Coates, Ken

Book review of: "Enough to Keep Them Alive": Indian Welfare in Canada, 1873-1965 by Hugh Shewell.

Discuss the cultural aspects of the trial and execution of two Inuit men for murder in 1923.

Looks at several works: Muittalus Samiid Birra by Johan Turi, Terveisiä Lapista by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Saamelaiset by Kirsti Paltto.

Examines factors which led to transition from life on the land to living in communities established in locations determined by administrative convenience rather than traditional land use patterns. Argues development of interventionist approaches by the federal government and Dept. of Indian Affairs were primarily responsible for the change.

Book review of: #Idlenomore and the Remaking of Canada by Ken Coates.

Book reviews of: From Recognition to Reconciliation by Patrick Macklem, Douglas Sanderson. From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer, Ken. S. Coates. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 150.

Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.

Book review of: Northern Visions edited by Kerry Abel and Ken Coates.

Discusses how the Indian Act is steadily losing its authority and is slowly being replaced with more complex agreements.

Looks at the transfer of Federal government power and authority to local governments in the Territorial North and the accompanying challenges.

Summary from the paper entitled a New Beginnings: How Canada's Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With Aboriginal People. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.

Examines issues and implications related to the transfer of political authority to the governments of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Issues include autonomy, integration, responsibility, accountability and capacity.

Brief article looks a challenges facing the Circumpolar North including climate change, resource development, and technology. Scroll down to page 14 to read article.

Collection of primary documents relating to first Inuit tried and executed for murder under Canadian law.

Argues that identity, which was previously characterized by the colonizer/colonized relationship, has become a more complex issue, with definitions ranging from the personal to the international.

After examining the development of Indian policy in the Yukon Territories, government agents were required to adjust procedures and policies from a national perspective to better meet regional realities.

Outlines Aboriginal peoples' struggle in the Maritimes for equal rights and their reliance on the land for economic, social, political and cultural survival.

Presents full themed issue focused on the lasting legacy of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and how it defined North American politics.

Outlines recommendations for a strategy on engagement in the liquefied natural gas industry.

Book review of: Countering Civilization: Native American Women and Great Lakes Missions, 1630-1900 by Carol Devens.

Examines the history and future of Indigenous legal property rights in Canada.