Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Damage to IR 201, Public Edition July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains submissions, reports, studies, correspondence/letters and video in regards to inquiry which was trying to determine whether the Crown owes compensation in relation to the dam construction. Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.

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Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.

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Athabasca Denesuliné Inquiry Into the Claim of the Fond du Lac, Black Lake, and Hatchet Lake First Nations

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission (ICC) considered whether Canada wrongly denied Treaty rights north of the 60th parallel, beyond Treaty 8 and Treaty 10 boundaries. ICC concluded Treaty boundaries did not extend into the traditional lands north of 60; however harvesting rights do extend beyond Treaty boundaries. Recommended the parties negotiate resolution. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Athabasca Denesuline Special Report on the Treaty Harvesting Rights of the Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Final, special report examines the legal review of the Athabasca Denesuline claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners were 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.]
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B.C. Bishops Call for Referendum Protest

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 5, May 2002, p. 1, 3
Description
Referendum concerning Treaty rights and land claims considered a political manoeuvre.
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B.C Court Ruling Must Be Appealed

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, August 11, 2003, p. B1
Description
Questions a recent court decision in British Columbia that defines First Nations people as a minority whose rights are based on race.
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Beardy Backs Mi'kmaq Fishers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 8
Description
Attempt to mediate dispute among First Nation, other fishermen and federal government over the right to trap lobster "out of season."
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barnett Richling
Jeremy Hull
Paul C. Thistle
James S. Frideres
Ken Hanly
et al.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 147-183
Description
Book reviews of 12 books: Prison of Grass: Canada from a Native Point of View by Howard Adams. From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces by Helen Buckley. To Please the Caribou: Painted Caribou-Skin Coats Worn by the Naskapi, Montagnais, Cree Hunters of the Quebec-Labrador Peninsula by Dorothy K. Burnham. Manitoba's Metis Settlement Scheme of 1870 Paul L. A. H. Chartrand. Disputed Waters: Native Americans and the Great Lakes Fishery by Robert Doherty. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains by Charles A.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eleanor M. Blain
Damir Mirkovic
Kenichi Matsui
Rob Nestor
Tom G. Svensson
Michael R. Angel
Joel Martineau
Brian Thom
Christopher Hannibal-Paci
Claire Warrior
Massimiliano Carocci
Kevin Black
Tom G. Svensson
Don Clairmont
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 20, no. 1, 2000, pp. 197-229
Description
Book review of: kwayask-ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik: Their Example Showed Me the Way translated and edited by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas: 1492 to the Present by Ward Churchill. Incorporating the Familiar: An Investigation into Legal Sensibilities in Nunavik by Susan G. Drummond. The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the Whiteman by Wilson Duff.
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Boundaries of the Reservation: Social, Political and Geographical Considerations for Defining the Limits of the Keweenaw Bay Chippewa Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. McClurken
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Advocacy and Claims Research, 1990, p. 65–80
Description
Looks at ethnohistorical documentation and interpretation concerning reserve boundaries and the rights of the Natives to hunt, fish, and gather on the lands ceded by treaty.
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The Buffalo

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hartwell Bowsfield
Manitoba Pageant, vol. 10, no. 3, Spring, 1965
Description
Describes methods used to hunt and preserve buffalo, as well as efforts to prevent extinction.
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Buffalo River Band, Flying Dust No. 105, Joseph Bighead Band, and Waterhen Lake First Nations - Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry II - Public Release

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of reports, maps, correspondence/letters, legal documents, submissions, oral transcripts, and the French and English versions of the Final Report. [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.]

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Canada's Atlantic Indigenous Fishing Decision

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Indigenous Law Bulletin, no. 82, 1999
Description
Looks at the Supreme Court of Canada's decision that fishing rights of Aboriginals guaranteed in a 1760 British Treaty of Peace and Friendship must be honoured.
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Canadian Aboriginal Law in 2018: Essays & Case Summaries

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Dunne
Bruce McIvor
Description
Overview of significant decisions in the areas of: Aboriginal rights and title, costs, division of powers, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, Honour of the Crown, Indian Act Registration, infringement, specific claims, treaties, etc.
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Canoe Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry I, Public Release

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents consist of documents, correspondence/letters, claim submissions, and the final report in regards to the inquiry, which examined the seizure of 4,500 square miles of land for the weapons range. 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.]

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Caregivers’ Perspectives on the Determinants of Dietary Decisions in Six First Nation Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorrilee McGregor
Pamela Toulouse
Marion Maar
Nancy L. Young
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 13, no. 1, A Barrier-free Health System for Indigenous Communities, August 27, 2018, pp. 122-139
Description
Through analysis of interviews with 33 caregivers, research team identified several factors that affect food systems, dietary decisions and food sovereignty. They included wage economy, low income, hunting and fishing regulations, availability of fish and game, and prevalence of inexpensive processed foods.
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Case Comment: R. v. Kapp: A Case of Unfulfilled Potential

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominique Nouvet
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 81-94
Description
Discusses ramifications of the courts' ruling on a case which alleged discrimination on the part of the federal government's Pilot Sales Program, a program which allowed Aboriginals preferential treatment not only for sustenance salmon fishing, but for commercial purposes as well.
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Catching the Saviour Fish

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Koppel
The Beaver, vol. 78, no. 6, December/January 1998/1999, pp. 20-[?]
Description
Discusses the role of the eluchon fish, found in the Nass River Valley of British Columbia, in the lives of the Nisga'a people.
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Challenges of Treaty Interpretation No. 2

Alternate Title
Treaty Interpretation 2 - Treaty Conference
Vancouver Island Pre-Confederation Treaties Conference, 2012
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Lutz
Cole Harris
Raymond Frogner
Louise Mandell
Description
Speakers discuss: ambiguity in both oral accounts and written versions of the Douglas Treaties; litigation arising from treaties; archival treatment of colonial documents pertaining to the treaties and the bound register; contradictory views about the issue of treaty annuities versus lump sum payments. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 2:01:00.
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Chief John James Courtoirelle Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
John James Courtoirelle
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
The chief of the Beaver Ranch Reserve describes how the establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park has affected the Indians.
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Chiefs Establish Wildlife Commission

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gloria Ledoux
Saskatchewan Indian, March/April 1990, p. 6
Description
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) establishes an Indian Wildlife and Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Commission.
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