Osoyoos Indian Band v. Oliver (Town), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 746, 2001 SCC 85
Alternate Title
Osoyoos Indian Band Appellant v. The Town of Oliver and Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia Respondents [...]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Dispute involving reserve land taken for the public purpose of an irrigation canal.
The Peace Process in Chiapas Has Suffered a New Setback
Articles » General
Author/Creator
[International Peace Service - SIPAZ]
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, p. 70
Description
Brief article provides an update on political developments in Chiapas, Mexico.
To access this article scroll down to page 70.
Perceptions and Parameters of Education as a Treaty Right Within the Context of Treaty 7
Alternate Title
Perceptions and Parameters of Education as a Treaty Right Within the Context of Treaty Seven
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Description
Educational Administration and Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001.
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
Plain Talk 10: First Nations Education
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Articulates why Indigenous people have strong feelings regarding education rights and why it should be delivered in a culturally appropriate method.
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Iñupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Inŋitchuŋa
Alternate Title
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.
PM's Committee Ponders $11b Proposal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 8, December 2001, p. 1
Description
Describes the strategies employed by First Nations National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he seeks to ensure First Nations issues be included in the federal government's upcoming Throne Speech.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
The Political Dimension of Aboriginal Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Larry N. Chartrand
Description
Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--Queen's University, 2001.
A Primer on the Constitutional Duty to Consult
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
OKT Law
Description
Explains the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 to protect Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Protecting Ingenious Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nerida Blair
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 15, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage by Marie Battiste and James (Sa'Ke'j) Youngblood Henderson.
The Pursuit of Inuit Sovereignty in Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 46-49
Description
Looks at the Greenland Self-Government Act which is an extension of the Home Rule Act
Pushed to the Edge of Extinction: Racism Against Indigenous Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Joanna Birenbaum
Andrew Orkin
Racial Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples: A Global Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chandra Roy
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, pp. 8-14
Description
Analyzes the major historical issues contributing to this problem.
To access this article scroll down to page 8.
Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeanette Villeneuve
BC Studies, no. 130, Summer, 2001, pp. 125-126
Description
Book review of: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision edited by Marie Battiste.
To access this review, scroll to page 125.
Red Pens, White Paper: Wider Implications of Coulthard’s Call to Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Burkhart
David J. Carlson
Billy J. Stratton
Theodore C. Van Alst
Carol Edelman Warrior
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 111-128
Description
Article is the transcript of a round table discussion the authors participated in at the Native American Literature Symposium at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday March 17, 2016. Panelists were discussing Glen Sean Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition.
Rejecting the Standard Discourse on Dispossession Métis Lands in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D'Arcy Vermette
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 87-119
Description
Looks at four reasons to reject the standard discourse: reliance on negative proof, represents governmental apologist manoeuvring, based on methodological individualism, the undermining of Aboriginal cultures in the writings of Thomas Flanagan.
Residential Schools: [The Report]
Alternate Title
Dark Night Field Notes #17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roland Chrisjohn
Description
Excerpts from conference held in Fredericton, New Brunswick on May 24, 2000. Author discusses his report written for Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Justice and his book The Circle Game.
Resource Conflict in the First Nations Post-Treaty Environment
Theses
Author/Creator
Diane Elizabeth Cragg
Description
Conflict Analysis Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001. Conflict about the harvesting of the Pine Mushroom (tricholoma magnivelare) in Nisga'a territory.
Return of the Pipeline
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Crump
Northern Perspectives, vol. 27, no. 1, Fall/Winter, 2001, pp. 1-3
Description
Introductory article to the oil and gas issue that chronicles past development and states current proposals in relation to unresolved land and governance issues.
Risk and Alienation: Changing Patterns in Aboriginal Resource Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 24, Territory(ies)=Territoire(s), Fall, 2001, pp. 59-76
Description
Discusses methodology used and initial findings from land use and occupancy study undertaken by the Whitefish Lake First Nation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59.
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Inquiry: Medical Aid Claim
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) in respect to the Crown deducting payments for medical aid from 1909-1934 from the Band's interest trust account. ICC recommended that the claim be accepted for negotiation and that the subject of medical aid is worthy of a comprehensive study to clarify the intentions of the various treaties. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Russian Laws on Indigenous Issues: Guarantees, Communities, Territories of Transitional Land Use: Translated and Commented
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maksim Zadorin
Olga Klisheva
Ksenia Vezhlivtseva
Daria Antufieva
Sacred Water Sites and Indigenous Healers in Southern Africa: The Need to Protect Knowledge, Nature and Resource Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Penny Bernard
Description
Explores the role of water spirits in the belief system of Africans and the ramifications of environmental threats to sacred pools. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
"Searching for the Bone Needle": The Sto:lo Nation's Continuing Quest for Justice
Theses
Author/Creator
Wenona Victor
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.
