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Traditional Use Studies EXPO April 27 and 28, 2006 • Continental Inn • Edmonton, AB

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Appendix 1 • Agenda

AGENDA

Traditional Use Studies EXPO

April 27 to 28, 2006 The Continental Inn

Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:00 - 8:45 Breakfast and Registration Set-up 9:00 - 9:15 Prayer, Greetings From Treaty 6 (Chief Rod Alexis), Opening Remarks 9:15 - 9:30 Facilitator Overview of Agenda 9:30 - 10:15 PRESENTATION: TUS Aboriginal Perspective

Richard Davis (Treaty 8), Roger McDonnell (Tribal Chiefs Peace-Keeping Conservation Commission) Annabel Crop Eared Wolf (Blood Tribe, Treaty 7) & Francis First Charger (Treaty 7)

10:15 - 11:45 EXPO Walkthrough of Display Tables and Informal Discussion

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Keynote Speaker – Terry Tobias (Author of Chief Kerry’s Moose)

1:00 - 1:45 PRESENTATION: TUS Industry Perspective Jonathan Russell (Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.) Greg Brady & Bee Calliou-Schadeck (Devon Canada Corporation)


4:00 - 4:30 Plenary Friday,

April 28, 2006 7:00 - 8:45 Breakfast 9:00 - 9:15 Recap 9:15 - 10:00 PRESENTATION: TUS Government Perspective

Jamie Honda-McNeil (AAND) Jack Ives (CD) & Dennis Driscoll (SRD)


11:45 - 12:00 Closing Remarks, Prayer 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 EXPO

Walkthrough of Display Tables and Informal Discussion 2:00 - 3:00 Pack-Up

GPS Training with Barry Hochstein will be offered daily in Room 201 Both Mornings – 10:30 to 11:30

Afternoon of the 27th – 2:00 to 3:00


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Appendix 2 • Invitations

Aboriginal Land and Resource Issues 19th Floor, Commerce Place Telephone: 780/4275072 10155 - 102 Street Fax: 780/427-0401 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4G8 March 23, 2006 NAME OF ADDRESSEE ORG Dear NAME: On behalf of the Government of Alberta, I am pleased to congratulate you on the excellent progress your community has made with their Traditional Use Study (TUS). We appreciate all of the time, effort, and hard work your team has contributed towards its completion. Currently, 29 Traditional Use studies, involving 39 communities, are underway in Alberta. Further to this, our goal is to bring everyone together to share information, success stories, experiences, and solutions related to conducting a TUS. The Traditional Use unit is hosting a “Traditional Use Study EXPO” to be held at the Continental Inn, in Edmonton, on April 27th and 28th, 2006. We have invited First Nations, industry and businesses specializing in technical supports, such as mapping data management and website design and maintenance, to participate in the Expo. This event is intended to foster networking opportunities, products and knowledge that can contribute, and further enrich your TUS opportunities. Our format is going to involve speakers and display tables. As there are a limited number of tables they will be available on a first come first serve basis. If you desire to showcase or display information, please RSVP by April 3rd. Kimberly Watson or Kenton Boutillier will contact you in the near future to follow up on your interest and any questions or concerns you may have regarding this event. We will also have more details about acquiring a table for displaying your information. In the mean time, our contact information is below along with a few helpful dates to remember. We look forward to speaking with you soon, and welcome your participation. Sincerely, Jamie Honda-McNeil Director, Traditional Use cc: CHIEF OR OFFICE

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Kimberly Watson Ph: 780-427-9659

Email: [email protected]

Kenton Boutillier Ph: 780-427-0567


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Aboriginal Land and Resource Issues 19th Floor, Commerce Place Telephone: 780/4275072 10155 - 102 Street Fax: 780/427-0401 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4G8 March 23, 2006 NAME OF ADDRESSEE ORG Dear NAME: The Provincial Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development (AAND) is organizing a “Traditional Use Study EXPO” to be held at the Continental Inn in Edmonton on April 27th, and 28th, 2006. We have extended invitations to Treaty 6, 7, and 8 communities, many of whom are in the midst of a Traditional Use Study, or would like to begin. In addition, relevant ministries will be participating in the session. AAND’s Traditional Use unit intends for this event to further enrich and contextualize Alberta’s Traditional Use Studies. To accomplish this, the direction of the Expo is technical, and we would like to have a tradeshow format with interested members of the First Nations communities, industry and businesses taking part with display tables. We have a total of 25 tables available on a first come first serve basis. The Traditional Use unit would welcome one or two representatives from your organization to attend the Expo and operate a table. We have waived the registration fee for the tables and ask for a door prize in lieu. Your anticipated generosity is appreciated. Kimberly Watson and Kenton Boutillier will contact you to answer any questions you may have, and discuss your interest and participation. Our contact information is below. We look forward to speaking with you soon, and welcome your participation. Sincerely, Jamie Honda-McNeil Director, Traditional Use

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Kenton Boutillier Ph: 780-427-0567


Participation List

LAST NAME FIRST NAME AFFILIATIONAddai George Lesser Slave Lake Consultation and Referal Coordination CenterAlexis Victoria Alexis Nakota Sioux NationAlexis Bernice Alexis Nakota Sioux NationAlexis Chief Rod Alexis Nakota Sioux NationArcand Lisa Alexander First NationArcand Kim Alexander First NationArcand Andy Alexander First NationAuger Clifford Bigstone Cree NationAyer Matt Golder Associates Ltd.Bateyko Darwin AMECBeaver Mike Bigstone Cree NationBecker Shirley Lesser Slave Lake Consultation and Referal Coordination CenterBelanger John SRDBieber Janelle EnergyBigstone Edward Bigstone Cree NationBill Laren CDBlenkhorn JaneneBoguski RickBoutillier Kenton AANDBrady Greg Devon Canada CorporationBreaker Noreen Siksika First NationBrisson Barry EnCana CorporationBuffalo Carolyn Montana Cree NationBurnstick Brent Alexander First NationCalliou-Schadeck Bee Devon Canada CorporationCampbell Janet Alexander First NationCandler Craig Golder Associates Ltd.Cardinal Joe Woodland Cree First NationChalifoux Leon Swan RiverChipeway Sarah Nackowinewak Nation of CanadaCoombs DavidCowan Cynthia Foothills Ojibway SocietyCoxson Kathy EnergyCrop Eared Wolf Annabel Blood TribeDavey Eric AANDDavis Richard Loon River First NationDe Boni Leanne Fish Creek ConsultingDelorey Jane Division1 MediaDeranger Jim Athabasca Chipewyan First NationDinneen Tony Axys EnvironmentalDion Roland TCPCCDorash Cindy AANDDriscoll Dennis SRDDumais Bernadette Fort McMurray #468 First NationEvans Bonnie AANDEwart-Johnson Shelley DM - AANDFaichney Ashley Fort McKay First NationFirst Charger Francis Blood TribeFirst Rider Dennis Blood TribeFirst Rider Craig Siksika First NationFlett Sonny CEMAFoo Jim Duncan's First NationFrencheater Jamie Sunchild Cree NationFriedel MargeGanter Brenda Fort McKay First NationGladue Norman Bigstone Cree NationGladue Doug Whitefish Lake First Nation

