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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade 5: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eleven: Introduction
Documents & Presentations
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Seven: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Nursery/Preschool/Kindergarten. Day 1: : First Nation Creation Stories
Documents & Presentations
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Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Nationhood
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands.
Duration: 1:36:00.
Paradigm Shifts in Aboriginal Cultures? : Understanding TEK in Historical and Cultural Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Nelson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 289-310
Description
Article evaluates current Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) scholarship, and then examines some past uses and interpretations. Options for adressing concerns with inclusion of Aboriginal peoples in resource management participation are explored.
Partial Alliances: The Politics of Environmentalism and Native Rights in Alaska
Theses
Author/Creator
Sandhya Ganapathy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Temple University, 2008.
People of a Feather
Alternate Title
People of a Feather: Educational Package
Media » Film and Video
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The Arctic Eider Society
Sanikiluaq Running Pictures
Joel Heath
Community of Sanikiluaq
Description
Documentary about the unique relationship between the Inuit of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut and the Hudson Bay Common Eider and how changing sea ice and ocean currents caused by massive hydroelectric dams are threatening both the bird and the traditional way of life. Duration:
Related material: Educational Package by Global Environmental Justice Documentaries.
People of the Dog Days
Alternate Title
Montana: Stories of the Land
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Krys Holmes
Description
Pre-contact history of Montana.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
People of the Robin: The Tsimshian of Kitsumkalum: A Resource Book for the Kitsumkalum Education Committee and the Coast Mountain School District 82 (Terrace)
Alternate Title
Solstice Series ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Andrew McDonald
Pipeline Dreams: People, Environment, and the Arctic Energy Frontier
Alternate Title
IWGIA Document ; 126
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Pipelines, Climate and "Indigenous Consent"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Russ Diabo
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, Winter 16, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Article republished from The Eastern Door no. 37, September 16, 2016. Questions raised by the Standing Rock Sioux about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Mohawk to Energy East Pipeline.
Pitfalls and Pipelines: Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries
E-Books
Author/Creator
Abigail Anongos
Dmitry Berezhkov
Sarimin J. Boengkih
Julie Cavanaugh-Bill
Asier Martínez de Bringas ... [et al.]
Plain Language Guide to the Nisga'a Agreement
Documents & Presentations
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Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Description
Topics in the guide include: lands, land title, natural resources, environmental assessment, etc.
A Political Economy of Native Marginalization: A Study of the Appropriation of Aboriginal Water Rights, the Case of the Mishkeegogamang First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Janet Armstrong
Description
Political Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2000.
The Politics of the Canoe
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Brown
Hillary Beattie
Vina Brown
Ian Mauro
Rachel L. Cushman ... [et al.]
2021
Post-Frontier Resource Governance: Indigenous Rights, Extraction and Conservation in the Peruvian Amazon
Alternate Title
International Relations and Development Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Bille Larsen
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Steven M. Hoffman
John Bonner
Thibault Martin
Gabrielle A. Slowey ... [et al.]
Power to the People: A Rights-Based Approach to Energy Development: An Interview with Hawaiian Activist Mililani Trask
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Agnes Portalewska
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
Description
Human rights advocates discusses her views on the rights of Indigenous peoples to own, develop and benefit from their traditional lands and natural resources.
Preliminary Analysis of Elders' Interviews
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Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rick Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
Brief summary and evaluation of the references to mineral rights in the Treaty 8 interviews.
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mi'kmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Alternate Title
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Micmac 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Mikmaw 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Preventing Ecological Decline in the Bras d'Or Bioregion: The State Versus the Miqmaq 'Metamorphosis Machine'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William T. Hipwell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 253-281
Description
Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.
Priscilla Settee: Engineering Environmental Harmony
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Fiona Muldrew
Herizons, vol. 10, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 22-24
Description
Profile of women's rights activist Priscilla Settee and her contributions to Indigenous rights, women's rights and Earth rights.
Proceedings at Hearing: Topic-Specific Session: Asserted or Established Aboriginal Rights and Treaty Rights, January 17, 2014, Volume 23
Documents & Presentations
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Canada Environmental Assessment Agency
British Columbia Environmental Assessment Agency
Description
In the Matter of the Joint Review Panel ("Joint Panel" ) Established to Review the Site C Clean Energy Project ("Project") Proposed by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority ("BC Hydro").
Producing North and South: A Political Geography of Hydro Development in Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Desbiens
Canadian Geographer, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 101-118
Description
Describes how the Cree have managed to achieve co-management of local resources through the James Bay Agreement.
Protecting Water Our Way: First Nations Freshwater Governance in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
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First Nations Fisheries Council (FNFC)
Description
Examines how First Nations may manage aquatic resources in their traditional territories by looking at case studies involving the Yinka Dene, the Syilx Nation, water monitoring practices, the Tla'amin Nation and the Cowichan tribes.
Provincial Jurisdiction, Adjudicative Authority and Aboriginal Rights: A Comment on Paul v. B.C.(Forest Appeals Commission)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
The Advocate, vol. 60, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 77-[?]
