Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Discussion of principles involved in information management practices with respect to researchers and governments.
Of this Land, On this Land: Indigenous Artists Challenging the Racial Logics of Liberal Modernity
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Morrissette
Description
Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Refers to works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Kade Twist, Christian Chapman, the Ogimaa Mikana Project, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Carl Beam, Merritt Johnson, A Tribe Called Red, and Fallon Simard.
Oil and Gas Exploitation on Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ Territories: Human Rights, International Law and Corporate Social Responsibility
Alternate Title
Gáldu Čála ; no. 4, 2006
Galdu Cala ; no. 4, 2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rune S. Fjellheim
John B. Henriksen
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Partnership in Action? Indigenous Political Mobilization and Co-optation During the First UN Indigenous Decade (1995-2004)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Corntassel
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 29, 2007, pp. 137-166
Description
Looks at effectiveness of transnational Indigenous action networks and how Indigenous movements have become mainstreamed in the United Nations structure.
Pasqua Band Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Description
Agreement to fulfill Treaty Number Four land provisions.
Paul First Nation Kapasiwin Townsite Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines the Paul First Nation's alleging mismanagement of the sales of surrendered lands. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Paul Indian Band Inquiry - Kapasawin Townsite Claim - Public Release - June 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, correspondence/letters, reports, legal papers, maps, field notes, transcripts, submissions and the Final Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
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.
The Placebo Effect: International Patent Law and the Protection of Traditional Plant Medicine
Theses
Author/Creator
Konstantia Koutouki
Description
Law Thesis (LL.D)--Université de Montréal, 2007.
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.
The Politics of Kith and Kin: Observations on the British Columbia Government’s Reaction to the Death of Sherry Charlie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Cradock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 2007, pp. 15-33
Description
Discussion of the difficulties Aboriginal child welfare agencies face when operating in a system that is not designed for their needs.
Post-Soviet Structures, Path-Dependency and Passivity in Chukotkan Coastal Villages
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bent Nielsen
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 163-181
Description
Article examines and compares conditions during the early Soviet years and the early post Soviet era.
Première Nation Anishinabée de Roseau River Enquête sur la Cession de 1903
Alternate Title
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. (French language version). Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Première Nation de Paul Enquête sur le Lotissement Urbain de Kapasiwin
Alternate Title
Paul First Nation Kapasiwin Townsite Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines the Paul First Nation's alleging mismanagement of the sales of surrendered lands. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Première Nation de Saulteau Enquête Relative aux Droits Fonciers Issus de Traité et aux Terres Individuelles
Alternate Title
Saulteau First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement and Lands in Severality Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report examines an alleged shortfall of land and a claim for land under the provisions of Treaty 8. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Première Nation Ojibway de Sandy Bay Enquête sur les Droits Fonciers Issus de Traité
Alternate Title
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Focuses on the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim and examines the history including the 1913 and 1930 Order in Councils and problems regarding historical population counts. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Preparing For the Day After Treaty: A Conference for First Nations: Conference Presentations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nelson Leeson
Paul Kaludjak
Joseph Arvay
Matthew Coon Come
Thomas Berger ... [et al.]
Description
Transcripts of conference keynote addresses, workshops and panel discussions.
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 Indigenous Peoples' Lands: Making Room for the Application of Indigenous Peoples' Laws Within the Canadian Legal System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 31-69
Description
Discusses how to achieve a postcolonial legal consciousness, recognize Indigenous law, and better protect Indigenous people's rights.
Protecting Indigenous Peoples Through Socially Responsible Investment
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin J. Richardson
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 205-234
Description
Assesses a new approach to safeguarding Indigenous people by targeting institutions that finance projects that can potentially alter, in a negative way, Indigenous lifestyles.
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
Reclaiming Our Way of Being: Matrimonial Real Property Solutions Position Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Describes how the Matrimonial Real Property (MRP) Solutions initiative created a safe environment where First Nations women could share their concerns, experiences, ideas, and possible solutions.
Recolonizing Ecuador's Oriente: Oil, Agriculture, and the Myth of Empty Lands
Theses
Author/Creator
Darcy Ann Gaechter
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2007.