Participation List

LAST NAME FIRST NAME AFFILIATIONGolka Valerie Alberta Research CouncilGoodjohn Mitchell D'Arcy Green's ColleagueGoodswimmer Walter Sturgeon Lake Cree NationGreen D'Arcy Golder Associates Ltd.Grey Eyes Joan Western Cree Tribal CouncilHalcrow Coty Kapawe'no First NationHalcrow George Kapawe'no First NationHalcrow Terri-lyn Kapawe'no First NationHolden Tanya AANDHonda-McNeil Jamie AANDHorseman Jim Horse Lake First NationHoule Shannon TCPCCHustler Joe Ainsworth Lumber Co.Ives Jack CDJagodzinsky Erica Whitefish Lake First NationJanvier Janet EnCana CorporationKappo Tara Sturgeon Lake Cree NationKent Sarah CEMAKent Jessica Fish Creek ConsultingKipling Nevada Beaver First NationKleinbub Ruth CEMAKmet Dave West Fraser Mills Ltd.Kosmider Gabrielle CEMAKuchminder Jordon SURE Northern EnergyLagrelle Annie Sunchild Cree NationLagrelle Chief Stan Sunchild Cree NationLepini Patricia Athabasca Chipewyan First NationLetendre Lavern Loon River First NationLevasser Marc Aseniwuche Winewak NationLittle Chief Bryan Siksika First NationLuff DavidMack Chris SRDMacNeill Ruth AANDMacPherson Bonnie Suncor Energy Inc.Masiuk Andy SRDMcDonald Tom Aseniwuche Winewak NationMcDonnell Roger TCPCCMcHugh Chris Siksika First NationMcHugh Jim Siksika First NationMcKillop Jennifer CDMinde George Ermineskin TribeMoberly Clara Bigstone Cree NationNahachick James Whitefish Lake First NationNorris JamesNoskey Madeleine Woodland Cree First NationNoskiye Chief Floyd Little Red River Cree NationOka Roxanne Blood TribeO'Neil Chris AMECOrr Andrew Bigstone Cree NationPalylyk Claudia Woodland Cree First NationPard Bernadette Pi'ikani First NationPattison Melissa Foothills Model ForestPaul Edwin Alexander First NationPhilips Bob Alberta Research CouncilPinay Angella Stoney Tribal AdministrationPitcairn Brian AAND Plain Eagle Margaret Pi'ikani First Nation

Participation List

LAST NAME FIRST NAME AFFILIATIONRain Colin Sr. (Olin) Paul First NationRain Gilda Paul First NationRain Blair Paul First NationRain Joseph Paul First NationReddekop Neil ADM - AANDReid Mike Talisman EnergyReynolds Chris Nu Nennè - AXYS Inc.Rinkel-Mackay Sherri Galileo Educational Network Russell Jonathan Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.Sampson Rick TransCanadaScorfield Brent Alberta Research CouncilScott Tony TransCanadaScribe Brian Golder Associates Ltd.Shewchuk Shannon EnergySmall Legs Edwin Pi'ikani First NationSmith Daphne Beaver First NationSmith Rand EnergySnow Tony Stoney Tribal AdministrationSnow Jr. John Nakoda Oil & Gas (Stoney Nakoda Nation)Sound Darryl Swan RiverStanding On The Road Leonard Montana Cree NationStern Mike Treaty 8Stuckless Daniel CEMATail Feathers Mike Blood TribeTanner Jim Fish Creek ConsultingTestawich Stan Duncan's First NationTestawich Chief Donald Duncan's First NationTobias TerryTootisis Kevin Western Cree Tribal CouncilTuccaro Darrel Mikisew Cree First NationTwin Winona Sawridge First NationVance Sylvia Heritage Community FoundationWadsworth Fred Blood TribeWatson Kimberly AANDWeasel Child Joe Siksika First NationWeasel Head Frank Blood TribeWebb Jim Little Red River Cree NationWhillans Leroy TransCanadaWhitehead Eva Loon River First NationWhitehorse Byron Nakcowinewak Nation of CanadaWhitford Rita Foothills Ojibway SocietyWildcat Carol Wilinson Chapman Pia EnCana CorporationWilson Aaron SRDWinnipeg Ethel Siksika Environmental Ltd.Wirtanen Karen AANDYackimec Ken SRDYellowface Brenda O'Chiese First NationYellowface Leslie O'Chiese First NationYellowknee Ray Bigstone Cree NationYellowknee Roy Bigstone Cree NationYoung Bradley Foothills Model ForestZilinsky Sheila Environment


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Appendix 3 • Speaker Biographies

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

ANNABEL CROP EARED WOLF Annabel Crop Eared Wolf, Blood Tribe, Fisheater Clan, with a MA now in progress, received her BA from the University of Lethbridge. She has served as Tribal Government Coordinator since 1988. Within the Blood Tribe she is responsible for Governance, Land Claims, Treaty & Aboriginal Rights, & External Affairs. Her many roles also include, Executive Assistant to the Chief Manny Jules Kamloops Indian Band from 1985-1988. Director of Seewepenic Cultural Education Center from 1982-1985 and worked in Research and Development for the Union of BC Indian Chiefs 1979-1982.

BEE CALLIOU-SCHADECK

Bee Calliou-Schadeck serves as the Senior Aboriginal Advisor for the company Devon Canada Corporation, where she is primarily responsible for Aboriginal Awareness Training. Bee is also a graduate of Chemical Engineering.

DENNIS DRISCOLL

Dennis Driscoll is a Senior Policy Advisor on Aboriginal Consultation for Sustainable Resource Development and Co-Chair of the TUS Data Management Committee.

Dr. JACK IVES

Dr. Jack Ives serves as Manager, Archaeology and History for Community Development and Co-Chair of the TUS Data Management Committee.

