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Public Policy Forum
Description
Discusses opportunities for collaboration between the natural resource sector and Aboriginal communities in Canada. Themes included labour market development, community readiness, financing and financial literacy, partnerships and collaboration, measurements of success, best practices and case studies.
Aboriginal Peoples and the Welfare of Animal Persons: Dissolving the Bill C-10B Conflict
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Brighten
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, 2011, pp. 39-72
Description
Looks at the failures of the Bill and Aboriginal rights versus wildlife welfare.
Aboriginal Peoples: Resources Pertaining to First Nations, Inuit and Métis. 2011 Supplement.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Instructional Resources Branch
Educational Resources Branch
Manitoba Education
Description
Includes: printed and audiovisual materials, kits, and posters and games. Updated version of 2006 edition with the same name..
Aboriginal Peoples' Wellness in Canada: Scaling Up the Knowledge: Cultural Context and Community Aspirations
Documents & Presentations
Description
Summary report from roundtable held in Ottawa March 3rd and 4th, 2011.
Aboriginal Rights and Cumulative Effects: Are Woodland Caribou the New Canaries in the Not-So-Proverbial Coal Mine?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Devlin
Description
Looks at how First Nations and governments have responded to the decline of the caribou and examines the litigation that has resulted from such responses in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.
American Indian Identity and Blood Quantum in the 21st Century: A Critical Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan W. Schmidt
Journal of Anthropology, vol. 2011, 2011, p. article no. 549521
Description
Examines cultural, biological, political and legal implications of using this method for determining group membership, and argues that cultural-specific approach is more appropriate.
Analysis of the Australian and Canadian Governments' Aboriginal Policies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yega Muthu
Gregor Grzeszczyk
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 15-25
Description
Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Armed with an Eagle Feather against the Parliamentary Mace: A Discussion of Discourse on Indigenous Sovereignty and Spirituality in a Settler Colonial Canada, 1990-2017
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacie A. Swain
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Assembly of First Nations Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Seven-year Review
Alternate Title
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Seven-year Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Comments on the impacts of the terms and implementation of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) on First Nations.
Barriers to Aboriginal Participation in Environmental Assessment: A Case Study of the Wuskwatim Generating Station, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Foth
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 2011.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Beyond the Blue and Green: The Need to Consider Aboriginal Peoples' Relationships to Resource Development in Labor-Environment Campaigns
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne E. Mills
Labor Studies Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, March 2011, p. 104–121
Description
Discusses the need for labor researchers to engage with Indigenous studies to advance social and environmental justice.
Building on Common Ground: A New Vision for Impact Assessment in Canada: The Final Report of the Expert Panel for the Review of Environmental Assessment Processes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Johanne Gélinas
Doug Horswill
Rod Northey
Renée Pelletier
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Description
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Conceiving Kakipitatapitmok: The Political Landscape of Anishinaabe Anticlearcutting Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna J. Willow
American Anthropologist, vol. 113, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 262-276
Description
Looks at landscape anthropology and how anti-clearcutting activism at the Grassy Narrows First Nation has changed the vantage point from which activists conceive their experiences with the landscape.
Conservation Controversy: Sparrow, Marshall, and the Mi'kmaq of Esgenoôpetitj
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah J. King
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Explores traditional beliefs used in conservation management in relation to decisions from the Supreme Court.
Crisis on Tap: First Nations Water for Life
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Description
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada.
Duration: 30:15.
The Digital Biography of Things: A Canadian Case Study in Digital Repatriation
Alternate Title
Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017
Sapere l’Europa. Sapere d’Europa ; 4
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Emanuela Rossi
Description
Describes the database created by The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC).
Chapter from Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017 edited by Simona Pinton and Lauso Zagato.
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference: Abstracts and Papers
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre of Canadian Studies
University of Edinburgh
Description
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
A Guide to Aboriginal Harvesting Rights: Fishing, Hunting, Gathering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jay Istvanffy
Description
Booklet explains the law in general and options for Aboriginal people who have been charged with a harvesting offence.
He Whare Hangarau Māori: Language, Culture & Technology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hineitimoana Greensill
Hōri Manuirirangi
Hēmi Whaanga
Te Taka Keegan
Tania M. Ka‘ai … [et al.]
Humanizing Security in the Arctic
Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 68
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michelle Daveluy
Milton M. R. Freeman
Edna Elias
Katrin Annemarie Simon
Ron Elliott ... [et al.]
Indian Given: Racial Geographies Across Mexico and the United States
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emilio Del Valle Escalante
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-112
Description
Book review of: Indian Given by Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo.
