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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patty Loew
James Thannum
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 161-191
Description
Looks at the socioeconomic, political, and cultural factors that contributed to the spearfishing crisis in northern Wisconsin and the battered attempts by the Ojibwe to exercise their treaty-based fishing rights. The article also examines the state of relations between Native and non-Native residents.
ayisīnowak: A Communication Guide: kâ-isi-pîkiskwâtoyahk
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Guide intended to increase understanding, respect and awareness of Aboriginal culture and protocols in order to create improved relationship building.
"Digital update: May 2018."
Blanket Exercise Treaty 8 and Métis (Alberta) Adaptation: Facilitator Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Teachers' Association
Description
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
[Book Reviews]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brittany Luby
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 205-207
Description
Review of The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Anton Treuer.
Breathing Life into The Stone Fort Treaty
Theses
Author/Creator
Aimée Craft
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M)--University of Victoria, 2011.
Canadian University Acknowledgement of Indigenous Lands, Treaties, and Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rima Wilkes
Aaron Duong
Linc Kesler
Howard Ramos
Canadian Review of Sociology, vol. 54, no. 1, February 2017, pp. 89-120
Description
Describes the content and practice of acknowledgement and looks at the five general types across Canada.
Challenging Historical Frameworks: Aboriginal Rights, The Trickster, and Originalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 114-135
Description
Asserts that Canadian Aboriginal and treaty laws should reflect our shared history.
Citizens Plus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indian Chiefs of Alberta
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 188-281
Description
Also known as the "Red Paper". Written in response to the White Paper Policy, discusses the political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Denise Fuchs
Manitoba History, vol. 65, Winter, 2011, pp. 44-46
Description
Book review of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J. R. Miller.
A Concise History of Canada's First Nations
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 355-357
Description
Book review of: A Concise History of Canada's First Nations by Olive Patricia Dickason, with William Newbigging.
Controlling Land: Historical Representations of News Discourse in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Harding
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 65-92
Description
Analysis of rhetoric used in news coverage of 1998 referendum on the Nisga'a Treaty and 2002 BC Treaty Referendum in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times, and Kamloops Daily News.
Crown-First Nations Relationships: A Comparative Analysis of the Tsawwassen Final Agreement and Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Alan Hanna
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.
Delgamuukw and the People Without Culture: Anthropology and the Crown
Theses
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1994.
Disrupting Ignorance and Settler Identities: The Challenges of Preparing Beginning Teachers for Treaty Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Tupper
in education exploring our connective educational landscape, vol. 17, no. 3, Autumn, 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the importance of treaty education for all Saskatchewan students and looks at the resources needed for educators.
Effective First Nations Governance: Navigating the Legacy of Colonization
Theses
Author/Creator
Terry Lynn Fox (Poucette)
Description
Public Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2017.
Elders' Contributions Recognized by Office of Treaty Commissioner
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leisha Grebinski
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 3, March 2011, p. 16
Description
Looks at how Elders share oral history with teachers on many First Nations topics including treaties.
Article found by scrolling to page 16.
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference: Abstracts and Papers
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre of Canadian Studies
University of Edinburgh
Description
Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.
Forget Taxes: First Nations Paid with Their Land
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Piche Hobbema
Windspeaker, vol. 12, no. 20, December/January 1994/1995, p. 5
Description
Contends that a columnist Diane Francis's portrayal of First Nations revealed a lack of knowledge about treaties signed between Canada and First Nations people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
From Treaties to Reserves: The Federal Government and Native Peoples in Territorial Alberta, 1870-1905; From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for All Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 3, June-July 2017, pp. 119-120
Description
Book reviews of From Treaties to Reserves by D. J. Hall and From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christian Allan Bertelsen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Description
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.
Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare: Why Indian Policy Failed in the Prairie Provinces
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alexander Blair Stonechild
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 438-440
Description
Book review of: From Wooden Ploughs to Welfare by Helen Buckley.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies: A Foundation for Implementation
Alternate Title
Grade Twelve Current Topics in First Nations, Métis and Inuit Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education
Guide to Real Property Management: Aboriginal Context
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Description
Presents a guide that enables real property practitioners and managers to make decisions on policy objectives and legal and statutory obligations related to Aboriginal rights.
Indian Given: Racial Geographies Across Mexico and the United States
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emilio Del Valle Escalante
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-112
Description
Book review of: Indian Given by Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo.
Indigenous Peoples in Canada: A Bibliography of Legal and Other Works to 1994
E-Books
Description
Extensive list (335 pages).
"with additions made in September 2022".
[Justice Binnie on Reconciliation. Part 4]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ian Binnie
Description
Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 4:33.