Dr. ROGER McDONNELL Dr. Roger McDonnell has worked for various First Nation, Metis and Tribal organizations from Labrador to Yukon over the past few decades in areas of land claims in areas of land claims, self-government and the development of alternative institutions that better protect and serve community needs and values. He has employed the alternative emphasis in the areas of health, justice, education and forest management. For the past six years Dr. McDonnell has been employed as Director Research and Project Design by the Tribal Chiefs Peacekeeping Conservation Commission.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED FRANCIS FIRST CHARGER Francis First Charger was born and raised on the Kainai First Nation. He was raised in the traditional, cultural and spiritual ways of the Blackfoot People. He has six diplomas in Agricultural Studies and several letters of recognition and different certificates in management and financial accounting. He has been a Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) for two Kainai elections and was the past CEO for the 2005 Kainai Board of Education Elections. Mr. First Charger has been involved in some major projects in the past. To name a couple, he is better known when he was the General Manager of the Blood Tribe Irrigation Project (BTAP) a $66.5 million dollar project. He was involved in the construction, implementation, recruitment, and operational phase with the irrigation project. He was one of the main people instrumental for coordinating the Timothy hay market to Japan – eventually a $13.5 million dollar global industry. He was the past General Manager of Alberta Indian Agricultural Development Corporation (AIADC) when he was only 32 years old, the youngest General Manager of the company at the time. While at AIDAC, during his term as GM the Indian Agri-business Corporation, a bank owned by the First Nations, in Alberta was approved for funding which is now known as IBC. He has done work with both Canadian and USA government. In total, he has some 33.5 years of experience in the Agriculture Industry. He has served on some major corporation or entities on the Kainai First Nation but now serves as a member of a Provincial and a Federal committee. He also serves as a spiritual and corporate advisor in the City of Lethbridge on the Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge. Francis worked as the Traditional Knowledge and Land Use Study – Project Coordinator and developed a TUS Certificate program. He is well known as Spiritual Advisor or a Grandfather, a name he prefers but more commonly known as a Spiritual Elder.

GREG BRADY

Greg Brady is Leader of Aboriginal Relations for Devon Canada. He is a licensed Land Surface Agent and has been with Devon for 20 years in all aspects of operations. Greg possesses a background in geology and environmental issues.

JAMIE HONDA-MCNEIL

Jamie Honda-McNeil hails from Petawawa, Ontario and is descended from a long line of trappers. He moved to Alberta in 1979. After completing his undergraduate degree in Recreation and Leisure studies in 1989 he cut his teeth with the Government of Alberta in the area of Integrated Resource Planning. In 1994 he moved into the area of Aboriginal issues in resource management with the department of Environmental Protection. In the spring of 2000 he completed a Master of Science Degree on Cooperative Management with First Nations in Alberta. For the past 6 years he has been working with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development on resource initiatives and traditional use. He is currently the Director of Alberta’s Traditional Use Studies Initiative.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES CONTINUED

JONATHAN SUNDERLAND RUSSELL Jonathan has experience in forest management planning, operational planning, silviculture, operations and GIS. He has worked throughout Ontario in Manitouwadge, Hornepayne, Cochrane, Timmins and Shining Tree both on the North Shore of Lake Superior and within the Clay Belt area of Northeastern Ontario. He has also worked within Alberta in Whitecourt, within the Upper and Lower Foothills and currently works out of the Edmonton office for Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., as Chief Forester.

RICHARD DAVIS

Richard Davis is a well respected ex-chief of the Swan River First Nation and is a Traditional Use Study Lead with both Loon River and Kapawe’no Sawridge First Nations. Richard also spearheaded the TUS with Lakeshore First Nations.

TERRY N. TOBIAS Terry has helped design First Nation, Metis and Inuit research projects in most provincial and territorial jurisdictions in Canada. He has 25 years of experience with aboriginal use-and-occupancy mapping, traditional ecological knowledge research, and quantitative communities representing close to 30 languages. During the 1990’s Terry concentrated on developing and delivering a variety of workshops, aimed at transferring research capacity to communities. At the request of the Union of BC Indian Chief’s he converted the curriculum on one of those workshops into written form, Chief Kerry’s Moose, A Guidebook to Land Use and Occupancy Mapping. The popularity of the guidebook, which quickly went to a second printing and was translated in a number of languages, led to requests for a much more detailed treatment of the discipline. Terry is currently working on that treatment – and has been for three years – titled Moose Two. Moose Two is a full methods text meant to provide readers with materials allowing the general advice in the guidebook to be put into practice. It is a synthesis of best practices based on interviews with over 100 of the most experienced practitioners in North America, which yielded 1,300 dense transcript pages. Terry traveled as afar as Alaska and Nunavut to do the interviews. The body of knowledge obtained represents over 1,000 years of cumulative experience with use-and-occupancy mapping. He also reviewed the gray literature and read three authoritative social-science methods texts, in an effort to ensure the book is a successful marriage of rigour and aboriginal mapping. Moose Two will run some 600 pages in length. Terry says that Moose Two is almost killing him, but is delighted that he’s in the home stretch with publication slated for late 2006. He also says he’s happy to be here, to share some of the lessons of the Moose.


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Appendix 4 • Speaker Presentation Notes

Speaker Presentation Notes Richard Davis, Treaty 8

Speaker Presentation Notes

Dr. Roger McDonnell and Roland Dion, Tribal Chiefs Peace-Keeping Conservation Commission

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Ph: 780.645.5888 Fax: 780.645.5850 E‐mail: [email protected] Tribal Chiefs Peacekeeping Conservation Commission (TCPCC) is an instruement of the Tribal Chiefs Association of Treaty 6. The TCPCC has been designed to address all off-reserve concerns and issues influencing our capacity to realize the benefits of Treaty. The founding Member First Nations are: i. Beaver Lake First Nation. [Henry Gladue, Jerry Gladue] ii. Cold Lake First Nation. [Robert Machatis, Ashley Janvier]

iii. Frog Lake First Nation. [Wayne Faithful] iv. Kehewin Cree Nation [Irvin Kehewin] v. White Lake First Nation #128 [Ben Houle]

Primary Mandate: 1. Provide program and advisory needs pertaining to all Peacekeeping issues within participating Member First Nations (MFN), between MFN, between TCA and other First Nations and ‘Tribal’ organizations, and between individual members of MFN and all other jurisdictions and authorities concerned with our collective well-being. 2. Provide program and advisory needs pertaining to all conservation and harvesting issues arising within member First Nations, between MFN, between TCA and other First Nation and ‘Tribal’ organizations, and between individual members of MFN and all other jurisdictions and authorities impinging on our hunting, gathering and fishing practices.

The TCPCC shall consist of Commissioners, Officers and Provisional Commissioners. The Commissioners of TCPCC shall be shall be appointed by BCR, one from each MFN, The Commissioners shall appoint a Chair, Vice-Chair, Executive Director, Administrative Officer/

Treasurer and a Director of Research and Project Design. The Officers for TCPCC shall be responsible to and wholly accountable to the Commissioners. Provisional Commissioners may be appointed by BCR, one from each First Nation invited by TCPCC

to participate in a particular project. Being a founding MFN of TCPCC is not requisite to special project participation.

