Aboriginal Women: Opening the Future to Organize
Theses
Author/Creator
Marilyn Janie North Peigan
Description
Integrated Studies Project towards (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2013.
Looks at the First Nations Governance Act, the Ipperwash Inquiry and final report, Caledonia and specific claims policies, and the Kelowna Accord. Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies edited by Jerry P. White, Erik Anderson, Jean-Pierre Morin, and Dan Beavon, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.