Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Roy
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.
Manifestations of Colonialism in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah McGann
Description
Immigration and Settlement Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University, 2013.
Manifestations of Power: Native Resistance to the Resettlement of British Columbia
Alternate Title
Beyond the City Limits: Rural History in British Columbia
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bruce Stadfeld
Description
Chapter 2 in book: Beyond the City Limits: Rural History in British Columbia edited by R. W. Sandwell.
Looks at the fight for Aboriginal land title.
Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14
Documents & Presentations
Description
Land entitlement court case in which Canada agreed to grant 1.4 million acres of land to Métis children as set out in the Manitoba Act, 1870.
Manitoba Métis Federation v. Canada (Attorney General): Understanding the Supreme Court of Canada's Decision
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Jason Madden
Description
Case involved lands promised in the Manitoba Act, 1870 and the contention that legislation enacted by Manitoba government, which affected implementation of the Act, was not within the province's jurisdiction.
Court issued this declaration: "“[t]hat the federal Crown failed to implement the land grant provision set out in s. 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870 in accordance with the honour of the Crown.”
Mapping Songs, Mapping Histories: The Negotiation of Cultural Perspectives on Gitxsan Territory
Alternate Title
Mapping Songs, Mapping Histories: The Negotiation of Cultural Perspectives on Gitksan Territory
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennifer Leigh Bonnell
Description
Interdisciplinary Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria (Canada), 1999.
Mapping the Legal Consciousness of First Nations Voters: Understanding Voting Rights Mobilization
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Lesley A. Jacobs
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 10
Description
Discusses the issue of electoral participation from the perspective of Aboriginal identity and what having the vote means to them. Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Marginalized and Ignored: National Minority Children’s Struggle for Language Rights in Sweden 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kaisa Syrjänen Schaal
Description
Comments on governments' lack of action with regard to providing educational support for proficiency and literacy in students' Sami mother tongue.
Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin: Indigenizing the Federal Indian Service
Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathleen D. Cahill
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. [63]-86
Description
Biography of an attorney in the Office of Indian Affairs traces developments in her political outlook and her involvement in the Society of American Indians.
Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mishuana Goeman
Matnm Tel-Mi'kmawi: I'm Fighting For My Mi'kmaw Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pamela D. Palmater
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 1, 2013, pp. 147-167
Description
Author chronicles her struggles with a system that she feels marginalizes aboriginal women.
Mediating Indigeneity: Ho-Chunk 'Indian News' as a Critique of the Legacies of Settler Colonialism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grant P. Arndt
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, Difference, Representation, Resistance, 2013, pp. 202-213
Description
Focuses on the career and newspaper columns of Frisk Cloud and how he used his public voice for activist purposes.
Mental Health Impacts of Racial Discrimination in Victorian Aboriginal Communities: The Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity (LEAD) Experiences of Racism Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
Angeline Ferdinand
Yin Paradies
Margaret Kelaher
Description
Discusses experiences, impacts, implications of racism and strategies for change.
Mental Health Needs Assessment of Off-Reservation American Indian People in Northern Arizona
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Chester
Patricia Mahalish
James Davis
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 8, no. 3, 1999, pp. 25-40
Description
Findings indicate a significant number of adults with mental health problems are unable to access treatment.
Metis Activist Just Wanted a Fairer Deal for His People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Black
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 12, April 1999, p. 8 s
Description
Brief profile of Howard Adams, recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for education. The article discusses what drove his academic and political aspirations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.28.
Métis Group Joins Save the Fraser Declaration Against Pipeline
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013, p. 8,16
Description
Comments on Métis and First Nations people joining together to oppose a pipeline project in British Columbia.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law & Politics
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gloria Jane Bell
Laura-Lee Kearns
Gregg Dahl
Darren O'Toole
Liam J. Haggarty ...
Jeremy Patzer ... [et al.]
Métis Law in Canada [2013]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Métis Laws of the Harvest: Guide to Métis Hunting, Fishing, Trapping and Gathering
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Métis Federation
Description
Brief document includes information on rights, requirements for harvesting, tables for big-game and game birds with estimates of amounts needed by individual harvesters, and quick reference guide.
3rd revised edition.
Minding the Gaps: Property, Geography, and Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Egan
Jessica Place
Geoforum, vol. 44, Global Production Networks, Labour and Development, January 2013, pp. 129-138
Description
Discusses fee simple ownership on Indigenous lands, getting land rights through modern treaties, and matrimonial real property rights on reservations.
Mining Our Lives For Diamonds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 2013, pp. 74-81
Description
Describes a collective journey to reflect on correcting past injustices against Aboriginal women.
Minutes of Evidence: Sparking Conversations about History and Structural Justice
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Minutes of Evidence
Description
Website highlights the significance of the 1881 Parliamentary Coranderrk Inquiry through research, education and performance to educate the broader population and attempt to redress the injustices produced from that history.
Mississauga Portraits: Ojibwe Voices from Nineteenth-century Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Donald B. Smith
Module 8: Self-Determination throughout History
Alternate Title
CS 321: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World I
Module Eight: Self-Determination throughout History
University of the Arctic – CS 321
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 321]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Michel Bouchard
Greg Poelzer
Heather Exner
Ludmilla Zhukova
Jeremei Gabyshev
Ken Coates ... [et al.]]
Description
Discusses northern movements for regional and Indigenous autonomy and cultural self-determination. Includes three examples: Greenland, Nunavut, and the Sami people of Northern Europe.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Molested and Disturbed: Environmental Protection by Aboriginal Peoples through Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theresa McClenaghan
Description
Discussion on whether Aboriginal peoples in Canada can use section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 as an environmental protection tool.
