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Using traditional knowledge to adapt to ecological change: Den?lin?onitoring of caribou movements

Author(s): Parlee, B., & Manseau M.

Year: 2005

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Parlee and Manseau, in this article, present the results of two Traditional Ecological Knowledge studies conducted between 1997 and 2000 with the Dene First Nation, as well as a caribou movement study carried out in the same area in 2001. The authors describe "how theDen?lin?raditionally dealt with variability in the fall migration of the caribou by organizing to observe and communicate about movements at key water crossings in the caribou's vast fall and winter range," and believe that their techniques could usefully be applied to present-day natural resource management. While the current focus on finding monitoring indicators based on Traditional Knowledge, such as monitoring the fat content of caribou, is technically relevant, there is a danger for "misuse and misinterpretation" of indicators that have been isolated from their original social, cultural, and ecological context. Parlee and Manseau assert that reference to Traditional Knowledge in monitoring can go beyond simple indicators to strategies of organization and observation, a more "integrative and holistic perspective on the parameters affecting population health," and strategies for dealing with variability.

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Parlee, B., & Manseau M. (2005). Using traditional knowledge to adapt to ecological change: Den?lin?onitoring of caribou movements. 58(1), 26-37. Abstract

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Valuing local knowledge: Indigenous peoples and intellectual property rights

Author(s): Brush, S. B., & Stabinsky D.

Year: 1996

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While tropical forests are being cleared at an alarming rate, the clearing is rarely complete and is often not permanent. A considerable amount of tropical forest exists as remnants that have significant value both for the conservation of biological diversity and for meeting the needs of local people." "This volume brings together world-renowned scientists and conservationists to address the biological and socioeconomic value of forest remnants and to examine practical efforts to conserve those remnants. An outgrowth of a year-long study by the policy program at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes provides a broad overview of theory and practice and will help foster both interdisciplinary research and more effective approaches to tropical conservation and development.

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Brush, S. B., & Stabinsky D. (1996). Valuing local knowledge: Indigenous peoples and intellectual property rights. Abstract

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Venturing forth.: Season three. Episode 9, The fur trade dying tradition or modern revival

Author(s): Chambers, B.

Year: 2002

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For centuries, Canadian aboriginals relied on fur-bearing animals for food, clothing and shelter. Hunting and trapping was a way of life, intrinsic to cultural identity. Some believe the move away from the land is directly linked to the loss of the aboriginal languages. Yet the fur industry appears to be enjoying a mini boom. Today's young people are seeking a renewed knowledge in their traditions, including those that tie them to the land. In this Venturing Forth episode we take our cameras to the community of Fort Chipewyan in Northern Alberta - where the Northwest and Hudson's Bay companies established trading posts in the early colonization years - and look at how they have evolved. Is the fur trade boom a blip on the economic radar, or a sign of something much more enduring? And how is enterprise in nearby Fort McMurray impacting the culture and liveliood of smaller communities like Fort Chipewyan?

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Chambers, B. (2002). Venturing forth.: Season three. Episode 9, The fur trade dying tradition or modern revival. Abstract

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View of Fort McMurray along Clearwater River, Alberta

Year: 1930

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[Anonymous] (1930). View of Fort McMurray along Clearwater River, Alberta.

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View of worked field, community farm, Keg River, Metis area, Alberta

Author(s): Brady, J.

Year: 1942

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Brady, J. (1942). View of worked field, community farm, Keg River, Metis area, Alberta.

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Visions of the heart: Canadian Aboriginal issues

Author(s): Long, D., & Dickason O. Patricia

Year: 2000

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This book looks at contemporary issues facing Aboriginal peoples. It critically examines both past and present sources of oppression in Canadian Aboriginal life and explores ways that Aboriginal peoples can continue to realize their aspirations. Some of the issues explored in the book include: Aboriginal self-government in Canada, Aboriginal youth, and the Lubicon First Nation Coalition. Also, the book includes the full text of Treaty of Six and an abridged version of the Nisga? Final Agreement. Overall, the book is comprised of numerous Aboriginal contributors who provide an insightful commentary on the issues facing Aboriginal peoples.

