Natural Resources

Compares coverage of events on Global Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and CTV to that of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Stories covered: shooting of Chelsea Yellowbird, vote buying at Esgenoopetitj First Nation, Air Canada, Winnipeg and First Nation flood evacuees, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Keystone XL pipeline protest.

Focuses on protests over ecological and environmental issues, their relation to land claims, and how they have been framed in mainstream media and public policy.

Uses a process of document review and interviews with key members of governance institutions to evaluate territorial engagement with the practice of FPIC as per the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Documents Reviewed include the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA) the Quartz Mining Act, the Placer Mining Act, the Territorial Lands (Yukon) Act, the Environment Act, the Wildlife Act, the Yukon Waters Act, the Historic Resources Act, the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Act (YESAA), the Y

Presents key report findings.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012

Examines Tlingit politics in Alaska and the link between Indigenous political systems and ecological factors.

Looks at how the collaborative efforts between the British Columbia government, First Nations, environmental groups and the forest companies transformed an era of conflict into a ground-breaking approach to conservation leading to a shift in the way coastal rainforests are managed and the successful integration of Indigenous decision making and community wellbeing.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 1991.

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.

Argues for resource revenue sharing, reform of tax system, elimination of 2% cap on funding growth for core services and programs, improvements in accountability, structural reforms and greater autonomy in decision-making. Presented prior to the 2008-09 federal budget.

Presents key recommendations related to the effects of climate change on northern people.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2005.

Intended for use for secondary school students with film: Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing.

Looks at an Indian resource capital fund which will allow First Nations and Aboriginal businesses to explore on-reserve projects.

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.

This file contains notes regarding factors affecting Wood Buffalo Park and interest of the Department of Indian Affairs in constructing a reserve there.

Authors examine the hydrocarbon extraction industry on Alaska’s North Slope; use the observed and documented effects on people and communities to suggest local-to-local strategies for sustainable oil-industry development in Greenland

Study looks at gender imbalance in wildlife co-management boards in the Yukon. Current female representation ranges from 0 percent to 83 percent.

Studies the relationship between gender and decision making on co-management boards in the Yukon.

Compares three environmental assessment (EA) cases: Voisey's Bay Mine and Mill in Nunatsiavut; Meadowbank Mine in Nunavut; and the Mackenzie Gas Project in the Northwest Territories. Discusses gendered nature of the resource decision-making processes and argues that EA process privileges resource extraction, re-inscribes gender hierarchies, and undermines Indigenous mixed economies.

Argues that the legal framework has not kept up with demographic shifts because it focuses on land-related rights and ignores off-reserve and non-status population. As such, it disproportionately affects women who have been displaced through discriminatory effects of the Indian Act.

Signed agreement between Pacific island nation of Samoa and the University of California, will split equally revenues from potential prostratin-based drugs, extracted from the mamala tree bark. Samoan healers were the first to recognize the trees medicinal potential.

Geology Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1969.

Address given at the 34th Annual Assembly of First Nations, Whitehorse, Yukon, Tuesday July 16, 2013.

Discusses how communities in and around the City of Yellowknife are becoming involved in the economic and environmental issues surrounding mineral extraction in their region.

Discusses tourism, community development, logging, and management. Includes links to supporting materials: key issues Canada movie, and questions:

Brief discussion the plans to increase building and industry on native lands in British Columbia which have created opposition on the part of ecological groups.

Discusses economic realities, challenges and opportunities in the Arctic and argues that there is strong support from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community for energy production and exploitation as an opportunity for an improved quality of life. Duration: 27:29.

Outlines government institutions and key governance issues including land claims, self-government agreements, intergovernmental processes, wildlife and resource management, institutional governance, and economic development. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.

Summarizes issues most problematic with territories of the Amazonian Indigenous peoples in the Andean area. To access this article, scroll to page 8.

Discusses general characteristics allowed Indigenous people to be vulnerable to corruption.

Policy outlines Alberta's approach to how it will meet its consultation responsibilities and Alberta's expectations of resource companies and First Nations in achieving the goal of increasing certainty for all parties with respect to land management and resource development activities.

Discusses the legal and constitutional duty to consult First Nations and accommodate their interests when Crown land and natural resource management decisions may adversely impact Treaty rights protected under the Constitution Act, 1982.

Looks at a policy that will provide framework for the development of Consultation Guidelines.

Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"

Using the Ojibway Grassy Narrows reservation in Ontario to analyze the negative socioeconomic impact of a lack of Indigenous autonomy and control over their own land and resources.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1972.

Criminology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2014.

Forecasts three economic scenarios for the Saskatoon census metropolitan area based on provincial goods producing industries, population growth, and rates of investment in employment and infrastructure.

Gwen Beck is a long time resident of La Ronge who has taken a keen interest in local, social and political affairs.

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.

Young boys hauling drinking water with a wheelbarrow. Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan.

Presents a conservation framework that facilitates community engagement and addresses biodiversity, culture and economy concurrently.

Marine and Environmental Affairs Thesis (M.M.A.)--University of Washington, 2013.

Helen and Joe Wheaton lived in Prince Albert where Joe worked for the Saskatchewan government. They were active in the CCF party and became friends of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady.

Helga Reydon worked for many years for the Department of Natural Resources in Prince Albert. She knew Malcolm Norris, Jim Brady and Pete Tomkins.

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.