Resources

Overview of presentations delivered at the 1998 Conference of the Learned Societies which focused on the controversy surrounding the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.

An interview discussing various topics: evidence given to the Office of Specific Claims and Research by Jim Black; signing of Treaty #7; an account of the CPR line being taken through Blackfoot Reserveterritory; a description of two murders: Frank Skynner killed by Scrapings, and Charcoal's murder of Medicine Pipe Stem; the surrender of Blackfoot Reserve land; and an understanding of land rights.

Rusco responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy"; argues that Barsh’s thesis creates confusion about the Indian New Deal and is contrary to current evidence.

Comments on several aboriginal title cases and provides a statement of facts for each case, followed by a review of the different tests applied.

Sale of Saddle Lake Reserve land.

Examines competing interests of Native American water rights in light of court decisions.

Book Three: Northwest Territories Nunavut Settlement Area Lands

Discusses the innovative radio series on the rights of Indigenous people, and the Kannada language interactive program that converts global issues into local issues.

Natural Resources Management (M.N.R.M)--University of Manitoba, 2013.

This report contained a list of recommendations for the construction and operation of the Keeyask Generation Project.

Describes the jail sentences given to 6 leaders of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) First Nation in Northern Ontario over mineral exploration on a disputed land claim area.

Looks at a suit between a mining company and a First Nations community and the two judicial decisions made.

Public Health Thesis (M.S.P.H.)--University of South Florida, 2013

Examines a research agreement between the North Slope Borough of Alaska and Shell Exploration and Production Company (Shell Oil) and offers an evaluation based on: external factors, inputs, processes, outputs, outcomes, and impacts.

Looks at influences regulating Inuit economic activities, the Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, and new governance arrangements.

Conflict Analysis and Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2000.

History Thesis (M.Sc.)--Utah State University, 1998.

Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design Thesis (M.F.A.)--OCAD University, 2016.

Natural Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 2012.

Comments on a character, Wilson Weasel Tail, from the novel Almanac of the Dead

Launch of legal action by the Tsuu T'ina Nation against the Province of Alberta concerning the South Saskatchewan River Basin Water Management Plan.

Outlines a scientific history of uranium, and looks at the traditional Navajo’s belief system regarding uranium and milling as a disruption in the balance of earth and sky. Scroll down to access article.

History of discussions surrounding Sami land and water rights and legal consequences of claims in Norway.

An investigation of the evolving legal history of the Navajo Nation following the Second World War. The Navajo legal counsel provides legal opinions on land, resource development, employment, and the protection of sovereignty.

Human Rights and Democratisation Thesis (E.MA)--Åbo Akademi University, 2015.

History of the Secwepemc people of British Columbia. Timeline links to information and audio for specific periods, with further links to more detailed information. Very useful for classroom instruction.

Sustainability Framework report supports Indigenous rights to take part in decisions affecting land and resources.

Describes the Nemaska Crees political strategies used to defend their land and way of life against the EM-1-A & Rupert Diversion Project.

Discusses how the Belize government continues to violate Maya land rights despite public opinion and consistent court rulings.

Deals with aboriginal rights within the context of Canadian law and the court actions of the Lubicon.

Discusses the blockade held in 1985 in order to stop logging on the land.

Discussion on improving and preserving native food systems that are ecologically sustainable and culturally appropriate.

Discusses the Department of Fisheries and Oceans role in the ongoing stewardship of northern aquatic resources; the emerging development opportunities; and the consequences of climate change and economic development for wildlife in the North, including fish and their habitat.

Examines the legitimacy problem currently facing ecotourism and how the management of legitimacy in ecotourism should proceed.

Immigration and Settlement Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University, 2013.

Interdisciplinary Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Manitoba, 1995. (Anthropology, Political Studies and Native Studies).

Interdisciplinary Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria (Canada), 1999.

Discussion on resource revenue sharing and perspectives on resource revenue sharing between the mining industry, governments and Aboriginal groups; and looks at some of the factors and issues worth considering in developing positions and strategies.

Examination and interpretation of the "truckhouse" clause in the Peace and Friendship treaties by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Literature review on the rights of Indigenous peoples to meaningful consultation and participation in natural resources management.

Includes three case studies: Namgis First Nation and the Orca Sand and Gravel Project, Tahltan Iskut First Nation and the Galore Creek Project, and Union of New Brunswick Indians and the Emera Pipeline.

Reports on statements used from the United Nations' 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to evaluate preservation of culture, lands and resources, self-governance, restitution, and services and representation.

Rural Economy Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Discussion of the history of property rights in PEI and includes the petition of Oliver LeBone to the Colonial Office in London in 1838.

Addresses concerns about traditional resources and resource harvesting in the Athabasca oil sands area that the Mikesew Cree First Nation is dependent on.

Reviews the establishment of reserves in Ontario, differences in mineral rights and the implications of the 1924 Canada-Ontario Indian Reserve Lands Agreement.

Looks at crowning legal uncertainty about Aboriginal land claims and the resource sector investment.

Book review of: Mining Capitalism by Stuart Kirsch.

Discusses the mining cycle, including mineral exploration, mine development, mine operations, and mine closure and reclamation.