Land

Discusses the significance of tobacco in the Blackfoot culture.

Hauptman responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy" offering a critical perspective on the article and arguing that it creates a new framework for considering the policies of Bureau of Indian Affairs in the 20th century.

Looks at British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle infestation that threatens First Nation communities and the impact it will have on cultural values and livelihoods.

Clow responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy" asserting that Barsh’s paper misreads a historic cause-effect relationship and that it provides a flawed assessment of the different objectives of the self-rule approach to Indian Policy.

Study identifies several impediments to successful development on First Nations lands.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1998.

Background of the Saskatchewan Indian Agriculture Program.

Book review of, Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson.

Investigates the use of the sovereignty argument in the Goshute nuclear waste proposal debate.

Organizers, supporters and observers discuss issues surrounding the movement. Duration: 54:09.

Discussion on the effectiveness of a number of agreements negotiated directly between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities in support of three northern Canadian diamond mines.

Assesses impact of a land use study. Interview method used to gather site specific data from Elders and current land users to gain an understanding of the community's relationship to the land.

Speaker compares various provincial policies and argues that while there are many differences in a general sense, they are moving in the same direction. Duration: 59:32.

Assesses the impacts of the 1984 change in Alaska fire policy from one of exclusion to one of management on Native land use in the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge.

A discussion of the attempted sale of lands from the terminated Menominee reservation to the large- scale recreational vacation property development and resistance by the Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders or DRUMS to stop the sale and restore tribal status. The U.S. government's withdrawal of tribal status and federal support had created economic issues for the group and the sale of land was looked upon as a means to rectify that issue.

Discusses the impact of the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and the participation of Sami pastoralists.

Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.

Analyzes two examples of business ventures: the Muskeg Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan and the Millbrook First Nation in Nova Scotia.

Federal legislation providing for regulation of leases, licences and dispositions related to royalties from certain resources on First Nation lands.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

Describes the role of the post-confederation treaty-making process in clearing the plains for European settlement. Suggests using for Grade 9 Social Studies. Entire Issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 19.

Looks at answers to the question 'what will be the best, fairest and most equitable approach catering for all the interests involved'?

Looks at three core indicators: employment, income, and community well-being; and five underlying indicators: education, entrepreneurship and business development, governance, lands and resources, and infrastructure.

[Aboriginal Economic Policy] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2011.

Discusses the disparities created by the Resguardo, a land access system in Columbia similar to the reservation system in Canada; offers some analysis of the income differences.

Looks at three case studies to explore business development derived from Indigenous land rights: The Inuvialuit in the Arctic, The Osoyoos Band in British Columbia and The Lac La Ronge First Nation in Saskatchewan.

Looks at British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle infestation; the key discussion points raised during the strategic planning sessions; and the respective implications for advancing economic sustainability in those communities.

Questions were asked about attachment to nations and communities, leadership and representation, state of current relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, and progress toward reconciliation.

Describes why indigenous self-determination, now accepted at both the national and international level, are hard rights to exercise due to the fact that they are not expressed in any specific institutional arrangement. *Research paper from Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy.

Looks at two examples of successful self-governance initiatives: the Pikangikum First Nation's Whitefeather Forest Initiative and the Haida's Turning Point Initiative in British Columbia.

Boxberger responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy"; highlights land title and resource extraction as a key motivator of Indian policy.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding compensation under Treaty 4 for agricultural benefits, programs and services, annual payments, and failure to provide a reserve in 1874 when Treaty was concluded. ICC suspended its inquiry when the Crown agreed to negotiate the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Guelph, 2013.

Contains links to the National Inuit Position Paper regarding the CCME Canada-Wide Strategy for the Management of Municipal Wastewater Effluent and Environment Canada’s Proposed Regulatory Framework for Wastewater and regional appendices.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2008.

Historical context of mining and the environmental concern for the clean-up.

Rural Sociology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2003.

Looks at examples of management approaches and concepts of potential relevance to natural resource policy, planning, and management used by First Nations for non-timber forest resources.

Examines the tourism policy of the Lofoten Islands in Norway. Suggests that future policy requires better documentation and incorporation of the non-economic considerations of the tourism industry, including aesthetics, recreational opportunities, inspiration, social relations, cultural heritage, knowledge, spirituality, and identity. Also notes that landscape preservation is seen to be the highest priority.

Examines a research agreement between the North Slope Borough of Alaska and Shell Exploration and Production Company (Shell Oil) and offers an evaluation based on: external factors, inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts.

Looks at the complex undertaking involved in developing reserve lands and the different rules and stakeholders involved.

Argues that anti-gentrification movement's characterization of it as colonialism is inaccurate and actually erases and appropriates the Indigenous experience of colonization.

Explores the cross-links between cultural resurgence, land claims and steps to exercising self-determination.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.

Looks at how the Canadian government is fulfilling its fiduciary obligation to consult with Aboriginal communities regarding industrial development on traditional lands.

Article discusses the way that landownership has been historically leveraged by women of different ethnic groups in the USA to generate income and support their families. Authors examine cases from the late 19th and early 20th century and compare the experiences of Dakota Sioux and Scandinavian immigrant women on the Northern Plains, and African American women in the South.