The Importance of Indigenous Cartography and Toponymy to Historical Land Tenure and Contributions to Euro/American/Canadian Cartography

Indigenous maps are critical in understanding the historic and current land tenure of Indigenous groups. Furthermore, Indigenous claims to land can be seen in their connections via toponymy. European concepts of territory and political boundaries did not coincide with First Nation/American Indian views, resulting in the mistaken view that Natives did not have formal concepts of their territories. And Tribes/First Nations with cross-border territory have special jurisdictional problems. This paper illustrates how many Native residents were very spatially aware of their own lands, as well as neighboring nations’ lands, overlaps between groups, hunting territories, populations, and trade networks. Finally, the Sinixt First Nation serve as a perfect example of a case study on how an Aboriginal people are currently inputting and using a GIS representation of their territory with proper toponymy and use areas.

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Understanding the Current Complexities of Indigenous Land Tenure and Toponymy: The Importance of Historical Indigenous Cartography with Indigenous Contributions to Euro/American/Canadian Cartography

10.20944/preprints202104.0396.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel G. G Cole ◽

and E. Richard Hart

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

First Nation ◽

Trade Networks ◽

History Of Cartography ◽

Indigenous Groups ◽

Political Boundaries ◽

Formal Concepts ◽

History Of

In recent years, many libraries and archives have started digitizing their collections thus making maps by Indigenous peoples more easily available for scholars to study. While a number of these maps were discussed by G. Malcolm Lewis in the History of Cartography series (volume 2, book 3, Chapter 4: 1984), more have since been found and disseminated. These maps are critical in understanding the historic and current land tenure of Indigenous groups. Further, Indigenous claims to land can be seen in their connections via toponymy. European concepts of territory and political boundaries did not coincide with First Nation/American Indian views resulting in the mistaken view that Natives did not have formal concepts of their territories. Further, Tribes/First Nations with cross-border territory have special jurisdictional problems. This paper will illustrate how many Native residents were very spatially cognizant of their own lands, as well as neighboring nations’ lands, overlaps between groups, hunting territories, populations, and trade networks. Currently, the Sinixt First Nation provides a perfect example of how an Aboriginal people are inputting and using a GIS representation of their territory with proper toponymy and use areas.

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Archives of Native Presence: Land Tenure Research on the Grand Ronde Reservation

American Indian Culture and Research Journal ◽

10.17953/aicrj.41.4.kretzler ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 45-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ian Kretzler

Keyword(s):

Historic Preservation ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Land Tenure ◽

Cultural Resources ◽

Archival Research ◽

Indigenous Groups ◽

Scholarly Practice ◽

Tribal Nations

Under the banner of indigenous and collaborative archaeologies, heritage professionals and indigenous peoples have developed new forms of scholarly practice. This work has begun to rectify the discipline's historical marginalization of indigenous groups but remains skewed toward academic projects. Less attention has been paid to the hundreds of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices within tribal nations. This article argues that tribal historic preservation provides needed insight to heritage managers of all stripes. Using the Grand Ronde Land Tenure Project as a case study, I discuss how tribally-driven archival research fosters new accounts of Native history and enhances tribes' capacity to care for cultural resources.

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Aboriginal forestry entrepreneurship: A case study in Mashteuiatsh Ilnu Nation

The Forestry Chronicle ◽

10.5558/tfc85783-5 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 85 (5) ◽

pp. 783-788 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jean-Michel Beaudoin ◽

Luc LeBel ◽

Luc Bouthillier

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Key Words ◽

First Nations ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

Aboriginal Communities ◽

Private Forestry ◽

Lack Of Information ◽

Entrepreneurial Development

The participation of the First Nations in Canadian forestry is a growing and irreversible phenomenon. There is a lack of information on forestry initiatives in Aboriginal communities, particularly regarding factors contributing to entrepreneurial development within Aboriginal communities. It is in this context that we present a case study that allowed us to draw a portrait of forestry entrepreneurs within the Ilnu community of Mashteuiatsh. Our results reveal the determinant but delicate role played by the band council in developing forestry entrepreneurship in the community. Our research also indicates that it is essential to define the roles of various economic and political stakeholders in order to promote private forestry initiatives. Key words: Aboriginal people, forestry, economic development, entrepreneurship

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Reporting Black Lives Matters: Deaths in custody journalism in Australia

Pacific Journalism Review – Te Koakoa ◽

10.24135/pjr.v26i2.1129 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 202-220

Author(s):

