This 70 year old man describes the problem of getting old and having difficulty trapping, but his reluctance to move from the bush to the reserve at Wabasca.
Honoring Indigenous Treaty Rights for Climate Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. S. Mantyka-Pringle
C. N. Westman
A. P. Kythreotis
D. W. Schindler
Nature Climate Change, vol. 5, no. 9, September 2015, pp. 798-801
Description
Uses the Alberta oil sands and Treaty Eight as an example of how adhering to the treaty terms could result in environmental and social benefits for all Canadians and make the country a leader in sustainability and climate governance.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 91-116
Description
Presents results from several seasons of research including data from community interviews, archaeological surveys and excavations at four Inuit settlements, one Inuit-Métis house, and one Newfoundland fishery camp.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 1974, pp. 45-62
Description
Looks at federal and provincial laws regarding Indian hunting rights on and off reserve, natural resources transfer Agreements, permitted methods and purpose of hunting, and Inuit and non-status Indian rights.
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nehiyaw Legal Systems
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Justice as Healing, vol. 20, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-8
Description
Comments on problematic and questionable bills as well as the Idle No More movement.
Excerpts from Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems by Sylvia McAdam.
European Diversity and Autonomy Papers ; EDAP 02, 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Koch
Alexandra Tomaselli
Description
Looks at gap between legal protection and its implementation, role of organizations such as the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, and case law dealing with fishing rights.
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
John Testawich, former chief of the Peace River Crossing Reserve, discusses the different attitudes of Indians and non-Indians to fishing and trapping.
Interview includes a description of traditional life style and the life of settlers on the prairies. It also includes stories of theft and murder by Indians.
Kaupapa Maori Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis: Transformation and Social Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Jackson
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 3, 2015, pp. 256-268
Description
Author draws from her research on Māori fisheries management to assert that critical discourse analysis supplies a framework to complement kaupapa Māori theory and methodology.
Historical Atlas of Canada Online Learning Project
Linguistic Families, Seventeenth Century
National Perspectives: Native Canada
Native Population and Subsistence, 17th Century
Native Population and Subsistence, Seventeenth Century
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Byron Moldofsky
Mariange Beaudry
Chris Brackley
Mark Suarez]
Description
Interactive map shows linguistic families as well as major food sources by area.
Original print version from Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 1 edited by R. Cole Harris ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.
An interview which discusses the signing of Treaty 8: understanding of promises made, the establishment of Wood Buffalo Natural Park, and the need for a reserve at Fort Chipewyan for trapping and hunting.
Interview includes a description of life on the reserve that describes milking, sheep-shearing and fishing weirs. It also consists of stories about a woman whose husband turned into a lizard; a story of Wisakedjak; and how Thunder Blanket killed his wife and then himself.
Discussion on problems of the younger generation, including alcoholism. Also discussed ways in which parents and elders can help by instructing children and young people and by maintaining the Indian religion.
Mrs. Adams is a retired white schoolteacher and was 69 years old at the time of the interview. She tells of her induction as an honorary chief of the Blackfoot reserve and shares her experiences among the Blackfoot.