Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Topics covered are: characteristics of traditions, examples of law (Hodinohso:ni, Anishinabek, Cree, Métis, Carrier, Nisga’a, Inuit, Mi'kmaq), multi-juridical legal culture, challenges and opportunities in recognizing Indigenous traditions, and entrenching multi-juridicalism in Canada.
Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.