Resources

Lays out a sustainable mining plan on how to conduct mineral resource projects being respectful of Aboriginal communities and treaty rights in a mutually favorable way.

Reviews the requirements of forest certification standards and then identifies the rights and treaties that are still in effect today. Appendixes are in French.

Examines three case studies, Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, and Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve in British Columbia, to address the costs and benefits of protected areas to Aboriginal Peoples, and highlight management practices.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Looks at the legal and regulatory basis of forest management, and assess how new tenure systems might be developed that would uphold traditional values while providing economic and employment opportunities.

Looks at the results of research undertaken to assess forest tenure as one indicator of Aboriginal participation in the management and economic aspects of forestry. The document also assess the progress made in achieving increased Aboriginal participation in the forest sector.

Updated version of 1995 paper includes new developments in the Forest sector and recognition of Aboriginal rights and title.

Study attempts to evaluate the partnership strategies, commitments and progress made by Diavik in their agreements with Aboriginal communities.

Book review of Aboriginal Peoples and Forest Lands in Canada edited by D.B. Tindall, Ronald L. Trosper, and Pamela Perreault.

Discusses the implications for the Aboriginal majority in Northern Quebec should the province separate from the rest of Canada.

Discusses Treaty 8, provincial government policies and initiatives to accommodate Aboriginal rights and interests, and initiatives of the resource sector.

Webinar discusses the history of Aboriginal rights and identifies current trends, focusing on the 1970s to the present. Duration: 4:37.

Looks at the arguments put forward in support of the claim that Aboriginal peoples exhibit an inherent ecological consciousness; and examines the policy implications of expanding Aboriginal jurisdiction over environmental protection.

Fact sheet on legal issues and case law concerning issues of access, control, ownership and management of natural resources.

Paper is based on the fundamental belief that Aboriginal rights are inherent rights that cannot be extinguished or terminated.

Paper is based on the fundamental belief that Aboriginal rights are inherent rights that cannot be extinguished or terminated.

Includes definitions of commonly used terms associated with aboriginal rights and provides information regarding the Aboriginal Rights Position Paper.

Explores rights regarding movable cultural property.

Examines Aboriginal issues pertinent to the development of oil and gas reserves within Alberta, such as unresolved First Nations Treaty and land claim issues and federal and provincial requirements for consultation on treaty and fiduciary obligations.

Looks at the premise of Canadian law and policy relating to Aboriginal people and how responsibility for international human rights is not being upheld.

Discusses the tests used by the Supreme Court of Canada to determine whether Aboriginal title exists. Uses the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia case as example of the principle of first occupancy. Duration: 7:17.

Looks at the significant difference between "Original Title" and "Aboriginal Title"

Case study focuses on the relationship between the forest industry and First Nations' interests in land and natural resource in British Columbia.

Produced as a result of dissatisfaction with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' engagement process for the development of proposed legislative framework for drinking water in First Nation communities. Looks at three types of water-related rights: water, self-government, and adequate levels of environment protection.

Looks at the critical analysis and legal context pertaining to Aboriginal rights over lands and resources; and implications of these findings for the forest tenure system and for cooperative management arrangements in Alberta.

Identifies and discusses key elements of forest policies and tenures and addresses specific problems these features pose for the Aboriginal communities and organizations who have experienced the results of these problems.

Amendments include the fact that any Métis admitted into treaty "shall be allowed to withdraw", the protection of reserve resources and not allowing for the removal of timber, minerals, or soil, and penalities for allowing prostitution.

Contains material on band membership inquiries by the Superintendent General, logging on reserve land, stopping of a payment of an annuity and interest money to any woman who lives immorally (section 73), intoxication and prostitution.

Discusses changes to surface rights and loans to bands.

Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.

Provides policies, decisions, and tools to develop strategies to advance the process of reconciliation between First Nations and the Crown.

Book review of: After Native Claims?: The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements for Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale.

Book review of: After Native Claims? The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements For Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale. To read review, scroll to page 94.

Looks at Anishinaabek beliefs pertaining to the land, natural resource development, and ensuing conflicts with Canadian law.

Outlines other Canadian jurisdictions' best practices for integrating economic development and First Nations interests.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 2001.

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

Allan Quandt discusses general problems of implementing programs in the north.

Allan Quandt speaks about the disappearance of Jim Brady and the theories on what happened.

Allan Quandt talks about Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady and their relationships with the CCF party.

Chronicles how an Indigenous group in Panama successfully halted an government proposal to exploit natural resources on their traditional land reserves.

Examines how the Wet'suwet'en used archaeological evidence to support their court case regarding Aboriginal and territorial rights.

Looks at the legal status of the Chippewa's treaty right to farm Maple Sugar as a natural resource within their homeland.

Ortiz’s address to the AISA calls on Indigenous people to recognize the damage done to them by colonization and to find in that recognition the strength and will to participate in contemporary resistance to neocolonial projects rooted in consumer capitalist and extractive resource regimes.