Examines a joint management scenarios between traditional Aboriginal caribou hunters, government managers and biologists to share multiple perspectives on what is known about caribou systems and to identify the kinds of changes that are culturally and socially acceptable to traditional caribou hunting societies.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 79, no. 4, July 2003, pp. 799-808
Description
Discusses the importance of educating forest practitioners and forest workers of Aboriginal ancestry via partnerships with forest industry, governments, academic institutions, and forestry resources associations.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, January/February 2003, pp. 15-19
Description
Conference overview describes the role that Indigenous Environmental Health Workers (IEHWs) play in maintaining the well-being of Indigenous people across Australia.
Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 36, no. 3, 2003, pp. 163-170
Description
Two generations ago diabetes was unknown in Sandy Lake, now there is a high prevalence of diabetes caused by genetic and environmental factors, such as a more sedentary lifestyle, a higher caloric intake diet of saturated fats and sugars.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 141-157
Description
History of a co-operative project between the Dene Nation and the University of British Columbia to develop a database on the effects of the Norman Wells Pipeline Expansion and the Pipeline Project.
Annals of Human Genetics, vol. 67, no. 1, January 2003, pp. 17-25
Description
Study findings indicate no evidence for an over-representation of the Renin-Angiotensin System (RAS) alleles associated with cardiovascular fitness in the high-altitude population compared with the lowland population.
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 70, Political Ecology, Spring, 2003, pp. 125-152
Description
Proposes that you can study Blackfoot governance by examining the relationship between politics and ecology which encompasses world views, knowledge systems, histories, and environmental relationships. Shows comparisons to the buffalo herd.
An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid certain agreements between the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band
Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act,1986, C. 23, G-11.4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Settlement agreement legislated between the Canadian Government, the province of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band.
Film chronicles the voyage of a northern expedition lasting five months and covering 16,000 kilometres through the Northwest Passage. Accompanying material: The Great Adventure [Study Guide].
Duration: 52:03.
Guide to accompany film, The Great Adventure. Target audience senior elementary, secondary school and adult education. Contains pre and post viewing activities related to geography, human and physical systems, global issues, local environments, climate change, history, explorers and technology themes.
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 5-11
Description
Discusses Cole Harris's contributions to the fields of geography and British Columbian research and his book Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 155-190
Description
Study conducted in Nunavik over the course of 10 years (1985-1995) involved surveying various ecological zones in the two locations. Data analysis was conducted to estimate population levels, intensity of occupation and resource use. Researchers concluded that local knowledge must be incorporated when interpreting material culture.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 2, 2003, pp. 130-141
Description
Results show that individuals from the inland community had a diet based on traditional foods which the coastal community did not have but both groups had a high intake of sugar and fat.
Examines the benefit of incorporating the knowledge of Aboriginal peoples in protected areas establishment and management, for both ecological and cultural survival.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 11, Supplement, October 2003, p. 15
Description
Article attempts to identify issues and concepts to guide in developing culturally appropriate mental health strategies; argues the mental health problems have social origins that require social and political solutions.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 2, 2003, pp. 75-85
Description
Examines the bio-prospecting/bio-piracy debate in the context of traditional knowledge as an important component in an aboriginal economic development strategy.