Natural Resources
Selective Integration: Knowledge and Interests in the Model Forest Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna M. Beyers
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 37, no. 3, Fall, 2002, pp. 192-218
Description
Essay focuses on the selection process, with study outcome suggesting partial integration of new knowledge into future resource policy.
Self-Determination and Indigenous Women: Increasing Legitimacy Through Inclusion
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 2, 2014, pp. 241-275
Description
Contends that in order for decolonization to fully occur political, social, cultural, and economic development must be met for Indigenous women.
Self-Sufficiency and the Creation of Dependency: The Case of Chief Isaac, Inc.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David W. Murray
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 169-188
Description
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.
SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta: Summary
Alternate Title
Summary: SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wendy Aupers
Description
"The research of SERC 2, has been undertaken to determine if countervailing opportunities for such communities in other natural resources sectors with respect to the sectors of non-timber forest resources, non-traditional fisheries, local and organic food systems, renewable energy, and eco-tourism existed within Alberta and B.C."
Shadow and Substance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frederick E. Hoxie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 35-37
Description
Hoxie responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy", citing archival evidence to illustrate his assertion that the Indian New Deal policies show no real change from those of previous administrations despite the rhetoric that surrounded them.
Shale Gas Development in Fort Nelson First Nation Territory: Potential Regional Impacts of the LNG Boom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn H. Garvie
Lana Lowe
Karena Shaw
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 45-[72]
Description
Discusses potential risks to wildlife, water, air, and human health in territories upstream from extraction sites.
Sharing the Wealth: First Nation Resource Participation Models
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC First Nations Energy & Mining Council
Description
"This report is intended to provide BC First Nations with some insight into the approach and models that can be considered to implement these rights with respect to specific projects in traditional lands".
Shellfish Aquaculture and First Nations' Sovereignty: The Quest for Sustainable Development in Contested Sea Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alyssa L. Joyce
Terre A. Satterfield
Natural Resources Forum, vol. 34, no. 2, May 2010, pp. 106-123
Description
Identifies perceptions of the risks and benefits of the shellfish aquaculture tenuring system, and presents the results of 56 interviews conducted with individuals involved
in shellfish production in BC.
Should Trees Have Legal Standing in Indian Country?
Alternate Title
State of Indigenous America Series
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Pavlik
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 7-28
Description
Looks at Christopher D. Stone's work, Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects regarding the status and legal recognition of the natural world.
The Six Faces of Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Challenges and Opportunities for Canadian Co-Management Arrangements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicolas Houde
Ecology and Society, vol. 12, no. 2, 2007, p. 34
Description
Discusses six "faces" of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) including, factual observations, management systems, past and current land uses, ethics and values, culture and identity, and cosmology.
Soil and Oil, Trees and Seas: Building Nations through Natural Resources
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Helen Hu
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 4, Nation Building, Summer, 2014
Description
Discusses how the American Indian Higher Education Consortium is preparing students for jobs in the energy sector.
Solar Energy Development Programmatic EIS: Information Center
Alternate Title
Solar Energy Development Programmatic EIS: Information Centre
Web Sites » Governmental
Description
Website focuses on identifying the locations most suitable for utility-scale solar energy development, and evaluating potential environmental, social, and economic effects.
Some Notes on Native American Literature
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carter Revard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 15, no. 1, Series 2; [Special Issue in Honor of Carter Revard], Spring, 2003, pp. [1]-15
Description
Speech delivered by Carter Revard at the Mystic Lake Symposium on Native American Literature, Prior Lake, Minnesota, April 11, 2002.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Sovereignty and the Structure of Dependency at Northern Ute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph G. Jorgensen
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 75-94
Description
Studies the economic experiences of a energy resource rich Native American community and finds that President Reagan's New Federalism didn't have a positive impact.
Speeches - Miscellaneous
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains notes from speeches by Eric Neilson on the Northern Development Policy and how Aboriginal people can aid in implementing it, and by John Diefenbaker for the PION-ERA festival in Saskatoon noting that the first day is to honour Aboriginal people.
Standing Up and Taking a Stand Against Robbery
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 9
Description
Comments on an invoice submitted to the Ontario government requesting payment for benefits from natural resources extracted from the Nishinawbe Aski First Nation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
State Centrism, the Equal-Footing Doctrine, and the Historical-Legal Geographies of American Indian Treaty Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven E. Silvern
Historical Geography, vol. 30, Indigenous Peoples: Contested Lands, Contested Identities, 2012, pp. [33]-58
Description
Traces Native American hunting, fishing, and gathering rights as they have been constructed and reconstructed in the United States judicial system.
State of Northern Knowledge in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Polar Commission
Description
Four themes provided framework for analysis and context for findings: preparing for large-scale resource development, increasing community sustainability, strengthening resilience, and understanding environmental change.
Stepping Into the Sunshine Without Getting Burned: The Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA) and Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 11
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
Kaitlyn S. Harvey
Description
Act requires disclosure of payments given to Aboriginal communities by the extractive resource industry when Impact Benefit Agreements are negotiated.
Striking a Balance: Impacts of Major Natural Resource Projects in the North
Alternate Title
Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2011
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 12-129]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Siomonn Pulla
Description
Reviews how stakeholders try to maximize the economic benefits of major natural resource projects while minimizing the social and environmental costs.
A Study of the Impact of Oil and Gas Development on the Dene First Nations of the Sahtu (Great Bear Lake) Region of the Canadian Northwest Territories (NWT)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo Paul Dana
Robert Brent Anderson
Aldene Meis-Mason
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 3, no. 1, 2009, pp. 94-117
Description
Discusses long-term environmental and social impacts of building a pipeline in a region where people believe that they have an obligation to the land upon which they live.