Fish & Wildlife

The 18-minute video, titled 'Commercial Fishing', records the activities of the industry on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s, including interviews with commercial fishers Sam and Jane McKenzie, George Bird, and Matthew Charles. The commentary is by James Halkett, who produced the program with Robert Halkett, John Halkett, and Maureen Matthews.

Historical note:

A video made by the La Ronge Communications Society for La Ronge Community Television about commercial fishing on Lac La Ronge in the 1970s.

Wildlife Ecology and Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2002.

Book review of: Commons In A Cold Climate edited by S. Jentoft.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Practicum towards Master of Natural Resources Management--The University of Manitoba, 1998.

Uses the program implemented in the Aleutian Islands to illustrate privatization policies are both insufficient and inequitable.

Resource and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.E.S.)--Dalhousie University, 2012.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1994.

Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 2010.

Survey sample of thirty individuals included both Inuit and non-Inuit residents of Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, and Resolute Bay. Although participants expressed concerns about protection of environment and wildlife, effects of technology, and lack of government initiatives, they generally supported wind and solar power, but opposed hydropower.

Reports the mercury levels in five subsistence fish, northern pike, burbot, whitefish, grayling and sheefish, from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta region of Alaska.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1995.

Reports that this study shows the highest mercury and POP levels in the Arctic are found in the food consumed by the Greenland Inuit.

Discusses study that compares concentrations of aluminium, nickel, cadmium, mercury and lead in Bluenose and Peary caribou.

Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge

Lists title, location of research, principal investigator, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: health related, physical science, social science and traditional knowledge.

Lists title, location of research, principal researcher, etc. for over ninety projects. Divided by topic area: social sciences, traditional knowledge, medical and health, and physical and natural sciences.

Studies the levels of heavy metals, nutritional minerals, and fatty acids found in five species of female fish consumed by the James Bay Cree.

Study to determine if a potential source for human exposure to hazardous chemicals is the consumption of contaminated fish.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1992.

Looks at the myth of the Native American environmental ethic and the use of traditions, rules, laws and habits to look after natural resources.

Explores the negative impact of wildlife conservation on Indigenous Peoples as discussed at the Third Congress of the World Conservation Union.

Looks at the barriers of access to wildfoods for northern Indigenous households.

Study findings indicate that children and smokers should limit consumption of moose kidney and liver but consumption of moose muscle did not need to be restricted.

Discusses a 1996-1997 study to research the health risks of contaminant exposure and the correlation to freshwater fish consumption in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake.

Argues contaminants effect men and women differently; further arguing that these gender differences and environmental justice must be addressed.

Results from survey of 191 households conducted by the Hul'qumi'num Treaty Group (Cowichan, Chemainus, Penelakut, Lyackson, Halalt and Lake Cowichan First Nations) to determine actual and wished for levels of harvesting of traditional foods.

Points out the social, economic and cultural significance of food sharing.

Comments on five major concerns: tourism, substance abuse and crime, cultural maintenance, education, and land use planning and wildlife management.

Environmental Studies Thesis (MES)--Dalhousie University, 2007.

Collaborative Program in Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2008.

Presents the geographies of the claim to better understand the cultural differences in environmental behaviours in a specific place.

Author explores Inuit ontologies or knowledge systems around non-human members of their ecosystem; discuss how Inuit ways of knowing the animals are rooted in social and cultural factors of relationality. Text in French.

A draft proposal relating to economic difficulties experienced by residents of northern Saskatchewan. The proposals are to include both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal inhabitants and include the construction of filleting plants, longer fishing seasons and guaranteed wages for Aboriginal workers.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

A memorandum from T.R.L. MacInnes, Secretary, Department of Mines and Resources, Indians Affairs Branch, to Indian Agents that relates to the Migratory Birds Convention Act. The memo draws attention to the fact that "Indians may enjoy no exemption from the provisions of these regulations."

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Circular from T.R.L. MacInnes, Secretary, Department of Mines and Resources, Indian Affairs Branch to Indian Agents relating to the taking of game and fish for food at all seasons of the year.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Authors examine the archaeological evidence of the historic Inuit practice of burying the bones of harvested caribou; describe this as a manifestation of the respect and reverence Inuit communities held for the non-human members of their communities. Research conducted in collaboration with Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake) community members.

Story told by a member of Moose Cree First Nation. Duration: 8:20.

A photo of a Cree hunter taken by Christina Bateman and Annie McKay in Central (geographic) Saskatchewan, during their journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, 1919.

Chronicles a group of three Cree families from the Mistassini region of Quebec, as they set up a winter hunting camp. Duration: 57:55.

A Cree hunter firing a trade gun, dressed in HBC clothing. Likely 19th century.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Washington State University, 2006.

Secondary Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2011.

Access refers not only to physical access but also intellectual and social access to protocols, traditions, collective and individual histories and identities.