Part 4 of 5.
[Justice Binnie on Reconciliation. Part 5]
Alternate Title
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ian Binnie
Description
Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 4:50.
Part 5 of 5.
Linking Arms Together: Multicultural Constitutionalism in a North American Indigenous Vision of Law and Peace
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Williams
California Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, July 1994, pp. 981-1049
Description
Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.
Looking for Aboriginal Health In Legislation and Policies, 1970 to 2008: The Policy Synthesis Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Description
Looks at policies and legislation focusing on the health care system, jurisdictional divide, information gaps and self-government activities.
Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James N. McCrorie
Prairie Forum, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall, 1994, pp. 264-265
Description
Book review of: Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter.
Mediating the Numbered Treaties: Eyewitness Accounts of Treaties Between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples, 1871-1876
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheldon Kirk Krasowski
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Regina, 2011.
A Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of Saskatchewan and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (M.L.T.C.) Respecting Preliminary Discussions Regarding Saskatchewan's Involvement in the M.L.T.C-Canada Self-Government Initiative
Documents & Presentations
Description
Purpose of agreement is to pursue discussions regarding self-government.
Nation to Nation: Indian Nation-Crown Relations in Canada: A Report Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thalassa Research
Description
Focuses on the past and future treaty relationship.
Now a Matter of Rights: Extending Full Human Rights Protection to First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Human Rights Commission
The Numbered Treaties: Similar Means to Dichotomous Ends
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Whitehouse
Past Imperfect, vol. 3, 1994, pp. [25]-45
Description
Argues that Aboriginals of the North-West Territories entered the treaty making process seeking to ensure cultural survival, while the government had the goal of assimilation.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Eight: Foreigners Invade Your Country Simulation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
A Primer on the Constitutional Duty to Consult
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
OKT Law
Description
Explains the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 to protect Aboriginal and treaty rights.
[Professor Castellano on Reconciliation. Part 2]
Alternate Title
Symposium on Reconciliation ; Toronto, Ontario February, 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marlene Brant Castellano
Description
Marlene Brant Castellano, Professor Emeritus at Trent University, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011.
Duration: 5:01.
Part 2 of 5.
"R" Is for Métis: Contradictions in Scrip and Census in the Construction of a Colonial Métis Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Adese
TOPIA, no. 25, Spring, 2011, pp. 203-212
Description
Reviews the Northwest Half-Breed Scrip Commission records and the 1901 Census of Canada to show how the Métis people were treated historically.
Reading News About Māori: Responses From Non-Māori Media Audiences
Alternate Title
Reading News About Maori: Responses From Non-Maori Media Audiences
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Gregory
Belinda Borell
Tim McCreanor
Angela Moewaka Barnes
Ray Nairn
Jenny Rankine
Sue Abel
Ken Taiapa
Hector Kaiwai
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 51-64
Description
Examines the impacts of media depictions on Pākehā and tauiwi audiences, and looks at working for improved media coverage of Māori and treaty issues.
Refugee Crisis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Garrett Wilson
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 20-28
Description
Depicts U.S. Government policy betraying the Sioux people in the 1870s and 1880s.
Rethinking Reconciliation: Thoughts on the Canadian Government's Initiatives to Reconcile the State-Indigenous Relationship
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 83rd, 2011]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Honkanen
Description
Argues that Canada must begin to develop trusting, long-term and collaborative relationships with Indigenous people in the spirit of the treaties in order for reconciliation to take place.
A Review of Ethnocentric Bias Facing Indian Witnesses
Alternate Title
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.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
The Saugeen Ojibway Nation and Canada: Historical Relationships, Settler Colonialism, and Stories of a Shared Space
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher James Wright
Description
History Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--King's College London, 2017.
Seeking Recognition: The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, 1855-1984
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Andrew H. Fisher
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 145-147
Description
Book review of: Seeking Recognition: The Termination and Restoration of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, 1855-1984 by David R. M. Beck.
Treaty Essential Learnings (TELs): The Treaty Experience in Manitoba: Implementation Copy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba,
[Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Norton
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 197-198
Description
Book review of: Treaty No. 9 by John Long.
The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today
Alternate Title
Book review
The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Maori and Pakeha from Tasman to Today
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carwyn Jones
AlterNative, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 68-69
Description
Book review of: The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today edited by V. O'Malley, B. Stirling, W. Penetito.
[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations and a Return to the Original Intent of the Treaty Relationship]
Alternate Title
McKercher Lecture Series
Wunusweh Lecture in Aboriginal Law ; 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Derek Nepinak
Description
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.