Fish & Wildlife

This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This portion includes a presentation made on the topic of the Orillia Fish Weirs and their importance to the culture of the Aboriginal Community of the area. Given by Mark Douglas, Ken Cassavoy, John Pomeroy and Rob Belfry. Included is a question from Commissioner Bertha Wilson.

File contains opening remarks by Alfred Genaille of Chelan, Saskatchewan. Genaille discusses his two hopes for the Commission which are the return of Metis hunting rights, and a land base for the Metis people.

File contains opening remarks by Boas Jararace (via a translator) regarding the economic and educational problems faced by his people in Labrador and his hopes that the Commission will address these issues. Jararace is from the Belcher Islands.

File contains opening remarks by Leetia Tookaie (via a translator) regarding taxation, social programs, rent, hunting and fishing in the north.

File contains opening remarks by Ruth Skead of Raw Portage, Ontario. Skead relates how the way of life for her First Nation has changed over her life time, and the importance of learning about her culture as a way to survive.

File contains opening remarks by Silpa Edmunds(via a translator, in addition to a few in English) regarding the economic and cultural problems faced by her people in Labrador and her hopes that the Commission will address these issues. She reiterates some of Boas Jararace's concerns, and also adds the problems of alcoholism, family breakdown, and a loss of cultural identity amongst Inuit, First Nations and Metis people in Labrador. Edmunds is an Inuit woman from Hopedale, Labrador.

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.

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 Cynthia Wesley-Esquamaux at the Round Table discussion on Relationship issues with "ourselves, our families and our community."

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."

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1978.

Discusses a film produced by the student television station at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), Sacred Salmon: A Gift to Sustain Life, that has received national acclaim. The film is about the health of the Columbia River salmon and the Yakama Nation.

Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.

Explanation of Aleut techniques and weapons used for bird hunting.

Public version does not include sensitive information (medicinal/ceremonial details).

Description of the variety of foods the Salish eat, some due to the Salish protecting and re-establishing plants, fish and animals in the wild.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2013.

Explores the relationship between salmon and Nimiippuu survival.

Documentary looks at jeopardizing the harvest of salmon in both ancient myth and modern reality. Duration: 24:43.

Two salmon seiners at dusk; Prince Rupert, BC.

Analyzes four different scientific mapping processes connected to fishing grounds in the Lyngen fjord in northern Norway. Results show mapping tells little about Sami culture.

Overview of Sámi fishing practices in different regions from the Middle Ages to modern times.

Introductory article to themed issue on Sami health in the Nordic countries.

Economics and Social Sciences Thesis (D.Sc.)--Agricultural University of Norway, 2000.

File contains reports from the Department of Natural Resources for the province of Saskatchewan, one of which discusses domestic and free indigenous fishing.

A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies. Updated version. Student Handouts.

Activities and information on five-week treaty simulation, fur trade simulation, Buffalo and the Buffalo jump, pipe ceremony, and creation stories.

Discusses the changes Inuit hunters in the Igloolik region experienced by using a Global Positioning System (GPS).

Looks at a sustainable system of salmon fishing based on property rights to fishing sites.

Describes strategies used by Chukotka herders to maintain control of their reindeer.

Report conducted to support First Nations fisheries in the Atlantic region and provide information to potential students by identifying support services, college programming, research centres, reports and projects.

Investigates challenges, opportunities and approaches for fostering research and developing collaborations.

Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Discussion of an interdisciplinary two year environmental studies program funded by the National Science Foundation.

Interviews local leaders of the anti-dam movement, leaders of the Sami community, political journalists, and science researchers to look at Alta Dam's exclusionary practices and how state officials ignored residents' perspective.

Analysis of 28 peer-reviewed primary research articles was conducted to identify qualitative and quantitative studies addressing food intake and /or one or more pillars of food security (availability, access and utilization).

Discusses the trend of later freezing of sea ice and the risk this imposes on caribou herds migrating between Victoria Island and the Canadian Arctic mainland.

Researchers examine the ways that way different species of high arctic seals are making use of the Petermann Fjord and how that use is affected by variable ice coverage in a changing climate.

Examines food security research and how climate change impacts the nutrition of Indigenous peoples in northern regions.

Examines adaptive capacity in relation to long term landscape changes produced by coastal uplift processes.

Comments on the role of law in measures that secure the legal scope of governance in the Arctic to deal with security challenges. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.

Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 1991.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Copies of transcripts pertaining to the expiry of the Agreement by which the North West Company was constituted. Secret negotiations between the two companies commenced with George Moffat of Montreal, representing the Northwester Wintering Partners, approaching Lady Selkirk through her friend Samuel Gale, Jr., to ascertain whether or not the Hudson's Bay Company would become the Northwester's agent, supplying their outfits and selling their furs.