Hunting, Fishing, Trapping & Gathering

File contains a presentation by Robert Doucette that begins with the history of the Metis Society of Saskatchewan and its locals. He states that Metis people need to have control over education, natural resources, relocation, hunting and trapping, taxation, trade, among other numerous issues. He feels that Metis people deserve the funding allocated to Aboriginal and Inuit people and calls to the Commission to help restore rights and funding to the Metis peoples. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.

File contains an a presentation by Sharon Venne of the Saulteau First Nation. She provides her perspective on Aboriginal governance, the Treaty and the failure of non-Aboriginal society to live up to it, conflicts with the province over wildlife management rights, and educational matters. Following Venne's presentation Erasmus discusses some of these issues with her. Venne also discusses the origins of her First Nation in Manitoba, and a trip there to meet with distant Saulteaux relations of her Nation. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

File contains a presentation by Rita Campbell and Chief Greg Lucus of the Stephenville Crossing Indian Band. Campbell presents on the composition of the band, the need for federal recognition, employment problems, a lack of family services, housing concerns, hunting and fishing rights, linguistic and cultural concerns, health concerns, and self-governance. Following this Chief Greg Lucas discusses health and service issues with Commissioner Erasmus, then with Commissioner Robinson and Tony John, including post-secondary education concerns.

The file contains a presentation by the Nisga'a First Nation by Herbert Morven, Reg Percival, Peter Squires, and Tommy Dennis. Herbert Morven introduces the other presenters; Reg Percival speaks on behalf of the Gitlakdamix Band Council and the Tribal Council, Peter Squires speaks on behlaf of the Health Board, and Tommy Dennis makes a presentation on behalf of the Nisga'a Nation's urban locals.

File contains a presentation by Micmac Wallace Libillois. Libillois discusses the history of colonization and his people in Canada, the commonalities between indigenous people across the country in their relationship with the state, residential schooling, proseltization, Aboriginal fishing rights, threats to Aboriginal people's rights, an indigenous view of resource use, the Aboriginal roots of many European democratic concepts, and the importance of Constitutional recognition and inclusion for Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

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 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 Senator Edward Head. Head discusses his Metis origins and gives an overview of his family's story from the time it left St. Norbert, Manitoba, to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, back to northern Manitoba and his home community of Granville Lake.

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.

The entire document deals with trapping.

Comments on a recent archaeological find which provides evidence of a settlement based on sealing indicating a precursor to herding society. Presentation from: Proceedings of the Third Northern Research Forum: The Resilient North: Human Responses to Global Change, Yellowknife, NWT, 2004.

Signed at Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, on September 6, 1993. Volume II. Land Selection Descriptions, Schedule 1 (Appendix E to the Agreement).

Looks at the provincial Leggatt Inquiry, the legal and political context surrounding it, and the intrusion into First Nations territory and ways of life and peoples effected.

Discusses problems of non-status Indians and Sandy Jacobs' life as a trapper.

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

Determined by Constitution Act (1982), the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement (1930) and associated court cases.

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

Book review of: Seasons of Change by Chantal Norrgard.

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

Reviews theories and the issues/problems associated with their application by historians and anthropologist. Focus is on two main, competing theories: Hobsbawmian and constructivist.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1987.

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

Podcast of interview with the director of the documentary Angry Inuk. Duration: 44:22.

Discusses history of the smelt fishery, highly valued by many groups particularly in what is now northern British Columbia.

Explorers relationship between Indigenous and Settler fishers in context of the post Marshall decision.

Examines the US Federal Court Case to determine the Aboriginal treaty rights, in Washington State, to take Shellfish (in the law case shellfish were termed all marine life other than fin fish).

Looks at the the social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that mediate harvesting and distribution of wildlife resources.

Studies the effects of hydro regulations in Northern Manitoba.

This 86-year-old gentleman discusses Treaty #10 and his understanding of the terms. The informant was present at the signing.

Uses three social movement theories to illustrate the contentious actions that sparked mobilization among Aboriginal communities.

Decision that demonstrates the constitutionalisation of Aboriginal rights and argues that Aboriginal rights need to be respected in their own terms and not necessarily simply to fit within common law concepts.

Provides links to information about programs and services dealing with guns, including licences for adults and minors, background safety checks, and regulations.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.

Book review of: Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors by Charlotte Coté.

Looks at a wide array of economic activities that took place from the pre-contact era to present times.

Second edition.

Provides historical overview of legal issues related to hunting and fishing.

Discusses Euro-Canadian opposition to land claims and the impact on the fishing industry in British Columbia.

This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.

A summary of various aspects of Treaty #8 including trapping, fishing and hunting rights.

A number of summaries of various aspects of Treaty #8 including trapping, fishing and hunting rights and medicare.

Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1998.

Comments on R v. Vanderpeet [1996] S.C.R. 507; R. v. N.T.C. Smokehouse Ltd., [1996] 2 S.C.R. 672 and R. v. Gladstone [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723 (Sept. 1997).

Examines the post-Confederation economic experience of First Nations as they made the transition from subsistence to wage labour activities