Direct Contacts:

Robert Machatis, Chair cell. 780-812-1123 Roland Dion, Exec. Director 780-573-8048 Shannon Houle Admin./Treasurer/Archiv 780-210-0579 Roger McDonnell Research, Project Design 780-995-8000

General Objectives: To ensure the sustainability of First Nation rights under Treaty and the opportunity to fair benefit from the activities now being conducted within the Tribal Chiefs Area of Treaty Responsibility [TCATR).

The membership of the founding First Nation of the TCPCC must be able to satisfy their needs through hunting, fishing and gathering; and

In the interests of satisfying such needs each First Nations must be able to conserve a context within its ‘traditional lands’ in the contemporary setting; and

Neither the hunting and fishing activity of its members nor the activities of any other human agency or process will diminish the prospects for future generations to realize such benefits of Treaty.

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Current Initiatiaves:

A) Develop an audio-visual record and map pertaining to the traditional use practices, movements, co-operative arrangements, historical events and spiritual well-being as recounted by the Elders of each First Nation. This entails the sequence of actions for each interview as indicated in the table below.

a. Arranging the interview and establish clearance protocols b. Filming, conducting and cataloguing the interview c. Duplicating and preliminary editing of the record on DVD using Final Cuts d. Translating and transcribing selected clips e. Classifying clips according to three dimensional matrix (grouping type/activity/time) f. Developing GPS co-ordinates of clips g.Transpose selected clips and

photos to TCATR map with OziEplorer

B) Community Based Experiential Education. The program is based on the Elders interviews and the

internationally accepted scientific protocols for systematically collecting environmental data that are found on the GLOBE program [Gr.5-12]. The teaching emphasis is intended to draw heavily on local knowledge and to stress direct experiential learning. The objectives are the following:

i. To create broader community support in education by involving the Elders as instructional

resources; ii. To encourage students to be aware of and feel responsible for the lands their ancestors have

occupied; iii. To encourage openness and flexibility in integrating local knowledge with general forms of

understanding; and iv. To better prepare and encourage our students for the employment opportunities that exist

within TCATR

Thus far we have been developing the intersection of historical - cultural knowledge and the science and social studies school programs with in-service workshops. For this reason TCPCC has decided to develop a much more sustained instructional and supervisory process that will entail First Nation Certification in teaching with the Globe programs and our historical and cultural archival resources. We will begin the process with the teachers already involved and we have made arrangements with Lakeland College to conduct the certification over a two week period in late August [at the Vermillion campus].

Curriculum Teaching development to link social studies (audio-visual record) and sciences is currently being developed for Gr 5-12 in the following areas:

Mapping/GPS Water quality/Hydrology Fishing in all seasons (including boat safety) Soil


Plants/ land management Vegetation/riparian health

Ecosystems Firearms and hunting safely in all seasons (including quad safety) Clouds/Atmosphere Snow Study

Forest Assessment Introduction to First Nations Environmental Tool Kit

Careers

C) Tribal Access Web Site: Overview: In order to facilitate our consultation requirements TCPCC has teamed with Benson-Carwell and designed a site that provincial stakeholders will come to when planning developments or otherwise conducting business within TCATR. On the site TCATR appears as a single spatial entity. However, it is constructed from the traditional use areas of the participating Tribal Chiefs member First Nations. These areas overlap in many places. These separate areas and their various overlaps are layered under TCATR and are an integral feature structuring what First Nation(s) should be contacted regarding a particular issue or project. We call the site Tribal Access.

Visually the site opens with the areas demarcated by all the numbered Treaties [i.e. northwestern Ontario to northeastern B.C.].

Its’ use requires several moves: i. Name eg. Ray Stone ii. Association eg. EUB iii. Email address iv. Concern eg. Public safety (eg. spill, seepage) – this is in the form of a drop down menu. Identification

of the concern will automatically identify who within First Nation Administration will be the principle contact(s).

v. Then you move the cursor onto the map and click on the area of concern. On the Tribal Chiefs ATR this will bring up one or more First Nation eg. If the area of concern was the Moose Hills it could involve both Kehewin Cree Nation and Frog Lake First Nation and the Email address and message box of one or more persons (eg. Health and Environment) in each First Nations.

EUB or Husky or Talismen etc thus are interacting with the relevant First Nation players in a direct and expedient manner . Tribal Access has been reviewed and positively received by several First Nation, Treaty and Tribal technicians from western and northern Alberta. For a $1 one-time fee co-ownership of Tribal Access for the purpose of having autonomous management of developments on their respective area of responsibility is available to all First Nation and Tribal Organizations. [Demonstration and discussion with TCPCC staff is welcomed] Tribal Access will provide a code to the applicant when an agreement has been reached as to an accommodation of Treaty concerns with respect to a particular development. These concerns will be established when the site or route is surveyed with regards to ecological and cultural concerns. This code will be forwarded to the Crown Mineral Disposition Review Committee and Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for licensing approval.


D) Surveying, Monitoring and Supervising Capacity. Overview: In order to survey developments from the perspective of cultural, historical and Treaty interests it is essential that the Tribal Chiefs possess the capacity to survey a site or route planned for development in an expedient manner; it must be able to monitor the developmental activity conducted on the site; and it must be able to supervise reclamation should this be required.

Many of the standards and protocols to be employed are derived from interviews with elders and ceremonialists and are currently being systematized. Since these standards have proven to be significantly different from the criteria and diagnostics of environmental assessment practices they must be part of the instructional training package for phase 1 training of 25 Peacekeeping-Conservation .monitors Basic instruction will be through BEAHR, a 5 wk program that attempts to ensure that its’ trainees will provide a product useful to industry. TCPCC accepts this necessity although its concerns with habitat and culture and treaty are more comprehensive. The TCPCC program lasts for 11 weeks and involve an assessment stream, a research stream and a practicum phase. Training will be conducted at Lakeland College (Vermillion campus).

CORE SKILLS Week 1 - Foundation Skills, Introduction to the Environment [GPS] Week 2 – Technical Skills, Health and Safety [Emerg. First Aid; Quad safety; Boating safety; Firearm and Hunting safely in all seasons;GPS] Week 3 – Local Knowledge [Environmental Assessment Act and habitat management; GPS]

SPECIALIZATION (Regulatory or Research) Regulatory Week 4 – Regulatory Introduction Week 5 – Monitoring Effects Practicum 1 Week 6 – pipeline,seismic,drilling,easements etc Week 7 – pipeline,seismic,drilling,easements etc Research Week 8 – Basic Ecology Week 9 – Research Skills Practicum 2 Week 10 – clear cut assessment, project mediation and habitat reclamation Week 11 – clear cut assessment, project mediation and habitat reclamation


Annabel Crop Eared Wolf, Blood Tribe, Treaty 7

Blood Tribe Tribal Government

Traditional Land Use and Occupancy StudyEdmonton, Ab. April 27, 2006

KAINAYSINNI

MANDATE as set out in Kainaysinni

To protect and preserve the rights, powers and well-being of our nation under the powers we hold as a unique people; To protect and exercise our inherent treaty and aboriginal rights, To protect and preserve our lands, our culture, language and traditions, in the true spirit of Kainaysinni.Kainaysinni establishes the parameters of the Tribal system and sets the guiding principles for our government.

