The Vancouver Sun notes the upcoming Eulachon conference in Bella Coola. From the article:
Federal Fisheries and Oceans attributes the disappearance to climate change, but [Ray Morton, a Nuxalk community member] points to “unprecedented levels” of shrimp trawling in the 1990s that resulted in a huge bycatch, that included thousands of oolichan.
Amazingly:
Children in the village [...]
Chief John French of Takla/Tsay Keh Nay (northern BC interior) expresses concern over the impact of mining on First Nations communities. In his article, French acknowledges the poor history of industrial relations between natives and non-natives; he evokes the history of Samuel Black, Williston Reservoir, and the Kemess mine near Thutade Lake as examples.
French’s [...]
NovaGold and Teck Cominco have joined forces to develop the Galore Creek mine site in northwestern British Columbia. Several stories have appeared in the past day about the agreement. The Vancouver Sun’s story describes the position of the Tahltan Central Council in the Galore Creek development process.
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The Nuxalk Nation (Bella Coola, BC) in association with the Wuixiniwx and Kitasoo-Xai’Xais Nations (BC Central Coast Region) announce a feast and conference to confront the problem of disappearing eulachon from local rivers. The event is scheduled on June 11 and 12 in Bella Coola. From the backgrounder:
The cultural treasure, the eulachon vanished [...]
Monte Paulson (theTyee.ca) offers a review of recent developments in BC’s mining industry. Of note: a call by the president of the Mining Association of British Columbia for the ‘full electrification of the Highway 37 corridor.’
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With apologies for being a few days behind on this …
The BC Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Sto:lo fishers guilty of fishing without a licence. In a ruling that is consistent with Sparrow, the Appeals court ruled that the infringement on Aboriginal rights was justified for conservation reasons.
The decision [...]
I will be at the Canadian Anthropology Association (CASCA) and American Ethnological Society (AES) meetings in Toronto next week. I am presenting a paper in a symposium called ‘Anthropology’s Colonial Impasse: Engaging Indigenous Peoples, the Discipline, & the State Apparatus.’ My paper abstract is below.
The conference is at the University of Toronto — [...]
Canadian lawmakers will spend time tomorrow — in a parliamentary committee no less — discussing why Shane Doan was named captain of the Canadian men’s hockey team playing in the World Championships.
*Apologies to Red Rose.
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My recent post on laptop and internet use in the classroom received some attention. And, the conversation continues around the halls at school with students and other faculty. I am leaning towards folding laptop use into the existing policies on classroom disruption. Like typing on typewriters, hammering on stone tablets, passing notes, [...]
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