Environment

Book review of: The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday.

Summarizes the author's perspective on the impacts of globalization on the sustainability of Aboriginal communities.

Highlights an excerpt from a testimony to the Massachusetts legislature given by Grand Chief MathrewCoon Come of the Grand Council of the Cree regarding hydroelectric developments in Quebec.

Describes the American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group, formed by tribal colleges and universities, which brought together leading scientists and elders to address climate-related problems.

Book review of: We Are an Indian Nation by Jeffrey Shepherd.

Comments on the consequences of the exploitation of natural resources and makes recommendations for the revision of assessment processes.

Book review of: "We are Still Didene" by Thomas McIlwraith.

Book review of: "We Are Still Didene" by Thomas McIlwraith. Review located by scrolling to page 191.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

Environmental Studies Thesis (MES)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Traces one family's relationship with water and fish and how colonial practices and policies impacted it.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.

Discussion on efforts to preserve languages and cultural practices.

Literary criticism essay that uses Hogan’s novel Solar Storms and the incidents Standing Rock, ND to illustrate a connection between the violence enacted on Indigenous bodies and the social discourses surrounding extractive resource practices. Argues that conscious storytelling could help to reshape the discourse surrounding trauma, the more than human community and environmental/climate justice.

Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.

Includes 10 case studies.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2012.

Presents a study that explores the meaning of social networks for environmental movement participants in British Columbia.

Discusses the spiritual significance and history attached to the Black Hills.

Describes the partnership between the First Nation's Heritage Department, academics and government funders working on the project Documenting Traditional Knowledge in Relation to Climate Change and makes recommendations based on this experience.

Artist discusses his use of natural plants, minerals and insects to preserve Zapotec culture and weaving traditions.

Describes a 10-day winter camp, for high school aged students, designed to combine aboriginal skills with modern skills.

Examines the link between environmental injustice, racism and cultural genocide; and discusses the importance of creating a nature based culture that is both environmentally sustainable and socially just.

Guest speaker Clifford Paul discusses using a two-eyed seeing approach to moose management. Question and answer period about the land. Lecture begins at 22:03. Duration: 2:45:21.

Book review of: Well Beaten Paths by Helen Brayshaw. Review located by scrolling to page 142.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.

Essay from forthcoming book Keepers of the Green World: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainability edited by Melissa K. Nelson and Dan Shilling.

Discusses whether or not the consultation was adequate with respect to the Site C Clean Energy Project.

Outline explains the role of the Canadian Arctic Contaminants Assessment Report II (CACAR-II) to Inuit residents.

Study that looks at the link between Māori cultural identity and concern for the environment.

Comments on the Inuit perspective and special relationship with land. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 64.

Comments on the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement Act and its uniqueness in being both an Act and part of the Consitution of Canada. Article located by scrolling to page 6.

Includes a definition of traditional knowledge, comparisions between indigenous and scientific knowledge, explanation of the structure of Native knowledge, guidelines for research and issues.

Update on remediation activities at Colomac mine site: hydrocarbon remediation, site clean-up, water quality, health and safety, and public safety.

Evaluates progress for 17 locations in three categories: assessment sites, sites in remediation, and completed/monitoring.

Updates on management of contaminants at five sites in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Reports on the potential impacts that the Chad-Cameroon pipeline will have on the Bagyéli Indigenous communities. To access this article scroll down to page 58.

Presents brief background on ecological data that could help with a new compensation system for Sami Reindeer herders.

Examines why food literacy matters, the state of food literacy in Canada, current efforts to develop food literacy, and recommends strategies to further improve Canadian household attitudes, skills, and knowledge about food.

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2009.

Comments on the connections between Indigenous groups and the environment not only through direct resource use but also through sacred beliefs and practices.

Examines the social and emotional impact of being moved from an island to the mainland as a result of hydro-electric development on an Aboriginal community.

Criticizes environmentalists for using the tragic deaths of two young Yupik Alaskans to further their cause.

Article identifies and examines the social and geopolitical factors and questions which contribute to the prominence of the idea of an international Arctic governance treaty over time; author traces the evolution of the Arctic treaty debate from 1970 to the current moment.