Role of Tribal Government Dept.

The Tribal Government Dept. assists the Blood Tribe Chief and Council through the Committee and the SEO to fulfill their mandate for the:protection and advancement of aboriginal and

treaty rights, pursuit and just settlement of land claims; the continued development of our governing system;and the preservation of our culture and language

ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE

TRIBAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATOR

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

SENIORRESEARCHER

COMMUNITY RESEARCHER

LIBRARIAN/RECORDS MANAGEMENT

OFFICER

COMPUTER TECHNICIAN/RECORDS MANAGEMENT

ASSISTANTTLUOS Project Team

Tribal Government Department 2006

Background-The Duty To Consult

As a result of Sparrow, 1990 and Delgammuukw, 1997, government now have a duty to consult with First Nations who have an interest in their Aboriginal territory.

The Courts have established the principle that where there are plausible grounds that Aboriginal rights exist, where or an aboriginal right has been asserted, the Crown has fiduciary duty to consult with First Nations if any action undertaken by government or regulated by government may infringe on Aboriginal rights.

Blood Tribe Land Use & Occupancy

The Supreme Court has urged good faith negotiations consistent with the Supreme Court guidelines and the Crown’s duty to consult.The Blood Tribe uses a broad definition of consultation built upon the Sparrow, Delgammuukw and subsequent case law to ensure that a proper consultation process addresses and protects Blood interest within the traditional territory.

The provinces had to act once the courts established that aboriginal people have an ongoing interest in their traditional territory including an economic interest.Alberta developed an Aboriginal Consultation Policy.

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Alberta also established a Traditional Land Use Study Initiative as a tool to assist them in determining the extent and nature of rights First Nations have within provincial crown lands.

Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Studies (TLUOS)

A tool to assist First Nations to articulate use and occupation of its traditional territory.To assist First Nations to protect specific rights, title or interests within traditional territory.To inform when those rights and interests are being affected by Alberta, other governments or third parties I.e., Industry.

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To assist Alberta and industry in minimizing their liabilities and meeting minimum standards with respect to the duty to consult.

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Mandate

In accordance with its mandate, the Tribal Government Department is conducting a Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Study that will establish the expanse of the traditional territory and the Blood Tribe’s use and occupancy of that territory.

Primary Goals

1. To set out the parameters of Blood traditional territory.

2. To articulate Blood traditional and changing use over time and occupation of the territory.

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3. To provide the Blood Tribe with the necessary data needed to address with Alberta and Industry matters relating to Blood Triberights, title and interests in the traditional territory.

4. To provide the Tribe with data required for the management and protection of cultural and historic resources.

5. To preserve traditional knowledge and Blood Tribe culture and history.

Methodology

Basic social science research methodologyTerry Tobias’s “Best Practices”Research based on primary and secondary sources including:– Elder Interviews – Community Member interviews– Ground Truthing– Written historic records and other relevant

documentation

Literature Review

Literature: 1750 to current date

The Lit Review will be conducted simultaneously with the field research as the study population is steadily declining, it is therefore imperative that the oral history and traditional knowledge be gathered as soon as possible.

Areas of Research

Priority will be to gather oral evidence from elders with respect to the use and occupation of the territoryGather written evidence (including previous elders’ interviews) of the use and occupation of the territory

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Map land use and occupancy of traditional territory over timeIdentify places where animals were/are harvested for food, clothing, medicines and other purposesIdentify places where plant materials are harvested for food, clothing, medicines, tools, shelter and fuel

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Identify places where rocks, minerals and soils are collected for making tools, conducting ceremonies and other purposesRecord ecological knowledge of habitats and sites critical to the survival of important animal populations; I.e., movement of buffalo, wildlife breeding grounds, and deer and elk habitat

Continued…

Identify habitation sites i.e., wintering grounds, summer camps, settlements, trade sites, trading posts, homes and burial groundsIdentify sacred places i.e., ceremonial sites, rock paintings, area inhabited by supernatural beingsRecord legends, mythologies and other accounts about specific places

Continued…

Identify travel and trade routesIdentify Blackfoot place namesIdentify areas with linguistic similarities and differencesIdentify economic use of areas traditionally and over time

Continued…

Identify, review and consolidate new and existing historical, archaeological, ethnographic and other relevant research

LAND USE STUDY PERSONNEL

Land Use AdvisorLand Use CoordinatorGIS TechnicianInterviewersData Entry Clerks

Personnel

Believe that the project will make a differenceBe self startersBe firmly committed to staying on for the durationDo not think of the project as a make-work programDo not regard the position as just a “job”

TRAINING

GIS – Blood Tribe Lands Management DepartmentRed Crow Community CollegeShort term intense training package for Interviewers,Data Entry Clerk, CoordinatorAdvanced level of training enhancing RCCC Traditional Land Use Training Level 1Other

DATA MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS

AlbertaIndustry External organizations

TLUOS Team

Dorothy First Rider – Project CoordinatorMike Tailfeathers – ITFred Wadsworth – GIS TechnicianData Entry Clerks – Roxanne Oka & JJ ShadeInterviewers/Translators – Dennis First Rider, Tom Little Bear and Harrison Red CrowElders Annabel Crop Eared Wolf – T.G. Coordinator

CONCLUSION

Resourcing – costs, personnelCommitment – parties, community, leadershipResearch Plan – comprehensiveElders role Validity – rigorous standardsLong Term - ongoing monitoring and updating information

Credits

The Blood Tribe Traditional Land Use and Occupancy Study research outline has been developed by Tribal Government Department and advisors.

