Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

Discusses global warming as it impacts ecosystems and hunting grounds.

Looks at the way courts in Australia and Canada deal with indigenous rights and concludes that Canadian courts do more to preserve rights in the face of Crown grants.

Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.

Book review of: Co-operative Management of Local Fisheries edited by Evelyn Pinkerton.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create 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.]

Several interviews with elders of Cold Lake Reserve.

Mr. Trindle, aged 70 [approximately], is a former chief. He speaks of the promise of a reserve in Trout Lake/Peerless Lake area.

Book review of: The Colonization of Mi'Kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: by William C. Wicken.

Article provides a response to two papers which expressed the fears of loss of economic security and autonomy for Dene settlements.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2001.

Discusses the following identified topics: recognition/certainty, constitutional status of lands, governance, co-management throughout traditional territories, fiscal relations, and fisheries.

Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1981.

Explores traditional beliefs used in conservation management in relation to decisions from the Supreme Court.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--University of Victoria, 2005.

Brief outline of the Canadian and Alberta government's duty to consult with First Nations when economic development will impact their lands.

Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)-- University of British Columbia, 2009.

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

Overview of Sami rights in Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia regarding self-government recognition and implementation.

Book review of: Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda MacDougall. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 463.

Interdisciplinary Studies in Resource Management Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1998.

Geography Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Reviews decisions made by the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2005.

Focuses on the ramifications of the case in which the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the Mi'kmaq treaty right to hunt, fish gather and trade for necessaries.

Discusses the challenges associated with the way historical evidence is presented and interpreted in the court room.

Discusses legitimacy of oral traditions in scientific study.

Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.

Looks decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada in six key cases R. v. Gladstone, R. v. Van Der Peet, Marshall v. Her Majesty the Queen, R. v. Adams, Delgamuukw v. Her Majesty the Queen, and Halfway River.

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.Pl.)--Queen's University, 2008.

Anthropology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2011.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.

Case developed requirement that s. 35 rights be vested in "historic" communities (existed before European control) and there must be continuity with present-day communities. Author interviewed 23 people about problems with application of the decision in three cases: Howse, Nunn, and Willison.

Investigates a legal dispute and survey error that was finally corrected, thus allowing Aboriginal fishermen to net suckers at Duck Creek, in Brown County, Wisconsin.

Clarifies what guidance the courts and laws have offered in deciding who is a Mi'kmaw.

Discusses how the Government of the Northwest Territories will be responsible for the administration and control of public lands and resources.

Comments on opinions presented as fact in a court case and questions if guidelines need to be established for the use of anthropological and archaeological data in court testimony.

Comments on media coverage of Aboriginal people which portrays negative stereotypes and images. Chapter one from The Media Gaze: Representations of Diversities in Canada.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2007.

Canadian Criminal Code firearm revisions and their effect on Treaty First Nations.

Information taken from sources such as historical records, government reports, statistics, academic literature, interviews with local residents, etc.

Indian reservations were surveyed regarding their consumption of wildlife. Calls for increased joint management efforts between provincial and Indian governments to identify all forces affecting wildlife populations and to create equitable conservation programs.

Defines the level of consultation that the Crown is responsible for when dealing with a treaty First Nation and the obligations to implement treaty promises.