Discusses problems being reported by Aboriginal communities concerning the expansion of oil and gas developments and the need for consultation with Aboriginal people.
This website features reports, historic photographs, newspaper articles, personal accounts, tools for teachers and resources about Alaska and its inhabitants, and links to other useful sites.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 363-384
Description
Discusses the two most influential environmental assessments; the Berger Inquiry (Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry) and BEARP (Beaufort Sea Environmental Assessment and Review Process) as well as the Great Whale River Hydroelectric Project in Northern Quebec and the Ekati Diamond Mine in NWT.
Examines aboriginal participation in resource management in several area: fish and wildlife, protected area planning, integrated coastal zone management, ecosystem health monitoring, contaminants research, environmental assessment, and climate change.
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 164-179
Description
Discusses four oil-and-gas development projects in the North Slope Borough and relationships between government, Native governments, and Native communities.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 1, Indigenous Lands or National Park?, Spring, 2004
Description
Discussion on cooperative environmental resource management agreements Aboriginal peoples have entered into and the three categories these agreements can be divided into, namely land claims-based agreements, conflict- or crises-based co-management agreements, and multi-stakeholder environmental management agreements.
Chiefs of Ontario: Part II Submissions to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jonathon W. Kahn
Allison A. Thornton
Description
Topics include: Aboriginal and Elders' perspectives on water, jurisdiction over water-works, comparison of federal and provincial water treatment regulation, progress report for improving water quality and treatment issues (1995-2001), case studies (Attawapiskat, Beausoleil, and Sandy Lake First Nations and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory), and findings and recommendations.
Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission.
Survey sample contains a total of 1,606 completed interviews, including oversample of 200 youth. In addition, eight focus groups comprised of 12 youth were conducted. Topics included education, health, employment, television programming on APTN, and internet connectivity.
Social and Economic Review of the Impact of Land Survey and Registration Systems on Canada Lands: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hickling Arthurs Low Technology Management and Economics
Description
Paper's information based on: literature review, interviews, case studies and a workshop. Primary focus is First Nations groups but also includes information on the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), offshore and national parks.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 29-56
Description
Examines the National Reclamation Act and how many people in the Gila River and Casa Grande valleys, including government officials, thought that the first reclamation project would be built in Arizona.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 41, no. 2, 2004, pp. 238-250
Description
Discusses the emergence of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) as a guiding principle that may influence wildlife management policy in the Territory of Nunavut.
Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum ; 2004
The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Irlbacher Fox
Description
Outlines government institutions and key governance issues including land claims, self-government agreements, intergovernmental processes, wildlife and resource management, institutional governance, and economic development.
Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
Description
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.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 38, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 24-39
Description
Describes the hydroelectric development that, due to planned flooding, relocated the entire non-reserve community of South Indian Lake. The article argues that having concluded Treaty 5, left the Cree community in no position to negotiate Aboriginal title.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 105-130
Description
The introduction of western medicine to Native Americans during the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition and the implications for Native American health and policy in the United States.
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.