Oral Intervention by Sharon Venne on Behalf of the Lubicon Cree, extensive appendices included providing history of the claim.
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Sharon Venne
Description
Presentation to the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, United Natioins.
Organizational Change and Conflict: A Case Study of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 3-28
Description
Evaluates the effects of several reform movements that challenged Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) domination over Native American reservation communities in the 1970's.
The Osoyoos Indian Band, Canadian Wildlife Service, and the Species at Risk Act: Lack of Consultation, and Perpetuation of Underdevelopment on Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol Mammel
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 85-103
Description
Discusses how imposition of the Act's prohibitions and lack of cooperation by the Wildlife Service, affected the Band's plans for economic development.
The Other Movement: Indian Rights and Civil Rights in the Deep South
Alternate Title
Contemporary American Indian Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Denise E. Bates
Our Homes are Bleeding: A Short History of Indian Reserves
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruben Ware
Description
Looks a definitions for reserve, the Indian land policy, the Indian Reserves Commission, the McKenna-McBride Commission, what is a Cut-off, the Cut-off lands, and the first Cut-off.
Our Land: Native Rights in Canada
Alternate Title
Canadian Issues Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Donald Purich
Our Nationhood
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands.
Duration: 1:36:00.
Our Native Peoples: the Illegitimacy of Canadian Citizenship and the Canadian Federation for the Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Brown
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1998.
Our Story: A Historical Reflection of the Carcross/Tagish First Nations' Land Claims Process
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marilyn Jensen
Description
Story of the Tagish, Athapaskan and Inland Tlingit's struggle to regain their traditional life.
“Ours from the top to the very bottom”: Seneca Land, Colonial Development, Proto-Conservation, and Resistance in the Early American Republic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Dennis
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 44, no. 1, 2020, pp. 1-34
Description
An exploration of Seneca's battle to their assert sovereignty over their lands in the face of challenges, historically by progressive conservatism and now by modern environmentalism.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Gender, Indigenous Rights, and Energy Development in Northeast British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.
Outside the Rules: Invisible American Indians in New York State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel W. Rose
Richard A. Rose
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 30, no. 2, Fall, 2015, pp. 56-76
Description
Discusses tribes which have been ignored or forgotten and have ambiguous status, and the role that academics have played in shaping what constitutes legitimate Indigenous identity.
Painting the Vision
Alternate Title
Undefeated: Part III
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. M. MacDonald
The Beaver, vol. 71, no. 4, August/September 1991, pp. 49-?
Description
Describes the process of transferring St. Peter's Reserve north of Winnipeg from the Ojibwe people to real estate speculators.
Pasqua Band Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement
Documents & Presentations
Description
Agreement to fulfill Treaty Number Four land provisions.
Passamaquoddy Peoples: Canada's Denial of Recognition as Just Another Path to Extinction
Alternate Title
Native Awareness Days ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hugh Akagi
Description
Speaker discusses the implications of the Federal government's refusal to recognize the First Nation.
Part 1: 23:48.
Part 2: 22:55.
Pastoral Leases in the Northern Territory and the Reservation of Aboriginal Rights, 1863-1931
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie Dalziel
University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1999
Description
Looks at the effect a pastoral lease has on native title rights and interests.
The Patent and the Indians: The Problem of Jurisdiction in Seventeenth-Century New England
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Barnes Moynihan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 1977, pp. 8-18
Description
Discusses Roger Williams' challenges to Puritans' assertion that they had jurisdiction over both Indigenous peoples and their lands, and uses the conflict between the Narragansett and dissident Rhode Islanders as a case study.
Pathways from Poverty: Economic Development and Institution-Building on American Indian Reservations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Joseph P. Kalt
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 1990, pp. 89-125
Description
Examines issues of economic development and sovereignty within Native American tribes.
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.]
Peepeekisis First Nation Inquiry: File Hills Colony Claim (English)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether the Crown breached its fiduciary obligation by allocating reserve land (IR 81) to people outside of the Band. ICC found Canada breached its obligations and recommended the claim be a negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Alan C. Holman, Renee Dupuis, 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.]
Peguis First Nation TLE Selection, Acquisition and Development: Background Report & Strategic Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jino Distasio
Michael Dudley
Scott McCullough
People, Land & Sea: Environmental Governance on Haida Gwaii
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynn Lee
Description
Paper written for the Action Canada Northern Conference, Haida Gwaii, September 2012.
Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II: Module 1: Introduction
Alternate Title
Module One: Introduction
University of the Arctic – CS 322
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Exner
Greg Poelzer
Tamara Andreyeva
Kristina Fagan
Heather Harris
Terry Wotherspoon ... [et al.]
Description
Overview of course which focuses on issues around revival of northern cultures and languages. Discusses concepts of identity, culture and self-determination.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
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.
Pipeline Panel Withdraws Over Concerns of Safety
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shauna Lewis
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012, p. 8
Description
Looks at review hearings held for people to express their views about a pipeline project.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Pipelines, Climate and "Indigenous Consent"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Russ Diabo
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, Winter 16, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Article republished from The Eastern Door no. 37, September 16, 2016. Questions raised by the Standing Rock Sioux about the Dakota Access Pipeline and the Mohawk to Energy East Pipeline.
