Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 30-39
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Examines oilsands expansion, the impacts on Aboriginal rights and policy determinants for assessing these impacts.
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Discusses history and culture of First Nations groups including the Coast Salish, Nlaka’pamux, Ts'ilhqot'in Secwepemc, Okanagan, Stl’atl’imx, Wet’Suwet’en, Sekani, and Dakelh First Nations.
Minister of the Environment and Parks Canada, Rona Ambrose, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Chief Adeline Jonasson to advance work on an area of interest totalling 33,525 sq. km.. See article # 74.
Links to agreements with individual First Nations, transboundary agreements, First Nations without land claims agreements, and the Understanding the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement (The Green Book).
Agreement signed on 19th February 2005 includes provisions regarding land set aside, land and water management, surface rights, natural resources matters, taxation, dispute resolution etc.
Agreement between the First Nation, Canada and British Columbia, concerning land, resource, governance, fiscal, culture, environment and other matters.
Argues that while, on the surface Canada may seem to have respected the right to self-government, in practical terms it has done little and a landmark decision is needed to speed the process.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 1-23
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Discusses the tribal reaction to U.S. government termination policies, as somewhat polarized on and off-reservation, and the efforts to take control of their own affairs.
Bill was meant to correct gender-discrimination with respect to loss of Status, for both women and their children, due to marriage to non-Status men. Amendment created new issues in terms of band membership, two-tiered system of Status and second-generation cut-off rule, and insufficient funding for First Nations to provide housing and services to new registrants.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 19, no. 2, Autumn, 2004, pp. 9-23
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Describes the impact of colonization on Native American justice systems in the United States and the growing trends toward culturally appropriate justice systems by tribal governments.