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Memorandum of Understanding Between the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada) and the State Committee on Northern Affairs of the Russian Federation Concerning Cooperation on Aboriginal and Northern Development - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)
State Committee on Northern Affairs of the Russian Federation
Description
Agreement between Canada and Russia that acknowledges common interests and issues that pertain to the Arctic and northern regions of both countries, including sustainable development and environmental protection.
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Menominee and Maya: Indigenous Cultures and Their Forests Inspire and Support Each Other

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sherrole Benton
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 2, Sustainability, Winter, 2005
Description
Looks at agreement signed between the Sustainable Development Institute at the College of Menominee Nation (CNM) and Galen University of San Ignacio to foster collaborative research in sustainable development.
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Mining the Boreal North

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Langston
American Scientist, vol. 101, no. [2], March-April 2013, pp. 98-102
Description
Brief history of resource use and exploitation in the taiga, home to Sami people.
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Ministerial Transition Book: November 2015

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
Description
"The material provides an overview of the mandate and history of the Department, the parliamentary environment, the Minister's portfolio, key relationships, and departmental sectors and their mandates. It also includes an overview of First Nation, Métis and Inuit protocols, cultures and traditions."
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[MNC 2014: Northern Hope: Aboriginal Economic Development]

Alternate Title
Manning Networking Conference, Ottawa ; 2014
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Blair Nixon
Bob Gannicott
Pierre Gratton
Description
Bob Gannicott and Pierre Gratton speak about natural resource development in the north and how communities can benefit currently and in the future. Duration: 57:59.
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Module 12: Land Claims, Ownership and Co-Management

Alternate Title
Module Twelve: Land Claims, Ownership and Co-Management
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
Discussion of land tenure rights and systems, and conflicts and outcomes of disputes including key court decisions, legislation and modern treaties. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Module 5: Contemporary Economic Activity

Alternate Title
BCS 100: Introduction to the Circumpolar North
Module Five: Contemporary Economic Activity
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 100]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Newark
Description
Looks at renewable and non-renewable resources and how climate change is affecting economic activity in the North. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Module 5: Social Change and Resource-dependent Communities in the North

Alternate Title
Module Five: Social Change and Resource-dependent Communities
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 331: Contemporary Issues of the Circumpolar World I]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chris Southcott
Description
Discusses main and economic characteristics of single-industry towns and research conducted on changes in forestry and mining-based North American communities, fishing-dependent North Atlantic communities, and communities in Northern Russia. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Module 7: Consolidation

Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Seven: Consolidation
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Looks at ways in which governments and social agencies disrupted traditional settlement patterns of northern peoples and effects of industrialization using examples from Canada, Russia, Norway, and Alaska. Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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Money Can't Trump Environmental Change, Says Minister

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 9
Description

Discusses the need for alternative energy initiatives to help preserve the environment, including the Northwest Territories initiatives of harnessing the wind's energy and upgrading building standards for increased efficiency.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Monique Verdin's Louisiana Love: An Interview

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirstin L. Squint
Monique Verdin
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 117-133
Description
Interview with co-producer and co-writer of My Louisiana Love, a documentary which details the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the BP oil spills on her family and community.
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Native Council of Prince Edward Island (PEI): Holding On to Our Future

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Native Council of Prince Edward Island
Description
Website contains media news, the Gigmanag newsletter, and related links and resources. The website also has information about programs on diabetes, drugs & alcohol, employment & training, youth, and general information on Grandmother's house, Nanegkam housing, L'nu fisheries, Ikanawtiket and the Kelewatl Commission.
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Natural Resource Management Agreements in First Nations' Territories

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie K. Montour
Description
Examples were chosen based upon geographic representativity, types of natural resources, aspiration, and success or lack of it. Looks at agreements from Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, and one that is general to the United States.
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Natural Resource Management and Indigenous Well-being

Alternate Title
Moving Forward, Making a Difference ; vol. 1
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 3
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 2nd, 2006
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Brenda Dyack
Romy Greiner
vol. 3
Description

Reviews six research case studies, all with different approaches to providing evidence of benefits.

Chapter thirteen from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

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Natural Resources Inventories of Indian Public Domain Trust Allotments in California

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary Nakamura
Richard R. Harris
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 49-61
Description
Discussion of public domain trust allotments, a class of specific lands, for individuals, created by the General Allotment Act of 1887 and the National Indian Forest Resources Management Act (NIFRMA).
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Natural Resources, Local Development and Social Enterprise: Examining the Connection Between Sustainable Rural Development and the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andre Vallillee
Description
Examines the connection between sustainable rural development and the social economy; and looks at the role of social enterprises in key natural resource sectors, including non-timber forest products, local and organic agriculture, fisheries and shellfish, renewable energy, and ecotourism.
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Natural Resources Transfer Agreements, The Transfer of Authority, and the Promise to Protect the First Nations' Right to a Traditional Livelihood: A Critical Legal History

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Calliou
Review of Constitutional Studies, vol. 12, no. 2, 2007, pp. 173-213
Description
Uses critical legal history to fill in the historical context of paragraph 12 of the National Resources Transfer Agreement, and looks at the importance of treaties to First Nations traditional livelihood.
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Negotiating TEK in BC Salmon Farming: Learning from Each Other or Managing Tradition

Alternate Title
Negotiating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in BC Salmon Farming: Learning from Each Other or Managing Tradition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothee Schreiber
Dianne Newell
BC Studies, no. 150, Aquaculture, Summer, 2006, pp. 79-102
Description
Argues there is a distinction between Aboriginal perceptions of TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) and those of government and industrial sectors.
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Neoliberal Earthworks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Stewart
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 2018, pp. 56-78
Description
Discusses texts by Thomas King, Gerald Vizenor, and Leslie Marmon Silko and the way in which they engage the practices and results of neoliberalism, globalization, and extractive resource-based economies.
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New Ethos - New Solutions: Indigenous Negotiation of Co-operative Environmental Management Agreements in Washington State

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Ross
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 2, 1999, p. 16
Description
Discusses how Indigenous people in Washington State have established a new ethos in environmental management of collaborating with industry, government and environmental groups to solve their concerns.
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