Royal Commission Report of Inquiry: The Death of Bruce Thomas Leslie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Behrendt
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 49, April 1991, p. 25
Description
Discussion of the death of Bruce Thomas Leslie, who died due to a brain hemorrhage while being held in a drunk tank.
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
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Say We Are Nations: Documents of Politics and Protest in Indigenous America Since 1887
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rose Soza War Soldier
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 294-297
Description
Book review of Say We Are Nations by Daniel M. Cobb
Selected Sources on Aboriginal Issues
Alternate Title
Bibliographica ; no. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Cheryl Shindruk
Tom Carter
The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.
Settler Biopower: Accumulation and Dispossession in Canada's Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lara Fullenwieder
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Explains why settler colonialism is a structure not an event.
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.
Sexual Equality as an Aboriginal Right: The Native Women's Association and the Constitutional Process on Aboriginal Matters, 1982-1987
Alternate Title
Nijmegen Studies in Development and Cultural Change ; vol. 7
Theses
Author/Creator
Lilianne Ernestine Krosenbrink-Gelissen
Description
Cultural Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Radboud University Nijmegen, 1991.
The Significance of Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work Responses to Collective Recovery: A Rwandan Case Study
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Régine Uwibereyeho King
Nimo Bokore
Suzanne Dudziak
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Reports some findings from a larger research project that focused on post-genocide healing practices in Rwanda. Advocates for community-based and traditional methods for solving socio-economic problems and rebuilding social relations; examines implications for social work education and practice.
The Sixties Scoop & the Duty to Consult: A New Frontier in Aboriginal Litigation?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elysa Hogg
Alex Darling
Description
Case comment on Brown v Canada (Attorney General), the class action suit in Ontario involving the removal of children from their families on reserve, and placing them with non-Indian adoptive families, and foster and group homes. At issue was whether the Federal government had breached fiduciary or common law duties to prevent loss of identity in post-placement period.
The Social Causes of American Indian Homicide as Revealed by the Life Experiences of Thirty Offenders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronet Bachman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 4, Autumn, 1991, pp. 469-492
Description
Study examines the interview responses of 30 Indigenous Americans who have been convicted of murder to understand different factors that have contributed to their crime. Results find social disorganization, economic deprivation, a subculture of violence, cultural conflict, perceived powerlessness, substance abuse, and internalized colonialism to all be contributing factors.
Social Denial: An Analysis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Bychutsky
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Social Justice, Access and Quality of Healthcare in an Age of Austerity: Users' Perspective from Rural Iceland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonja S. Gustafsdottir
Kristjana Fenger
Sigridur Halldorsdottir
Thoroddur Bjarnason
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 76, 2017, p. article no. 1347476
Description
Looks at access, variety, quality and equity in health care after the consolidation of healthcare services in Fjallabygoo.
Social Media and the Sexual Exploitation of Indigenous Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin William Louie
Girlhood Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 97-113
Description
Discusses how the technology, particularly Facebook, has increasingly become a tool to recruit and keep underage girls in the sex trade. Research conducted with 19 staff members of Prince Albert Outreach and 5 survivors indicated the importance of recognizing early signs of exploitation so that intervention could take place, family-based prevention and education, and using survivors as educators.
Sparrow v The Queen: Indigenous Fishing - Regulation - Consistency with Constitution s.35(1) which Recognises and Affirms "Existing Aboriginal ... Rights" - Justification Required
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Garth Nettheim
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 48, February 1991, p. 7
Description
Decision that demonstrates the constitutionalisation of Aboriginal rights and argues that Aboriginal rights need to be respected in their own terms and not necessarily simply to fit within common law concepts.
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.]
Statement to the 16th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples by the Indigenous Media and Communications Caucus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indigenous Media and Communications Caucus
Ingenious Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
The creation of a Indigenous Media Zone by the United Nations at the 16th UNPFII session.
Statut des Premières Nations au Canada = First Nations Status in Canada [Map, 2017]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geomatics Services
[Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)]
Description
Shows locations and whether community is under the Indian Act, Land Management Act or is self-governing.
Storying Gendered Violence: Indigenous Understandings of the Interconnectedness of Violence
Theses
Author/Creator
Josie Nelson
Description
Social Justice and Community Engagement Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfred Laurier University, [2017]
Strengthening Âhkamêyimo among Indigenous Youth: The Social Determinants of Health, Justice, and Resilience in Canada's North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Osemis Isbister-Bear
Andrew R. Hatala
Erynne Sjoblom
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 76-89
Description
Literature review of academic articles published between 2000 and 2016 which deal with resilience from an Indigenous perspective.
Structural Violence in Canada: The Role of Winnipeg Educators in Decolonization and Reconciliation between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Silvie Kroeker
Description
Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research Thesis (M.A.)--University of Tampere, 2017.
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.
The Struggle For Inclusion: Aboriginal Constitutional Discourse in the 1970s and 1980s
Theses
Author/Creator
Barbara Jill Wherrett
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1991.
Study of the Tax and Service Implications of Bill C-115
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert L. Bish
Eric G. Clemens
Hector G. Topham
Description
Findings revealed that services provided were highly integrated with services provided to off-reserve areas.
Submission to the Government of Canada: Police Abuse of Indigenous Women in Saskatchewan and Failures to Protect Indigenous Women from Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Human Rights Watch
Description
Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
The Summer of 1990
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Description
Reveals findings and recommendations from a hearing surrounding the events that took place at Kanesatake and Kahnawake during the summer of 1990.
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.
