Native Land Use and Common Property: Whose Commons?

• Main Author: Hrenchuck, Carl
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: IASC; common pool resources; indigenous institutions; co-management; land tenure and use; fisheries; resource management; mapping; Cree (North American people); Land Tenure & Use; Canada; Indian; South Indian Lake; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/8178

"From the perspective of southern Canada, northern native land use is commonly seen as taking place in a 'wilderness' setting. In a legal framework, much of the harvesting activity is seen to occur on 'unoccupied Crown land'. The resources involved are often seen as common p...