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Long, D., & Dickason O. Patricia (2000). Visions of the heart: Canadian Aboriginal issues. Abstract

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Vista Coal Mine Project: Surface water quality report

Year: 2012

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This report is the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for surface water quality for the Vista Coal Mine Project (the Project). This report was prepared by Hatfield Consultants Partnership (Hatfield) for Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. (Coalspur) and was prepared as a component of an integrated formal application by Coalspur for the Project.

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[Anonymous] (2012). Vista Coal Mine Project: Surface water quality report. (Hatfield Consultants, Ed.). 86 pages . Abstract

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Voices of Resistance

Author(s): Kennedy, J.

Year: 2013

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Leanne Simpson agrees. Indigenous women form a resistance movement that predates Canada, said Simpson, who teaches Indigenous studies at the Centre for World Indigenous Knowledge and Research at Athabasca University. Simpson, a member of the Alderville First Nation in Canada, is a fierce advocate of Indigenous peoples' rights, having written and lectured extensively on issues of Indigenous governance, land rights, and cultural resurgence. She said that this strength needs to be acknowledged because, currently, "it is absolutely unrecognized and unseen." Simpson said that this was partly because the work that Indigenous women do to maintain resistance is often unglamorous. "We are getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning, and we're feeding our children, we're breastfeeding all through the night, we're doing things that women have to do to make the lives of our children and our families progress." [Eriel Deranger] is the communications officer for her community, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, whose homelands encompass the remote boreal forests and muskeg of northern Alberta, where the Athabasca River winds its way through Chipewyan territory. The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is currently fighting Shell's plans to develop another tarsands mine close to the existing Jackpine mine on the east side of the Athabasca river. According to the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, the expansion would spoil thousands of acres of land and ruin 13 miles of the river. Deranger explained that this will affect her nation's ability to hunt, fish, and trap - a breach of their treaty rights. Deranger is leading a campaign to gain broader support for her nation's fierce opposition to the tarsands expansion.

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Kennedy, J. (2013). Voices of Resistance. 42(2), 27-30. Abstract

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Water ethics for First Nations and biodiversity in western Canada

Author(s): Matsui, K.

Year: 2012

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The increasing division of academic disciplines and bureaucracy has led to the compartmentalization of knowledge on water security, biodiversity, Indigenous rights, and traditional ecological knowledge policy. The attempt to re-establish links among these issues in academic studies can shed light on integrated water governance and the establishment of water ethics. In order to facilitate this effort, this paper discusses three propositions: (1) the establishment of strong legal and ethical frameworks is needed; (2) policymakers and scientists alike need to recognize links between biodiversity and water security; and (3) they need to improve cross-cultural understanding and communication in using the traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples and local people. This article examines these issues in Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) because this region has invited cross-cultural and inter-jurisdictional conflicts since the twentieth century.

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Matsui, K. (2012). Water ethics for First Nations and biodiversity in western Canada. International Indigenous Policy Journal. 3(3), 23 pages . Abstract

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Water stewardship in the lower Athabasca River: Is the Alberta government paying attention to Aboriginal rights to water?

Author(s): Passelac-Ross, M., & Buss K.

Year: 2011

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This paper examines the state of Aboriginal rights to water in the Lower Athabasca River Basin. It starts from the premise that Aboriginal peoples living in the Athabasca oil sands region have constitutionally protected water rights, and inquiries whether or not these rights are acknowledged by the Alberta government

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Passelac-Ross, M., & Buss K. (2011). Water stewardship in the lower Athabasca River: Is the Alberta government paying attention to Aboriginal rights to water?. Abstract

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Water Stewardship in the Lower Athabasca River: Is the Alberta Government Paying Attention to Aboriginal Rights to Water?

Author(s): Passelac-Ross, M., & Buss K.

