Biographical article on the evolution in Aboriginal administration through the eyes of an officer for the Western Australia Department of Native Affairs.
Proposes that discussions at future roundtables focus on: impediments to private-sector involvement in financing; infrastructure needs; modifications needed in arrangements with federal government; public-private partnerships on reserves; and facilitating communication between parties involved.
Comments on the play, Ernestine Shuswap Gets her Trout that Tomson Highway was commissioned to write based on the visit on Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier to Kamloops, British Columbia in 1910.
Duration: 58:33.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2014, pp. 33-60
Description
"examine whether our Nuuyum and its philosophical underpinnings can intertwine and have a productive relationship with contemporary forms of leadership and chief and council governance systems."
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 33.
Looks at the effects of processes and institutions on two cases of transitional justice in democracies through the attempt to remove cultural influences on children and community by isolation from ethnic groups.
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
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Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
Examines issues and implications related to the transfer of political authority to the governments of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Issues include autonomy, integration, responsibility, accountability and capacity.
2014-2015 Report on Plans and Priorities Supplementary Tables
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Program provides seed money and partner with other levels of government, organizations and the private sector to increase economic participation of urban residents.
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.
International Journal of Rule of Law, Transitional Justice and Human Rights, vol. 5, no. 5, December 2014, pp. 67-77
Description
Summarizes some of the findings and interim recommendations made by the Commission prior to the publishing of the final report.
Article located by scrolling to page 67.
Looks at the Department of Indian Affairs as the only written record keeper for legal, social, economic and cultural Aboriginal-non-Aboriginal relationships.