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.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andy Von Busse
Description
This file contains a presentation by Andy Von Busse relating to the management of fish and wildlife resources, particularly concerning the unlimited and unregulated hunting and fishing ability of Status and Non-Status Aboriginals. The presenter recommends that individual First Nations should be given a clear authority to make bylaws concerning the management and use of fish and wildlife resources within their boundaries. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
The file contains a presentation on behalf of Secwepemc re Resource Management. Fred Fortier and David Moore, both of the Shuswap Nation Fisheries Commission, discuss declining salmon and steelhead populations, mismanagement of fish stocks, the B.C. Fishermen's Survival Coalition's "racially-oriented campaign against the Aboriginal Fisheries Strategy," and recommendations to deal with these problems. Chief Lenny Sellars, Caribou Tribal Council, discusses enviornmental protection, land stewardship, and co-management.
State of Knowledge on Environmental Health Issues for First Nations: Food Security, Water Quality, Indoor Air Quality, and Knowledge Transfer and Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tara Marsden
Description
Presents information about the First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network and discusses issues such as: food security, water quality, indoor air quality, and knowledge transfer and exchange.
British Columbia Heritage Series. Series 1, Our Native Peoples ; vol. 3
Social Studies Bulletin
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Provincial Archives [of British Columbia]
Description
Booklet relating to the Tsimshian people of northern coastal BC, describing various aspects of Tsimshian culture such as daily subsistence, spirituality, shamanism, family life and legends.