Year: 2011

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The provincial debate about water management and water rights, including water allocation and proposed water transfers, proceeds without regard for Aboriginal territorial rights, including to water. Nevertheless, Aboriginal peoples continue to struggle for the recognition and protection of their rights, and the ability to exercise these rights, many of whom are closely tied to waters and rely upon a continuing supply of clean water. The development of oil sands in the Lower Athabasca River region provides the background for this analysis of how Alberta deals with Aboriginal peoples' concerns with respect to water in the resource development process. We examine various water management planning initiatives, the approval process for oil sands development, and the monitoring of the impacts of industrial development on water resources. We assess whether the provincial government is acknowledging and protecting Aboriginal rights to, and uses, of water, and whether it is adequately consulting the affected communities. Our conclusion is that Alberta largely fails to properly discharge its constitutional obligations to Aboriginal peoples. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]

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Passelac-Ross, M., & Buss K. (2011). Water Stewardship in the Lower Athabasca River: Is the Alberta Government Paying Attention to Aboriginal Rights to Water?. Journal of Environmental Law and Practice. 23(1), 69-83. Abstract

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Waters as potential paths to peace

Author(s): Wong, R.

Year: 2015

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Wong, R. (2015). Waters as potential paths to peace. Material Cultures in Canada. 12 pages .

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Wayne McCullough holding wolf furs, Paddle Prairie, Alberta

Year: 1963

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[Anonymous] (1963). Wayne McCullough holding wolf furs, Paddle Prairie, Alberta.

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Ways of knowing: experience, knowledge and power among the Dene Tha

Author(s): Goulet, J. - G. A.

Year: 1998

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Goulet, J. - G. A. (1998). Ways of knowing: experience, knowledge and power among the Dene Tha.

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We are Métis: The ethnography of a halfbreed community in northern Alberta

Author(s): Driben, P.

Year: 1975

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This work gives a descriptive account of Mtis culture through an analysis of the history and social organization of the settlers who live at the East Prairie Métis Colony. Fieldwork was carried out in the summer and fall of 1970.

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Driben, P. (1975). We are Métis: The ethnography of a halfbreed community in northern Alberta. Abstract

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We can no longer be sacrificed

Author(s): Waller, L.

Year: 2008

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Many suspect that Fort Chipewyan's health problems have something to do with the fact that it sits less than 200 kilometres downriver from the biggest industrial project on Earth-the wringing of oil from Alberta's tar sands. It's an endeavour that threatens to devastate not only the people of Fort Chipewyan, but dozens of indigenous communities throughout northern Alberta-and perhaps Canada's entire Northwest. THE TAR SANDS DEPOSITS underlie 149,000 square kilometres of land in three regions: Athabasca, Peace River, and Cold Lake. That's an area larger than the state of Florida, and nearly one third of it, 54,000 square kilometres, has already been leased for development in Alberta. On top of or adjacent to those lands are more than two dozen First Nations, some already touched by tar sands extraction. Most are covered by Treaty Eight, which was signed in 1899, on the heels of a previous mining frenzy-the gold rush. Treaty Eight affirmed the Metis and First Nations' rights not only to reserve lands and monetary compensation, but also to the continued pursuit of traditional hunting, trapping, and fishing practices. These rights have been steadily eroded by the expansion of the tar sands development. In 1986, the Fort McKay Band Council formed the Fort McKay Group of Companies, which now pulls in millions of dollars of revenue each year from businesses that service oil companies with everything from heavy equipment to workers' camps. The band council is also in discussion with oil companies about extracting the 600 million barrels of bitumen that lie under their reserve. Fort McKay is rumoured to be the richest First Nation in Canada. "This community's success is completely dependent on oil sands development," says [Jim Boucher]. "That's the only option.

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Waller, L. (2008). We can no longer be sacrificed. 37 ( 4 ), 8-10, 12 . Abstract

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Western society's linear systems and Aboriginal cultures: The need for two way exchanges for the sake of survival

Author(s): Merculieff, L.

Year: 1990

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Merculieff, L. (1990). Western society's linear systems and Aboriginal cultures: The need for two way exchanges for the sake of survival.

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Western woods Cree

Author(s): Smith, J. G. E.

