Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

Book review of: A Way of Life That Does Not Exist by Colin Samson.

Study conducted from 2007 to 2010 compared elders' traditional attitudes about harvesting with those of the younger generation of hunters.

Looks at the arrival of the Europeans, First Nations teaching the newcomers survival skills, treaty negotiations and more. Duration: 6:34.

Book review of: "We are Still Didene" by Thomas McIlwraith.

Book review of: "We Are Still Didene" by Thomas McIlwraith. Review located by scrolling to page 191.

Book review of "We are Still Didene by Thomas McIlwraith. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 224.

Looks at the Wuikinuxv culture and history from a modern perspective using archival photographs.

Examines how the Federal and Provincial governments enforce fishing, hunting, trapping and gathering regulations and ignore treaty promises.

Looks at salmon fishing, filleting and drying, and discusses the importance of the fish to First Nations peoples. Duration: 10:00.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.

"This article traces the transformation of the Muskego Cree and the Métis peoples of the district from independent traders, hunters, and wage labourers to a colonized people with diminished economic opportunities."

Beginning with the observations of Indigenous Elders and land-users, authors examine and articulate the relationship between the rise and fall of muskrat populations and ice-jam flooding on the Peace River and in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (PAD), and how that has been affected by climate change.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2010.

Looks at the role and impact of wealth in hunter-gatherer societies.

Describes a 10-day winter camp, for high school aged students, designed to combine aboriginal skills with modern skills.

Guest speaker Clifford Paul discusses using a two-eyed seeing approach to moose management. Question and answer period about the land. Lecture begins at 22:03. Duration: 2:45:21.

Discusses behaviours and choices foragers make when moving into unfamiliar landscapes.

Examines evidence, from the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, on how the involvement in the fur trade altered the social and economic lives of the Western James Bay Cree.

A black and white photograph of a whale that was harpooned and shot by a Native trapper at the mouth of the Curchill River in 1948.

A black and white photograph of a whale that was harpooned and shot by a Native trapper at the mouth of the Churchill River in 1948. Unidentified man in picture.

Looks at identification of whales bones found at Nuu-chah-nulth and Makah archaeological sites and historical whaling practices.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 2000.

Study of three treaty rights cases finds while the origins of the cases very different, the arguments presented by the tribes are consistent.

Book review of: Whaling and Eskimos: Hudson Bay 1860-1951> by Gillies Ross.

Book review of: The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters by Edward Sapir, Morris Swadish, Alexander Thomas, John Thomas and Frank Williams. Scroll down to page 120 to read review.

Book review of: The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters by Edward Sapir, et al.

Argues that it was disruptions to the traditional economy and changes in technology that caused Aboriginals to hunt for reasons other than subsistence.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1992.

Comments on the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement Act and its uniqueness in being both an Act and part of the Consitution of Canada. Article located by scrolling to page 6.

Comments on the importance of passing culture from one generation to another.

Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2009.

Presents brief background on ecological data that could help with a new compensation system for Sami Reindeer herders.

Looks at concerns and themes presented to the Royal Commission almost a century ago, which continue to be concerns today, including secure access and control of the traditional resource base and participation in the economy.

Looks at the American federal governments "new" reservation policy designed with the goal of creating order on the Great Plains.

Discusses narrative technology, an adaptive re-creation of the oral tradition of hunter/gatherer stories using different media and settings.

Study uses 25 interviews with fisheries stakeholders to examine barriers, facilitators, and governance structures for restoring and reintegrating small scale commercial fisheries into the food systems in the Thunder Bay area.

Geography and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2002.

Book review of: Where the Ancestors Walked by Philip Clarke. Review located by scrolling to page 162.

[Humanities and the Arts] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2005.

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

Author asserts that Indigenous African knowledge about gorillas has been excluded from contemporary conservation efforts and that this limits their effectiveness. Argues that in order to engage Indigenous knowledge conservationists must reflect on their own ways of knowing and accept different understandings of ecology.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Helsinki, 2012. Examines Sami Paadar brothers settlement case.

Resources and the Environment Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2004.

Comments on a summit developed to give knowledge about edible plants and discusses the advantages of including traditional foods in a healthy diet.

Book review of: Wild Moments edited by Michael Englehard.

Comparative investigation reveals that declines have been recorded in total volume and per capita availability of wild foods in most settlements compared to the early 1980s.

Looks at resource use for Sami reindeer herders, tourist concept of wilderness, and implications for place and people.