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Developers Buy in to First Nations Option

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Stewart
Business Edge, vol. 3, no. 8, April 13, 2006
Description
Looks at B.C. real estate developers who are building housing and retail projects on First Nations-leased land and the benefits of ongoing property tax revenue for the community.
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Drought Great Equalizer on the Prairies

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, August 2, 2002, p. A15
Description
Discusses the social and economic effects of the drought on the agricultural lifestyle of Saskatchewan Aboriginals.
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An Empirically Justified Theory of Successful Indigenous Entrepreneurship: Case Study of the Osoyoos Indian Band

Alternate Title
Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange
[AGSE International Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Exchange ; 3rd, 2006]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bob Kayseas
Kevin Hindle
Robert B. Anderson
Description
Focuses on the Band's approach to governance, land use and cultural development. Paper from Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange.
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Factors Contributing to the Cultural and Spatial Variability of Landscape Burning by Native Peoples of Interior Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Monika Calef
Orville Huntington
Sarah Trainor
Henry P. Huntington
La'ona Dewilde
Scott Rupp
F. Stuart Chapin
Ecology and Society, vol. 12, no. 1, 2007, pp. 1-12
Description
Analyzes the geographical extent to which native peoples of Interior Alaska used fire to modify the landscape at the time of European contact.
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Final Report: Social and Economic Review of the Impact of Land Survey and Registration Systems on Canada Lands

Alternate Title
Social and Economic Review of the Impact of Land Survey and Registration Systems on Canada Lands: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hickling Arthurs Low Technology Management and Economics
Description
Paper's information based on: literature review, interviews, case studies and a workshop. Primary focus is First Nations groups but also includes information on the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), offshore and national parks.
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Financial Performance of Native Regional Corporations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Steve Colt
Alaska Review of Social and Economic Conditions, vol. 28, no. 2, December 1991, pp. [1]-24
Description
Describes the financial performance of the regional corporations from their 1973 beginnings through to 1990.
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Finding Hope Amidst Persecution: Coalition-Building by Massai in Tanzania

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kelly Askew
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 2, no. 2, Global Solidarity Symposium, 2016
Description
Presentation by the Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Michigan, at the Global Solidarity symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016. Duration: 44:22.
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The Finnmark Estate: Dilution of indigenous Rights or a Robust Compromise?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Else Grete Broderstad
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 8-21
Description
Explores the history, process and implications of the Finnmark Act, a new land management agreement of previously state owned land.
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First Nations See Opportunity in Oil and Gas Act

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Stewart
Business Edge, vol. 8, no. 13, June 27, 2008
Description
Discusses proposed changes to the law covering oil and gas activity on First Nations reserves which will enable more bands to get involved in the petroleum industry.
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Fiscal Management Law Major Native Milestone

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, December 6, 2002, p. A19
Description
Explains how the proposed First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act could be an option for economic development.
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Floodplains and Agricultural Origins: A Case Study in South-Central Ontario, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary W. Crawford
David G. Smith
Joseph R. Desloges
Anthony M. Davis
Journal of Field Archaeology, vol. 25, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 123-137
Description
Research suggests that the floodplain of the Grand River was an important setting for initial maize production by the Iroquoian Princess Point Complex (A.D. 500-900).
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Focus: 'Making Native Space': A Review Symposium (Book Review)

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Ripmeester
Jeanne Kay Guelke
Frank Tough
Peter J. Usher
Evelyn J. Peters
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 2003, pp. 75-87
Description
Book review of: Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance and Reserves in British Columbia by Cole Harris.
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Framework for Aboriginal Capacity-Building in the Forest Sector

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry M. Bombay
Description
Looks at the Aboriginal capacity in natural resources management involving issues that encompass governance, institutional arrangements with other levels of government, and human resource development and that promote forest sustainability, contribute to social and cultural well-being, and respond to major environmental matters such as climate change mitigation.
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Frank G. Speck's Contributions to the Understanding of Mi'kmaq Land Use, Leadership, and Land Management

Alternate Title
Frank G. Speck's Contributions to the Understanding of Micmac Land Use, Leadership, and Land Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet E. Chute
Ethnohistory, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer, 1999, pp. 481-540
Description
Looks at early 20th century research about the history of the traditional economic system, its origin and development.
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From Fish Weir to Waterfall

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth D. Tollefson
Martin L. Abbott
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 209-225
Description
Article examines the meanings and significance of the Snoqualmie Falls to the Snoqualmie people; considers historic, political, and spiritual/traditional contexts. Examines a current conflict surrounding the falls which involves the Puget Sound Power and Light Company.
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The Fur Trade and Early Capitalist Development in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rennie Warburton
Stephen Scott
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1985, pp. 27-46
Description
Discusses the decline of Indigenous modes of production stemming from the wage-labour economy introduced by the Hudson Bay Company and its expansion into agriculture, fishing and lumbering.
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Garden Hill Comprehensive Community Planning Project: Process Report, December 2011

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jill Collinson
Johnathan Hildebrand
Laura Remple
Description
Discusses the University of Manitoba City Planning Department and four Manitoba First Nations' partnership to work on community development and issues. Themes identified were: housing development, commercial activity, natural and traditional preservation areas, recreation, water and waste management transportation, community services and culture.
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Getting Back to Basics: The Victor Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Scoping Process and the Issue of Family-Based Traditional Lands Versus Registered Traplines

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Daniel D. McCarthy
Graham S. Whitelaw
Jessica McEachren
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 29, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 37-47
Description
Examines whether the approved environmental assessment for the Victor Diamond Mine in northern Ontario was properly scoped using criteria identified by the Government of Canada.
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Gilakas'la: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation

Alternate Title
Gilakas'la*: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation
Gilakas'la1: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation
Gilakas'la1: A Sustainable Tourism Strategy for the Da'Naxda'xw/Awaetlala First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Timothy J. McGrady
Description
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2006.
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Governance, the Territorial Approach and Indigenous Peoples

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pedro García Hierro
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Land Rights: A Key Issue, 2004, pp. 8-13
Description
Summarizes issues most problematic with territories of the Amazonian Indigenous peoples in the Andean area. To access this article, scroll to page 8.
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