Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mike Gallant, Native Council of Prince Edward Island

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Description
File contains a presentation by Mike Gallant, Native Council of PEI. Gallant discusses the Aboriginal right to hunt and fish as it applies to off-reserve people. Gallant states that the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and Micmac Treaty of 1752 do not distinguish between on and off-reserve Indians and that therefore such distinctions are irrelevant to inherent Aboriginal rights. Following the presentation Gallant discusses some of the issues raised with the assembled Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Nipissing Metis and Non-Status Indians (O.M.A.A. North Bay Chapter)

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File contains a presentation by John Novak of the North Bay Chapter of the Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (which represents Metis and Non-Status people). Novak discusses the difficulty for his people in obtaining resources, their difference from Status Indian people, a lack of educational assistance, a request for "some kind of structure that we would be able to get our own funding," the desire for a land base, economic concerns, hunting and fishing rights, racism and discrimination concerns, the problem sustaining the organization's locals, and housing concerns.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation for the Lower Fraser Valley Fishing Authority by Ernie Crey and Ken Mallory

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This file contains a transcript of a part of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This part includes a presentation for the Lower Fraser Valley Fishing Authority by Ernie Crey and Ken Mallory concerning achievement of economic independence for the Aboriginal fishing industry in the British Columbia. Questions from the assembled Commissioners follow the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Remarks by Vital Morin

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File contains opening remarks by Vital Morin of Ile A La Crosse, Saskatchewan. Morin discusses his own life including a stint in World War 2, and his actions in helping to organize the Metis Society of Saskatchewan, how the Metis were overlooked by government, hunting rights, and his hope that the Commission will lead to concrete action on behalf of Metis people.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Round table on Relationships - Presentation by Linda Bruce

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Linda Bruce
Description
This file contains a part of a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This part includes a presentation by Linda Bruce at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."
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Setting the Table For Food Security: Policy Impacts in Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Myers
Gerard Duhaime
Stephanie Powell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 425-445
Description
Reviews the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adequacy of food security including law and policy, which impede food production and acquisition, and provides recommendations for achieving food security.
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The Shell (Fish) Game: Rhetoric, Images, and (Dis)Illusions in Federal Court

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, 1999, pp. 159-173
Description
Examines the US Federal Court Case to determine the Aboriginal treaty rights, in Washington State, to take Shellfish (in the law case shellfish were termed all marine life other than fin fish).
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Sparrow v The Queen: Indigenous Fishing - Regulation - Consistency with Constitution s.35(1) which Recognises and Affirms "Existing Aboriginal ... Rights" - Justification Required

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Garth Nettheim
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 48, February 1991, p. 7
Description
Decision that demonstrates the constitutionalisation of Aboriginal rights and argues that Aboriginal rights need to be respected in their own terms and not necessarily simply to fit within common law concepts.
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Special Bulletins for Aboriginal Firearms Users

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Canada Firearms Centre
Description
Provides links to information about programs and services dealing with guns, including licences for adults and minors, background safety checks, and regulations.
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Stó:lō Exchange Dynamics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 1, Native People in British Columbia: Recent Research, 1996, p. 5–48
Description
Looks at a wide array of economic activities that took place from the pre-contact era to present times.
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Survey of Canadian Law: Indian and Native Law

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard H. Bartlett
Ottawa Law Review, vol. 15, 1983, pp. 431-502
Description
Reviews legal events from the January 1980 - Fall 1982 period, including the failure of Aboriginal efforts to prevent the passage of the Canada Act in English Courts.
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Tough Questions on Indian Fishing

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Description
Questions commonly asked of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission about , Treaties, policy and law in relation to right of use and access.
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The Trapping Rights of Aboriginal Peoples in Northern Alberta

Alternate Title
CIRL Occasional Paper ; no 15
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monique M. Passelac-Ross
CIRL Occasional Paper
Description
Discusses the evolution of trapping, Treaty 8 and the Natural Resource Transfer Agreement (NRTA), and the erosion of trapping rights over time.
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Treaty 8 and Traditional Livelihoods: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard T. Price
Shirleen Smith
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 51-91
Description
Discusses the conflict over interpretation of the Treaty's provision for hunting, fishing, and trapping rights; governments' have relied on the written document, while Aboriginals argue that the verbal promises are more important than what was recorded.
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A Tripartite State of Affairs: The Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, the National Park Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1933-1994

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Crum
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 1, 1998, pp. 117-136
Description
Anticipating the passage of the 1994 Death Valley National Monument Act, the Timbisha Shoshone passed a resolution calling for the establishment of 160,000 acres of reservation land, located both inside and near the Death Valley National Park.
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The Tsilhqot'in decision and the future of British Columbia

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The Tsilhqot'in decision and the future of British Columbia: an exchange between Ken Coates and Gordon Gibson
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Gordon Gibson
Inroads: A Journal of Opinion, no. 36, Winter/Spring, 2015, pp. 24-38
Description
A discussion between the two authors on the impact of a recent court decisions that acknowledged Tslihgot'in Indigenous rights to their land and to negotiate treaties.
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Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia 2007 BCSC 1700

Alternate Title
In the Supreme Court of Canada: Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia
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Author/Creator
British Columbia Supreme Court
Description
Dispute over Aboriginal title in the part of the Cariboo-Chilcotin region defined as Tachelach'ed (Brittany Triangle) and the Trapline Territory.
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Who are the "Aboriginal Peoples of Canada"? Case Comment on R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17

Alternate Title
Case Comment: Who are the "Aboriginal Peoples of Canada"? Case Comment on R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
BC Studies, no. 211, Autumn, 2021, pp. 109-113
Description
Evaluates the court decision regarding American Rick Desautel Indigenous right in to hunt in British Columbia. The author discusses what was and what was not answered in the courts decision and its importance as a step towards decolonizing Canada.
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Yesterday’s Promises: The Negotiation of Treaty Ten

Alternate Title
Yesterday’s Promises: The Negotiation of Treaty 10
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony G. Gulig
Saskatchewan History, vol. 50, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 25-39
Description
Describes the process through which the Treaty 10 was negotiated and the underlying motives of the Canadian government, the Cree people and the Dené people. Discusses differences in opinion about the rights and enshrined therein, and the government’s prosecution of Indigenous harvesters. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 25.
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