Year: 1981

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Smith breaks down "Western Woods Cree" into three major divisions: the Rocky Cree, the Western Swampy Cree, and Strongwoods or Fort Bois Cree. It is the latter that he places the Cree residing in the northern Alberta/Fort Chipewyan region. He also suggests the possibility of a fourth group, the Athabasca Cree, due to the presence of a distinct r-dialect south of Lake Athabasca in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He does not expand upon this, but refers to the works of Pond, LaCombe and Pentland to back up this theory. Although Smith provides interesting information on the language; territory; history; traditional culture; and socio-culture of both the Rocky and Western Swampy Cree, any substantial information on the Strongwoods Cree is desperately lacking. In lieu of this, Smith's article tends to be lopsided and incomplete.

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Smith, J. G. E. (1981). Western woods Cree. Abstract

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Wetlands baseline for Project Millennium

Year: 1998

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This document details the Wetlands Resources within the Local and Regional Study Areas for Suncor Energy Inc. Project Millennium in support of an Environmental Impact Assessment. The study area wetlands are described and classified using the methodology of the Alberta Wetlands Inventory. Beckinham and Archibalds wetlands classification system was used as the basis for the floristic analysis and initial classification of the wetlands types. The objectives of this document were to: describe the lowland or wetlands types within the Project Millennium local and regional study areas; to assess wetland diversity within the local and regional study areas; to provide a wetlands component to the Ecological Land Classification; and to provide a basis for wetlands reclamation, research and monitoring. For the regional study area, Landsat Thematic Mapper Satellite imagery was used as a basis for mapping. This was augmented by a helicopter survey in July 1997. For the local study area, wetlands were identified on 1996; 1:10,000 scale black and white aerial photographs. The aerial photographs were pre-stratified according to the Alberta Vegetation Inventory, which included Alberta Wetlands Inventory criteria. Vegetation surveys were taken in July and August 1997. Community level biodiversity was assessed by examining community richness, diversity and patch (map unit) size. The ranges of these parameters, or indices, are an expression of heterogeneity in wetlands within the local and regional study areas.

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[Anonymous] (1998). Wetlands baseline for Project Millennium. Abstract

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Wetlands in Canada's western boreal forest: agents of change

Author(s): Foote, L., & Krogman N. T.

Year: 2006

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"Wetlands ofthe western boreal forest are poorly studied.In the last decade (1990-2000) there were approximately 1810 northern hemisphere scientific papers published addressing boreal wetlands,tundra,taiga,or bogs.We explore the extent ofunderstanding and impacts ofsix major agents ofchange affecting forested wetlands ofthe boreal zone:(1) commer- cial forestry,(2) petroleum extraction,(3) mining (bitumen,coal,peat,ore,and diamonds),(4) agriculture,(5) climate change, and (6) hydrologic alteration. Finally, we address the social context, costs, and recommendations for wetland maintenance.

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Foote, L., & Krogman N. T. (2006). Wetlands in Canada's western boreal forest: agents of change. 82 ( 6 ), 825-833 . Abstract

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What if and so what in northwest Canada: Could climate change make a difference to the future of the Mackenzie Basin?

Author(s): Cohen, S. J.

Year: 1997

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Global climate change, also known as global warming, is one of the most challenging elements of global environmental change. If atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" continue to increase, global mean air temperatures are expected to rise 1.5 degrees to 4.5 degrees C within the next several decades. High-latitude regions are projected to experience above-average increases. What effects would such a warming have in the Canadian Arctic? In a recently completed study of the Mackenzie Basin in north-western Canada, regional stakeholders provided their responses to the "what if?" scenario of climate change in their region. This scenario includes more frequent landslides due to permafrost thaw, lower minimum annual river and lake levels, more forest fires, and lower yield from softwoods. These impacts could offset potential benefits from a longer growing and ice-free season. Regional stakeholders, including provincial and territorial governments, aboriginal organizations, and the private sector, felt confident about their abilities to adapt, so long as climate change would be predictable and gradual. Some potential impacts, however, could be very significant for renewable resources and aboriginal communities, and some stakeholders spoke of intervention into national and international policy arenas to raise awareness outside of the Mackenzie Basin.

