Northern Dene Bibliography - Northern Waterways

| are examined to establish whether they have the effect of
| depriving the Aboriginal Peoples of that right. The
| examination reveals that although their rights have been
| seriously infringed, the Aboriginal Peoples are still
| treated as communities with their own territorial base and
| governmental structures, governing themselves, albeit to a
| limited degree.
| Finally, the thesis focuses on the Dene, using
| anthropological material to show that they were self-
| governing prior to contact with Europeans and that they
| continued to exercise this right until the present century.
| Although from the 1950s, the government has exercised
| extensive control over them, the Dene are seeking to
| preserve their values and retain control over their lives.
| In so doing, they are continuing to exercise their
| aboriginal right of self-government, which should be
| entitled to constitutional protection. (Abstract shortened
| by UMI.)
|ACCESSION NO.: AAGMM89117
| TITLE: DENE LEADERSHIP STYLES
| AUTHOR: POCKLINGTON, SARAH LYNNE
| DEGREE: M.A.
| YEAR: 1994
| INSTITUTION: TRENT UNIVERSITY (CANADA); 0513
| ADVISER: Adviser: ALEXANDER LOCKHART
| SOURCE: MAI, VOL. 33-01, Page 0103, 00198 Pages
| DESCRIPTORS: SOCIOLOGY, ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES; HISTORY, CANADIAN
| ISBN: 0-315-89117-3
| ABSTRACT: This work focuses primarily on the leadership of the Dene
| Nation (originally the I.B.N.W.T.) since the creation of the
| organization in the late 1960's up to present day.
| Specifically, it looks at how decisions have been made by
| the various Dene Nation presidents, Chiefs and other
| leaders, as well as how effective the decision-making
| process has been during this period. Based primarily on
| content analysis, this study examines the minutes of the
| various Dene Nation National Assemblies since the formation
| of the organization. This is combined with a number of
| weighty interviews I conducted with Dene Chiefs, leaders,
| community residents and members of the Dene Nation
| Executive. It appears that once all of the data are applied
| to a theoretical model that I developed, the Dene are closer
| to a consensual style of decision-making than to majority
| rule. However, while the conclusions reached in this study
| support this Dene assertion overall, it is clear that the
| Dene have incorporated enough elements from the adversary
| system that further change towards this system of decision-
| making is both possible and probable without a conscious
| effort on their part to prevent it.
|ACCESSION NO.: AAGMM83206
| TITLE: THE INDIAN AGENTS OF FORT CHIPEWYAN: BUREAUCRATS IN
| ISOLATION (ALBERTA)
| AUTHOR: MACKENZIE, PATRICK NIVEN
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