Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Author/Creator
Merrilee Rasmussen
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses intergovernmental relations as between provincial governments and Aboriginal peoples, particularly defining Aboriginal and Treaty rights in s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Discusses the five realities of self government: historical reality, legal reality, political reality, economic reality, and one First Nation's reality.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 15-39
Description
Supports apology for wrongs of the past and/or present and a credible commitment by the state for changes in future policy behavior.
Article located by scrolling down page.
[Background Paper (Parliamentary Information and Research Service)] ; PRB 09-16E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
"Comprehensive land claims are based on the assertion of continuing Aboriginal rights and title that have not been dealt with by treaty or other legal means".
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 07, no. 2, 1983, pp. 3-23
Description
Discusses the 1796, Seven Nations Treaty, the context in which it was concluded, whether entered into lawfully, not ratified by congress, and its applicability to Mohawk land claims in 1974.
Panelists discuss whether engaging with Canadian political process and voting undermines Indigenous sovereignty. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:14:28.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 1985, pp. 30-35
Description
Reveals that there are 400 distinct ethnic groups lumped under the category of "Native American", that the United States government has 371 treaty relationships, and also discusses the "right of inherent sovereignty".
Forbes, vol. 150, no. 13, December 7, 1992, pp. 47-[?]
Description
Discusses problems associated with policing tobacco smuggling through Akwasasne and St. Regis Reservations and the subsequent on-reserve resale of goods.
Doctor of Juridical Science Thesis (S.J.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998.
Develops a framework "for resolution of aboriginal and treaty rights issues in Canadian aboriginal rights jurisprudence." Argues judicial analyses are premised on incorrect assumptions about the Treaty relationship.
Manitoba History, no. 37, Spring/Summer, 1999, pp. 2-[?]
Description
Discusses Indigenous rights in the context of the integral relationship between history and law; and British claims to sovereignty within Rupert's Land (Rupertsland).
Presentation states knowledge, thoughts, and concerns about the Specific Claims Resolution Act.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
[The 4th Annual Gertler Family Lectureship in Law Honouring the Robert McKercher Family]
[The 4th Annual Gertler Family Lectureship in Law]
[University of Saskatchewan College of Law Guest Speakers Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shawn Atleo
Description
Video of lecture by Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in which he discusses the future of the relationship between Canada and its Indigenous people.
Duration: 47:48.
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 67, 2016, pp. 146-166
Description
Looks at section 91 (24) of the Constitution Act prior to 2014 regarding interjurisdictional immunity and Crown responsibility; and the Tsilhqot'in and Grassy Narrows case whereby pre-existing law was disregarded.
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Anderson
Description
Presentation by the director of the Natural Resources Secretariat, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which provides research, policy analysis and negotiation support.
Duration: 37:42.