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Cohen, S. J. (1997). What if and so what in northwest Canada: Could climate change make a difference to the future of the Mackenzie Basin?. Abstract

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What lies beneath: Responding to forest development plans a guide for First Nations

Author(s): Hopwood, D.

Year: 2002

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A guidebook for First Nations in responding to forest development plans for the BC Ministry of Forests of forest licensees. Some information may be applicable elsewhere in Canada

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Hopwood, D. (2002). What lies beneath: Responding to forest development plans a guide for First Nations. Abstract

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When legends fall silent our ways are lost: Some dimensions of the study of aging among Native Canadians

Author(s): Vanderburgh, R. M.

Year: 1992

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Vanderburgh, R. M. (1992). When legends fall silent our ways are lost: Some dimensions of the study of aging among Native Canadians. 2(1), 11.

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When the world was new: Stories of the Sahtu Dene

Author(s): Blondin, G.

Year: 1990

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Blondin, G. (1990). When the world was new: Stories of the Sahtu Dene. 45(2), 204-205.

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Whitefish Lake First Nation land use and occupancy study: SFM Network project report: Whitefish Lake First Nation land and resource use study: incorporating traditional knowledge with GIS technology

Author(s): Hickey, C. G.

Year: 1999

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Hickey, C. G. (1999). Whitefish Lake First Nation land use and occupancy study: SFM Network project report: Whitefish Lake First Nation land and resource use study: incorporating traditional knowledge with GIS technology.

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Wild plant use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of east-central Saskatchewan

Author(s): Leighton, A.

Year: 1985

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Leighton, A. (1985). Wild plant use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of east-central Saskatchewan.

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Wildlife baseline conditions for Project Millennium

Year: 1998

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This report summarizes the findings from wildlife surveys carried out from January through July 1997, in the Project Millennium Local Study Area. The wildlife surveys were also designed to augment and complement other regional studies by meeting the following objectives: to determine the relative use of different vegetation communities by ungulates, waterfowl, upland game birds, breeding birds, raptors and amphibians; and to determine suitability of the area for ungulates, breeding birds, waterfowl and amphibians. Where relevant, results on ungulates and furbearers from winter track count surveys were also incorporated.

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[Anonymous] (1998). Wildlife baseline conditions for Project Millennium. Abstract

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Wildlife movement traditional environmental knowledge workshops: Wildlife movement in the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo

Year: 2005

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The intention of this report is to summarize the traditional environmental knowledge information gathered during workshops with Aboriginal communities in the fall of 2005. The overall project objective was "to collect information from selected traditional environmental knowledge holders on wildlife "corridors' for seven animal species" (black bear, moose, woodland caribou, wolf, lynx, fisher, and marten). The report would then be used by the Wildlife Movement Task Group of the Cumulative Environmental Management Association's Sustainable Ecosystems Working Group to develop management strategies to help "ensure maintenance of effective habitat connectivity in order to sustain wildlife populations." One-day workshops were held with Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Métis Local #125, Fort McKay First Nation, Fort McKay Métis Local #63, Fort McMurray First Nation, Anzac Willow Lake Métis Local #780, Fort McMurray Métis Local #2020, Chard Métis Local #214, and Métis Local #193. The number of Elder participants for each workshop varied between one and six; workshops lasted on average three hours. Discussions began with the seven selected indicator species and distinguished between past movement patterns (pre-1960) and current ones (post-1960). The results of the workshops are presented by five community areas: Fort Chipewyan, Fort McKay, Anzac, Chard, and Conklin. The TEK information is then further organized by indicator species, with traditional environmental knowledge on other species presented in the appendix. In addition to movement patterns, information is also provided on habitat, behaviour, seasonality, sex, population levels, and changes to these components over time. Following this, there is a brief section on "areas that are "still good'" for animals and/or hunting, where there is little or no industrial or recreational development, clean water and air, no pollution, and abundant, healthy wildlife and vegetation. Finally, there is also a substantial section of the report on "survival areas," that is, areas that are essential for the survival of both the animal species and Aboriginal traditional lifeways. It is recommended that these areas be preserved.