Self-Government in Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jens Dahl
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 36-41
Description
Describes the transformation of Home Rule from it's conception in 1979 to the appointment of a self-government commission in 1999.
To access this article scroll down to page 36.
Settler Colonial Ways of Seeing: Documentary Governance of Indigenous Life in Canada and Its Disruption
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Taschereau Mamers
Description
Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
Situational Analysis: A Background Paper on HIV/AIDS and Aboriginal People
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Special Working Group on Aboriginal Issues?]
Small Nations and Democracy's Prospects
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Inroads , vol. 10, May 2001, pp. [137-149]
Description
Looks at global movement to reverse autocratic policies.
Snuneymuxw Treaty Negotiations: Draft Consultation Agreement-in-Principle
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia
Snuneynuxw First Nation
Federal Government of Canada
Description
Presents a general summary of agreement for public information purposes.
Social Welfare and North American First Nations: A Socialist Political Economy Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
G. Brent Andell
Judith M. Dunlop
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 333-353
Description
Argues that the creation of government social programs have failed to generate either compliance or autonomy.
Socio-Economic Impact Agreements in Canada 1990-2001: Aboriginal Expectations Meet Conventional Legal, Financial, and Business Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
W. J. Wolfe
Description
Discusses the negotiating problems between Aboriginal groups and mining companies and the need to develop a long-term vision about mineral development.
The Socioeconomic Impact of Indian Gaming on Kumeyaay Nations: A Case Study of Barona, Viejas, and Sycuan, 1982-2016
Theses
Author/Creator
Ethan Lawrence Banegas
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of San Diego, 2017.
Some Notes on Political Theory and American Indian Values: The Case of the Muscogee Creeks
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyotpaul (Joy) Chaudhuri
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 129-135
Description
Examines the political and cultural values of the Muskogee Creeks.
Sovereign Bodies: Urban Indigenous Health and the Politics of Self-Determination in Seattle and Sydney, 1950-1980
Theses
Author/Creator
Maria John
Description
[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2017.
Sovereignty and Decolonization: Realizing Indigenous Self-Determination at the United Nations and in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Audrey Jane Roy
Description
Indigenous Governance Programs Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2001.
The Spirit and Intent of Treaty Eight : A Sagaw Eeniw Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheldon Cardinal
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.
The Spirit of Indigenous Youth: The Resilience and Self-Determination in Connecting to the Spirit and Ways of Knowing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Freeman
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 60-75
Description
Comments on the resilience and activism of a youth group known as "The Spirit of the Youth".
The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples [vol. 3]: Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Aleman Cunningham
Karla Jessen Williamson
Yvonne Vizina
Prashanta K. Tripura ... [et al.]
Stories of the Voiceless
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aküm Longchari
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, pp. 8-13
Description
Describes the enduring conflict between the Indian state government and the Naga people in Nagalim, located in the northeast part of India.
To access this article scroll down to page 8.
Structures of Settler Colonial Domination in Israel and in the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Johanna Fernandez
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 29-44
Description
Describes and compares the politics of land, sovereignty, labour, race relations and law enforcement enacted in the two countries by settler governments. Details general practices and events which illustrate the politics described.
Subsistence in Northern Communities: Lessons from Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas F. Thornton
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 82-102
Description
Discusses idea that failure to consider subsistence economies has caused a crisis in Alaska and talks about lessons learned.
Taxation on the Little Portage Reserve: An Issue for First Nation Governance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Medd
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 17-22
Description
Fictional case study. Debates the merits of First Nations imposing taxes on Non-Aboriginals and/or Aboriginals.
Tensions and Militarization in West Papua: Prison, Torture and Murder in Jayapura: Twelve Days in an Indonesian Jail
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Oswald Iten
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, pp. 26-31
Description
First person account of journalist's time in prison observing torture against other prisoners.
To access this article scroll down to page 26.
This Is My Hope: Lecture Notes From a Cultural Survival Conference, "Justice Before Reconciliation in Canada," Harvard Universit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jack Penashue
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 2, Endangered Languages, Endangered Lives, Summer, 2001
Description
Overview of problems facing the Innu people, the continuation of working towards self-government agreements and fair land rights settlements.
This Land Knows Me: Indigenous Land Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kristyna Bishop
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, Mining Indigenous Lands, Spring, 2001
Description
Describes First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) and their mandate to ensure indigenous peoples have their basic human rights respected by national governments.
Three Years On: What Has Happened to the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples? [RCAP]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Reynolds
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 93-100
Description
Examines the reasons for the creation of RCAP, commenting that it often takes a major political upheaval to move governments to implement their recommendations.
The Top Ten Uncertainties of Aboriginal Title after Tsilhqot’in
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
Treaty Land Entitlement in Saskatchewan: Conflicts in Land Use and Occupancy in the Witchekan Lake Area
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda V. McLeod
Description
Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2001.