Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 30-39
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Examines oilsands expansion, the impacts on Aboriginal rights and policy determinants for assessing these impacts.
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Study gives an assessment of environmental and socio-economic impacts of the pipeline, overview of infringement on Aboriginal title and rights by the pipeline, and concerns voiced by the Carrier Sekani community.
Examines several aspects of knowledge systems including: food security, healing systems and medicinal plants. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 21-27
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Examines the effects of the tourism and mining industries on the northern Arizona ecosystem and suggests management strategies aimed at minimizing the impact on traditional way of life.
The Contemporary Pacific, vol. 18, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 361-393
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Presents a comparative analysis of two projects; findings indicate greater transparency, flexibility, and Indigenous ownership, decreased resistance encountered.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 4-6
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Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on major oil and gas developmental projects in the arctic and how the lives and lands of the Indigenous people are affected.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Logging and Indigenous People, 2006, p. [?]
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Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on threats of logging to livelihoods of indigenous peoples and examples of innovative approaches that respect their rights.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Sustainable Development, 2001, pp. 4-6
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Editorial comments on indigenous participation in international processes aimed at creating a forum for indigenous concerns.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Logging and Indigenous People, 2006, p. [?]
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Looks at the collaboration between the University of Northern British Columbia and the Tl'azt'en Nation regarding the John Prince Research Forest on traditional lands.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
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Explores how Aboriginal people value the lands around them and how that knowledge and information can be incorporated into provincial land-use and resource management.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 31, no. 2, Symposium: Lands, Liberties, and Legacies:Indigenous Peoples and International Law , 2006/2007, pp. 675-697
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Analyzes the legal issues surrounding the claim by Canadian and American Inuit that U.S. climate change policy violates their right to enjoy the benefits of their culture, use and enjoy their land, and use and enjoy their personal property.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 20-29
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Provides overview of project and looks at social, economic and environmental impacts on the Inuvialuit, Gwich'in, Dene and Métis people.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 58-67
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Looks at controversies surrounding the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline and concerns of the Evenki people.
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Presents an introduction on how climate change will significantly impact First Nations people due to their locations, reliance on the environment, and limited adaptation strategies.
Provides insight into the challenges facing First Nations people and the ability to demonstrate effective governance that would lead to responses and decisions that could minimize climate change impacts.
Presents recommendations for climate change-related action, taking into account issues relating to First Nations peoples impact, adaptation and mitigation measures.
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
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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.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, 2006, pp. 131-181
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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.