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[Anonymous] (2005). Wildlife movement traditional environmental knowledge workshops: Wildlife movement in the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo. Abstract

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Winning back the words: Confronting experts in an environmental public hearing

Author(s): Richardson, M., Sherman J., & Gismondi M.

Year: 1994

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Richardson, M., Sherman J., & Gismondi M. (1994). Winning back the words: Confronting experts in an environmental public hearing.

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Wolves, white-tailed deer, and beaver: Implications of seasonal prey switching for woodland caribou declines

Author(s): Latham, D. A. M., Latham C. M., Knopff K. H., Hebblewhite M., & Boutin S.

Year: 2013

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Population increases of primary prey can negatively impact alternate prey populations via demographic and behavioural responses of a shared predator through apparent competition. Seasonal variation in prey selection patterns by predators also can affect secondary and incidental prey by reducing spatial separation. Global warming and landscape changes in Alberta's bitumen sands have resulted in prey enrichment, which is changing the large mammal predator–prey system and causing declines in woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou populations. We assessed seasonal patterns of prey use and spatial selection by wolves Canis lupus in two woodland caribou ranges in northeastern Alberta, Canada, that have undergone prey enrichment following recent white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus invasion. We determined whether risk of predation for caribou (incidental prey) and the proportion of wolf-caused-caribou mortalities varied with season. We found that wolves showed seasonal variation in primary prey use, with deer and beaver Castor canadensis being the most common prey items in wolf diet in winter and summer, respectively. These seasonal dietary patterns were reflected in seasonal wolf spatial resource selection and resulted in contrasting spatial relationships between wolves and caribou. During winter, wolf selection for areas used by deer maintained strong spatial separation between wolves and caribou, whereas wolf selection for areas used by beaver in summer increased the overlap with caribou. Changing patterns in wolf resource selection were reflected by caribou mortality patterns, with 76.2% of 42 adult female caribou mortalities occurring in summer. Understanding seasonal patterns of predation following prey enrichment in a multiprey system is essential when assessing the effect of predation on an incidental prey species. Our results support the conclusion that wolves are proximately responsible for woodland caribou population declines throughout much of their range.

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Latham, D. A. M., Latham C. M., Knopff K. H., Hebblewhite M., & Boutin S. (2013). Wolves, white-tailed deer, and beaver: Implications of seasonal prey switching for woodland caribou declines. Ecography. 36, 14 pages . Abstract

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Woman the hunter: Ethnoarchaeological lessons from Chipewyan life-cycle dynamics

Author(s): Brumbach, H. J., & Jarvenpa R.

Year: 1997

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Brumbach, H. J., & Jarvenpa R. (1997). Woman the hunter: Ethnoarchaeological lessons from Chipewyan life-cycle dynamics. 17-32.

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Wood bison and the early fur trade

Author(s): Ferguson, T. A.

Year: 1993

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The intent of this paper is to present data from fur trade records documenting the depletion of the northern Alberta wood bison, or buffalo, as perceived by fur traders prior to 1840 and to consider the implications of these data for temporary game management strategies, especially involving Aboriginal harvesters.

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Ferguson, T. A. (1993). Wood bison and the early fur trade. 63-79 . Abstract

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Wood Buffalo Environmental Association air monitoring video translated for Cree & Dene Stakeholders

Year: 2014

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The video gives stakeholders and community members an insider's look at WBEA's extensive air monitoring network, and explains exactly how WBEA goes about the job of continuously monitoring and reporting air quality for the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB). WBEA's membership includes seven Aboriginal groups from within the RMWB, including, Fort McKay First Nations, Fort McKay Metis Local #63, Fort McMurray Metis Local #1935, Fort McMurray First Nation 468, Chipewyan Prairie Dene First Nation, Christina River Dene Nation Council and the Conklin Resource Development Advisory Council.

