Focuses on opportunities in hard-rock and placer mining. Sources of information include literature review and interviews with Aboriginal leaders, territorial and federal government mining department staff, and industry representatives.
Website links to natural resources, history and culture, social equity, environmental justice and GIS mapping. Includes case studies comparing the environmental, social and cultural impact of natural resource development.
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 43-73
Description
Analysis of the Choctaw, who live in the southeastern Oklahoma timber region, and how they survive in the face of land alienation and economic challenges to their traditional strategies, in order to maintain a livelihood.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Summer, 1993, pp. 329-340
Description
Article discusses the different understandings of property and ownership that exist in United States law and in the treaties with Indigenous peoples; examines the different implications of property rights and how they are exercised with regards to mineral rights and hunting and fishing rights.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 209-225
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Article examines the meanings and significance of the Snoqualmie Falls to the Snoqualmie people; considers historic, political, and spiritual/traditional contexts. Examines a current conflict surrounding the falls which involves the Puget Sound Power and Light Company.
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 49–64
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Discusses the issue of Aboriginal fishing & trading practices and how it relates to the present-day controversy on whether Native people should have commercial rights to fishing resources.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3, Whos Local Here?: Politics of Participation in Development, Fall, 1996
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Reflects on the impact of the mining industry on the way of life of the Innu and Innuit peoples.The article also discusses the ecotourism industry the indigenous people are building in order to preserve their culture and environment.
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 1986, pp. 45-67
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Focuses on Commission's recommendations for dealing with, "The Indian people in the North of Ontario" and suggests circumstances and time may have eliminated any impact the recommendations could have achieved.
RCAP 125 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This portion includes presentations of individuals made at a round table concerned with self-government; presentations dealing with Youth; presentations discussing the topic of Aboriginal women in the Aboriginal community; as well as presentations dealing with the Orillia Fish Weirs and a separate presentation concerning the "Extinguishment of Treaty Rights."
File contains a discussion paper by Sandy Baumgartner. Baumgartner, Manager of Communications for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, discusses that organizations composition, goals, and ideas regarding Aboriginal resource rights and co-management practices. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Robinson discuss some of the issues raised with Baumgartner.
RCAP 128 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to culture, economic development, forestry, friendship centres, education and health care.
RCAP 133 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to forestry, women's rights, land claims, self-government and tourism.
RCAP 134 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to hunting and trapping, sports, elders' rights, post-secondary education, land claims, self-government and mining.
RCAP 135 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to Aboriginal women's rights, Hydro Quebec and friendship centres.
RCAP 136 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Bonaventure-Hilton, Outremont Room, Montreal, Quebec. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations relating to Metis rights, education, Hydro-Quebec, the United Church of Canada and self-government.