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This qualitative inquiry used the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline public hearings as a point of reference to determine how some Dene transmit their knowledge of the land in environmental hearings. This study, directed by a critical approach, includes a review of the literature addressing aboriginal knowledge and environmental impact assessment, in addition, nine Dene from the Deh Cho region of Denendeh (Northwest Territories) discussed their public speaking experience during the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. Dene participants voiced their understanding of public conduct and knowledge sharing distinct from the western perspective. Personal experience is incorporated in an autoethnography to provide a narrative on...
This thesis is about aboriginal and treaty rights to wildlife and wildlife harvesting, including the right to make decisions about these activities in the Northwest Territories. It deals with the erosion of these rights in the period before 1982 and then traces the protection, redefinition and resurgence of these rights since 1982, when section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 was enacted. Section 35 affords constitutional protection to treaty and aboriginal rights including those rights negotiated through modern land claim agreements. This thesis shows that the effect of section 35 jurisprudence and land claims has been to halt the erosion of aboriginal and treaty rights to wildlife and to enhance local control...
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In theory, co-management is defined as a partnership arrangement in which government, the community of local resource users, and other resource stakeholders, share the responsibility and authority for the management of a resource. In practice, however, co-management has been used to describe a number of resource management regimes, ranging from processes that utilize only community consultation, to partnerships that incorporate equal participant decision-making. Under Northern Canadian Land Claim Settlements, co-management commonly involves joint decision making and shared responsibility regarding resource planning and management. Although these resource management boards have the financial and legal backing of...
This qualitative inquiry used the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline public hearings as a point of reference to determine how some Dene transmit their knowledge of the land in environmental hearings. This study, directed by a critical approach, includes a review of the literature addressing aboriginal knowledge and environmental impact assessment, in addition, nine Dene from the Deh Cho region of Denendeh (Northwest Territories) discussed their public speaking experience during the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. Dene participants voiced their understanding of public conduct and knowledge sharing distinct from the western perspective. Personal experience is incorporated in an autoethnography to provide a narrative on...
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This thesis is about aboriginal and treaty rights to wildlife and wildlife harvesting, including the right to make decisions about these activities in the Northwest Territories. It deals with the erosion of these rights in the period before 1982 and then traces the protection, redefinition and resurgence of these rights since 1982, when section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 was enacted. Section 35 affords constitutional protection to treaty and aboriginal rights including those rights negotiated through modern land claim agreements. This thesis shows that the effect of section 35 jurisprudence and land claims has been to halt the erosion of aboriginal and treaty rights to wildlife and to enhance local control...
In theory, co-management is defined as a partnership arrangement in which government, the community of local resource users, and other resource stakeholders, share the responsibility and authority for the management of a resource. In practice, however, co-management has been used to describe a number of resource management regimes, ranging from processes that utilize only community consultation, to partnerships that incorporate equal participant decision-making. Under Northern Canadian Land Claim Settlements, co-management commonly involves joint decision making and shared responsibility regarding resource planning and management. Although these resource management boards have the financial and legal backing of...


    map background search result map search result map Evaluating co-management in the Sahtu: A framework for analysis Returning wildlife management to local control in the Northwest Territories Evaluating co-management in the Sahtu: A framework for analysis Returning wildlife management to local control in the Northwest Territories