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[Anonymous] (2014). Wood Buffalo Environmental Association air monitoring video translated for Cree & Dene Stakeholders. Abstract

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Wood Buffalo National Park: A historical overview and source study

Author(s): Potyondi, B.

Year: 1979

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This study was prepared for Parks Canada (Prairie Region) and combines a historical overview of Wood Buffalo National Park with an inventory and assessment of the major manuscript collections and secondary works relevant to the history of the park and its environment. This report, which identifies the most important historical resources that might be used to write an in-depth history of the Wood Buffalo National Park area, also attempts to recount the broad outlines of the federal economic development strategy within which the national parks concept of conservation/regulated resource exploitation has evolved. This document identifies and prioritizes potential historic sites and includes various illustrations such as native camp at Fort Chipewyan; Fort Chipewyan Roman Catholic mission; buffalo patrol at Fort Smith; and maps of Wood Buffalo National Park, its Forest Management areas, and potential historic sites includes bibliography.

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Potyondi, B. (1979). Wood Buffalo National Park: A historical overview and source study. Abstract

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Wood Buffalo worries

Author(s): Thorsell, J.

Year: 2015

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A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article on the Wood Buffalo National Park in the July/August 2015 issue.

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Thorsell, J. (2015). Wood Buffalo worries. Canadian Geographic. 65. Abstract

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Woodland Cree traditional environmental knowledge of critical ungulate habitat in the Caribou Mountains of Alberta

Author(s): Schramm, T.

Year: 2005

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Schramm, T. (2005). Woodland Cree traditional environmental knowledge of critical ungulate habitat in the Caribou Mountains of Alberta. 227 .

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Working together: Key success criteria for collaborative initiatives between aboriginal communities and natural resource companies

Author(s): Harding, A. K.

Year: 2012

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As resource development increasingly encroaches on the traditional lands of Aboriginal peoples, significant benefits can be gained by Aboriginal communities and resource companies working together. This thesis explores how success may be found in Aboriginal-corporate collaborative initiatives. A literature review of Aboriginal community economic development, social license to operate, and cross-sector partnerships shows the unique context in which these partners collaborate and results in five key success criteria for Aboriginal-corporate collaborative initiatives: community-defined goals; transparent corporate motivation; mutual trust, joint accountability and continuous communication; cross-cultural bridging mechanisms; and a common goal with sustainable mutual benefits. These criteria are applied to a case study of three Suncor Energy initiatives: Chip Manufacturing, Mikisew Industrial Supply, and the Fort McKay Business Incubator. Analysis of these initiatives reveals an evolution over time toward an increasingly collaborative approach, culminating in the "walking together" model, an analytical and prescriptive framework for success in Aboriginal-corporate collaborative initiatives.

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Harding, A. K. (2012). Working together: Key success criteria for collaborative initiatives between aboriginal communities and natural resource companies. Abstract

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Working with Indigenous knowledge: A guide for researchers

Author(s): Grenier, L.

Year: 1998

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Grenier, L. (1998). Working with Indigenous knowledge: A guide for researchers.

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Yamoria the lawmaker: Stories of the Dene

Author(s): Blondin, G.

Year: 1997

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Blondin, G. (1997). Yamoria the lawmaker: Stories of the Dene.

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Year round harvesting rights for Metis in Alberta

Author(s): Russell, P.

Year: 2004

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Russell, P. (2004). Year round harvesting rights for Metis in Alberta. 1 ( 3 ),

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Zoning of potential for Aboriginal interest: a new decision-support tool in forestry

Author(s): Germain, R., & Asselin H.

Year: 2010

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Research Notes No. 71. Land use varies from one Aboriginal community to another; these differences must be taken into account when planning forest management activities.

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Germain, R., & Asselin H. (2010). Zoning of potential for Aboriginal interest: a new decision-support tool in forestry. Abstract

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‘A slow industrial genocide’: Tar sands and the Indigenous peoples of northern Alberta.

Author(s): Huseman, J., & Short D.

