[Canadian Petroleum Law Foundation Research Seminar, 2005]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
A. W. (Sandy) Carpenter
Peter D. Feldberg
Description
Presents available information on rights, traditional territory, and site specific issues for assessing risks associated with oil and gas development in remote areas.
Mikisew Cree First Nation Appellant v. Sheila Copps, Minister of Canadian Heritage, and the Thebacha Road Society
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Discusses treaty rights and the Crown's duty to consult. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Lead lawyer in the Marshall and Bernard cases speaks about past court decisions as they pertain to the negotiation process taking place in Nova Scotia.
Duration: 1:19:47.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Delia Opekokew
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, explores the issues facing First Nation witnesses presenting oral testimony in Courts and use of ethnocentric biases and technical rules in Treaty and Aboriginal title cases.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Discusses the allocation and management of lands and resources as it affects Aboriginal peoples and as seen in the case law that deals with Aboriginal rights.