Moving Backwards: Does the Lack of Duty to Consult Create the Right to Infringe Aboriginal and Treaty Rights?
Alternate Title
Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy Research Paper Series ; no.13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shin Imai
Ashley Stacey
Description
Discusses two cases Neskonlith Indian Band v Salmon Arm (City) and Wahgoshing First Nation v Solid God Resources Corp both involving failure to consult with First Nations by a municipality and a private business.
The Mutuality of Citizenship and Sovereignty: The Society of American Indians and the Battle to Inherit America
Alternate Title
American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 331-351
Description
Discusses the members' attitudes about rights and restrictions that resulted from the U.S. government's wardship of Native Americans.
Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 331.
My Journey of Magic Realism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeffry Feeger
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Author discusses his beginnings, achievements, and use of art to raise awareness of the social and political realities of life in Papua New Guinea.
My Village in Nunavik
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bobby Kenuajuak
Description
Descriptive portrayal of village life in Puvirnituq on the shores of Hudson Bay in Northern Quebec.
Duration: 46:57.
[Nancy Greyeyes: A Sacred Walk for Future Generations]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Nancy Greyeyes
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Interview with a participant of a march to Parliament Hill in support of the Idle No More movement opposing Bill C-45.
Duration: 28:53.
Nation to Nation Now: The Conversations: Building a New Relationship
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ellen Gabriel
Naomi Klein
Arthur Manuel
Chelsea Vowel
Description
Panel speaks on working for change.
Duration: 2:23:32.
Native American Landholding in the Colonial Hudson Valley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Arne Midtrød
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 1, 2013, pp. 79-104
Description
Focuses on patterns of landholding and territoriality that differ from those in southern New England.
Native American Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Native Americans and the Law ; 6
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kirke Kickingbird
Markku Henriksson
Ward Churchill
David E. Wilkins
Vine Deloria ... [et al.]
Native Americans in America: A Theoretical and Historical Overview
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter d'Errico
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 7-28
Description
Reviews the history of Native Americans and the fundamental issues being challenged in order to attain sovereignty.
Native Peoples and the Environmental Regime in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn J. Peters
Arctic, vol. 52, no. 4, December 1999, p. 395
Description
Outlines the main elements of the environmental protection regimes for Cree and Inuit lands under the Agreement.
Negotiating Nisga'a Rights: An Interview with Joseph Gosnell
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Joseph Gosnell
Description
Topics discussed by Nisga'a Tribal Council Chairman, include Aboriginal title, ownership, courts, rights, and customary law.
Interview first published in Multinational Monitor, vol. 13, no. 9, September, 1992.
[Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Kelly Saunders
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, 2013, pp. 165-166
Description
Book review of: Negotiating the Deal by Christopher Alcantara.
Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Christopher Alcantara
Negotiating the Treaty Polity: Gender, Race and the Transformation of Wisconsin from Indian Country into an American State, 1776-1854
Theses
Author/Creator
Bethel Saler
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999.
Networking a Native Arts Force: ATLATL, National Service Organization for Native American Arts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mylene Hengen
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, Difference, Representation, Resistance, 2013, pp. 179-188
Description
Looks at art activism through the actions of ATLATL.
New Beginnings: How Canada's Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Brian Lee Crowley
Description
Looks at engagement, collaboration and growing Aboriginal empowerment within resource development.
The New Legal Context of Indigenous Peoples' Rights: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Rowland
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 2013, pp. 141-156
Description
Comments on the passing of the Declaration, in 2007, and the need to produce enforceable nation policies in line with the Declaration.
New Relationships on the Northwest Frontier: Episodes in the Gitxsan and Witsuwit'en Encounter with Colonial Power
Theses
Author/Creator
Tyler Allan McCreary
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2013.
Nilliajut: Inuit Perspectives on Security, Patriotism and Sovereignty
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Audla
Rosemarie Kuptana
Zebedee Nungak
Pujjuut Kusugak)
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Rachel A. Qitsualik
Aaju Peter ...
Myrna Pokiak ...
Kirt Ejesiak
Description
Compilation of short essays.
Companion to the video Nilliajut: Inuit Voices on Security.
“No Other Weapon Except Organization”: The Métis Association of Alberta and the 1938 Metis Population Betterment Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole C. O’Byrne
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 24, no. 2, 2013, pp. 311-352
Description
Discusses the act that provided for Métis land settlements.
Noon Day Sun: The Eastern Band of Cherokee and Building a Nation's Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James A. Bryant
Ginger R. Bryant
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 52, no. 2, 2013, pp. 58-71
Description
Looks at the history of the education experiences, the battle to reacquire land for the school, and the commitment to build a school that would be a model of "green" education for educators.
Northern Voices: A Look Inside Political Attitudes and Behaviours in Northern Saskatchewan: Northern Aboriginal Political Culture Study
Alternate Title
[Northern Political Engagement Study Report 2013]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bonita Beatty
Loleen Berdahl
Greg Poelzer
Kelton Doraty
Meritt Kocday
Sara Waldbillig
Dana Carriere
[Evelyn Peters]
Description
Looks at findings from three-year research project on voter engagement.
Related material:
Community Engagement Factsheet.
Nothing About Us, Without Us: Everything About Us, With Us
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Brief comment about the World Conference of Indigenous Women.
Nunavut, Sovereignty, and the Future for Arctic Peoples’ Involvement in Regional Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather N. Nicol
Northern Review, no. 37, Special Collection: The Arctic Council, the EU and Polar Politics: Canada, France, Germany, Russia &, Fall, 2013, pp. 127-142
Description
Discusses how global warming has resulted in move from concept of "global north" to focus on nation states' control of resources and economic development. Examines how this change may impact non-state actors involved in Arctic governance.