REFERENCES:Chief Kerry’s Moose, Terry TobiasNatural Resources of CanadaAthabasca Denesuline Territory Territory: 2600 Years of HistoryProtecting Indigenous Knowledge, Research and

Analysis


Francis First Charger, Red Crow Community College

Speaker Presentation Notes - Keynote

Terry Tobias, Author

Keynote by Terry Tobias. Comments and questions welcome! Phone 604-730-5548 and email tntohias@shaw ca

Traditional Use Studies EXPO Notes for the Keynote Edmonton, April 27, 2006

Our White Elephant

1 Billion $

Reasons the Elephant Remains Robust

- assumption that mapping is easy, intuitive, straightforward - practitioners are isolated - lurking litigation promotes too much secrecy - methodological accountability is poor - no retrospective evaluations of projects and programs - practitioners poorly trained in social science - absence of quality instructional materials - absence of opportunities for training - no standards - rampant political correctness - ambivalence towards science - inadequate and poorly-earmarked funding - lack of incentive or political will to improve the discipline


Five Levels of Methodology

1) methodology framework or paradigm = science

2) method = map biography

3) parameters = big defining characteristics

4) tools = base maps, marker pens, interview guide, data-collection manual

5) conventions = details governing the use of the tools

Parameters

why? = primary objective

who? = study population

when? = recall interval

where? = study area

what? = interview-guide categories and questions

Good Research Design


Bad Research Design

Moose II Research-Design Slider


Indicators or Measures of Quality

Objectivity Reliability Validity

Precision and Accuracy Data Integrity Auditability

Generalizability Consensus

Research Principles

Respect Confidentiality

Informed Consent Realistic Expectations—Response Burden

Realistic Expectations—Interviewer Burnout Common Sense and Experience

Simplicity Focus

Flexibility Consistency Organization

Caution Self-Reportage Data Diamond

Posterity Fun


Craig's Toponymy (Place Name) Map Lessons Learned: Set your slider pointer high, whenever possible.

Avoid the shotgun approach.

You can't assess quality in the absence of a good methodology report.

Pretty ≠ Quality


Jonathan Russell, Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.

Millar Western Forest Products Ltd.

Traditional Use Study (TUS)Data integrity

April, 2006

Introductionfocus on TLU or other activities carried out by First Nations and the interface with the forest industrydoes not include how archeological work is covered by Alberta Community Development (ACD)

does not include work referenced by the Historical Resources Act (HRA)

Data TypesGeneral Land Use

activities that happen on a regular basis within a large generalized area and are described in a generalized way

Anecdotalinteresting incident or activity that may have some spatial or temporal element

Static Sitea specific activity or feature that occurs within a very localized geographic area

Specific Land Usea specific activity occurring within a specific area

Spatial/Temporala specific activity occurring within and moving temporally throughout a landscape

Data TypeGeneral Land Use

activities that happen on a regular basis within a large generalized area and are described in a generalized way

• TUA’s where there may or may not be a defined boundary• Treaty area where there is a defined boundary

usually represented in a GIS environment by a boundary (polygon) with a broad definitionboundary may or may not encompass entire areaused in the context by industry as a referral to engage groups with specific general interests

Data TypeGeneral Land Use

Attributes Needed• spatial

– Feature is usually a polygon with a coverage definition

• data field– open data set available to all users (general societal

knowledge)

Data TypeAnecdotal

interesting incident or activity that may have some spatial or temporal element

• specific sites where an individual has shot a moose possibly with a year attached

• site where an albino bear was seen

spatial and temporal element may be involvedlocalized data that may be used by industry for pattern of use understanding or as a referral to engage individuals or groups

Data TypeAnecdotal


– feature is usually a generalized area (boundary) and could include point/arc data

• data field– coverage definition plus attribute information

» animal» date» individual

– open or closed data set dependant on direction given by groups supplying the information (First Nation Band and individuals involved)

– not necessarily a useful data set from an industrial perspectiveunless rigid protocols are developed for data collection (usually before the set of activities occur)

– items such as intensity & null values also need to be collected

Data TypeStatic Site

a specific activity or feature that occurs within a very localized geographic area

• medicine wheel or burial site• traditional trail

strong spatial element involved and may include a bufferongoing temporal elementused by industry in the context of a constraint on land use for other activities

Data TypeStatic Site


– feature is usually point or arc possibly with a buffer

• data field– generally encrypted definition with location somewhat

vague dependant on buffer size (this is done to protect the site and the element involved)

– may have specific data (protected) except for authorized industrial individuals, dependant on direction given to industry

– very important data set for industry as it recognizes sites where protection is paramount

Data TypeSpecific Land Use

a specific activity occurring within a specific area

• trap line• traditional (and current) travel route

spatial (polygon/arc) with a temporal element attached to the activity and may include a bufferused in the context of a constraint on land use activities within the boundary

Data TypeSpecific Land Use


– feature (arc, point polygon)

• data field– referral to legal document or agreed to policy for

protection– usually an open data set available to all users but could be

closed if data provided needs a level of protection

Data TypeSpatial/Temporal

a specific activity occurring within and moving temporally throughout a landscape

• medicinal plants• berry picking

activity that is on the landscape but moves through time and spaceused as a modeling criteria within landscape planning to provide for the activity

Data TypeSpatial/Temporal


– feature can be a point, arc or polygon and can be buffered

• data field– encrypted and non encrypted definitions dependant on

data type– may have specific data (protected) except for authorized

industrial individuals, dependant on direction given to industry

– very important data set for industry as it recognizes sites where protection is necessary and what elements need to be modeled through time and space

Summary (industrial use)General Land Use (Treaty boundary)

used for referral with some policies in placeAnecdotal (moose kill)

if stringent protocols are developed and implemented, data can be used analytically by industry (First Nation/industry relationship)if not it is generally used as a referral document

Static Site (burial site)always used as a constraint on industrial activity (First Nation/industry relationship)if not supplied it cannot be used

Specific Land Use (trap line)used for referral purposescan (and is starting to) be used as a constraint on land activity within Detailed Forest Management Plans (First Nation/industry relationship)

Spatial/Temporal (medicinal plants)work needs to be done by industry to understand use and landscape relationships (i.e. devil’s club under pine)Will be able to predict likelihood of occurrence once relationships are developed and modeled (First Nation/industry relationship)


Greg Brady and Bee Calliou-Schadeck, Devon Canada Corporation

Importance of Traditional Use Studies

to Devon Canada

Traditional Use Studies Expo April 27th - 28th , 2006

Bee Calliou-SchadeckSenior Aboriginal AdvisorGreg BradyLeader Aboriginal RelationsDevon Canada Corporation

Who is Devon Canada?Who is Devon Canada?Who is Devon Canada?

