Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2004.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1996.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Indian Chiefs of Saskatchewan are against the legislation.

Looks at the framework for developing and evaluating options for First Nations to take charge of economic development in the commercial fishing industry. This article also examines five commercial operations to ascertain how some of the principal concepts and ideas actually ‘work’ in practice.

Examines a vision for British Columbia fisheries that focuses on healthy ecosystems and species and equitable sharing of fisheries resources for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people alike.

The right of Treaty Indians to hunt for food in provinces in which they do not live was upheld by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2013

Judge K. Halvorson overturns Magistrates' Court ruling which found Walter Moosehunter guilty of unlawful hunting.

Discusses the similarities and differences between the two Indigenous groups.

Four news reports: Chris Shade, chief of the Blood Nation, becomes a Liberal candidate; a judge in Ontario rules on a landmark hunting case; the Assembly of First Nations and a youth assembly schedule meetings for May; and Stephen Harper upsets the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres.

Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.

Examines newspaper coverage of Aboriginals in the Skagit Valley of Northwest Washington State during the treaty-related dispute over salmon fishing.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.

Describes how the Cree have managed to achieve co-management of local resources through the James Bay Agreement.

Looks at the rights of Indigenous customary owners to their coastal lands and traditional fisheries, and examines how the proposed Qoliqoli legislation would impact urban populations.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1995.

Looks at changes in hunting, fishing and gathering patterns and speculates about the future of this way of life while there are also significant weather, technology, nutrition and dietary changes occurring.

Decision or ruling regarding hunting on privately owned land ceded by treaty.

Court proceedings regarding 2 individuals charged ,under s. 61(1) of the Fisheries Act, with attempting to fish without the proper licence.

Case involved Treaty 8 Aboriginal man who killed bear in self-defence and later sold the hide. He was charged with unlawfully trafficking in wildlife, but argued that he was within his hunting rights.

Determines whether the 1923 Williams Treaty extinguished the Hiawatha Band's fishing rights on the Otonabee River in Ontario.

Ruling concluded that there is no existing right to trade in the Treaties of 1760-61 to exempt Donald Marshall from the Federal fisheries regulations.

Case involved treaty rights exempting individual from compliance with federal fishery regulations.

Comments on the Supreme Court's decision which upheld and enforced the treaty right of Tsartlip hunters to hunt safely at night with lights.

Judgment on the right to sell fish under a food fishing license.

Decision by the Supreme Court of Canada about treaty rights, and the building of a log cabin in a provincial park.

Decision on the right to sell fish on a non-commercial basis.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. French language version. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Presenters discuss Little Shell Tribe of the Chippewa of Montana's struggle for federal recognition, British Columbia Métis' perspectives on harvesting rights, and Canative Housing Corporation located in Edmonton, Alberta. Duration: 1:31:39.

Analysis of a series of cases to illustrate how the line of reasoning varies in decisions that attempt to reconcile Aboriginal rights and the interests of other parties; author examines judges decisions in relation to reconciliation and justification.

Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.

Response by author to critical commentary of her paper, Treaty Fishing Rights and the Development of Fisheries Legislation in Ontario: A Primer found in Native Studies Review ( vol.7, no.1, 1991).

Discusses the relevant international law and describes the national law of Australia and Norway.

Conflict Analysis Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001. Conflict about the harvesting of the Pine Mushroom (tricholoma magnivelare) in Nisga'a territory.

Law Thesis (LL. M.)--University of Calgary, 2002.

Looks at proposed statute in Northern Europe regarding unenclosed land resources with focus on Norwegian Finnmark Act.

Discusses findings and implications arising from Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding fishing for and selling eels by Donald Marshall, who Treaty argued it was a Treaty right.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Arctic University of Norway, 2015.

File contains a discussion paper by Sandy Baumgartner. Baumgartner, Manager of Communications for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, discusses that organizations composition, goals, and ideas regarding Aboriginal resource rights and co-management practices. Following the presentation Commissioners Dussault and Robinson discuss some of the issues raised with Baumgartner.

RCAP 151 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes opening remarks from Elder Vincent Stogan and moderator Lou Desmarais. Also included in this portion are presentations of individuals and groups dealing with various topics concerning treaty rights; self-sufficiency and Aboriginal self-government; economic development and housing issues; Metis issues; education and employment; legal issues and the justice system; health systems and services and social issues confronting Aboriginal women.

This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Elizabeth Metis Settlement, Alberta. This portion includes a presentation for Elizabeth Metis Settlement by Wilfred Collins concerning education, philosophy and spiritual believes in the Metis community.

File contains a presentation by Albert Fisher, followed by a Closing Prayer for the day's sitting of the Commission at the Nipissing First Nations Band Complex, North Bay, Ontario, May 19, 1993. Albert Fisher offers some personal reflections on Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal relations in Ontario as they pertain to politics, the legal system, community and individual relations.

The file contains a presentation by Chief Richard Lebourdais focusing on Aboriginal self-government. He makes a number of recommendations relating to self-government, including that the federal government financially assist First Nations in developing First Nations governments, and that the governments also recognize and uphold the 'pre-Treaty' agreements that are in place and that are presently being negotiated. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

This file contains a transcript of a part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Prince George, British Columbia. This part includes a presentation by Donald Thompson regarding treatment of Metis with hunting and land laws. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also included with the answers that were provided.