Bartlett, Richard H.

Significance of the history of the denial of the vote to Aboriginal peoples of Canada.

Discusses the negative impact several major dams have had on aboriginal communities in western Canada.

Discussion of the Key Lake Inquiry in light of treaty rights and Aboriginal title.

Examination of the rights of Aboriginal people of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba regarding the use and control of water on reserve lands.

Traces the various legislations which dealt with the imposition of taxes both by the government and the Indian bands. The article also discusses how the issue of the right to vote became entangled with that of taxation.

Reviews the establishment of reserves in Ontario, differences in mineral rights and the implications of the 1924 Canada-Ontario Indian Reserve Lands Agreement.

Suggests that decisions made in the United States may point to the general direction in which Canadian courts may move.

Reviews legal events from the January 1980 - Fall 1982 period, including the failure of Aboriginal efforts to prevent the passage of the Canada Act in English Courts.

Explains how two Canadian court cases provide support for Aboriginal title, in common law, in Australia.

Argues that the Supreme Court of Canada needs to consider Abroiginal title in accordance with the principles of equality.

Examines various cases with respect to fiduciary obligations of the Crown, and argues that there seems to be a movement to discount the distinction between surrendered and unsurrendered reserve land.

Argues that Canadian Federal policy, via the Indian Act has failed to keep obligations that were made during treaty negotiations.