Acknowledgements
We would like to thank all the people who were involved in this project despite the challenges related to Covid-19. This project was initially supposed to take place on the Nitassinan (innu territory in Quebec), but the pandemic forced us to make important methodological changes. Thus, several meetings were held by videoconference and one face-to-face meeting with the partners took place in the community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam in Quebec.
These exchanges and sharing on the importance of territory and the ways to protect it were very rich. We hope that this electronic resource will be able to accompany and inspire other Indigenous Nations in their approach to protecting the territory.
We would also like to thank the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, without which this project would not have taken place (Connection grant program) and the Maison de la Culture Innue - Shaputuan who warmly welcomed us in November 2021 for the meeting of the project partners.
Community Co-Investigators:
Innuat
Anne-Marie André, Réal Mckenzie, Tabie McKenzie, Lucien Saint-Onge, Samuel Saint-Onge, Evelyne St-Onge, Jean St-Onge and Caroline Vollant,
Atikamekw Nehirowisiwok
Charles Coocoo, Kevin Dubé and Thérèse Niquay
Nlaka'pamux
Amy Charlie, Jonh Haugen and Beverly Phillips
Spuzzum
James Hobart
Squamish
Lenore Baker
Tulı́t'a Dene
Leon Andrew
Káínaa
Randy Bottle and Martin Heavy Head
Sahtú Dene
Walter Bezha
Academic Co-Investigators:
Laurent Jérôme, Peter Johansen, Élisabeth Kaine, Étienne Levac and Jean-François Vachon
Collaborators: Alexandra Baer, Laurie Camirand-Lemyre, Aaron Domes, Émilie Doyon, Nicolas Houde, Deborah Simmons, Catarina Owen, Kayley Laura Lata and Yenny Vergas Cardena
Web Site: Jimmy Fortin and Jean-François Vachon
Illustration: Jean Saint-Onge
Video : François-Mathieu Hotte, Samuel Saint-Onge and Jean-François Vachon
Rights
The images presented on this website are published with the agreement of their owners.
Depending on which materials would be requested for further use, the applicant will be required to obtain written permission from La Boîte Rouge VIF (and possibly other partner organizations) for any use of the content on this website. The authorization of the individuals at the source of these testimonies and/or images could be required.
We would also like to specify that this website does not represent legal advice on territorial protection or other areas. Its purpose is to list and present various projects and resources identified through discussions with participants. The different protection statuses are grouped into categories that have no legal or juridical value.
We would therefore like to state the limits on using the content of this website, including the electronic resources presented.
Intellectual Property
La Boîte Rouge VIF and its partners recognize that the words collected and the images, in the form of photos and videos, resulting from exchanges among members of Indigenous communities during the various phases of the project, remain the physical and intellectual property of these individuals.
