Discusses how the lack of recognition and respect of Aboriginal and treaty rights pose a barrier to maintaining healthy relationships between Anishinabek First Nations, government and police services.
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 125-149
Description
Book review of: Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia by Cole Harris. Comments by Cole about the review also included.
Betsiamites Band Highways 138 and Riviere Betsaimites Bridge Inquiries - Final Report (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
Historical background, analysis, and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC). Issue whether land used for projects was lawfully surrendered or expropriated. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
Examines the use of physical occupation and civil disobedience by Aboriginal peoples to accomplish their objectives relating to land, treaty, and other rights; and examines the impact of the Nu-Chah-Nulth First Nations’ blockade on forest practices in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of 22,080 acres of reserve land. ICC concluded that Canada is responsible for the loss of use of the land since 1891, breach of Treaty and fiduciary duty, and recommends negotiation of settlement under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Outlines a project that was developed to better understand the land-use planning opportunities and challenges faced by First Nations living in northern Ontario.
Health and Place, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 403-411
Description
Argues that environmental dispossession disproportionately affects the health of Aboriginal peoples, but what is not known is how its effects are sustained over time.
Cumberland House Cree Nation, IR 100A Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical backround and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of 22,080 acres of reserve land. ICC concluded that Canada is responsible for the loss of use of the land since 1891, breach of Treaty and fiduciary duty, and recommends negotiation of settlement under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
James Smith Cree Nation IR 100A Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, submissions, and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine if Canada breached its obligations in taking an invalid surrender and in its subsequent disposition of the land. ICC found that James Smith Cree Nation was not owed any lawful obligations, but recommended that Canada's obligations dealing with the disposition of IR100A be negotiated with Cumberland House Cree Nation. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C.
James Smith Cree Nation Chakastaypasin IR 98 Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report regarding the James Smith Cree Nation's claim challenging the validity of the surrender and sale of the Chakastaypasin Band's Indian Reserve (IR) 98. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 2009, pp. 45-122
Description
Examines the implications of a national First Nations Land Title System (FNLTS) as it relates to economic development. The article also compares and looks at other Indigenous communities internationally.
Environmental Politics, vol. 14, no. 5, November 2005, pp. 629-647
Description
Examines the essence of environmental provisions in agreements which allow for Indigenous participation in environmental management between Aboriginal peoples and mining project developers.
Guide to accompany film, The Invisible Nation". Target audience students aged 15-20. Contains start and preparatory activities, reflective sharing, comparing two Algonquin communities, observation checklist and suggested questions.
Final Report regarding the James Smith Cree Nation's claim challenging the validity of the surrender and sale of the Chakastaypasin Band's Indian Reserve (IR) 98. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
Historical background, submissions, and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine if Canada breached its obligations in taking an invalid surrender and in its subsequent disposition of the land. ICC found that James Smith Cree Nation was not owed any lawful obligations, but recommended that Canada's obligations dealing with the disposition of IR100A be negotiated with Cumberland House Cree Nation. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman.
Addresses concerns about traditional resources and resource harvesting in the Athabasca oil sands area that the Mikesew Cree First Nation is dependent on.
Agreement to improved government relations with Aboriginal communities regarding decisions about land use, resource use and revenue-sharing in British Columbia.
Argues that First Nations people, living on reserves, need to develop wealth creation by means other than real estate, in order to increase their net worth.
Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory.
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Duration: 43:24
Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.
Journal of Enterprising Communities, vol. 3, no. 1, 2009, pp. 94-117
Description
Discusses long-term environmental and social impacts of building a pipeline in a region where people believe that they have an obligation to the land upon which they live.
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series]
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2009-03]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Novaline D. Wilson
Description
Looks at the two issues on appeal that the Supreme Court will decide. Looks at Rhode Island's argument that the Secretary of the Interior lacks legality to take land into trust for Narragansett Tribe under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA).
Discusses the resource revenue sharing policy that will provide a process where one or more Aboriginal groups will receive a negotiated share of the mineral tax revenue from certain new mining projects.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 27, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 205-215
Description
Examines whether the restrictive scoping applied in this process which led to the approval of a mine addressed the needs of First Nations located southeast of the mine.