Bonita Mason

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

News Coverage ◽

Royal Commission ◽

Final Report ◽

30Th Anniversary ◽

Journalism Students ◽

The Relationship ◽

Deaths In Custody

George Floyd’s death at the knee of USA police sparked protests and renewed reporting of Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia. As the 30th anniversary of the release of the final report of the Australian Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody approaches, it is timely to update Wendy Bacon’s 2005 research on deaths in custody journalism. While most deaths in custody continue to pass in judicial and media silence, this article, written from a white journalism academic’s perspective, includes instances of in-depth reporting since 2005, journalism that meets the Royal Commission’s observation that journalism can contribute to justice for Aboriginal people when it places deaths in custody in their social and moral contexts. It also includes mini-case study of the news coverage of Mr Ward’s 2008 death, which demonstrates the relationship between governmental or judicial processes and announcements and patterns of coverage. It also notes the effect that First Nations journalists are having on the prevalence, perspectives and depth of deaths in custody journalism. Information and resources are provided for journalists and journalism students to more effectively report Indigenous deaths in custody, include Indigenous voices in their stories, and to better understand trauma and take care of themselves, their sources and their communities

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Community Capacity Building for Energy Sovereignty: A First Nation Case Study

Sustainability in Environment ◽

10.22158/se.v3n2p177 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 177

Author(s):

Roopa Rakshit ◽

Chander Shahi ◽

M. A. (Peggy) Smith ◽

Adam Cornwell

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

First Nations ◽

Power Transmission ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Energy Sector ◽

First Nation ◽

Effective Capacity ◽

Community Capacity Building ◽

Community Based Research

Ontario’s 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan has identified the Wataynikaneyap Power transmission line as a priority project. The line will connect seventeen remote, off-grid, diesel-dependent First Nation communitiesin northwestern Ontario, Canada to the provincial grid. The province’s current energy mandates and policies commit program dollars to build the human capacities of the seventeen Wataynikaneyap Power communities through the Remote Electrification Readiness Program (RERP). This effort is part of growing interests, changing perspectives, and focus in the continuum of provincial strategies to encourage First Nations to meet their emerging energy transitional needs and to partake in the energy sector.Capacity-building challenges are unique in the Wataynikaneyap Power communities because they experience higher levels of poverty and socio economic inequities, are subjected to antiquated and unjust institutional structures, are following a legal and self-governance status, and are maintaining distinct cultures and ways of life.Capacity building as a concept is wide-ranging and offers a multitude of expressions and interpretations. For the Wataynikaneyap Power communities, capacity building has offered the opportunity to exert their inherent rights and to increase their participation in local and regional energy planning and development.This community-based research is derived from grassroots ethnographic community observation. Through a case study of one of the Wataynikaneyap Power communities, Poplar Hill First Nation, the paper will: a) elucidate a working example of an Indigenous capacity-building process through the RERP; b) demonstrate that capacity development is a key building block for self-determination and to achieve energy sovereignty; and c) illustrate the broader scope of learnings and pathways to effective capacity building for Indigenous communities that will drive energy development initiatives and actions in Canada’s expansive energy sector.

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Inequities in Diabetes Outcomes among Urban First Nation and Métis Communities: Can Addressing Diversities in Preventive Services Make a Difference?

International Indigenous Policy Journal ◽

10.18584/iipj.2014.5.1.2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hasu Ghosh ◽

Denise Spitzer

Keyword(s):

Health Service ◽

Health Services ◽

First Nations ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Service Providers ◽

Aboriginal People ◽

Preventive Services ◽

First Nation ◽

Aboriginal Peoples ◽

Review Of Literature

This article primarily aims to demonstrate how diversity is reflected among urban Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Secondly, it uncovers if and how preventive health services in the province of Ontario, Canada are responsive to this diversity. Data for this study were gathered from a review of literature on culturally appropriate health service delivery to Aboriginal peoples in Canada and a qualitative exploratory study conducted with urban First Nation and Métis people, and health service providers and policy makers. The findings from review of literature and the exploratory study indicated that the nature of Aboriginal diversity and its trends are complex. From the document review, we can comprehend that socio-economic disparities among First Nations and Métis, compared to non-Aboriginal people, are reducing slowly; however, evidence from the exploratory study suggested otherwise and indicated that there is also a strong need for First Nation and Métis families to overcome barriers in order to improve their quality of live in urban Ontario, Canada. It is evident that health services for urban First Nation and Métis people cannot address existing health inequities by simplistic application of pan-Aboriginal strategies in preventive services. Initiatives for urban First Nation and Métis people require strategies that are targeted at the unique and distinct needs of First Nation and Métis residents regardless of their legal status, cultural pluralities, socio-economic backgrounds, and place of residence in cities.

