Land Back: A Yellowhead School Online Course
This is an open-access online course from the Yellowhead School about the ways Canada dispossesses Indigenous people of the land, and the strategies communities are using to get it back.
Honour to Senator Murray Sinclair
Content Warning: This short film from Alanis Obomsawin and the National Film Board features Senator [...]
The Story We’ve Been Told About America’s National Parks Is Incomplete
This article in TIME discusses the history of colonial conservation practices in the United States.
Conservation as Colonialism Legacies of Exclusion and Prospects for Inclusion
This paper explores the potential of IPCAs to address the dominant colonial paradigm in modern-day conservation efforts.
Algonquins of Barriere Lake: Man-made Impacts on the Community and Fish & Wildlife, 1870-1979
The purpose of this draft report is to provide a historical overview of the experiences of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake and to develop possible approaches to reconciliation of resource and land use in their territories.
The shady past of Parks Canada: Forced out, Indigenous people are forging a comeback
This article discusses the dark history of national parks in Canada and the effects they had on Indigenous Peoples, and then shifts to Indigenous conservation efforts being taken today.
The intemperate rainforest: nature, culture, and power on Canada’s west coast
This book explores how Canada's West Coast forests have been viewed and controlled by different groups such as foresters, environmentalists, and Indigenous Peoples. It analyzes the political and ideological struggles surrounding the landscapes and focuses on the Clayoquot Sound protests of 1993.
From Wards of the State to Subjects of Recognition? Marx, Indigenous Peoples, and the Politics of Dispossession in Denendeh
This chapter uses Marx's primitive-accumulation to explain the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the state.
Capitalism and Conservation
This book is a series of global case studies that draws connections between conservation and capitalism, and discusses capitalist conservationist practices.
American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation
This article examines how American environmentalism has racist roots against Black and Indigenous people. It discusses how these ideas have spread globally, resulting in "protecting the pristine environment" rather than focusing on supporting the local communities that have been the most effective stewards.