Year: 2012

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In this article we discuss the impact of the tar sands development in northern Alberta on the indigenous communities of the Treaty 8 region. While the project has brought income to some, and wealth to the few, its impact on the environment and on the lives of many indigenous groups is profoundly concerning. Their ability to hunt, trap and fish has been severely curtailed and, where it is possible, people are often too fearful of toxins to drink water and eat fish from waterways polluted by the ‘externalities’ of tar sands production. The situation has led some indigenous spokespersons to talk in terms of a slow industrial genocide being perpetrated against them. We begin the article with a discussion of the treaty negotiations which paved the way for tar sands development before moving on to discuss the impacts of modern day tar sands extraction and the applicability of the genocide concept. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Huseman, J., & Short D. (2012). ‘A slow industrial genocide’: Tar sands and the Indigenous peoples of northern Alberta.. International Journal of Human Rights. 16, 216. Abstract

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‘Shell games’, displacement and the reordering of boreal landscapes in Alberta, Canada

Author(s): Hackett, R.

Year: 2015

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Terrestrial conservation offsets have become a leading solution to the ecological consequences of Alberta's oil sands boom. The broad-based support for terrestrial offsets in the province is representative of a larger global trend toward the rescaling of environmental governance and greater use of market-based conservation models. A well-developed critical literature now documents some of the overarching logics and material implications of these ‘neoliberal’ approaches to conservation. Much of this scholarship has drawn on Marxian notions of accumulation by dispossession to raise concern that the use of market-based approaches serves to widen dispossession through increased enclosure and privatisation of both nonhuman nature and political discourse on issues of environment. While in many instances these concerns are justified, the mechanisms through which market-based conservation channels benefits to powerful societal actors may be more complicated than often assumed. Drawing from recent empirical research on attempts to establish markets in terrestrial conservation offsets in Alberta, Canada, this paper complicates some of the dominant narratives of privatisation associated with market-based conservation initiatives. Market-based conservation may, in some instances, be employed to expand a functionally public domain as a means of lubricating private wealth generation, suggesting the need for a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between market-based conservation, dispossession and accumulation.

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Hackett, R. (2015). ‘Shell games’, displacement and the reordering of boreal landscapes in Alberta, Canada. Abstract

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“Careless fires” and “smoaky weather”: The documentation of prescribed burning in the Peace–Athabasca trading post journals 1818–1899

Author(s): Ferguson, T.

Year: 2011

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An examination of a series of trade post journals from northern Alberta shows how the recording of prescribed fires was shaped by the foci of these brief journal entries. Contextual analysis of these records informed by previous ethnographic research on local Aboriginal burning suggests 1) that prescribed fires that were both routine and carried out at some distance from the post were not likely to be recorded, and 2) that the Aboriginal “careless fires” that threatened or appeared to threaten post property were in fact prescribed fires.

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Ferguson, T. (2011). “Careless fires” and “smoaky weather”: The documentation of prescribed burning in the Peace–Athabasca trading post journals 1818–1899. The Forestry Chronicle. 87(03), 414 - 419. Abstract

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“The gateway to the last great west”: Spatial histories of the Athabasca Landing Trail

Author(s): Dyce, M.

Year: 2013

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The Landing Trail was a Hudson's Bay Company supply route used between metropolitan Edmonton and frontier Athabasca during the late nineteenth century. This article begins with the rediscovery of the trail in 1950s Alberta and analyzes its diverse archival life in the two communities. In three sections, it moves through a fifty-year period of attempts to commemorate, represent, and archive the history of the trail as it existed in the 1890s. As groups in Edmonton and Athabasca sought to reinvest the trail with meaning, they also represented dynamics of power between the two places, each articulating a different version of Alberta's historical geography. I show that the commemorative and archival practices that unfolded between the 1950s and the present used history to reflect and interpret contemporary geographical relationships between Edmonton and Athabasca. I conclude that these stories of the trail and the archives they produced constitute spatial histories, because their meanings were informed by representational spaces in the present. A theory for using spatial history is elaborated throughout the paper.

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Dyce, M. (2013). “The gateway to the last great west”: Spatial histories of the Athabasca Landing Trail. Canadian Historical Review. 94, 29 pages . Abstract

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