@article {25045,
	title = {Traditional land use report: Deer Creek Joslyn SAGD Project },
	year = {2005},
	note = {Consultant commissioned by Deer Creek Energy Limited},
	abstract = {The objectives of this study were to define the extent of the territory occupied and used; provide a historical perspective for current traditional land uses in the development area; record traditional land uses in development area; gain an understanding of current traditional land users{\textquoteright} concerns with respect to the development; develop maps of traditional land use activities and sites; provide community perspectives on potential impacts from both previous and the proposed development. Traditional knowledge would also be collected for use in biophysical data and scientific studies. Information for this report was obtained at a group meeting consisting of 15 community members, interviews with two Elders, and a helicopter overflight with five community members. Discussions were semi-directed, but open to other topics deemed important. Interviews were conducted in the interviewee{\textquoteright}s language of choice. This traditional land use study contains information specific only to Phase II of the Jocelyn SAGD project. Because of ongoing negotiations between Fort McKay First Nation and Deer Creek Energy, no traditional land use sites are named or mapped in this report. Following a comprehensive discussion of the methodology used in the study, the report provides a detailed historical and cultural setting, including the fur trade era, the seasonal round, the Euro-Canadian presence, Treaty 8, resource development, and an introduction to Fort McKay First Nation. There is a brief discussion of Aboriginal Cultural Values, particularly the inseparable land-culture relationship. The section on baseline research outlines the major issues from previous traditional land use studies, both community and industry initiated. The following sections on the results of the current study summarizes the information gathered during meetings with the community, including the two Elder interviews, a point-form list of issues and concerns regarding the proposed development, and a point-form list of recommendations put forth by the community as mitigation measures. The report notes that appropriate levels of consultation, including regular meetings, the use of translators and plain language, and direct consultations with affected trappers, for example, would go a long way towards improving the relationship between the community and industry.},
	keywords = {traditional land use }
}
