Looks at the effects of government policy in both Australia and Canada and the lack of progress addressing long term solutions for Aboriginal communities.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 87, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 29-52
Description
Studies history of legislation by which individuals could renounce Indian "status" and gain Canadian citizenship through the Department of Indian Affairs.
Canada, USA and Australia describe United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as "profoundly imperfect;" contrary to Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Aboriginal Affairs assessment and support of the document.
Social Semiotics, vol. 15, no. 1, Charged Crossings: Cultural Studies of Law, April 2005, pp. 59-80
Description
Discusses how past colonial laws have harmed Aboriginal peoples and offers alternative forms of justice to redress the effects of those policies and practices.
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Looks at ways to fill the gap in voluntary services and program supports offered to First Nations children, youth and families living on reserve nationally.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 19-39
Description
Analyzes three types of political action First Nations' people have undertaken: acts of civil disobedience, general policy protests and international protests.
Discusses how the Irish have facilitated litigation in the interests of justice regarding the removal of children from their families and how that concept could be applied in Australia.
The Brown Journal of World Affairs, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer/Fall, 2004, pp. 149-161
Description
Looks at the process aimed to reconcile Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and discusses the challenges and recommendations for all Australians to work together as equal partners.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 363-386
Description
Discusses the history of injustice against Indigenous peoples and ethnocultural minorities in British Columbia, and a case study that looks at the impact of reparation displacement.
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; November 2010
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 11-120]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bjorn Rutten
Description
Examines security challenges of Arctic including consequences of climate change, natural and man-made disasters, sovereignty-related issues, and sustainability and resiliency of communities.
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children.
Duration: 2:42:53.