Scientific Panel for Sustainable Forest Practices in Clayoquot Sound
Description
Looks at a framework for developing new forest practices standards that include Nuu-Chah-Nulth participation in co-managing the area and its resources by using their knowledge and personal experience.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [262]-275
Description
Looks at the role space related issues play in land claims and sovereignty. Suggests topics for future research.
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Looks at institutional arrangements created by the Agreement and how they affect harvesting rights, management of wildlife and habitat, wildlife research, and assessment of environmental impacts of development. Gives special attention to wildlife co-management mechanisms which represent interests of both government and the Inuvialuit.
Reports on several Indigenous organizations that advocate
the defence of ecosystems, restoration of sustainable communities, and the protection of sacred sites.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning right of way on IR 6 given to the railroad, whether it should have been restored to reserve status when railway abandoned the line. ICC found that the Crown failed to meet its fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Speaking For Ourselves, Fall, 1992
Description
Discusses the protest of Spain's 500 years celebration and the boarding of a Columbus expedition to demand an apology for mass cultural genocide. The article also discusses two projects - one for fishing and one to protect the environment.
Compares testimonies of Drs. Sheila Robinson and Wayne Suttles in the Heiltsuk herring roe fisheries case attempting to show how scholarship can manipulate histories.
American Antiquity, vol. 60, no. 1, January 1995, pp. 59-79
Description
Explores the argument in favour of migration in the development of Northern Iroquoian culture in northeastern North America and examines the history of the controlling model that has dominated regional archaeological interpretation for the past half century.
Government Information Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, 1992, pp. 359-362
Description
Discusses the recommendations and petitions accepted by delegates to the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Focuses on those that dealt with data collection, the federal depository library program, and information technology.
Covers historical bases for current issues, philosophies which form foundations of culture and development, and implementation of action plans for social change.
Discusses rights and benefits under the agreement, compares intended to actual implementation, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations for future agreements.
Agreement between Canada, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, and Northern Flood Committee reached as a result of hydro-electric mega project.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [221]-234
Description
Reviews opportunities, challenges and difficulties that could arise from implementation of northern land claims.
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