Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
Gives an example where the Ontario Provincial Police revealed that they had sent observers out to British Columbia to gain information on the crisis at Gustafsen Lake that they felt they could use for the occupation at the Ipperwash Provincial Park, under the assumption that these events, and people, were similar.
Describes the opposition of the Indigenous Women's Network with the Meadow Lake (SK) Tribal Council over the building of a nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 127-154
Description
Examines key potests and conflict leading up to the occupation of Wounded Knee of 1973, the evolution of the American Indian Movement (AIM), and more recent disputes concerning assets from gambling.
Acadiensis, vol. 26, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 92-101
Description
Review essay of:
Bitter Feast: Amerindians and Europeans in Northeaster North America, 1600-64 by Denis Delage.
Lost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy by Sarah Carter.
The Tangled Webs of History: Indians and the Law in Canada's Pacific Coast Fisheries by Diane Newell.
Shingwauk's Vision: A History of Native Residential Schoolsby J.R. Miller.