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We Are Still the Aniishnaabe Nation: Embracing Culture and Identity in Batchewana First Nation

Canadian Journal of Communication ◽

10.22230/cjc.2006v31n1a1627 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gayle Broad ◽

Stephanie Boyer ◽

Cynthia Chataway

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Community Participation ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Research Process ◽

First Nation ◽

Collective Trauma ◽

Cultural Activities ◽

Cultural Renewal ◽

Participation Communautaire

Abstract: This case study was conducted by researchers engaged in “Understanding the Strengths of Indigenous Communities,” a research project involving five participating First Nations (see http://www.usic.ca). This particular study describes the centrality of cultural activities and beliefs in strengthening the community of the Batchewana First Nation. Deploying an innovative form of methodology, which stresses community participation in the development of the research process for the purposes of decolonization, the article explores how this community approaches culture from a holistic worldview. The findings suggest that cultural renewal is self-reinforcing and cumulative, and plays a key role in overcoming collective trauma, but that these benefits can be jeopardized through a lack of resources. Résumé : Cette étude, intitulée “Understanding the Strengths of Indigenous Communities,” a été menée par des recherchistes associés à un projet regroupant cinq nations autochtones. Elle décrit le rôle primordial des activités culturelles et des croyances dans le mécanisme de consolidation de la communauté Batchewana First Nation. Utilisant une méthodologie innovatrice qui attire l’attention sur la participation communautaire dans l’élaboration d’un processus de recherche ayant comme but la décolonisation, ce communiqué explore les points de vue holistiques utilisés par cette communauté. Les résultats suggèrent que le renouveau culturel est autodéterminant et cumulatif et qu’il joue un rôle clé dans la confrontation du traumatisme collectif, mais que ces bienfaits peuvent êtres mis en danger par un manque de ressources.

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A First Nations Framework for Emergency Planning

International Journal of Indigenous Health ◽

10.32799/ijih.v14i1.31952 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 85-106 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Stephanie Montesanti ◽

Wilfreda E Thurston ◽

David Turner ◽

Reynold Medicine Traveler

Keyword(s):

First Nations ◽

Ecological Model ◽

Emergency Planning ◽

First Nation ◽

Canadian History ◽

Community Based ◽

Southern Alberta ◽

The Impact ◽

The City

In June 2013, a severe flooding of the Bow and Elbow Rivers affected southern Alberta, a province in Canada. The flood was subsequently described to be the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history. Among the hardest hit communities was the Siksika First Nation, located on the Bow River banks about 100 kilometers east of the city of Calgary.A community-university partnership was formed to document the Siksika First Nation community-based response to the health and social effects to their community from the flood. Our qualitative case study sought to: (1) document Siksika First Nation’s response to the health and social impacts resulting from flood in their community; and (2)develop a culturally appropriate framework for disaster and emergency planning in First Nations communities. The Siksika’s work to mitigate the impact of the flood followed a holistic or socio-ecological model that took the determinants of population health into consideration.

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Editorial

TRANSNATIONAL MARKETING JOURNAL ◽

10.33182/tmj.v6i1.375 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 1-2

Author(s):

Ibrahim Sirkeci

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Mobile Marketing ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

The Third ◽

Cross Border ◽

Local Characteristics ◽

Critical Account

Transnational Marketing Journal is dedicated to disseminate scholarship on cross-border phenomena in marketing by acknowledging the importance of local and global or in other words, underlining the transnational practices marked by national and local characteristics in a fluid fashion spreading over more than one national territory. The first article by Paulette Schuster looks into “falafel” and “shwarma” in Mexico and discusses the perception of Israeli food in Mexico. The second article is a case study illustrating a critical account of cultural dimensions formulated by Schwarz using the value surveys data. The third article in the issue is a qualitative study of the negative attitudes of millennials torwards mobile marketing.

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Exploring Subbordia – the impact of suburbanisation in cross-border metropolitan regions. The case study of Szczecin and its German hinterland

Urban Development Issues ◽

10.2478/udi-2018-0031 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 5-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Martin Barthel ◽

Ewelina Barthel

Keyword(s):

Border Region ◽

Metropolitan Region ◽

Metropolitan Regions ◽

Grass Roots ◽

Planning Support ◽

Cross Border ◽

Connected Area ◽

The Impact ◽

Local Narratives

Abstract This paper focuses on the largely unexamined phenomenon of the developing trans-national suburban area west of Szczecin. Sadly the local communities in this functionally connected area struggle with national planning policies that are unsuitable for the region. The paper examines the impact of those processes on the border region in general and on the localities in particular. The paper investigates the consequences for local narratives and the cohesive development of the Euroregion and what position Polish and German communities took to develop the region, even without the necessary planning support. The region has succeeded in establishing grass-roots planning mechanisms which have helped to create a metropolitan-region working from the bottom up.

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