Supply of Kava: Is it Another ‘Aboriginal’ Offence?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Flynn
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 53, 1991, p. 63
Description
Dismissal of a charge for supplying Kave, contrary to s.19 of the Consumer Protection Act, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Kava is the name given to a drink prepared from the root of the piper methysticum plant.
A Teacher's Guide to Student Inquiry for the Graphic Novel Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story by David Alexander Robertson and Scott B. Henderson
E-Books
Author/Creator
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Description
Novel tells the story of the nineteen-year-old Cree girl from Norway House Cree Nation who was murdered near The Pas, Manitoba on November 13, 1971. Recommended for use with students Grade 10 or above.
Teaching Proper Drinking?: Clubs and Pubs in Indigenous Australia
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no.39
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maggie Brady
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
Termination and the Eastern Band of Cherokees
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R. Finger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. 153-170
Description
Author examines attempts by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to terminate Indian tribes’ status and recognition in the United States following the second world war. Focuses on the Eastern Cherokee and the conditions surrounding the Nation’s fight for continued recognition.
"There's a River to Consider": Heid E. Erdrich's "Pre-Occupied"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Bernardin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 38-55
Description
Discusses a poem written for a blog and a short film.
The Top Ten Uncertainties of Aboriginal Title after Tsilhqot’in
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
Tourism in Gwaii Haanas: Contributions to Haida Gwaii Communities and Co-management
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Elliott
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (MREM)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Violence Prevention Framework for Men and Boys
Alternate Title
White Ribbon Policy Research Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrick Shepherdson
Mick Adams
MarkWenitong
Amanda Porter
Harry Blagg
Lisa Hillan
Steven Torres-Carne
Traditional Knowledge in the Time of Neo-Liberalism: Access and Benefit-Sharing Regimes in Indian and Bhutan
Alternate Title
Article 3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indrani Barpujari
Ujjal Kumar Sarma
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, January 2017, pp. 1-22
Description
Provides a legal and policy framework that allows participation by Indigenous local communities (ILCs) to access the economic potential of traditional knowledge.
"A Tragedy to Be Sure": Heteropatriarchy, Historical Amnesia, and Housing Crises in Northern Ontario
Alternate Title
Arts in Action ; no. 1
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Travis Hay
Kristin Burnett
Lori Chambers
Description
Looks at media coverage of the Declaration of Emergency which was issued for the housing crises in the communities of Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Fort Albany in 2012, with particular attention to the backlash that occurred against Chief Teresa Spence's hunger strike.
Chapter six from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
Trauma, Child Development, Healing and Resilience: A Review of Literature with Focus on Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Nicole Sherren
Deanna Yerichuk
Description
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Traumatic Brain Injury of Tangata Ora (Māori Ex-prisoners)
Alternate Title
Traumatic Brain Injury of Tangata Ora (Maori Ex-prisoners)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cherryl Waerea-i-te-rangi Smith
Helena Rattray-Te Mana
Leonie Pihama
John Reid
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 226-234
Description
Screening tool used with 23 men looked at head and neck injuries over the life-course and included age, alteration of consciousness, medical treatment and symptoms. Participants were also asked about impacts on day-to-day living. Results indicate the need for screening by the Department of Corrections and culturally appropriate treatment.
Treaty Fishing Rights and the Development of Fisheries Legislation in Ontario: A Primer
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lise C. Hansen
Native Studies Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1991, pp. 1-21
Description
Examines Aboriginal and treaty fishing rights and emerging fisheries legislation by referring to Supreme Court rulings which suggest re-assessment of management practices by government.
Troubling History, Troubling Law: The Question of Indigenous Genocide in Canada
Alternate Title
Arts in Action ; no. 1
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Discusses the meaning of genocide and whether or not genocide occurred based on two underlying issues.
Chapter 3 from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
Trump's Withdrawal From the Paris Agreement: Another Affront to the Planet, Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
International Indian Treaty Council
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the importance of The Paris Agreement to Indigenous peoples and how it is a step closer to the recognition of their rights in international law.
Truth and Indignation: Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools
Alternate Title
Teaching Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ronald Niezen
Description
2nd edition.
[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations and a Return to the Original Intent of the Treaty Relationship]
Alternate Title
McKercher Lecture Series
Wunusweh Lecture in Aboriginal Law ; 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Derek Nepinak
Description
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.
Truth and Reconciliation Committee Report and Recommendations
Alternate Title
CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee Report and Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee
Description
Overview of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations -Federation candienne des associations de bibliotheques's Truth and Reconciliation committee's mandate, responsibilities and methodology and a list of recommendations presented to the incoming board.
Truth on Trial: Indigenous News Media and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Alternate Title
Media@LSE MSc Dissertation series
Theses
Author/Creator
Tomas Borsa
Description
Politics & Communication Thesis (M.Sc.)--London School of Economics, 2016.
Turning a New Page: Cultural Safety, Critical Creative Literary Interventions, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Crisis of Child Welfare
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
Margo Greenwood
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 142-151
Description
Looks at links between historic and contemporary rationales for interfering with Indigenous families and discusses how literary arts can foster cross-cultural and cross-generational understanding.
Understanding Innu Normativity in Matters of Customary "Adoption" and Custody
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sébastien Grammond
Christiane Guay
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 12-23
Description
Looks at ecognizing Inuu norms when it comes to custody and adoption in the community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam in northeastern Quebec.
Understanding Native Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Point
BC Studies, no. 89
Description
Argues that communication based on willing participants who are open-minded and committed are essential if the resolution of land claims is to be successful. The process must also be seen or viewed to be taking place in a timely fashion or activism may become more aggressive.