The Kill of Wild Geese by the Natives of the Hudson-James Bay Region
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harold C.Hanson
Campbell Currie
Arctic, vol. 10, no. 4, 1957, pp. 211-229
Description
Attempts to examine importance of goose kills and bird populations for preservation and sound management of this basic resource.
Kluane First Nation, Kluane National Park and Kluane Game Sanctuary Claim, Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of community session transcripts, historical documents, maps, excerpts, correspondence/letters, submissions and Final Report in English and French. Commissioners include: Phil Fontaine, Sheila Purdy, and Alan Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Kruger and al. v. The Queen, [1978] 1 S.C.R. 104
Alternate Title
Kruger and al. v. The Queen, [1978] 1 Supreme Court Reports 104
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Case regarding the shooting of a deer during closed season. This case deals with the Wildlife Act of 1966 and the Indian Act of 1970.
The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island
Alternate Title
Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 8
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 5, pt. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Description
Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 8 (p. [301]-516).
The 'Labor' of Belonging
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jackie Grey
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 2-14
Description
Comments on an incident where a Wampanoag fisherman appears before a town council to appeal for the right to fish without restrictions.
Labrador Inuit and Their Arrow Shafts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Mitchell
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, Les Inuit au Labrador méridional / Inuit in Southern Labrador, 2015, pp. 165-188
Description
Comments on the softwoods used for the manufacture of arrows and darts and the procurement of the wood.
Labrador Inuit on the Hunt: Seasonal Patterns, Techniques, and Animals as They Appear in the Early Moravian Diaries
Alternate Title
Les Inuit du Labrador à la chasse : Modèles saisonniers, techniques et animaux tels qu’ils apparaissent dans les carnets anciens des frères Moraves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thea Olsthoorn
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 125-149
Description
Author gathers and studies accounts from the journals of Moravian settlers in Labrador; written between 1771 and 1778 these accounts contain depictions of seal and caribou as prey animals, information on when the Inuit hunted these animals and the techniques they used, and clues that suggest transformation between human and nonhuman beings.
Lament for a First Nation: The Williams Treaties of Southern Ontario
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Greg Marquis
Law and Politics Book Review, vol. 18, no. 11, November 16, 2008, pp. 994-997
Description
Book review of: Lament for a First Nation: The Williams Treaties of Southern Ontario by Peggy J. Blair. This book discusses the R. v. Howard court case. (R. v. Howard [1994] 2 Supreme Court Reports 2999).
Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1924
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
BC Studies, no. 161, Spring, 2009, pp. 138-140
Description
Book review of: Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves and Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1924 by Douglas C. Harris.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.
Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves & Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849–1925
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Marshall
Michael Blackwell
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 773-775
Description
Book review of: Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves & Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849–1925 by Douglas C. Harris.
Landscape Engineering and Organizational Complexity Among Late Prehistoric Bison Hunters of the Northwestern Plains
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria Nieves Zedeño
Jesse A. M. Ballenger
and John R. Murray
Current Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, February 2014, pp. 23-58
Description
Examines the social, political, and ritual structures and practices of prehistoric hunting traditions. Also discusses how hunters adapted to environmental and climate change.
Landscapes of Sport, Landscapes of Exclusion: The "Sportsman's Paradise" in Late-Nineteenth-Century Canadian Painting
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynda Jessup
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Winter, 2006, pp. 71-123
Description
Describes genre of painting created for sport fishermen who leased salmon rivers in Atlantic Canada; these leases removed First Nations fishing rights.
The Lappish Minority in Sweden: A Macrosociological Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edmund Dahlström
International Journal of Sociology, vol. 3, no. 3/4, Sociology in Scandinavia, Fall/Winter, 1973/1974, pp. 110-146
Description
Looks at the Lapp (Sami) minority historically and discusses principles of minority policy.
Last Mountain House
Articles » General
Author/Creator
R. C. Mackenzie
Saskatchewan History, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1954, pp. 56-59
Description
Describes the founding and operations of Last Mountain House, an outpost of Fort Qu’Appelle, notes the trading relationships with the Métis, Cree, Saulteaux, and Assiniboine peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 56.
Late Holocene Hunter-Gatherers at L'Anse aux Meadow and the Dynamics of Bird and Mammal Hunting in Newfoundland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Todd J. Kristensen
Jenneth E. Curtis
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 49, no. 1, 2012, pp. 68-87
Description
Presents data from over 40 years of excavations including synopses of features, radiocarbon dates, lithic and wood assemblages, and faunal records as they relate to subsistence activities.
Late Pleistocene Western Camel (Camelops Hesternus) Hunting in Southwestern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Kooyman
L.V. Hills
Shayne Tolman
Paul McNeil
American Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 115-124
Description
Evidence uncovered at the Wally's Beach site in southern Alberta, indicates that human hunting of camels was greater than previously thought.
Late Quaternary Bison Diminution on the Great Plains of North America: Evaluating the Role of Human Hunting Versus Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew E. Hill
Matthew G. Hill
Christopher C. Widga
Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 27, no. 17-18, September 2008, pp. 1752-1771
Description
Study found that changes in bison size where due to environmental conditions and not due to human hunting.
Lawrence Cook
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lawrence Cook
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Lawrence Cook knew Jim Brady in 1949/50. He talks about the CCF government policies and how the people reacted to them, the Legion, and the various Co-op efforts that were tried in Cumberland. He is the only informant to talk about efforts by Brady to organize a Metis Association in Cumberland in 1949.
Lawrence Tobacco Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lawrence Tobacco
Christine Welsh
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
Lawrence Tobacco, born 1919, on the Poor Man Reserve, Saskatchewan He attended a residential school and is now involved in traditional education and counseling. He talks about farming and raising cattle on the Poor Man Reserve; shares a story of a trip he took to Winnipeg to sell cattle for a number of reserves in the File Hills area, and how Indian Affairs officials tried to bribe him with part of the proceeds of the sale; shares stories of defiance toward Dept.
The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. The Attorney General of Canada, 2006 BCSC 1463
Alternate Title
The Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band v. The Attorney General of Canada, 2006 British Columbia Supreme Court 1463
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Description
Discusses a case where the plaintiffs are seeking Aboriginal constitutional rights to fish and sell fish.
Lead Exposure in Nunavik: From Research to Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ariane Couture
Benoît Levesque
Éric Dewailly
Gina Muckle
Serge Déry
Jean-Francois Proulx
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18591
Description
The regulation of lead shot in 1999 has led to a significant reduction in bloods levels of lead in Nunavut, but levels are still higher than other North American regions.
Lead Shot Contribution to Blood Lead of First Nations People: The Use of Lead Isotopes to Identify the Source of Exposure
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Bruce C. Wainman
Ian D. Martin
Celine Sutherland
Jean-Philippe Weber
et al.
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 405, no. 1/3, November 2008, pp. 180-185
Description
Concludes that lead-contaminated game bird meat is a significant source of exposure for First Nation Cree of the western James Bay region.