A Place at the Table: The United Nations Established a Historic New Forum for Indigenous Issues. What Will it Mean for Native Peoples Around the World?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cristina Verán
ColorLines Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3, Fall, 2002, pp. 30-31
Description
Provides a report on the progress of indigenous rights internationally and the various definitions worldwide of the term Aboriginal.
The Plains Cree: The Little Pine First Nation, A Heuristic Inquiry
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelvin Frank
Description
Leadership Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Gonzaga University, 2008.
Planning and Development after the James Bay Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Wertmann
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 277-288
Description
Presents discussion of perspectives on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.
Planning Around Reserves: Probing the Inclusion of First Nations in Saskatchewan's Watershed Planning Framework
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warrick Baijius
Robert J. Patrick
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Results from a study which examines a dozen watershed plans indicates limited inclusion of First Nations in watershed plans created by the Saskatchewan Watershed authority.
Pleasure of the Crown: Anthropology, Law and First Nations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Asch
Canadian Review of Sociology & Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 3, August 1999, pp. 445-446
Description
Book review of: The Pleasure of the Crown by Dara Culhane.
The Pleasure of the Crown: Anthropology, Law and First Nations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne Drake-Terry
BC Studies, no. 119, Autumn, 1998, pp. 108-
Description
Book review of: The Pleasure of the Crown by Dara Culhane.
To read review, scroll down to page 108.
The Plight of Ainu, Indigenous People of Japan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mitsuharu Vincent Okada
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-14
Description
Examines consequences of government assimilation policies and discusses the need for research to promote social justice.
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 Economy of Federal Resettlement Policies Affecting Native American Communities: The Fort McDowell Yavapai Case
Theses
Author/Creator
Patricia S. Mariella
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 1983.
A Political Economy of Native Marginalization: A Study of the Appropriation of Aboriginal Water Rights, the Case of the Mishkeegogamang First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Janet Armstrong
Description
Political Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2000.
Political Participation of Inuit Women in the Government of Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tina Minor
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 65-90
Description
Describes, in historical perspective, the participation of Inuit women in the government of Nunavut.
Political Protest, Conflict, and Tribal Nationalism: The Oklahoma Choctaws and the Termination Crisis of 1959-1970.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2007, pp. 283-309
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, there was a movement to resist the process of assimilation advocated by Harry J. W. Belvin and that this resistance began with the Choctaw youth movement.
The Politics of Indigeneity and Contemporary Challenges to Maori Self-Determination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dominic O'Sullivan
Description
Paper presented at the Australasian Political Studies Association Conference, University of Adelaide, September 29 - October 1, 2004.
The Politics of Indigenous Peoples-Settler Relations in Quebec: Economic Development and the Limits of Intercultural Dialogue and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Salée
Carole Lévesque
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, 2016, pp. 31-50
Description
Discusses the Agreement-in-Principle that the Quebec and Canadian governments have with four Innu communities in the Lac Saint-Jean and North Shore areas in 2003.
Polygone de Tir Aérien de Primrose Lake II - Rapport D'Enquête: Joseph Bighead, Buffalo River, Waterhen Lake, Flying Dust
Alternate Title
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.
Possessing Meares Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barry Gough
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 177-185
Description
Discussion of how the island went from Indigenous occupancy to Indian Reserve status and subject to Timber License 44.
Power and Sovereignty: The Changing Realities of American Indian Nations
Alternate Title
Proceedings of the 2008 Western Social Science Association Meeting, American Indian Studies Section
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen M. Sachs
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, Summer, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the changing power relationships between Indian tribes from before European contact to the present.
Scroll down to access article.
Power, Practice and a Critical Pedagogy for Non-Indigenous Allies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rick Wallace
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 155-172, 189
Description
Three case studies examine alliance-building between Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous activists.
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Steven M. Hoffman
John Bonner
Thibault Martin
Gabrielle A. Slowey ... [et al.]
Powers for Indian Government Demanded: FSI Advocates Nation's Status
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 7, no. 6, June/July 1977, pp. 7-8
Description
Describes report by Federation of Saskatchewan Indian's on Indian government.
Practicing Historical Geography: On Cole Harris
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Don Mitchell
Historical Geography, vol. 30, Indigenous Peoples: Contested Lands, Contested Identities, 2002, pp. [93]-97
Description
Book review of the first four chapters of Making Native Space by Cole Harris.
Preliminary Impacts and Concerns Flowing from the Implementation of Bill C-31
Alternate Title
NWAC Submission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Bill was supposed to remedy the sexually discriminatory section 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act; deals with who is entitled to Status. Document covers issues such as reinstatement backlog and priorities, registration documentation, identification of father/illegitimate children, and funding issues (health, education, housing, child welfare) resulting from increase in status population.
Preliminary Impacts of the James Bay Hydroelectric Project, Quebec, on Estuarine Fish and Fisheries.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Arctic, vol. 35, no. 4, December 1982, pp. 524-530
Description
Looks at the biological and socioeconomic effects caused by flow interruption to the estuary of the LaGrande river.