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Alternate Title
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia ; project 94
E-Books
Author/Creator
A.G. Braddock
I. D. Peterson
M. A. Kenny
M. J. Dodson
B. Woods ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody: A Continuing Systematic Abuse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunneen
Social Justice, vol. 33, no. 4 (106), Deaths in Custody and Detention, 2006, pp. 37-51
Description
Looks at Aboriginal over-representation in all aspects of the criminal justice system in Canada, New Zealand and the United States. Uses the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody to focus on deaths in police custody and prison in Australia.
Aboriginal Peoples and the Justice System: Report of the National Roundtable on Aboriginal Justice Issues
E-Books
Author/Creator
James C. MacPherson
Research Directorate
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
James Dumont
Zebedee Nungak
Patricia A. Monture-OKanee ... [et al.]
Aboriginal Peoples of the North and Criminal Justice: A Background Paper for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curt T. Griffiths
Darryl Wood
Description
Briefing paper summarizes the issues facing aboriginal Canadians in northern Canada.
Access and Equity Inquiry
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 4, July/August 1993, p. 38
Description
Inquiry into the Commonwealth's Access and Equity Strategy regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
ACWS in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Alternate Title
Alberta Councial of Women's Shelters in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Building Relations Part 2: Stories from Community
Building Relationships Part 1: Lessons From Lewis
Circle Process
Foundations of Indigenous Worldviews
Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies
Indigenous Women's Leadership
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Inquiry and Action
Treaty Relations: Spirit, Intent, and First Nations Perspectives
[In Coversation with Lewis Cardinal]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lewis Cardinal
[Tina Fox
Stephanie Harpe
Tracy Bear
Karen MacKenzie
Betty Letendre
Cora Voyageur
Ruth Scalp Lock]
Description
Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.
Alternatives to the British Columbia Treaty Process: Community Perspectives on Aboriginal Title and Rights: Community Governance Project
Theses
Author/Creator
Jennie L. Blankinship ( Nahumpchin)
Description
Indigenous Governance Project (M.A.) -- University of Victoria, 2006.
Appropriating Guilt: Reconciliation in an Aboriginal Canadian Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deena Rymhs
English Studies in Canada , vol. 32, no. 1, [Guilt], March 2006, pp. 105-123
Description
Examines recent attempts at reconciliation that reflect a current sensibility of revisiting Canadian history. The author also looks at the role guilt plays in Aboriginal writings and how public discussion appropriates and transforms that guilt.
Athabasca Denesuliné Inquiry Into the Claim of the Fond du Lac, Black Lake, and Hatchet Lake First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission (ICC) considered whether Canada wrongly denied Treaty rights north of the 60th parallel, beyond Treaty 8 and Treaty 10 boundaries. ICC concluded Treaty boundaries did not extend into the traditional lands north of 60; however harvesting rights do extend beyond Treaty boundaries. Recommended the parties negotiate resolution. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and the Imperative for a More Inclusive Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John G. Hansen
Emeka E. Dim
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG), and questions the exclusion of Indigenous males. Discusses the need for a more comprehensive and holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities.
Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canadian Archives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista Mccracken
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Description
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
Church Stresses Healing
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 119, no. 10, December 1993, p. 3
Description
Discussion of some of the recommendations to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), including urging government to apologize for residential schools.
Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
The Commission, the Community, and the Cree Woman in the Attic: Georgina Lightning's Older Than America in Canada's Culture of Redress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. L. Killebrew
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 136-169
Description
Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.
The Effect of Indian Residential Schools on Height and Body Mass Post-1930
Alternate Title
Working Paper Series (The Center for Indian Country Development) ; no. 1905
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Feir
Chris Auld
Description
Study suggests that residential schooling caused increased adult height and decreased adult body weight of the average child who attended.
Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations: Volume II: Legal Analysis
Alternate Title
Report of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers
Description
Analyses of current Provincial and Federal legislation because there is no regulatory framework that applies to drinking water and wastewater on reserves.
Final Submission to the Ipperwash Inquiry Part 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Summary of 141 recommendations.
First Nations Specific Claims: A Misunderstood and Uncharted Field of Law
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Comments on the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) which was created in response to the Oka Crisis and was to make recommendations in two specific areas: "1. To assess the validity of a specific claim that has been rejected by the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; and 2.
Genocide against Indigenous Peoples: International Law and the Experiences of the Canadian and Guatemalan Truth Commissions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Guematcha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Article compares the processes and findings of the Truth Commissions in Canada and Guatemala; discusses how the idea and crime of genocide appears in national narratives, and how the findings of these commissions are part of a larger evolution of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.