Indigenous Education and Environmental Issues in Saskatchewan: Resources
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Eco-Network
Description
Website links to resources for the classroom compiled by Indigenous educators. Includes list of organizations to contact for further information.
Indigenous Women, Climate Change & Forests
Alternate Title
Indigenous Women, Climate Change and Forests
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rose Cunningham Kain
Nadia Fenly
Lelewal
Tsering Sherpa
Senjuti Khisa … [et al.]
The Indigenous World 2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Sara Olsvig
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashkko
Johannes Rohr
Stephen Hendrie ... et al.]
Indigenous World 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
Intellectual Property and the Ethical/Legal Status of Human DNA: The (Ir)Relevance of Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daryl Pullman
George P. Nicholas
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, Propiété Intellectuelle et Éthique / Intellectual Property and Ethics, 2011, pp. 143-164
Description
Authors feel that relationships themselves between researchers and community members should take precedence over the status of DNA itself.
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Bioprospecting: Searching for Efficient Balance of Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Aman Gebru
Description
Juridical Sciences Thesis (JSD)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Kate Hennessy-Repatriation, Digital Media, and Culture in the Virtual Museum
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessay
Description
Discusses two perspectives on repatriation of cultural property in relation to virtual repatriation and associated community media projects by the Doig River First Nation and the Inuvialuit community in the western Arctic and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Duration: 40:36
Ko Aotearoa Tēnei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māor Culture and Identity: Te Taumata Tuarua, vol. 2
Alternate Title
Indigenous Flora and Fauna and Cultural and Intellectual Property Claim
Ko Aotearoa Tenei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Maori Culture and Identity: Te Taumata Tuarua, vol. 2
Te Taumata Tuarua
WAI 262
Waitangi Tribunal Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Waitangi Tribunal
Ko Aotearoa Tēnei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māori Culture and Identity: Te Taumata Tuarua, vol. 1
Alternate Title
Indigenous Flora and Fauna and Cultural and Intellectual Property Claim
Ko Aotearoa Tenei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Maori Culture and Identity
Te Taumata Tuarua ; vol. 1
WAI 262
Waitangi Tribunal Report 2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
Waitangi Tribunal
Ko Aotearoa Tēnei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Māori Culture and Identity: Te Taumata Tuatahi
Alternate Title
Ko Aotearoa Tenei: A Report into Claims Concerning New Zealand Law and Policy Affecting Maori Culture and Identity
WAI 262
Waitangi Tribunal Report 2011
[Indigenous Flora and Fauna and Cultural and Intellectual Property Claim]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Waitangi Tribunal
Looking at the NRTA Options
Alternate Title
Comment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 6
Description
Comments on the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement and particularly the provision known as the game laws paragraph.
Article found by scrolling to page 6.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
More Than Wind: Evaluating Renewable Energy Opportunities for First Nations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diana Campbell
Description
Topics covered: legislative/jurisdictional context, funding, technology, employment and education, integrating community energy solutions, energy efficiency and conservation programming, and partnership opportunities.
Negotiating Environmental Governance: Lessons From The Great Bear Rainforest Agreements In British Columbia, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret (Maggie) Low
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.
Nituuchischaayihtitaau Aschii: Multi-Community Environment-and-Health Longitudinal Study in Eeyou Istchee: Eastmain and Wemindji: Technical Report: Summary of 2007 Activities, Results and Recommendations
Alternate Title
Public Health Report Series 4 on the Health of the Population
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yv Bonnier-Viger
Marie-Ludivine Château-Degat
Éric Dewailly
Grace M. Egeland
Evert Nieboer
Northern Saskatchewan Health Indicators Report 2011
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Irvine
Brian Quinn
Donna Stockdale
Description
Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.
Nunavut, Mineral Exploration, Mining and Geoscience Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Produced each year.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Reframing Forest-Based Development as First Nation-Municipal Collaboration: Lessons From Lake Superior's North Shore
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Bullock
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 78-89
Description
Looks at inclusion of local values and visions in the forest governance, ecosystems and development shared between First Nations and partner municipalities.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
June Nash
Renée Ater
James J. Garrett
William Willard
S. Carol Berg
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Rebecca Kugel
Marie Watkins
Robert Keith Collins
James D. Drake
David M. Brugge
Arif Dirlik
Kenichi Matsui
Qwo-Li Driskill
J. Cedric Woods
et. al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-185
Description
Book reviews of:
2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock.
Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick.
Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie.
Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer.
Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
A River Tale: Protecting a Tawahka Way of Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendra McSweeney
Zoe Pearson
Sara Santiago
Ana Gabriela Dominguez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
A tribal matriarch discusses the turbulent river history, and the impending hydroelectric development, Patuca III.