Paper explores, analyzes and compares a representative sample of the mechanisms in place to provide ratepayer input into taxation systems where those ratepayers do not form part of the electorate for the governing councils.
Paper produced as part of the Community Governance Project at University of Victoria. Includes sources, analysis, and recommendations for future initiatives.
Author presents a case study of Indigenous people and biodiversity from Papua New Guinea. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Discusses a case where the Blueberry River Indian Band was awarded damages against the Government of Canada for breach of fiduciary duty regarding mineral rights.
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-111
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Manitoba Métis Federation - Winnipeg Regional
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Survey (done in 2000) of prisoners, their families, community representatives and service providers was conducted to discover what supports and services were needed while the men were incarnated and upon their release.
Presents a draft paper prepared for the Canadian/Indigenous Studies Association conference in Saskatoon, June 2, 2001 that discusses the history and definition of "Métis".
Constitutional documents and Pre- and Post-Confederation statutes. Post-Confederation category is further divided into administrative, constitutional, federal grants, federal-provincial agreements, lands, Manitoba, Northern Canada, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and miscellaneous,
Starting with the Revised Statute of 1886, relevant portions of each amending statute of the revised Indian Act are inserted following the provision affected.
Separated into provinces, and then further divided by areas of education, electoral provisions, game, lands, liquor provisions, grants, taxation and miscellaneous.
Report submitted to the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry Implementation Commission. Summarizes various reduction strategies and gives examples of successful programs.
Looks at the intellectual, structural and political attributes of the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) process in order to see why it failed. Provides recommendations for future collaboration between governments and Indigenous Nations.
Paper from Indigenous Peoples in the International Sphere.
Overview of issues involved in conducting research into Indigenous knowledge.
Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.
Chiefs of Ontario: Part II Submissions to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission
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Jonathon W. Kahn
Allison A. Thornton
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Topics include: Aboriginal and Elders' perspectives on water, jurisdiction over water-works, comparison of federal and provincial water treatment regulation, progress report for improving water quality and treatment issues (1995-2001), case studies (Attawapiskat, Beausoleil, and Sandy Lake First Nations and Six Nations of the Grand River Territory), and findings and recommendations.
Submission to the Walkerton Inquiry Commission.
Occasional Papers Series (BC Institute for Co-operative Studies )
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T. C. Lantz
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Comments on the risk of population extirpation, reduced genetic variation, and species extinction due to the growing commercialization of medicinal plants.
Social and Economic Review of the Impact of Land Survey and Registration Systems on Canada Lands: Final Report
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Hickling Arthurs Low Technology Management and Economics
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Paper's information based on: literature review, interviews, case studies and a workshop. Primary focus is First Nations groups but also includes information on the North (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut), offshore and national parks.
Sources include Record Group 10 records relating to Indian Affairs (1872-1950), Sir John A. Macdonald Papers, Alexander Mackenzie Papers, David Laird Papers, Alexander Morris Papers, Edgar Dewdney Papers, and L. Vankoughnet Letterbooks.
Through personal testimonies charges that children were: deliberately exposed to disease, forced to undergo sterilization, beaten, sometimes to death and that these actions were taken with the goal of eventual elimination of the Aboriginal population.
Focuses on direct quotations from the Supreme Court's decision respecting the case which dealt with the treaty right to fish for commercial purposes. The Mi'kmaw man had been charged with several offences under the Fisheries Act: fishing eels out of season, without a license and with an illegal net.
Looks at agreements signed between mining companies and First Nation communities in Canada in order to establish formal relationships between them, to reduce the predicted impact of a mine, and to secure economic benefist for affected communities.
Papers, presentations and proceedings from the conference Impact of NAFTA on Aboriginal Business in North America held in Saskatoon, Sk., May 28-29, 2001.
Discussion of the methodologies, ethics, and background of study which centered on womens' experience of violence and doubts as to whether restorative justice would actually improve the situation.
Discusses activities of the Indian Claims Commission over the past ten years and features an interview with Ralph Brant, Director of Mediation. Complete issue on one pdf.
Looks at oral history as part of the Commissions inquiry process and its recommendation to the federal government to accept Esketemc land claim. Complete issue on one pdf.
Argues that expectations that the Treaty Commission would be able to make settlements quickly was unrealistic, and that it tried to accomplish too much, too soon.
Federal Court decision concerning claims of the Squamish Indian Band and the Musqueam Indian Band regarding issues arising from surrender and loss of use of the False Creek Indian Reserve, established in 1869.
Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections
IWGIA Document ; no. 104
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Author/Creator
Peter Jull
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Comments of major historical documents and decisions affecting Indigenous-white relations, post-war Indigenous policy, and the creation of Nunavut.
Chapter from Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections edited by Kathrin Wessendorf.
Research Report (National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
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Stewart Wakeling
Miriam Jorgensen
Susan Michaelson
Manley Begay
Description
Study consisted of literature review, visits to Indian police departments and the Indian Police Academy in New Mexico, a two-part survey administered to Indian police departments, and site visits to four reservations.