Description
The author asserts that the Paul decision is a misinterpretation of the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the balancing of Aboriginal rights and public rights.
Public Sphere Politics and Community Conflict Over the Environment and Native Land Rights in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Alx V. Dark
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 1998.
Public Voices and Wilderness in Environmental Assessment: A Philosophical Examination of Resource Policy Decisions
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew John Satterthwaite
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1996.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with the documentary directed by Zacharias Kunuk, in which Elders and hunters discuss how global warming has impacted their way of life.
Realizing The Potential: Global Perspectives on Indigenous Economic Development
E-Books
Author/Creator
Public Policy Forum
The Recognition of Indigenous People's Rights in the Context of Area Protection and Management in the Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Antje Neumann
Description
Polar Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Akureyri, 2010.
Focuses on the Sami.
Recommendations for Aboriginal Economic Development
Documents & Presentations
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National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
Description
Presents recommendations that would provide support for significant and sustained Aboriginal economic development and an immediate stimulus to address the current economic crisis.
REDD and Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Africa
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kanyinke Sena
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 10-19
Description
Presents overview of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) with an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to moving forward.
Renewable Resources of the Beaufort Sea for our Children: Perspectives from an Inuvialuit Elder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Billy Day
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 2, Supplement, June 2002, pp. 1-[?]
Description
Describes whaling practices and the need for protected areas.
Report 6: Legal Review of First Nations' Rights to Carbon Credits
Documents & Presentations
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Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Looks at the legal rights First Nations people have in Canada to be able to assert to own and to use carbon in trees, and focuses on how Aboriginal, treaty, and land title rights might be exercised so that they can sell credits to industry or government.
Representing Aboriginal Self-Government and First Nations/State Relations: Political Agency and the Management of the Boreal Forest in Eeyou Istchee
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Salée
Carole Lévesque
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Description
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
Resources, Conflict, and Culture: the Sour Gas Plant Dispute between Unocal Canada and the Lubicon Cree Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Virginia V. Gibson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1996.
Respect the Water #1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher's resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem “Water/El Agua, video The Story of Bottled Water, and the article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behavior on it, and the role of the public engagement in maintaining healthy, sustainable ecosystems.
Respect the Water #1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Suzanne Methot]
Description
Teacher resource for Grades 5 and 8 utilizes the poem Water/El Agua by Jorge Argueta, video The Story of Bottled Water, and article No Running Water by Helen Fallding to explore issues surrounding the environment, the impact of human behaviour, and how we can maintain healthy and sustainable ecosystems.
Review of IBA Literature and Analysis of Gaps in Knowledge (Draft)
Alternate Title
ReSDA Draft Gap Analysis Report ; no.9
Resources and Sustainable Development n the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ben Bradshaw
Adam Wright
Description
Discusses if Impact Benefit Agreements (IBA) are effective, how they interact with regulatory processes, the legal bases of IBAs, and social justice, negotiation and implementation.
Reviews
Book Reviews
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Dawn Karima Pettigrew
J. Anthony Paredes
Steven Ross Evans
Andrew Gulliford
Peter d'Errico
Robert E. Ackerman
Lindsey Claire Smith
James S. Frideres
Stephanie Norton Joynes
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Victoria Smith
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006, pp. 131-181
Description
Book reviews of:
Another Attempt at Rescue by M. L. Smoker.
Cash, Color, and Colonialism: The Politics of Tribal Acknowledgment by Renée Ann Cramer.
Chief Joseph, Yellow Wolf, and the Creation of Nez Perce History in the Pacific Northwest by Robert R. McCoy.
Choice, Persuasion, and Coercion: Social Control on Spain’s North American Frontiers edited by Jesus F. de la Teja and Ross Frank.
Conquest by Law: How the Discovery of America Dispossessed Indigenous People of Their Land by Lindsay G.
Rights of Passage: Property Rights in North American Pacific Salmon Stocks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen Sullivan
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, vol. 21, no. 1, May 1998, pp. 53-64
Description
Examines how efforts to manage global salmon resources reinforce the concept of nation-state sovereignty.
Rights Talk in Belize: Q’eqchi Maya Communities Meet Across Borders
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes a community exchange between Guatemala and Belize that seeks to raise awareness and understanding of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
Rights vs. Resources: Why the First Nations Left the Cumulative Environmental Management Association
Theses
Author/Creator
Traci Tanner
Description
Environmental Education and Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2008.
A River Tale: Protecting a Tawahka Way of Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendra McSweeney
Zoe Pearson
Sara Santiago
Ana Gabriela Dominguez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
A tribal matriarch discusses the turbulent river history, and the impending hydroelectric development, Patuca III.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Clarence Apsassin, Blueberry River Reserve
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clarence Apsassin
Description
File contains a presentation by Clarence Apsassin, Blueberry River Reserve. He relates a brief history of Aboriginal people in North America from before 1492 down to the present day. Following this he discusses some of the history of Treaty 8 people, and his own work with various Aboriginal organizations. Apsassin makes a series of recommendations that Aboriginal governments be given more jurisdiction over their own affairs, and control over their own land and resources.