Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

International Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 1998.

Canadian Criminal Code firearm revisions and their effect on Treaty First Nations.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2009.

Information taken from sources such as historical records, government reports, statistics, academic literature, interviews with local residents, etc.

Introduction and two archival items on social and economic conditions of Aboriginal people. The first report is on the socio-economic conditions that contributed to the spread of tuberculosis, and the economic measures needed to be taken to improve the lives of the Swampy Cree Indians. The second report is an account of the socio-economic conditions of Aboriginal people and recommendations for improving their health status.

Article concludes that it is important to publish failures as well as successes based on a case of conflict between environmental institutions and reindeer owners of the development of a national park.

Indian reservations were surveyed regarding their consumption of wildlife. Calls for increased joint management efforts between provincial and Indian governments to identify all forces affecting wildlife populations and to create equitable conservation programs.

Consists of an interview with non-Indian employed at the Gabriel Dumont Institute in Regina. At the time of the interview he was writing a book on the history of the Metis nation.

Don Nielson was one of the original organizers of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan in 1964. He talks about the differences between Metis groups in the north and south and Norris's fight against government funding.

Consists of an interview with Dora Meawasige where she gives a general account of reservation life and life while trapping in the bush.

Studies data from central and northern Labrador's Dorset settlement patterns and ways of hunting. Shows breathing hole sealing was not used.

Contends that Paleoindians at this site only collected and consumed one or two plant types due to availability around the camp.

Looks at the reasons for the migration of the Oneota peoples to the Plains and the adjustments to the natural and social environments made by the peoples.

Discusses how two key subsistence strategies, used by First Nations peoples to combat drought, were threatened when the ways of the modern world spread to the Great Plains.

Photograph of fish drying on a line.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1970.

Comments on a project involving an environmental health study and risk assessment on 61 Indigenous communities in central Ontario.

Provides assessment of site examination from 1977 looking for artifacts relating to structure, subsistence patterns, and occupation.

Comments on the knowledge European settlers obtained from Aboriginal people and their landscape.

Book review of: Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory edited by David T. McNab. A collection of conference presentations at Walpole Island in 1994, include Olive Dickason and Dean Jacobs.

Proceedings of a conference held May 12-14, 1994, in Bkejwanong, Ontario.

In this editorial the author examines the origins and political consequences of “Eastern métis” (or “Québec métis” or “Acadian-métis”) studies.

Review showed that food insecurity is an issue in all three nations studied, Canada, United States and Australia.

Discusses the Nunavik Hunters Supports Program which has the goals of promoting traditional hunting activities, ensuring a supply of country foods, and maintains harvesting equipment such as community freezers and boats.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2005.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1979.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1991.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1999.

Discusses how colonization has disrupted communities' relationship with the land, efforts to restore the connection on the reservation, and how ideas about tradition and sustainability are linked to food sovereignty.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 48, (pp1-90).

Looks at a project to harvest and market muskox meat, horns, hides, and quiviut (textile-grade soft body hair) to embed sustainable renewable resource development within traditional Inuvialuit culture.

Article calculates the maximum efficient distance that hunters could travel before the energy expended was greater than the benefits gained.

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.

Looks at visitor travel behavior data, visitor use estimation, and economic impact modeling.

Looks at Indigenous fishing from the pre-colonial period until the end of the 19th century.

Traces the history, prevalence, and numbers killed from 1970 to 2008, and estimates income generated.

Describes how varying types of wood were used to enhance the lifestyle of the residents.

Looks at the history of ecotourism, and suggests some solutions to ecotourism problems through the analysis of case studies of ecotourism, and management practices from all levels of ecotourism governance.

Contends that some longstanding cultural practices of indigenous peoples, such as the whale hunt, may offend ecotourists.

Consists of an interview where she gives an account of plants and herbs used as medicine; and gives a description of basket making procedures.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on developmental aid from a cultural point of view and examples of rights-based approaches. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles that present situation of Indigenous people in Africa and access to land. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.

Mr. Fox tells of life before white men came; of the foods, medicines and so forth.

Discusses reasons for changes in living arrangements of the Sámi elderly.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2000.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2000.