• Canadian subsidiary of Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Corporation, one of the largest independent oil and gas producers in North America

• Employs approximately 1,400 people in Calgary, NWT, Yukon, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan field operations

• Currently produces 203,000 barrels of oil a day equivalent production (about 1/3 of total company production)

Devon Canada OverviewDevon Canada OverviewDevon Canada Overview

Proved reserves: 749 MMBOE

Reserve mix: 68% gas / 32% liquids

Current production: 203 MBOED

Production mix: 73% gas / 27% liquids

Production profile: 83% Alberta

14% British Columbia

3% Other

(Canadian Convention)

Devon’s Aboriginal Relations PolicyDevonDevon’’s Aboriginal Relations Policys Aboriginal Relations Policy

• Recognizes unique status of Aboriginal people in Canada

• Fosters understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal peoples, their concerns and values through awareness presentations

• Respects the significance of Aboriginal heritage and culture

Devon’s Aboriginal Awareness Sessions include:DevonDevon’’s Aboriginal Awareness s Aboriginal Awareness Sessions include:Sessions include:

• History of Canada

– Treaties

– Indian Act

– Residential School

• Recent changes

– Court Cases

– Government Policy

– Consultation, economic development

Numbered TreatiesNumbered TreatiesNumbered Treaties

In Alberta

• Treaty # 6 – 16 FNs



• Total of 105 reserves

• Approx. 685,900 hec

Case Study - Jackfish ProjectCase Study Case Study -- Jackfish ProjectJackfish Project

• Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD)

• About 15km SE of Conklin

• Requires Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

– Who do we talk to?

Jackfish 2Jackfish

Traditional Environmental KnowledgeTraditional Environmental KnowledgeTraditional Environmental Knowledge

Constraints mapping is used to avoid these areas, where possible

Dene - ts’eli tili(frog pail)Cree - ayekitas(little frog plants)

Dene - tlh’ogh tsen

Slave - moose brain grass

Berry Picking Areas

Kirby/Sterner Lake TrailKirby/Sterner Lake TrailKirby/Sterner Lake Trail

Mint

Cabin remains near Sunday Creek

Cabin sites were recordedCabin sites were recordedCabin sites were recorded

Industry / FN / GOA ChallengesIndustry / FN / GOA ChallengesIndustry / FN / GOA Challenges

• Time is of the essence

• Want to be able to minimize impact

• Overlapping areas

• Traditional Territories

• Cultural Information retention

• TUS information just starting to be collected

Hon. Pearl CalahasenMinister Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

March 28, 2006

Hon. Pearl Hon. Pearl CalahasenCalahasenMinister Aboriginal Affairs Minister Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Developmentand Northern Development

March 28, 2006March 28, 2006

“Traditional Use Studies will be expanded and accelerated across the province.”

($10 million over three years)

“Gathering and preserving traditional use information is at the very heart of meaningful consultation.”

Devon supports the efforts of First Nations and the Government of Alberta in identifying important sites in advance of resource development

Devon’ goal is to work with the communities to

identify areas of traditional use and historic importance to minimize impact to traditional resources during the planning phase.

Protect

Preserve

Mitigate

Appreciate

Restore

Enhance

Traditional Use Studies

Ensure traditional, cultural and spiritual connections to the land are identified


Jamie Honda-McNeil, Alberta Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

The Creator gathered all of creation and said, 'I want to hide The Creator gathered all of creation and said, 'I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is thesomething from the humans until they are ready for it. It is therealization that they create their own reality.' The eagle said,realization that they create their own reality.' The eagle said, 'Give it 'Give it to me, I will take it to the moon.' The Creator said, 'No, one dto me, I will take it to the moon.' The Creator said, 'No, one day they ay they will go there and find it.' The salmon said, 'I will hide it on will go there and find it.' The salmon said, 'I will hide it on the the bottom of the ocean.' 'No, they will go there too.' The buffalo bottom of the ocean.' 'No, they will go there too.' The buffalo said, 'I said, 'I will bury it on the great plains.' The Creator said, 'They will will bury it on the great plains.' The Creator said, 'They will cut into cut into the skin of the earth and find it.' Then Grandmother Mole, who lthe skin of the earth and find it.' Then Grandmother Mole, who lives ives in the breast of Mother Earth, and who has no physical eyes but in the breast of Mother Earth, and who has no physical eyes but sees with spiritual eyes, said: 'Put it inside them.' And the Crsees with spiritual eyes, said: 'Put it inside them.' And the Creator eator said, 'It is done.'said, 'It is done.'

Sioux LegendSioux Legend

TRADITIONAL USE STUDIES IN ALBERTATRADITIONAL USE STUDIES IN ALBERTA

Yesterday, Today, TomorrowYesterday, Today, Tomorrow

TUS EXPO

April 27/28, 2006

TUS: A LEGAL RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLTUS: A LEGAL RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL

• To promote the preservation of First Nation Culture

• To protect traditional use sites.• To inform resource management

decisions• To help prepare First Nations for

consultation

ACCOUNTING FOR $3,480,000. OF PUBLIC MONEYACCOUNTING FOR $3,480,000. OF PUBLIC MONEY

TUS… WHERE WE HAVE BEENTUS… WHERE WE HAVE BEEN

• 29 Contribution Agreements with 39 Aboriginal communities.

• Data Sharing template signed with 29 FN’s.

• To date, thousands of TUS sites have been identified with numerous placed under some form of protective notation.

TUS SUCCESSESTUS SUCCESSES

• Identification of important sites• Capacity building within the

community• Increasing awareness of traditional

knowledge and cultural values • Improved understanding and

relationships.

Community Capacity and Support RequirementsCommunity Capacity and Support Requirements

• Capacity is at varying levels within communities

Specific Support Needed for:• Research design at the community level

(FN)• Ensuring administration and management

continuity• Ability to meaningfully deal with the

information generated • Long-term financial capability to maintain

the information.

Consistency and Use of DataConsistency and Use of Data

Ensure Consistency in collection and quality:• Build a “Provincial Protocol” to ensure data quality –

credibility for use in consultation processes

Use Data To:• Protect significant cultural and historical sites• Reduce or mitigate impacts of development prior to

development• Trigger consultation• Assist with decisions in Government of Alberta integrated

land management exercises• Make decisions for community planning and future

community land and resource use.

A VISION FOR TUSA VISION FOR TUS

To work with First Nation Communities in completing a provincial TUS network that transitions into fully functioning First Nation consultation mechanisms for the purpose of supporting provincial land management and resource decision-making to reduce legal risk of impacting existing Aboriginal and Treaty rights, and creating a climate of investment certainty.

SHORTSHORT--TERM OBJECTIVESTERM OBJECTIVES

• Completion of existing TUS through increased GOA assistance and support.

• Placement of sites on protected areas databases.• Look for opportunities for increased academic

involvement.• Assist in developing internal/external capacity.• Improve education and communication.• Move towards incorporation of TUS data into Integrated

Land Management.• Closing the gap between TUS and Consultation. Look at

integrated models for Consultation and TUS.

LONGLONG--TERM OBJECTIVESTERM OBJECTIVES

• Functionalize TUS studies. • First Nation development of TUS data

management and maintenance plans. • Continue to support community capacity

development to respond to GOA and industry consultation.

