Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. Kory Cooper
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 3, July 2012, pp. 565-590
Description
Discusses the use and processing of native copper and how it enabled prestige and power within trading relationships.
Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western Science for Optimal Natural Resource Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Serra Jeanette Hoagland
IK: Other Ways Of Knowing, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-15
Description
Reviews the two knowledge systems and suggests using the Wampum Theory to achieve sustainable natural resource management moving forward.
Integration of Aboriginal Environmental Values in Forestry: Using Criteria and Indicator Frameworks and the Experience of a Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie-Christine Adam
Description
Environmental Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Quebec at Montreal, 2012.
Intersections of Indigenous and Environmental History in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lianne C. Leddy
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 83-95
Description
Examines issues related to decolonizing research in relation to industrial and mining project impacts on Indigenous communities.
The Invasion of Indian Country in the Twentieth Century: American Capitalism and Tribal Natural Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
David L. Fixico
Investigating Complex-Value-Based Community Mine Education Strategies: A Case Study with the Tlicho Community in the Wek’eezhii Region Northwest Territories, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Rose Chouinard
Description
Mining Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.
Investigating Cowichan River Collaborative Salmon Management Institutions: The Cowichan Harvest Roundtable and the Traditional Cowichan Fish Weir
Theses
Author/Creator
Chelsea J. Dale
Description
Environment and Sustainability Thesis (M.E.S.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
"It Happened to Me in Barkerville": Aboriginal Identity, Economy, and Law in the Cariboo Gold Rush, 1862--1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Mica Amy Royer Jorgenson
Description
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Northern British Columbia, 2012.
The Kalahan Forests and Carbon: A Philippines Case Study
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Delbert Rice
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 60-67
Description
Discusses how the Ikalahan people manage 15,000 hectares of ancestral land.
Keeping the "Co" in the Co-Management of Northern Resources
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Douglas Clark
Jocelyn Joe-Strack
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 71-74
Description
Discusses the threats facing co-management.
The Key Actors of Waikato River Co-Governance: Situational Analysis at Work
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marama Muru-Lanning
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 2, 2012, pp. 128-136
Description
Comments on the 2009 deed that gives Māori and Crown equal representation.
KMS Project: Impacts of Mining Operations on Aboriginal Communities in the Northwest Territories and Labrador: Case Studies and Literature Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
Description
Case studies of the Diavik Diamond Mine and the EKATI Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories and the Voisey Bay Nickel Mine in Labrador. Looks at social, economic and cultural issues associated with mining.
Kwebeh: Building Institutions to Manage Mineral Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John B. Zoe
Pimatisiwin, vol. 10, no. 2, Winter, 2012, pp. 151-152
Description
Comments on a working group that meets to hear the plans of mining and exploration companies, build and implement Impact Agreements and report back to the Chiefs.
Land of Oil and Water: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's resource for use with Land of Oil and Water a documentary by Warren Cariou and Neil McArthur about the issues surrounding the possible development of oil sands found in Northern Saskatchewan.
Land Use Preferences of the Adams Lake Indian Band: Employing the Q Sorting Technique in Natural Resource Management
Theses
Author/Creator
Justin Gray Barnes
Description
Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.
Lessons Learned: A Report on HR Components of Aboriginal Community and Mining Company Partnership Agreements.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mining Industry Human Resources Council
Description
Looks at human resource strategies developed to facilitate successful partnership for maximum benefit for Aboriginal communities near mining operations. Includes summary of recommendations.
Linking Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Practice in Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 69-100, 245
Description
Looks at how traditional knowledge can be used in resource and environmental management and discusses case studies involving the incorporation of traditional knowledge into environmental management.
List of Known IBAs
Alternate Title
IBA Database
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Impact and Benefit Agreement Research Network
Description
Provides a nationwide list of Impact and Benefits Agreements.
Local Protest and Resistance to the Rupert Diversion Project, Northern Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miriam Atkinson
Monica E. Mulrennan
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, p. 468–480
Description
Describes the Nemaska Crees political strategies used to defend their land and way of life against the EM-1-A & Rupert Diversion Project.
Mawi'aqnutma'tmk = Let Us Talk Together = Mawi'akanutma'timk: Text Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council
Description
Summarizes discussions about duty of governments to consult with Aboriginal peoples.
Meaningful Involvement of Aboriginal Peoples in Environmental Assessment: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Includes three case studies: Namgis First Nation and the Orca Sand and Gravel Project, Tahltan Iskut First Nation and the Galore Creek Project, and Union of New Brunswick Indians and the Emera Pipeline.
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.
Mikisew Cree First Nation Indigenous Knowledge and Use Report and Assessment for Shell Canada's Proposed Jackpine Mine Expansion, Pierre River Mine, and Redclay Compensation Lake
Alternate Title
MCFN Indigenous Knowledge and Use Report for JPME, PRM, and RCL
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Craig Candler
Firelight Group Research Cooperative
Description
Baseline data collected from 163 individual interviews and 8 oral interviews to determine Indigenous knowledge and land use for the proposed "Shell Projects".
Mining Industry Offers Fulfilling Careers For First Nations and Métis Workers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 5, May 2012, pp. 17-18
Description
Comments on the labour shortage in the mining industry and the role First Nations and Métis people are playing to help with this need.
Article located by scrolling to page 17 and 18.
MNDM Policy: Consultation and Arrangements with Aboriginal Communities at Early Exploration
Alternate Title
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' Policy: Consultation and Arrangements with Aboriginal Communities at Early Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)
Description
Examines the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' operation policy for implementing section 78 of the Mining Act and its regulations and consultation requirements.
