Ni-Kes Lands Management Plan – Little Grand Rapids First Nation
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Little Grand Rapids First Nation "Ni-Kes" Lands Management Plan Manitoba Planning Area December 2012 Prepared by Little Grand Rapids First Nation and the Government of Manitoba Table of Contents Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................................... 4 Dedication ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 6 Section 1: Vision, Goals, Objectives and Guiding Principles.................................................... 7 Vision .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Goals ........................................................................................................................................... 9 Objectives ................................................................................................................................... 9 Guiding Principles .................................................................................................................... 10 Section 2: Current Land and Resource Uses ............................................................................ 13 Current Little Grand Rapids First Nation land and resource uses ............................................ 14 Other land uses and tenure ........................................................................................................ 14 Ecological Overview ................................................................................................................. 15 Climate ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Vegetation and Land Cover ................................................................................................................ 15 Waters ................................................................................................................................................ 15 Bedrock and Surficial Geology .......................................................................................................... 15 Wildlife ............................................................................................................................................... 16 Section 3 : Lands Management Direction ................................................................................. 17 Traditional Use and Occupancy ................................................................................................ 18 Atikaki Provincial Park ............................................................................................................. 19 Cabins – community or hunting/trapping ................................................................................. 19 Climate Change ......................................................................................................................... 19 Commercial Trapping ............................................................................................................... 19 Economic development, Dispositions and Resource Allocations ............................................. 20 Species at Risk and of Special Concern .................................................................................... 20 Energy Development and Energy Transmission Corridors ...................................................... 20 Fire Management / Suppression................................................................................................ 20 Fishing....................................................................................................................................... 21 Forestry ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Fuel Caches ............................................................................................................................... 21 Garbage and human waste ........................................................................................................ 21 Hunting ..................................................................................................................................... 21 Mineral exploration and mining ................................................................................................ 22 2 | P a g e Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 22 Moose Fall Harvest ................................................................................................................... 22 Non-timber forest products (NTFP).......................................................................................... 22 Special Sites (Cultural, burial, ceremonial etc.) ....................................................................... 22 Tourism ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Transportation (winter, temporary and all-season roads) ......................................................... 23 Research, Interpretation and Education .................................................................................... 24 Waterways and water quality .................................................................................................... 24 Section 4: Land Use Areas ......................................................................................................... 25 Enhanced Management Area .................................................................................................... 26 Commercial Area ...................................................................................................................... 27 Protected Area ........................................................................................................................... 27 Mishipawitigong: Cultural Waterway Protected Area .............................................................. 28 Pigeon River Protected Area ..................................................................................................... 28 Little Grand Rapids Planning Area Portion of Atikaki Provincial Park ................................... 28 Special Sites .............................................................................................................................. 29 Mishipawitigong - Cultural Waterway Management ............................................................... 29 Section 5: Plan Implementation ................................................................................................. 31 Plan Approval Process .............................................................................................................. 32 Little Grand Rapids Stewardship Board ................................................................................... 33 Glossary & Sources ..................................................................................................................... 34 List of Figures Figure 1 Little Grand Rapids Registered Trapline Section / Traditional Use Planning Area Map………….……...........................................................................................................……..12 Figure 2 Little Grand Rapids Lands Management Plan, Land Use Areas Map…………………….30 3 | P a g e Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following programs, people and organizations: Funding Agencies: Manitoba Heritage Historic Research Program Manitoba Sustainable Development Innovations Fund Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Community Economic Opportunity Program Ontario Forestry Futures Trust Program Canadian Boreal Initiative Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin Inc. MacArthur Grant Foundation Manitoba Government Ontario Government List of organizations: Little Grand Rapids First Nation Chief and Council Whelan Enns Associates Inc. Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin Secretariat Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship Special people who have contributed: Dr. Peter Kulchyski Dr. Maureen Matthews List of planning team members: Little Grand Rapids members: Augustine Keeper (Lands Planning Coordinator), Winston Keeper Jr., Enil Keeper (Lands Planning Coordinator), Martin Owens (Chief 2010 – 2011), Councillor Hilda Crow, Councillor Wendy Leveque, Jared Whelan, Manitoba members: John Irwin (retired), Joann Hebert, Cheryl Prosser, Alison Haugh (alternate) And our Elders, whose ancestral and traditional knowledge has helped us understand our past and guide us in the future. Without their contribution we would not have been able to complete this Plan. To other people and organizations not listed here but who have helped us develop this Plan, thank you for your contributions through your research and experience. 4 | P a g e Dedication This Lands Management Plan is dedicated to the memory of Frank Duck (Ni-Kes) whose knowledge and way of life continue to be an inspiration to the people of Little Grand Rapids Frank Duck (Ni-Kes) was born on a family trapline near Little Grand Rapids on May 12, 1937. Ni-Kes had three sisters and two brothers. Although he never married, he had many nieces and nephews.