Mandatory Use of Non-Toxic Shotshell: Cultural and Economic Concerns For Mushkegowuk Cree
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J.S. Tsuji
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 19-36
Description
Argues that First Nation subsistence hunters of migratory birds should have an extended period of grace regarding the 1999 ban on the use of lead shot.
“Many Families of Unseen Indians”: Trapline Registration and Understandings of Aboriginal Title in the BC-Yukon Borderlands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenn Iceton
BC Studies , no. 201, Spring, 2019, pp. 67-91
Description
Article uses the Kaska Dena claim to Aboriginal title as a case study to examine the nuanced effects of the trapline registration policies in British Columbia on Indigenous rights.
Market Citizenship in Eastern Nicaraguan Indigenous Territories
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Finley-Brook
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 4, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 393-409
Description
Looks at state policies that are in conflict with Indigenous subsistence rights by examining three case studies of disputes involving protected areas.
Natural Resources and Community Sustainability: Final Report of Activities 2001-2003
Alternate Title
Project Reports (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 2003/2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clifford G.Hickey
Mark Nelson
David C. Natcher
Description
Discusses Aboriginal treaty rights to draw a livelihood from the land through subsistence harvesting, and looks at the direct relationship with modern commercial forestry.
Northern Tsimshian Elderberry Use in the Late Pre-Contact to Post-Contact Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Martindale
Irena Jurakic
Canadian Journal of Archaeology, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 254-280
Description
Argues data collected from the late 18th through early 20th century shows correlation between spatial and social organization of households and presents evidence of changes in subsistence economics.
Observations on the Butchering Technique at a Prehistoric Bison-Kill in Montana
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Kehoe
Alice B. Kehoe
American Antiquity, vol. 25, no. 3, January 1960, pp. 420-423
Description
Analysis of what was taken and what was left, if meat had to be transported, and which bones were used for tools.
One Person's Food: How and Why Fish Avoidance May Affect the Settlement and Subsistence Patterns of Hunter-Gatherers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. E. Malainey
R. Przybylski
B. L. Sherriff
American Antiquity, vol. 66, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 141-161
Description
Fat residues from pottery finds at archaeological sites appear to indicate that a quick change in diet from red meat to fish produces fat malabsorption symptoms.
The Original Affluent Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marshall Sahlins
Description
Extract from the book, Stone-Age Economics by Marshall Sahlins in which he argues that in the hunter-gathererer society, with few material wants and their needs met, were not just subsisting but could be considered affluent.
Paradigm Shifts in Aboriginal Cultures? : Understanding TEK in Historical and Cultural Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Nelson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 1, 2005, pp. 289-310
Description
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.
Parallel Information Concerning the Situation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of Indigenous Small-numbered Peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation
Alternate Title
The Fifth Periodic Report of the Russian Federation to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
IWGIA
Description
Submitted at the 46th Session of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, May 2-20, 2011.
The Past is the Future: The Cultural Backdrop for Economic Development Activities in the Western Hudson Bay Region
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brock Junkin
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 2, Special Edition: The State of the Aboriginal Economy: 10 Years After RCAP, Fall, 2005, pp. 109-119
Description
Discusses the importance of understanding the northern cultural context before embarking upon initiatives.
Practicing Sustainable Self-Determination: Indigenous Approaches to Cultural Restoration and Revitalization
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeff Corntassel
Cheryl Bryce
Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 18, no. 11, Spring/Summer, 2012, pp. 151-162
Description
Discusses barriers to continuing land and water based-cultural practices and how the Lekwungen are working to overcome them.
Promoting or Protecting Traditional Knowledges? Tensions in the Resurgence of Indigenous Food Practices on Vancouver Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan K. Muller
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, October 2018, p. Article 4
Description
Discusses food sovereignty and Indigenous ways of knowing with an eye to the conflict between promoting knowledge for the sake of resurgence and running the risk of subjecting knowledges, resources and communities to exploitation, criminalization and over-harvesting.
The Reciprocity Principle and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Understanding the Significance of Indigenous Protest on the Presumpscot River
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lisa T. Brooks
Cassandra M. Brooks
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 2010, pp. 11-28
Description
Looks at the story of a Wabanaki sagamore who protested the damming of a river which he and his people relied on for sustenance.
Regional Analysis of Indian Aggregate Income, Northern Manitoba: 1896-1935
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 95-146
Description
Presents information derived from Department of Indian Affairs records and attempts to explain changes in the Aboriginal economy.
Report 5: Climate Change and First Nations: Recommendations for Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Description
Presents recommendations for climate change-related action, taking into account issues relating to First Nations peoples impact, adaptation and mitigation measures.
Seals, Selfies, and the Settler State: Indigenous Motherhood and Gendered Violence in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Rule
American Quarterly, vol. 70, no. 4, December 2018, pp. 741-754
Description
Author discusses the violent social media response Tanya Tagaq received after having posted a photo of her daughter next to a harvested seal; uses the incident to illustrate how colonial violence disproportionately targets Aboriginal women.
Sizing up the Catch: Native-Newcomer Resource Competition and the Early Years of Saskatchewan’s Northern Commercial Fishery
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony G. Gulig
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 3-11
Description
These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and oppressive fiscal policies of austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
Social and Economic Barriers to Subsistence Harvesting in a Northern Alberta Aboriginal Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Nelson
David C. Natcher
Clifford G. Hickey
Anthropologica, vol. 47, no. 2, 2005, pp. 289-301
Description
Looks at a community survey of the Little Red River Cree Nation, and several socio-economic barriers that impede the ability to engage in subsistence harvesting.
The Spokane Tribe's Multipathway Subsistence Exposure Scenario and Screening Level RME
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara L. Harper
Brian Flett
Stuart Harris
Corn Abeyta
Fred Kirschner
Risk Analysis, vol. 22, no. 3, 2002, pp. 513-526
Description
Provides an exposure scenario that may help improve the risk assessment of tribal communities whom practice a traditional subsistence lifestyle and diet.
Subsistence in Northern Communities: Lessons from Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Thornton
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 82-102
Description
Discusses idea that failure to consider subsistence economies has caused a crisis in Alaska and talks about lessons learned.
Survival, Resistance, and the Canadian State: The Transformation of New Brunswick’s Native Economy, 1867-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Parenteau
James Kenny
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 13, no. 1, New Series, 2002, pp. 49-71
Description
Examines the post-Confederation economic experience of First Nations as they made the transition from subsistence to wage labour activities
Transmission of Environmental Knowledge and Land Skills among Inuit Men in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tristan Pearce
Harold Wright
Roland Notaina
Adam Kudlak
Barry Smit .. [et al.]
Human Ecology, vol. 39, no. 3, 2011, pp. 271-288
Description
Concludes that land skills continue to be transmitted most often from older to younger generations through observation and apprenticeship in the environment.