NATIONAL ABORIGINAL FORESTRY ASSOCIATION

Strategy: Forest Land and Resources for Aboriginal Peoples

An intervention submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the National Aboriginal Forestry Association

Ottawa, Ontario
July, 1993

Table of Contents

Introduction

• The Issue
• The Objective
• Access to Resources

Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Renewable Resources

• Introduction
• Aboriginal Title
• The Crown's Fiduciary Responsibilities
• The Crown's Fiduciary Obligations and Forest Management
• The Meaning of Consultation

Provincial Forest Resource Access Policies

• Introduction
• Forests
• Rice and Berries
• Wildlife

Barriers to Forest Resource Opportunities

• Timber
• Traditional Resources

Overcoming the Barriers

• Kluskus Indian Band (British Columbia)
• Little Red River Cree Nation (Alberta)
• Fort McMurray Band (Alberta)
• Mamo Atoskewin Atikamekw Aassociation (Quebec)
• Grand Council of the Cree (Quebec)
• Tanizul Timber Limited
• Norsask Forest Products Limited
• Mathas Colomb First Nation - Manitoba Moose and Woodland Caribou Co-management Agreement
• Sipanok Area Management and Development Agreement
• F.S.I.N. - Saskatchewan MOU on Wildlife
• The Teme-Augama Anishnabai - Ontario MOU and the Wendaban Stewardship Authority
• The Algonquins of Barriere Lake - Quebed Partnership
• Resource Access Initiatives in British Columbia
• Joint Stewardship
• Xax'lip First Nation Joint Stewardship Agreement
• First Nations Forestry Council
• The Prince Albert Model Forest

Conclusions and Recommendations

References

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