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Group discusses questions such as, what are some of the biggest challenges regarding gender, sexuality, and Indigenous law? Duration: 1:13:22.

First half of an interview with the Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria and a law professor at the University of Victoria. Duration: 29:55. Access Part two.

Second half of an interview with the Director of the Indigenous Law Research Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, and a law professor from the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria. Duration: 26:41. Access Part one.

To accompany graphic novel developed to illustrate concepts of Indigenous law.

Discusses: typical mechanisms, community-based justice models, and processes derived from Indigenous legal traditions; governance, community and participant considerations for discussion; and guiding questions and building blocks. Includes examples of existing models and how they function.

Discusses incorporating individual experiences and circumstances into discussions of collective self-determination and what strategies are needed to move forward.

Looks at the respect and disrespect displayed between elders and youth.

Relates stories involving the Gitksan in northern British Columbia.

Discusses First Nations citizenship and nationhood by looking at the Indian Act and First Nations band membership as well as First Nations concept of nationhood and citizenship and colonial influences.

Describes research methodology used in a project called Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Project.

Comments on an action plan proposed for addressing violence against Indigenous women.

Suggests several strategies that aboriginal peoples might consider for research relating to their land, environment, resources and non-human life forms.

Contextualizes the recovery of legal traditions by looking at past, present and future debates about Indigenous laws, and looks at one example of a legal concept, the wetiko or windigo which describes people who are harmful or destructive to others. Chapter in book: The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Law edited by Markus D. Dubber and Tatjana Hornle.

Paper explores and discusses customary law among the Gitksan of northwest British Columbia.

Book review of: Making Native Space by Cole Harris. To access this review, scroll to page 114.

Argues that legal principles in pre-contact Aboriginal times can be articulated and extended to apply to current day sexual issues.

Discusses formal, informal and Indigenous law at conference held at the Church of St. John the Divine, Victoria, B.C., April 26 - 27, 2013. Duration: 27:06.

Introduction to special issue.

Comments on the law research methodology developed by the Indigenous Law Research Unit.

Discusses, in a broader political framework, the need for greater inclusion of Aboriginal women in academic and political circles.

Author uses experiences with decentralized societies in western Canada to understand Indigenous legal orders and law.

Looks at experiences and trends in the implementation of local law by examining the work of the Alexis First Nation Justice Committee. Chapter seventeen from the book: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: Current Trends and Issues edited by Yale D. Belanger.