Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

Article examines the effects and fallout of international economies and multi-national corporations for hunters and trappers in North America; argues that the changing economic dynamics accelerate state dependency among hunters and trappers.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1983.

Reviews the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of food security including law and policy, which impede food production and acquisition, and provides recommendations for achieving food security.

Looks at how imposition of programs such as Family Allowance, Foodmail, and Nutrition North Canada, in conjunction with criminalization of hunting and harvesting have created food insecurity.

Looks at the repeated crop failures at Red River that compelled settlers to use wild hay from the plains, as well as support the colony by hunting, fishing, and fowling.

The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.

Discusses history of the smelt fishery, highly valued by many groups particularly in what is now northern British Columbia.

Looks at a report concerning the remains of two men and the information their deaths and burials give about the past.

Explorers relationship between Indigenous and Settler fishers in context of the post Marshall decision.

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v.17 (p.381-498).

Examines the US Federal Court Case to determine the Aboriginal treaty rights, in Washington State, to take Shellfish (in the law case shellfish were termed all marine life other than fin fish).

Maynard Whitehawk found guilty by magistrate at Kamsack, Saskatchewan, for illegally hunting ducks on Cote Reserve.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider about the story of the coyote who taught the hunter how to get game, and the success which followed for the hunter and his companions.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells of the importance of the antelope in Blackfoot ceremonialism and he mentions various tipi designs as well.

Consists of an interview with George First Rider discussing the role of the buffalo and other animals in Blood Indian ceremonialism.

Looks at Oolichan fishing and the process of rendering the grease from the fish. Duration: 19:59.

Consists of an interview with 2 sisters.

These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and oppressive fiscal policies of austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.

Photograph includes a group of men and dog; taken on Padloping Island, N.W.T. [NU].

Looks at the Sami reindeer herding community of Sevettijö Skolt and state subsidy policy.

Structures in background; taken at Grise Fiord, N.W.T. [NU].

This booklet shows in detail the various steps of the traditional Aboriginal method of smoke tanning big game hides. The Saskatchewan Indian Arts and Crafts Advisory Committee organized a training program held at Chitek Lake, Saskatchewan in May 1974.

Study looks at both traditional and non-traditional economic activities in two Indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1986.

Examines the social networks connected to the harvesting of wild food in the Little Red River Cree Nation.

Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Looks at the the social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that mediate harvesting and distribution of wildlife resources.

Looks at formal and informal economic impacts, subsistence and cultural values, human mobility and Indigenous adaptations, and future scenarios.

Studies the effects of hydro regulations in Northern Manitoba.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Chicago, 1980.

Based on data obtained through interviews with Dutch companies and representatives of local communities.

This 86-year-old gentleman discusses Treaty #10 and his understanding of the terms. The informant was present at the signing.

General reminiscences of his life and he talks about a smallpox epidemic before he was born.

Documentary film narrated by local inhabitants that stayed even after the town's boom was over. Duration: 27:21.

Book review of: French Canadians, Furs and Indigenous Women by Jean Barman.

Book review of: Sometimes Hunting Can Seem Like Business by George W. Wenzel

Book review of: A Son of the Fur Trade edited by Gerhard Ens.

Book review of: A Son of the Fur Trade: The Memoirs of Johnny Grant by John Francis Grant, edited by Gerhard J. Ens.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1999.

Looks at Indigenous hunting patterns, using a mixed-methods approach and taking into account both biophysical and cultural/spiritual factors.

Decision that demonstrates the constitutionalisation of Aboriginal rights and argues that Aboriginal rights need to be respected in their own terms and not necessarily simply to fit within common law concepts.

Study looked at how kinship and demography influence locations of camps and individual households. Found that group and herd size did not impact camp spacing, and that distribution of camps and dwellings correlate to relatedness.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Western Ontario, 1978