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.
Redeveloping Development: Negotiating Relationships for Advancing an Indigenous Women's Agenda
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Hunter
Isobel M. Findley
Louise Clarke
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2007, pp. 33-43
Description
Investigates how Indigenous women's stories advance culturally relevant alternatives to traditional neo-liberal models of development.
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.
Renewing the Land Reform
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leonardo Tamburini
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, 2007, pp. 36-56
Description
Looks at rural development policy based around "Community Renewal of the Agrarian Reform" establishing a model more in keeping with a process of socio-economic change enabling the state to gain more control.
To access this article, scroll down to page 36.
Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sidney B. Linden
Description
Access to: Vol. 1: Investigation and Findings; Vol. 2: Policy Analysis; Vol. 3: Inquiry Process; Vol. 4: Executive Summary. Purpose of the Inquiry was to investigate the death of Dudley George and make recommendations to prevent such violence occuring in the future.
Report of the Ministerial Representative Matrimonial Real Property Issues on Reserves
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wendy Grant-John
Researching and Asserting Aboriginal Rights in Rupert's Land
Theses
Author/Creator
John Stewart Murdoch
Description
Native American Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2007.
Reshaping Crown-First Nation Relationships Amid Changing Contexts: An Examination of the Intersection Between the Crown’s Promise of a New Relationship and the Implementations of the Forest and Range Agreement
Theses
Author/Creator
Jessica Rogers
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.S.)--The University of British Columbia, 2007.
Residential Schools: Did They Really Close or Just Morph Into Child Welfare?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 71-78
Description
Article provides background on the complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission seeking redress for an inequitable child funding policy.
Responses From Aboriginal Women in Seven (7) INAC-Funded Shelters Regarding Matrimonial Real Property (MRP)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence (NACAFV)
Description
Responses based on consultations with 42 First Nations women regarding options presented by the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
A Restatement of the Common Law of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Alternate Title
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2007-02
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
Zeke Fletcher
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Comments on the length of time it took for the Band to be re-recognized as a sovereign nation.
Revising Strategies: The Intersection of Literature and Activism in Contemporary Native Women's Writing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa J. Udel
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 62-82
Description
Examines how Native American authors Winona LaDuke, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn and Linda Hogan share the goal of decolonization through their writings with the objective of producing an educated reader/activist.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.
The Rising of the Ongwehònwe: Sovereignty, Identity, and Representation of the Six Nations Reserve
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrea Lucille Catapano
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D)--Stony Brook University, 2007.
The Road to Empowerment: Strengthening the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act: Volume 1: Old Ways, New Challenges
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sedfrey M. Candelaria
Victoria P. Dinopol
Gert A. Gust
Rey Danilo C. Lacson
Jill Lopez ... [et al.]
Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader's Quest for Justice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nicholas Brown
Aboriginal History , vol. 31, 2007, pp. 202-203
Description
Book review of: Rob Riley by Quentin Beresford.
Review located by scrolling to page 202.
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy. [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
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Focuses on the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim and examines the history including the 1913 and 1930 Order in Councils and problems regarding historical population counts. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry, Public Edition - October 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, legal documents, correspondence/letters, Field notes, excerpts, submissions, transcrips and the Inquiry Report in French and English. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
The Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans’ Association: Issues Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
RAG-Top Consulting
Description
Summarizes issues and compiles information, from various sources, in order to determine the best course of action to address the benefit grievances of Aboriginal Veterans.
Saulteau First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement and Lands in Severalty Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report examines an alleged shortfall of land and a claim for land under the provisions of Treaty 8. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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.
Seeking Measures of Justice: Aboriginal Women's Rights Claims, Legal Orders, and Politics
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 79th, 2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Val Napoleon
Description
Discusses, in a broader political framework, the need for greater inclusion of Aboriginal women in academic and political circles.
A Serpentine Path: The Impact of Legal Decisions on Aboriginal Rights and Title on the Conduct of Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick André Richmond
Description
Dispute Resolution Thesis (M.A.)---University of Victoria, 2007.