From prestonh@home.com Mon Jul 16 07:21:04 2001 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f6GEL3089220 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:21:03 -0700 Received: from femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.140]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f6GEL2K06965 for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:21:02 -0700 Received: from c931275-a.home.com ([24.0.234.36]) by femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010716142059.LHQL20529.femail13.sdc1.sfba.home.com@c931275-a.home.com> for ; Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:20:59 -0700 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010716070747.01bf4150@pop3.norton.antivirus> X-Sender: prestonh/mail.sttln1.wa.home.com@pop3.norton.antivirus X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:22:38 -0700 To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: Preston Hardison Subject: Tools for Community Protection of IK Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Brascoup=E9, Simon; Mann, Howard (2001). A Community Guide to Protecting=20 Indigenous Knowledge. Department of Indian Affiars and Northern Development= =20 - Research Affairs Directorate / Affaires indienns et du nord Canada -=20 Direction de la recherche et de l'analyse, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ISBN:=20 0-662-30714-3. http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ Document available for free downloading in PDF format: English http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/ra/ind/gui_e.html French http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/pr/ra/ind/gui_f.html ----- Summary More and more Aboriginal peoples are demanding recognition for the right to= =20 control their own knowledge. Some communities are actively working to=20 preserve their IK. They are collecting and recording oral traditions and=20 knowledge and they are devising ways to make the knowledge more relevant to= =20 young people. Others are taking a legal route to prevent exploitation of=20 their IK. However, finding long-term sustainable solutions to preserve and= =20 protect IK has not been easy. Too often, IK issues are examined from the=20 perspective of researchers and policy makers. Glaringly absent is a=20 community perspective that focuses on community control and management,=20 even though it is the communities, no one else, that are responsible for=20 guarding and transmitting this knowledge. Aboriginal communities in Canada and elsewhere have the ability to do many= =20 of the tasks necessary to protect and control access to their IK. We=20 believe a community-based model can provide a strong framework for these=20 efforts. This guide is designed to help communities establish such a=20 practical model. As you proceed through the guide, community-based=20 solutions should emerge that can help your community realize its Indigenous= =20 knowledge-related goals. Simon Simon Brascoup=E9 Senior Policy Analyst Aboriginal Affairs Branch, Environment Canada Room 2240 (new) 10 Wellington Street, Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3 819 953-9435; Fax 819 953-5975 simon.brascoupe@ec.gc.ca Contents: Introduction What is Indigenous Knowledge? Why does it need preservation and projection? How can Indigenous Knowledge be preserved and protected: a community=20 development model Stage 1: Community organizing and planning Stage 2: Gathering and assessing information Stage 3: Developing and implementing a community-based action plan Into the future - Maintaining an informed community Annex 1: Legal terms glossary Annex 2: General legal and other mechanisms to protect Indigenous Knowledge Annex 3: The use of Intellectual Property Rights: strengths and weaknesses Annex 4: Inuit research guidelines --------------------------- Mati=E8res: Introduction En quoi consistent les connaissances autochtones et pourquoi m=E9ritent-elle= s=20 d'=EAtre pr=E9serv=E9es et prot=E9g=E9es? Comment pr=E9server et prot=E9ger les connaissances autochtones ? (mod=E8le= de=20 d=E9veloppement communautaire) Premi=E8re =E9tape - organisation et planification communautaires Deuxi=E8me =E9tape : rassemblement et =E9valuation des donn=E9es Troisi=E8me =E9tape : =E9laboration et mise en oeuvre d'un plan d'action=20 communautaire Regard vers l'avenir - maintien d'une collectivit=E9 =E9clair=E9e Annexe 1 : glossaire de termes juridiques Annexe 2 : m=E9canismes juridiques g=E9n=E9raux et autres visant =E0= prot=E9ger les=20 connaissancess autochtones Annexe 3 : utilisation des droits de propri=E9t=E9 intellectuelle -- forces= et=20 faiblesses Annexe 4 : lignes directrices sur les recherches inuit [Source: "Dionne Stout,Tamara [NCR]" and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/] .