National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
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Vivien Carli
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Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues.
Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
Comparison made on four bases: constitutional recognition of Indigenous population, provisions for self-government, special arrangements for representation in political institutions, and administrative jurisdictions. Looks at examples from around the world.
Presents case studies of participants in the carbon market involving Haida Gwaii, Lummi Nation, Nez Perce, Poplar River First Nations Munsee Delaware Nation, Scolel Te Landowners, West Arnhem Landowners/North Indigenous Savannah Landowners and Maori Landowners.
Examines the Canadian Aboriginal fiscal inter-governmental system by comparing it to other countries. Also focuses on the key characteristics of the Canadian system including the constitutional, legal and fiscal; revenues, functions and responsibilities; reporting arrangements; funding agreements; financial reporting; and Aboriginal and federal fiscal intergovernmental relations.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology , Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 269-279
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Article introduces the Special Issue: Decolonizing Archaeology and the articles it contains. Describes problematic practices within the field and the work being done to change them.
Discusses issues relating to ownership, representation, and control of open data, the individual and collective right to access and privacy, and current approaches to ownership, licensing and use.Chapterr 21 in The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker,
Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 405-407
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Book review of: Indigenous Knowledge and Education: Sites of Struggle, Strength, and Survivance edited by Malia Villegas, Sabina Rak Neugebauer, and Kerry R. Venegas
LGD - Law, Social Justice & Global Development, no. 2, 2013, pp. [1]-23
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Looks at the impact the wall has on the Nde' Apache and the basis for the Truth & Memory Commission. Briefly discusses the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Australian Aboriginal Claims for redress.
Report on conference section of forum held at McGill University Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) in Montreal, August 5-10, 2013.
Discusses issues related to relationships between Indigenous communities and extractive industries and governments.