Reports include the Esketemc First Nation Inquiry, the Fishing Lake First Nation, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Inquiry and the Mistawasis First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Poster of 30 portraits of American Aboriginal leaders of the 18th-19th century. Subtitle: 1898 Indian Congress - Omaha, Nebraska / The Conquest of Indian America / in memory of all Indians who died and suffered in the defence of their rights and country.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 1-21
Description
Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1983, pp. 67-80
Description
Discussion on the Indian Rights Association and its goal of the assimilation of American Indigenous nations, in particular through the allotment policies in Oklahoma during early twentieth century.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government
Penner Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Penner
Stan Schellenberger
Warren Allmand
Jim Manly
Frank Oberle ... [et al.]
Description
Committee investigated numerous issues related to self-government including: social conditions, need for a new Canadian/Aboriginal relationship, structures and powers of First Nations governments, fiscal arrangements, land and resources, and trust relationship with the Crown.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 48, 1983-1984, pp. 122-128
Description
Explains that section 87 of The Indian Act has been interpreted as exception from income tax, but Nowegijick v. The Queen held that section 87 did not exempt people from income tax.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 2002, pp. [37]-49
Description
Book reviews of:
Son of Two Bloods by Vincent L. Mendoza.
A Hundred Miles of Bad Road: An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68 by Dwight W. Birdwell and Keith William Nolan.
Year in NAM: A Native American Soldier’s Story by Leroy TeCube.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 4, July/August 2002, p. 10
Description
Briefly describes the Special Entry Scheme in Australia for students from underrepresented groups, such as Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander students.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 7, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 13-25
Description
Outlines necessary components of successful Indigenous environmental education programs within Indigenous knowledge systems at the post-secondary level.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, pp. 25-26
Description
Describes the various research projects underway at the Indigenous-led program with Indigenous students in Masters and PhD programs at the Brisbane, Australia institution.
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 78, no. 6, Nov/Dec 2002, pp. 833-836
Description
Discusses potential opportunities for aiding in the re-establishment of sustainable Aboriginal relationships with forests through the inclusion of Indigenous Knowledge in sustainable forest management.
Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Douglas Nakashima
Marie Roué
Description
Chapter in book: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, Volume 5 edited by Peter Timmerman.
Part of Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change edited by Ted Munn.
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development ; no. 57
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theodore E. Downing
Jerry Moles
Ian McIntosh
Carmen Garcia-Downing
Description
"This report addresses the most critical sustainability in an encounter between indigenous peoples and the industry, as well as governments, financiers and non-governmental organizations".
Psychology in the South Pacific: Global, Local and Glocal Applications
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Reser
Description
Comments on the leading cause of death by injury in Australia and presents a select bibliography on the subject.
Chapter 3 from Psychology in the South Pacific: Global, Local and Glocal Applications edited by F. H. Bolitho, S. C. Carr, and B. M. O'Reilly.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Bolivia, June 2002, pp. 48-55
Description
Discussion focuses on sustainability of natural resources, improvement of living conditions and strengthening Indigenous identity.
To access this article, scroll down to page 48.