Modernising Water: Articulating Custom in Water Governance in Australia and East Timor
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sue E. Jackson
Lisa R. Palmer
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-25
Description
Reports on the institutions and negotiations by which indigenous peoples are striving to confirm their access to water rights.
Mr. Ron Elliott (Quttiktuq) on Uranium Mining in Nunavut, NWT Premier Bob McLeod's Opening Address, and Ms. Wendy Bisaro (Frame Lake) on the NWT's Anti-Poverty Strategy
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ron Elliott
Peter Taptuna
Bob McLeod
Wendy Bisaro
Northern Pubic Affairs, vol. 1, no. 2, The Conservative Vision For Canadas North, Fall, 2012, pp. 8-12
Description
Reprint of Mr. Ron Elliott asking the Minister of Economic Development and Transportation the Hon. Peter Taptuna about Nunavut's mining policy, NWT Premier Bob McLeod's Opening Address at the Third Session of the 17th Legislative Assembly on October 17, and Ms. Wendy Bisaro (Frame Lake) about the NWT's Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Editors note: Statements were edited for length.
Murray River Country: An Ecological Dialogue with Traditional Owners
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Weir
NAFA: National Aboriginal Forestry Association
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
NAFA: National Aboriginal Forestry Association
Description
Promotes increased Aboriginal involvement in forest management and related commercial opportunities.
Napâttuit: Wood Use by Labrador Inuit and Its Impact on the Forest Landscape
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabel Lemus-Lauzon
Najat Bhiry
James Woollett
Études/Inuit/Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Les Peuples de l Arctique et le Bois / Arctic Peoples and Wood, 2012, pp. 113-139
Description
Reports on forest exploitation patterns over the past 200 years.
A Narrative of Encroachment Experienced by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P.M. (Patt) Larcombe
Description
Provides an overview of past, current and future developments and looks at how the encroachments have directly or indirectly impacted Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's social, cultural, economic, health and overall well-being.
National Aboriginal Fisheries Forum II: "Seize the Economic Opportunities": NAFF II Final Report
Alternate Title
National Aboriginal Fisheries Forum (NAFF II), October 2-4, 2012, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discussion about safety training and skills development, the wild capture and aquaculture sectors, and marketing and attracting investments.
National First Nations Infrastructure Investment Plan: 2012-2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
Description
Plan is prepared annually to map out investments in the short and medium term to support an economically stable future for First Nations in Canada.
Nations Wary About Plans to Reopen Mine
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 8, 2012, pp. 8-9
Description
Looks at concerns of several First Nations communities over the safety of drinking water, as well as other concerns, if a graphite mine is reactivated.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Native Council of Prince Edward Island (PEI): Holding On to Our Future
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Native Council of Prince Edward Island
Description
Website contains media news, the Gigmanag newsletter, and related links and resources. The website also has information about programs on diabetes, drugs & alcohol, employment & training, youth, and general information on Grandmother's house, Nanegkam housing, L'nu fisheries, Ikanawtiket and the Kelewatl Commission.
Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 55
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenichi Matsui
The New Deal for Tribes: Resource Extraction & Toxic Waste (Minus the Jobs)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Trahant
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Reprinted from Trahant Reports, April 10, 2017.
The New Northern Policy Universe
Alternate Title
Art of the State Series ; 4
Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Thomas J. Courchene
F. Leslie Seidle
France St.Hilaire
Description
Chapter in book: Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and Prospects in Canada's North edited by Frances, Abele, Thomas J. Courchene, F. Leslie Seidle and Frances St. Hilaire. Suggests that in the face of climate change, northerners should have more control over their environment.
Non-Timber Forest Products: An Economic Opportunity for First Nations' People
Alternate Title
SFM Network Research Note Series ; no. 51
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Catalina Solano-Rivera
Description
Explores how wildberries are a special type of non-timber forest product that have social, cultural and economic importance for the Gwich’in communities.
Oil and the Iñupiaq: Linking Industry and Education at Iļisaġvik College
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pearl Kiyawn Brower
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 28, no. 4, Oil and Indian Country, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Comments on college programming designed to support industry jobs.
On the Edge of Change: Shifting Land Use in the Piikani Timber Limit, Porcupine Hills, Alberta
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristina Jennie Hannis
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2012.
On Top of the World: Ernest S. Burch, Jr.'s Contribution to the 1983 National Geographic Society Peoples of the Arctic Map
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert P. Wheelersburg
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 2, 2012, pp. 128-142
Description
Discusses the creation of the traditional Sami resource territories map with detailed locations and place names.
Ontological Conflicts Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Brazil
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lea
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151-175
Description
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Two: Unit Scope and Introduction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
Our National Competitiveness and Canada's Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Discusses the adaptability of businesses in Canada's territories and the necessity of the federal and territorial governments to do the same.
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.
Partnerships Towards NTFP Development: Perspectives From Pikangikum First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan D. Pengelly
Iain Davidson-Hunt
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 6, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Communities, the Bioeconomy and Natural Resource Development, 2012, pp. 230-250
Description
Looks at the potential of research, development and marketing of non-timber forest products with partners.
People and Reindeer in a Changing Climate
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Philip Burgess
Description
Looks at EALÁT, a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and project examining reindeer pastoralism of the Sami and climate change.
Duration: 35:34.
People, Land & Sea: Environmental Governance on Haida Gwaii
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynn Lee
Description
Paper written for the Action Canada Northern Conference, Haida Gwaii, September 2012.