ICC Concludes Its Inquiry Into Phase II of the Cowessess First Nation 1907 Surrender Claim
Articles » General
Description
In a ruling of 2-1, the ICC found that Canada did not breach it's fiduciary obligation, with one Commissioner recommending Canada negotiate the claim.
Ilira, or Why it was Unthinkable for Inuit to Challenge Qallunaat Authority
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosemarie Kuptana
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 5-7
Description
Presents a speech delivered by Susan Aglukark to the Royal Commission for Aboriginal Peoples regarding the Inuit relocation program. This article helps to explain difficulties artists have challenging programs that do not meet their needs.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 1991-1992 to 1993-1994
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 2005-2006
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
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.]
Indigenous Health Research and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, pp. E930-E931
Description
Author discusses the role that healthcare and health research can play in reconciliation. Stresses the need to attend to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’ Calls to Action and to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to participate in disrupting systems of whiteness and colonial violence, and building explicitly antiracist systems of care.
Indigenous Peoples in Africa: The Forgotten Peoples?: The African Commission's Work on Indigenous Peoples in Africa
E-Books
Author/Creator
African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR)
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)
Introduction to the Canadian Historical Review Forum on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Hayday
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 160-162
Description
Introduces and provides background information on the special forum on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Ipperwash Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Description
Presentation at the Ontario Justice Education Network Summer Law Institute, outlines the work of the Ipperwash Inquiry.
Learning from Lost Lives: Examining the Calls for Justice for Police from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence Rankin
Jennie Gill
Description
Vancouver Police Department's response outlines present and future initiatives. Discusses recruitment practices, strengthening community relations, culturally appropriate and gender-neutral policy, practices and procedures, increased training in cultural competence and trauma informed responses, review of investigative practices and future directions.
Mainly Urban: House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, March/April 1993, pp. 22-26
Description
Comments on the report Mainly Urban, an inquiry into the needs of Aboriginal people living in urban communities.
Making Aboriginal Policy: A Conference Ten Years after the Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Alternate Title
Indigenous Bar Association in Canada 18th Annual Fall Conference October 19-21, 2006
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Bar Association
Description
Comments on the 18th Annual Fall Conference that brought together Indigenous law students from across Canada to speak with Elders, leaders, academics and lawyers on a variety of relevant topics.
Making It Better: Colonialism and the Economic Development of First Nations in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kelsey Wrightson
On Politics, vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 2006, pp. 131-140
Description
Comments on the paradox of development between one part of Canadian society, which is considered part of the first world, and another part of Canadian society without running water or electricity.
Mino Pimatiseewin: A Content Analysis of the Aboriginal and First Nations Submissions to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Alternate Title
Miõo Pimâtisiwin : A Content Analysis of the Aboriginal and First Nations Submissions to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rose McIvor-Girouard
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 2006.
Missing Persons in Saskatchewan: Police Policy and Practice
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Pfeifer
Description
Provides information used to assess the practicality of developing and implementing standardized police policies, protocols, and practices across Saskatchewan.
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Counter-Archive
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheridan Conty
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2019.
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation: Part 1
Alternate Title
Confrontations Over Resources Development: Ipperwash Inquiry
Part 1: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wally M. McKay
Description
Discusses resource development, blockades and social problems.
Our Interconnected Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 53-75
Description
In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Patriarchy and Paternalism: The Legacy of the Canadian State for First Nations Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel (Aki-Kwe)
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 6, 1993, pp. 174-192
Description
Shares perspective and reflections on the relationship between First Nations women and the Canadian State on the 20th anniversary of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada
The Political Economy of Aboriginal Dependency: A Critique Of The Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples
Theses
Author/Creator
Frances Widdowson
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2006
The Politics of Intragroup Difference: First Nations' Women and the Sawridge Dispute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Dick
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 39, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 97-116
Description
Looks at the Sawridge dispute, and problems associated with Bill C-31 regarding Aboriginal women’s rights within their own societies both on and off the reserves.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report: Cold Lake First Nations Rejected Claim Inquiry, Canoe Lake Cree Nation Rejected Claim Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy.
Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Public Hearings: Discussion Paper 2: Focusing the Dialogue
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Rapport sur L'Enquête Relative aux Revendications de Cold Lake Polygone de Tir Aérien de Primrose Lake
Alternate Title
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Report: Cold Lake First Nations Rejected Claim Inquiry, Canoe Lake Cree Nation Rejected Claim Inquiry (French Language Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. French language version.
Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1a
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place Volume 2: A Supplementary Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; Kepek--Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls