The Yekooche First Nation signed an Agreement in Principle (AIP) with the BC Provincial and Canadian Federal Governments yesterday. The AIP forms the basis for a treaty between the First Nation and governments. The Yekooche live near Fort St. James, BC, in the centre of the province and a few hours drive to the north-west [...]
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs has made available on-line the Final Report / Minutes of Decision of the McKenna-McBride Commission. As noted in the press release: The McKenna-McBride Royal Commission [1912-1915] had a significant impact on Indian peoples’ reserve land base by adding to, reducing and eliminating reserves throughout the province. The McKenna-McBride Royal [...]
Papers are marked and exams are done. Fieldnotes is unofficially on hiatus until September. Thanks for the conversation this summer … and I look forward to more in the fall. Sphere: Related Content
Thursday, August 11, 2005
A month or so ago, my students and I discussed social control and norms of behavior. We discussed the difficulty some people face when new technologies develop faster than the general and agreed upon standards for their use, particularly in public settings. Using cell phones in restaurants or movie theatres was offered as one place [...]
Thursday, August 11, 2005
A handful of stories related to fish and fishing on the Fraser River east of Vancouver, BC, have appeared in the past day or so. Here are the highlights: The numbers of returning Fraser River sockeye salmon are low this year, according to the Vancouver Sun and CBC.ca. Questions about the viability of a commercial [...]
The BBC Science Web Page has an interesting story about climate change in Alaska. Of note are the words of native elders and the comparisons made between scientific knowledge and local knowledge of climate change. In a common refrain, a native whaler says: … Western nations need to have scientific proof that the climate is [...]
In a timely follow-up to class discussions over the past weeks, The Toronto Star has run a piece about the extinction / extermination of the Beothuks of Newfoundland during the eighteen and early nineteenth centuries. The article describes an upcoming film production about the Beothuks using forensic anthropology and ethnohistory: [The] supposed mystery of the [...]
LanguageHat.com comments on a fascinating database of fish names called FishBase. FishBase includes numerous search engines and research tools related to the classification of fish and it catalogues fish on a global scale. The FishBase managers provide a useful description of the value of this resource to studies in linguistics, linguistic anthropology, and ethnotaxonomy. I [...]
Christine Mingie at Forestry Law Blog updates the Huu-ay-aht First Nation’s (Vancouver Island) legal fight with the Province of British Columbia over logging rights. British Columbia is appealing the decision made earlier this year. Christine links to her earlier posts on the subject and a story from Indian Country about the case. I blogged about [...]
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