Gender & History, vol. 8, no. 1, April 1996, pp. 4-21
Description
Looks at how British culture affected the portrayal of Aboriginal hunters, specifically the buffalo hunters as brave and manly compared to the fishing tribes as being indolent and improvident.
Discusses the allocation and management of lands and resources as it affects Aboriginal peoples and as seen in the case law that deals with Aboriginal rights.
Looks at a community survey of the Little Red River Cree Nation, and several socio-economic barriers that impede the ability to engage in subsistence harvesting.
Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North
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Author/Creator
Shirley Thompson
Description
Discusses importance of the impact of environmental change on food security due to widespread poverty, contamination causing toxic impacts, and government policies restricting access to land and resources.
Chapter 3 from Breaking Ice: Renewable Resource and Ocean Management in the Canadian North edited by Fikret Berkes, Rob Huebert, Helen Fast, Micheline Manseau, Alan Diduck.
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 106-122
Description
Identifies some key elements that may have bearing on the study of northern political identity through three case studies: bear hunting moratoriums, health care, and economic development.
Acadiensis, vol. 26, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 92-101
Description
Review essay of:
Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeaster North America, 1600-64 by Denis Delage.
Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter.
The Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by Diane Newell.
Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schoolsby J.R. Miller.
Resources (Canadian Institute of Resources Law), vol. 90, Spring, 2005, pp. [1]-7
Description
"This article focuses on the trapping rights promised under Treaty 8 and their evolution over time in northern Alberta. It summarizes some of the findings of an in-depth study published by the Canadian Institute of Resources Law".
Paper presented to the Ipperwash Inquiry includes a general discussion of relations between Aboriginals and Euro-Canadians and specific issues and incidents involving fishing and resource rights, and sacred burial grounds.
Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments
Ajunnginiq Centre
Description
Reports on discussions which took place in a series of workshops focusing on environmental change and how it effects the four Inuit regions of the Canadian Arctic.
Pre-release English only version.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 1988, pp. 1-17
Description
Examines the political and economic motives of both the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) and the Northwest Company (NWC), their role in the development of capitalism in North America, and how these factors affected their labour relations policies and practices.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 1.
Book review of: The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadish, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams.
Scroll down to page 120 to read review.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Voices From The Commons, Spring, 1996
Description
Promotes womens' input into decisions about the future of the fisheries industry, arguing that women are familiar with the needs of the rural communities that they live in.