Resources

Looks at the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Examines the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act signed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter with the Passamaquoddies and the Penobscots, signifing the first major success in their effort to reclaim land.

Article evaluates current Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) scholarship, and then examines some past uses and interpretations. Options for adressing concerns with inclusion of Aboriginal peoples in resource management participation are explored.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Temple University, 2008.

Article examines the social cost of oil and gas development on the Indigenous peoples in the Amazonian forests of Peru. To access this article scroll down to page 28.

Reports on safeguarding Cordillera heritage through youth activism. To access this article, scroll down to page 33.

Reports on the numerous hurdles involved in the building of the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline.

Article republished from The Eastern Door no. 37, September 16, 2016. Questions raised by the Standing Rock Sioux about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Mohawk to Energy East Pipeline.

Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.

Topics in the guide include: lands, land title, natural resources, environmental assessment, etc.

Overview of fourth conference series with focus on positive relationships and emerging partnerships between industry and Aboriginal communities.

Examines consequences of government assimilation policies and discusses the need for research to promote social justice.

Workshop offers information on three tools for managing exploration and mining development in traditional lands.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1983.

Political Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2000.

Discusses Sami rights to land and water in Norway.

Discussion of how the island went from Indigenous occupancy to Indian Reserve status and subject to Timber License 44.

Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.

Human rights advocates discusses her views on the rights of Indigenous peoples to own, develop and benefit from their traditional lands and natural resources.

Argues that Impact and Benefit Agreements may provide more direct engagement with industry and a sharing of benefits from resource development than has been provided in Northern Canada.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2018.

An experimental video/art poem and accompanying text that examines issues including land rights, resource extraction, environmentalism, the Occupy Movement and the activism of Indigenous peoples.

Brief summary and evaluation of the references to mineral rights in the Treaty 8 interviews.

Some of issues discussed are women's rights and circumstances, resource extraction, lack of legal-political structures for self-determination and Sweden's Race Biology and eugenics programs.

Discusses the ecological degradation of the central Bras d'Or Lakes watershed region and the active stance the Mi'kmaq people have taken to implement an integrated management approach to the issue.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

1 file containing a document with House of Commons Debates (Pages 1301,1305,1306,1308); debate questioning a statement the Prime Minister made about native titles to land.

Suggests that decisions made in the United States may point to the general direction in which Canadian courts may move.

Profile of women's rights activist Priscilla Settee and her contributions to Indigenous rights, women's rights and Earth rights.

Focuses on how anthropologists can best represent First Nations given the experience of the Delgamuukw court case.

In the Matter of the Joint Review Panel ("Joint Panel" ) Established to Review the Site C Clean Energy Project ("Project") Proposed by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority ("BC Hydro").

Describes how the Cree have managed to achieve co-management of local resources through the James Bay Agreement.

Author examines and advocates for the inclusion of Indigenous values and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge (IEK), as part of the consultation process when governments, and communities are considering development and co-management projects

Examines interaction between indigenous peoples and corporations and identifies hotspots for potential conflict.

Examines how First Nations may manage aquatic resources in their traditional territories by looking at case studies involving the Yinka Dene, the Syilx Nation, water monitoring practices, the Tla'amin Nation and the Cowichan tribes.

Explores legal mechanisms for implementing the transfer of land and the range of options for the way in which legal title can be held.

The author asserts that the Paul decision is a misinterpretation of the decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the balancing of Aboriginal rights and public rights.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 1998.

Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 1996.

Authors articulate the relationship between Indigenous resistance to state appropriation of lands and anti-Indigenous violence enacted by the public.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1995.

Discusses how members of the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq First Nations were charged in New Brunswick with unlawful possession or unlawful cutting of Crown timber.

Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. French language version. 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.]