2020 conference.
Duration: 43:29.
National Guidelines: Indigenous Cultural Experiences
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada
Description
Created to assist in developing and delivering a market and export ready authentic product. Contains general information, checklists, best practices, self-assessment and case study of Great Spirit Circle Trail.
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
"Native" Advertising: An Evaluation of Nike's N7 Social Media Campaign
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Scott Sanders
Selene G. Phillips
Cecelia Alexander
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 43-63
Description
Evaluates the success of the campaign in the context of targeted marketing to ethnic minorities and representation of Native Americans in advertisements, and presents two case studies which assess whether the company successfully engaged with youth via Twitter.
Native American Chic: The Marketing of Native Americans in New York Between the World Wars
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Schuchardt Navratil
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of New York, 2015.
Native Americans & Westward Expansion: Cultures and Conflicts: Reader
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge History and Geography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Foundation
Description
Related material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources.
Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates' Perspectives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Quintina Ava Bearchief-Adolpho
Aaron P. Jackson
Steven A. Smith
Moroni T. Benally
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-25
Description
Looks at the primary reasons for returning back to the reservation to live and work: family support, community, cultural identity, the simple life, reservation economy, and commitment to the reservation.
Never Until Now: Indigenous & Racialized Women's Experiences Working in Yukon & Northern British Columbia Mine Camps
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sue Moodie
Aja Mason
Lois Moorcroft
Description
Research consisted of survey and semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions with 22 respondents. Study found: limited job opportunityand longevity of employment, inadequate pay scale for hours worked, uequal work expectations, limited opportunities for advancement, inadequate harm prevention, gender or race harassement/discrimination with absence of grievance mechanisms, poor environmental practices, and limited economic benefits to Indigenous people.
The New Deal for Tribes: Resource Extraction & Toxic Waste (Minus the Jobs)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Trahant Reports, April 10, 2017.
New Discourses on Energy Transition as an Opportunity for Reconciliation? Analyzing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Communications in Media and Policy Documents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carelle Mang-Benza
Jamie Baxter
Romayne Smith Fullerton
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 2021, pp. 1-27
Description
Examines the levels of inclusion and exclusion of Indigenous voices in regards to energy issues in Canada.