SS9: First Nations Past, Present and Future
Part I-III: Historical Background
Check out "The Canadian Encyclopedia Online" for historical information on your group. Most pages will include a map of where your First Nations group is located in Canada.
Part IV: Environmental Issue
Conduct a site specific search and locate at least one news article from the CBC and one from The Globe and Mail websites that discuss an environmental issues currently occurring in your First Nation territory land (this issue should be current within the last decade of so).
"fish farming salmon BC" site:.cbc.ca
"tar sands alberta first nations" site:theglobeandmail.com
Here is an example of a news article about the negative effects of oil sands production on the health of First Nations groups living in northern Alberta.
After carefully reading your articles, note the following:
a) 1-2 sentences that describe the issue
b) 1-2 sentences that describe the connection to your First Nations group
c) the full name and title (if given) of the people quoted in the article ex: an ecologist, First Nations elder etc
d) any information that provide a SEEP analysis (social, economic, environmental, political)
Example:
a) A scientific study has found that oil sands production in northern Alberta has led to higher-than-normal levels of pollutants in wild-caught foods traditionally consumed by the First Nations. Levels of arsenic and mercury were high enough in muskrat, duck, and moose that they were of concern for young children.
b) Community members are eating less wild-caught foods out of fears over contamination, and increasingly relying on more expensive and sometimes less healthy store-bought foods.
c) David Schindler, professor emeritus of the University of Alberta, said that there have been a number of recent reports that suggest health problems for local communities. Chief Allan Adams from the Athabasca Chipewyan group.
d) Social: aboriginal members feel less healthy than they did a generation ago when they lose their traditional source of food
Economic: : Oil sands production create jobs. Community earns $270 million from industrial contracts with oil sands producers.
Environmental: Oil sands development compromises the environment and wildlife. High levels of heavy metals found in muskrat, duck, and moose. High levels of mercury in snow within 50 km of Fort McMurray, and in bird's eggs in the Athabasca River delta
Political: The study suggests that both First Nations living downstream of the oil sands projects want a greater say in the pace of development and environmental regulations.
Check out "The Canadian Encyclopedia Online" for historical information on your group. Most pages will include a map of where your First Nations group is located in Canada.
Part IV: Environmental Issue
Conduct a site specific search and locate at least one news article from the CBC and one from The Globe and Mail websites that discuss an environmental issues currently occurring in your First Nation territory land (this issue should be current within the last decade of so).
"fish farming salmon BC" site:.cbc.ca
"tar sands alberta first nations" site:theglobeandmail.com
Here is an example of a news article about the negative effects of oil sands production on the health of First Nations groups living in northern Alberta.
After carefully reading your articles, note the following:
a) 1-2 sentences that describe the issue
b) 1-2 sentences that describe the connection to your First Nations group
c) the full name and title (if given) of the people quoted in the article ex: an ecologist, First Nations elder etc
d) any information that provide a SEEP analysis (social, economic, environmental, political)
Example:
a) A scientific study has found that oil sands production in northern Alberta has led to higher-than-normal levels of pollutants in wild-caught foods traditionally consumed by the First Nations. Levels of arsenic and mercury were high enough in muskrat, duck, and moose that they were of concern for young children.
b) Community members are eating less wild-caught foods out of fears over contamination, and increasingly relying on more expensive and sometimes less healthy store-bought foods.
c) David Schindler, professor emeritus of the University of Alberta, said that there have been a number of recent reports that suggest health problems for local communities. Chief Allan Adams from the Athabasca Chipewyan group.
d) Social: aboriginal members feel less healthy than they did a generation ago when they lose their traditional source of food
Economic: : Oil sands production create jobs. Community earns $270 million from industrial contracts with oil sands producers.
Environmental: Oil sands development compromises the environment and wildlife. High levels of heavy metals found in muskrat, duck, and moose. High levels of mercury in snow within 50 km of Fort McMurray, and in bird's eggs in the Athabasca River delta
Political: The study suggests that both First Nations living downstream of the oil sands projects want a greater say in the pace of development and environmental regulations.
