Natural Resources

Beaverhouse Casket Company will channel profits back into the community in the form of wages while fostering social growth.

Focuses on the effects that logging, overfishing, and urbanization have on industrial salmon farming. Also discusses how consultation may be a repressive tactic, rather than a means of protecting title and rights.

Book review of: Fish, Law and Colonialism by Douglas C. Harris.

Book review of: Fishing Places, Fishing People edited by Dianne Newell and Rosemary E. Ommer (eds.).

Contends that a columnist Diane Francis's portrayal of First Nations revealed a lack of knowledge about treaties signed between Canada and First Nations people.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1993.

Looks at an Indian resource capital fund which will allow First Nations and Aboriginal businesses to explore on-reserve projects.

Discusses how ancestral law and traditional practices of the Diné are understood and applied by the Navajo Nation Council and other cultural and environmental organizations.

Using the Ojibway Grassy Narrows reservation in Ontario to analyze the negative socioeconomic impact of a lack of Indigenous autonomy and control over their own land and resources.

Provides direction for identifying important environmental issues to meet requirements under the Framework Agreement. Recommends reviewing online material to aid in the implementation of Land Codes, land management, and environmental matters.

Gwen Beck is a long time resident of La Ronge who has taken a keen interest in local, social and political affairs.

Helen and Joe Wheaton lived in Prince Albert where Joe worked for the Saskatchewan government. They were active in the CCF party and became friends of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady.

Helga Reydon worked for many years for the Department of Natural Resources in Prince Albert. She knew Malcolm Norris, Jim Brady and Pete Tomkins.

Describes negotiation process involving several parties, including the Cree communities of Easterville and South Indian Lakes, as it developed during the Grand Rapids and Churchill-Nelson River projects.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2015.

Federal legislation providing for regulation of leases, licences and dispositions related to royalties from certain resources on First Nation lands.

Examines the impact of resource extraction on Indigenous peoples’ lands and the need to respect and protect their traditional cultures and values.

Reports on several Indigenous organizations that advocate the defence of ecosystems, restoration of sustainable communities, and the protection of sacred sites.

Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.

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.

Sale of Saddle Lake Reserve land.

Discusses possible legal action directed at shareholders of oil companies looking to drill a test well near claimed lands.

Mining Engineering Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Looks at the Traditional Land Use Study and Consultation Unit created to act as an intermediary between industry, the provincial government of Alberta and First Nations to protect language and culture.

Outline of plan to bring clarity to First Nations, government and project developers regarding Aboriginal and Treaty rights. 3rd Edition.

Outlines the importance of fishing by examining economic, political and other factors that lead to the demise of most Native fisheries in the region.

Contends management policies, jurisdictional disputes and uncontrolled development led to the destruction of sturgeon fisheries.

Shows First Nations communities are in a unique position geographically and have the demographics and labour force to increase employment through skills training and collaboration.

Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands. Duration: 1:36:00.

Discussion of why TEK studies are needed, how to proceed, and impact of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) regulations on traditional land use.

Examines the Swinomish bands approach to economic development by leveraging its assets along with private investments.

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

Hydrology and Water Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1988.

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

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

Examines the concept of the social economy and how it can serve as a guide for Aboriginal communities looking to better their members' lives.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013

Provides background and potential resolution to struggles of the Anishinaabe of Wisconsin which emerged in 1910-1953 and have continued over rights and control their lands and resources.

Findings suggest that renewables, in the form of wind generation, play an important role in providing energy needs, particularly for remote communities.

Mandate was to address Aboriginal issues and a way to negotiate a long term harvesting arrangement.

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding settlement of unlawful taking by Canada of 440 acres of mineral-rich land without consent or compensation. The parties settled, the agreement was ratified; Canada paid out compensation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.

Report finds there are legal and economic problems with resource sharing resulting from natural resource exploration.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1996.

Argues resource development should be thought of as Indigenous development and not a strategy for First Nations self-determination.