Daum Shanks, Signa A.

MacDougall and Evans discuss their work developing a Métis digital archive database. Innes discusses culturally-mixed bands and cultural similarities of First Nation and Métis peoples. Signa Daum Shanks speaks about using community stories to improve modern community relationships. Duration: 1:18:18

Looks at socio-economic conditions in New France, French colonial law, and an indigenous woman arguing her case in Montreal court in 1740.

Book reviews of: Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan; Our Dream is That Our Peoples Will One Day Be Recognized as Nations, by Harold Cardinal; They Will Have Our Words: The Dene Elders Project, Volume 2, produced by Lynda Holland, Mary Ann Kkailther; They Knew Both Sides of Medicine: Cree Tales of Curing and Cursing, as Told by Alice Ahenakew.

Argues the volume of research needs to increase; recognition of importance of distinction between "historic" and "historical" is needed by legal practitioners; lawyers need to be more candid with clients about probability of a litigation's success; and clearer communication needs to take place about understandings of what an "economic" role is.

Discusses the fiduciary obligations that exist for municiplaities in regards to First Nations reserves.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 2003.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2015.

Book review of: Strong Hearts, Native Lands by Anna J. Willow.

Book review of Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law by John Borrows.