Compilation of business practices and initiatives which respect and support Indigenous peoples' rights. Each example is mapped to the relevant article in UNDRIP.
Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series VIII, Christian Philosophical Studies ; v. 14
Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michel Elias Andraos
Description
Comments on one dimension of the process of reconciliation in Montreal and other places in Quebec.
Chapter 5 from Plural Spiritualities: North American Experiences edited by Robert J. Schreiter.
To access chapter 5, scroll to page 91.
Criminal Justice and Behavior, vol. 42, no. 5, 2015, pp. 481-508
Description
Examines the value in using a general risk/need assessment, such as Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI), on a specific prison population such as Indigenous offenders.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ken S. Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
Argues that challenges faced by Aboriginal communities can not be addressed by a single solution but rather a commitment by policy makers and all Canadians to live as treaty peoples.
Excerpt from From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Some of issues discussed are women's rights and circumstances, resource extraction, lack of legal-political structures for self-determination and Sweden's Race Biology and eugenics programs.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Christmas
Description
File contains a presentation by Alex Christmas, President of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians. Christmas discusses federal Indian policy, the Constitution, and the need for Aboriginal self-government. Following the presentation is a discussion between Christmas and Commissioner George Erasmus regarding the self-governance for the Micmac people.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alex Denny
Description
File contains a presentation by Alex Denny, Grand Captain of Micmac Grand Council. Denny discusses the Simon case, Education policy, the Indian Act, and his people's desire for self-government. Following the presentation is a discussion between Denny and Georges Erasmus on the possibilities for Micmac self-government.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Will Basque
Description
File contains a presentation by Will Basque of Eskasoni, Nova Scotia. Micmac is a Smoganist or soldier veteran in Micmac, and represents all the combat veterans of the Micmac nation. Basque fought in both the Dominican Republic, and twice during the Vietnam War. Basque relays a history of the Micmac nation, with particular emphasis on its Catholic nature, and recognition as the "first state" of Canada. He also discusses legal developments in Canada and the United States, as well as residential schools, the Indian Act, and other matters.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 2, American Indian Law, Winter, November 8, 2015, pp. [22-24,7]
Description
Briefly discusses some of history of legislation relating to Native Americans and the role that tribal colleges and universities can play in educating not only students, but the larger community about Indian law.
Discusses the challenges of finding a better place for Aboriginal peoples in our society and comments on previous failed policies.
Entires issues on one pdf. to access article, scroll to page 16.
Debwewin: The First Nation Jury Review Implementation Committee: Progress Report: September 2013 - March 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debwewin Jury Review Implementation Committee
Description
Reports on actions taken in response to recommendations made in the Honourable Frank Iacobucci's report First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries. Purpose of the Independent Review was to ensure and enhance representation of First Nations persons living on reserves on provincial jury rolls; and to strengthen the relationship between Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General and First Nations on the issue.
Webinar looks at family law in Ontario and changes that allow for more safety for women and children and access to the family home when the relationship ends.
Duration: 1:14:15.
Closing the Gap: First Nations' Priorities are Canada's Priorities
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
Speaks about a plan for collaborative change to close the gap between Canadian and Indigenous people's quality of life. According to the United Nation's Human Development Index country as whole is rated sixth, while Indigenous people are rated at 63rd.
Duration: 1:17:26.
Focuses on the practice of hanging Aboriginal prisoners in public and as close to the scene of the crime as possible in order to intimidate and terrorize the local population.
[Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Creative Leaders Symposium]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hope Henderson
Aditya Jha
thorvick's method productions
Description
First speaker discusses Foundation's role in supporting law enforcement volunteers working with Aboriginal youth through the Partnerships for Community in Action initiative.
Second speaker discusses prospects for Canada's future prosperity given it's demographics and the importance of Aboriginal economic engagement.
Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:21:59
Re-Storying Maori Legal Histories: Indigenous Articulations in Nineteenth-Century Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nēpia Mahuika
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 40-66
Description
Comments on why Hāmana Mahuika's assailant was tried in a settler court rather than dealt with by the Indigenous peoples in accordance with their own laws and customs.
Comments on reports released by two UN Special Rapporteurs that condemned the Government of Canada for specific inadequacies and failures with regards to Indigenous policies.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 20, no. 7, January 1992, p. 1
Description
Due to an old Indian Act provision, Christine Blackstar LaPlante could exercise voting rights and received annuities after her 1937 marriage to a Métis man. However, that legislation prevented her from living at Moosomin reserve and excluded her children from membership.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [12]-14
Description
Message from the Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 1, 1992, pp. 57-60
Description
Response by author to critical commentary of her paper, Treaty Fishing Rights and the Development of Fisheries Legislation in Ontario: A Primer found in Native Studies Review ( vol.7, no.1, 1991).
Details the proceedings of a two-day workshop held in Australia that brought together scholars and policy practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the United States in July of 2015. The workshop examined the implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for collection, maintenance, and use of data related to Indigenous peoples and the potential effects for Indigenous sovereignties.
Looks at recent discourse on domestic trafficking of Indigenous women and girls and the shift in language and framework towards an effort to recategorize violence as worthy of legal response.
Education lead for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation discusses ways in which everyone can incorporate reconciliation into daily life.
Duration: 41:56.
Presents examples of how reconciliation can be enacted in everyday life and talks about the National Center for Truth and Reconciliation, Project of Heart and the film Students in the Classroom.
Duration: 41:56.