• Ultimately, self-sustaining highly functional consultation referral offices.

• Move towards standardization of data.• Improved Federal involvement.

AAND TUS ResponsibilitiesAAND TUS Responsibilities

Include:Include:1. Acting as one window for the GOA

on TUS2. Quality control3. Reviewing TUS Funding proposals4. Negotiating data-sharing

agreements 5. Liaising and providing advice to

communities

WHERE WE ARE GOING WHERE WE ARE GOING

• 3 Years and Done• Complete existing, and

focus on initiating with First Nations not currently involved.

• Transitioning to Consultation Mechanisms

CONCLUSIONSCONCLUSIONS

• All First Nation consultations involving land management and resource development require traditional use information.

• TUS is foundational. Despite the process of legal consultation, baseline TUS is critical for a successful consultation outcome.

• Continue to explore Best Practices.

DiscussionDiscussion


Dennis Driscoll, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development Dr. Jack Ives, Alberta Community Development

Traditional Use Data Management

Central Coordinating Group, Aboriginal Consultation on Land

Management and Resource Development

April 2006

Motives…

Onoka Katzee, Sun Dial Medicine Wheel

Conservation….Re-engaging Cultural Landscapes

Primary Objective

Consultation

Rights & Title Litigation

TLE

Data Standards & Integrity

40,000-80,000 Dispositions Annually!

ConventionalConventionalHeritageHeritageManagementManagement

TraditionalTraditionalFirst Nations First Nations

Use of Use of LandscapeLandscape

SharedSharedHeritageHeritageInterestsInterests

Core Principles

Shared Heritage Interests

Medicine Wheels, prominent buffalo jumps, vision quests, rock art, ribstones;

Ceremonial sites, including visioning locales for pipes & bundles, Sundances;

Sources of iniskim, ochre, clay, pipestone.

Habitat for medicinal or ceremonially important plants.

Cabins, historic trails, portages.

Place names.

Underlying Themes

• We are at a formative stage.

• Link between consultation &

TUS.

Givens (1)

• If Alberta funds TUS, it expects

data sharing.

• Various court decisions:

– First Nations must show how

affected.

– GOA obliged to foresee effects.

Givens (2)

• Statutory decision-makers must

evaluate consultation needs.

• Effective timelines lost if

“Disposition-by-Disposition.”

• TUS data highly sensitive for

First Nations.

Preferred Approach

• Direct GOA use of TUS data in

regulatory processes.

• TUS data protected through

FOIP.

• Information sharing evolves.

…and Using TUS…

Protecting TUS Data and Sites

• Sections 16, 17, 27, 28, 30, 38 of FOIPPA.

• Conservation of historical resources and rare species.

• Personal information.

• Disclosure harmful to 3rd parties.

• “Teeth”:

– Historical Resources Act

Strategies

• AAND administrates funding of TUS

studies.

• AAND requires Data Sharing

Agreements for contract compliance.

• AAND facilitates access to TUS data

for regulatory purposes.

• ACD and SRD continue to co-chair a

TUS Data Management Committee.

Strategies

• Best practices TUS workshops:

– Seek high calibre data.

• GOA focus groups on TUS.

– Industry and first nations.• TUS links to consultation

capacity:

– “The Conversation.”

Role of Data Management

Committee• How do we ensure quality data in next

study phases?

• How to link consultation capacity to

regulatory realities?

• How is TUS data managed, technically?

– Stewardship & Costs.

– IT support and access.

– Gate Keeper roles.

Two Orders of TUS

• Comprehensive coverage.

– Correct long term solution.

– Effective and efficient.

• Interim, Project Specific

– Applied to development

footprint.

– Could immediately minimize

legal risk on any given project.

Creating Momentum

• Data Sharing Agreements in

place: 29 first nations.

• Modest TUS data sharing for

regulatory purposes—6

communities.

• Strategic decisions.

• Evolving Dialogue.

Future State of TUS

• Climate of mutual respect.

– Communities as experts; “boundaries.”

• High quality TUS data effective in

regulatory processes.

• Greater awareness of cultural

landscapes.


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Appendix 5 • Information Marketplace Guidelines

TRADITIONAL USE EXPO

TABLE GUIDELINES & TERMS

1) The Government of Alberta does not endorse any of the vendors/and or products that will be displayed.

2) The Government of Alberta will not be held responsible for any loss of property, damages, claims, or suits.

3) Exhibitor’s Responsibility: An exhibitor of the EXPO, his agents or employees may not enter another exhibitor’s table space without permission. Exhibitors shall abide by and observe all laws, rules and regulations of federal, provincial, and city governments as well as the EXPO facility. All decorations, electrical wiring and fixtures must conform to regulations and your table area must be kept neat and organized.

OVERVIEW: Currently, 29 Traditional Use studies, involving 39 communities, are underway in Alberta. The goal of the EXPO is to bring everyone together to share information, success stories, experiences, and solutions related to conducting a TUS. We have invited First Nations, industry and businesses specializing in technical supports, such as mapping, data management, website design and maintenance, to participate in the EXPO. This event is intended to foster networking opportunities, products and knowledge that can contribute, and further enrich TUS opportunities. HOW TO REGISTER FOR A TABLE: If you are interested in registering for a table for our EXPO please contact Kimberly Watson. There are a total of 25 tables and limited space for the sections of First Nation communities, industry and organizations so tables will be reserved and assigned on a first come first serve basis. WHAT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A TABLE: There is a variety of table sizes available from 4 to 8 feet in length. The table(s) will include a skirt and required amount of chairs, a sign to post to identify your table, with a brief description of what information you have to display.

WHAT’S REQUESTED: In keeping with the goal of the TUS EXPO, groups who are interested in registering for a table should consider their materials in regards to the experiences and expertise your community, company, or organization has in areas of Traditional Use. This could be interviewing techniques, mapping, data and information management, and planning/conducting a TUS. Focus on areas where you have learned the most (what to do, or what not to do), what your community may have developed or innovated for your study that might help others with theirs. We do ask, upon applying for a table, that you provide us with a brief bio or description of what information your table will hold, and a copy of the information you plan to distribute. This is so we can organize the tables in terms of similar or complimentary information, as well as provide the attendees with a listing of tables so they can visit those they feel they would get the most from. Further to this, we ask when you register for a table that you provide us with a listing of electronics that you are bringing so that we may plan for this in advance. We request that a representative be present at your table during the hours of the EXPO. If you plan to sell goods at your table please contact Kimberly Watson as there will be a contract to sign. SET-UP & PACK-UP: Set-up will be on the evening of Wednesday April 26th from 6:00pm – 9:00pm Pack-up will be on Friday April 28th from 2:00pm – 3:00pm





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