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Author/Creator
Pierre Lepage
Description
3rd edition updated and expanded.
An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families: Does Bill-92 Make the Grade?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friedland
Sarah Morales
Jeffery Hewitt
Aimée Craft
Description
Analyzes and assigns grades to the Bill in five areas: national standards, accountability, funding, jurisdiction, and data collecting and reporting.
Related material: Factsheet: Overview and Recommendations
Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation: Moving to Informed Consent
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian Payer
Michael Bonshor
Description
Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada.
Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.
Business Development and Nation (Re)Building in Canadian First Nations: A Case Study of the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council and FHQ Developments Ltd.
Theses
Author/Creator
Moses Edward George Gordon
Description
Public Policy Thesis (MPP)--University of Regina, 2019.
Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship: Report to Parliament
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada]
The Commission, the Community, and the Cree Woman in the Attic: Georgina Lightning's Older Than America in Canada's Culture of Redress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. L. Killebrew
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 136-169
Description
Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.
Comparative Analysis: Bringing Our Children Home Act (BOCHA) and An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families also known as Bill C-92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs]
Description
Section by section analysis of the child welfare Act endorsed by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the proposed federal legislation.
Confronting Cannabis: Legalization on Native Nation Lands and the Impacts of Differential Federal Enforcement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Lewis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 408-438
Description
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous Nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.
Cultural Safety and Humility Case Study Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Produced as part of the evaluation of the British Columbia Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance. Study consists of a combination of literature review and interviews with those playing key roles within the First Nations Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Regional Health Authorities, BC Coroners Service and BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, which were conducted between July 2018 and January 2019.
Doing Our Part: Initial Response to Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Northwest Territories
Description
Thematic list of current programs and policies and discussion of how they could be built upon in the future.
The Duty to Consult Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Library of Parliament) ; no. 2019-17-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isabelle Brideau
Description
Brief overview of the principal, and discussion of key considerations including with whom does the duty rest, when it is engaged, it's scope, what happens when government fails to fulfill it, the duty to accommodate, and consultation policies and guidelines.
Emergence and Evolution of the Métis Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Métis National Council
Description
Chronicles the Métis people's struggles for recognition, land and self-government.
Exemplary Punishment: T.R.L. MacInnes, the Department of Indian Affairs, and Indigenous Executions, 1936–52
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Briggs
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 398-438
Description
Discusses how Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) Secretary (1936-52), Thomas Robert Loftus (T.R.L.) MacInnes created and used racializing narratives to respond to Indigenous peoples’ resistance to assimilation and promoted “Indian executions” as a means to address “the problem.”
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2019 Progress of Implementing the Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Scheme
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2019 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Scheme
From I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Genetic Resources, Justice and Reconciliation: Canada and Global Access and Benefit Sharing
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chidi Oguamanam
Timothy J. Hodges
Jock R. Langford
Roger Hunka
Joshua Nichols … Peter W. B. Phillips
Stuart J. Smyth .. [et al.]
Genocide against Indigenous Peoples: International Law and the Experiences of the Canadian and Guatemalan Truth Commissions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Guematcha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Article compares the processes and findings of the Truth Commissions in Canada and Guatemala; discusses how the idea and crime of genocide appears in national narratives, and how the findings of these commissions are part of a larger evolution of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.
Grade 12 Current Topics in First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Studies (40S): A Course for Independent Study
E-Books
Author/Creator
Manitoba Education
Description
"Field Validation Version."
How Did We Get Here?: A Concise, Unvarnished Account of the History of the Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Alternate Title
Interim Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lillian Dyck
Scott Tannas
Daniel Christmas
Mary Coyle
Norman Doyle … [et al.]
Indigenous Activism, Community Sustainability, and the Constraints of CANZUS Settler-Colonial Nationhood.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul R McKenzie-Jones
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 104-131
Description
Author considers different cases of Indigenous resistance; offers a critique of the process of settler-colonial nationhood citing Audra Simpson’s assertion in Mohawk Interruptus that “continued Indigenous defense undermines and corrupts the absolutism of settler-colonial nationhood”
Indigenous Health Primer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Writing Group of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon
Indigenous (Her)oes and their Healing Work: Ending Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Kennedy
Description
Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2019.
Indigenous Law 2018: Year in Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norton Rose Fulbright [Canada LLP]
Description
Summarizes decisions which spoke to the relationship between Aboriginal title claims and fee simple title, the duty to consult and injunctive relief.
Indigenous Nationhood and Herring Governance: Strategies for the Reassertion of Indigenous Authority and Inter-Indigenous Solidarity Regarding Marine Resources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne von der Porten
Jeff Corntassel
Devi Mucina
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 62-74
Description
Examines the interactions between coastal Aboriginal nations in British Columbia, Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) around the West Coast herring fishery as a site cultural resurgence, nationhood, solidarity, and Indigenous sovereignty.
Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map
Web Sites
Author/Creator
Canadian Geographic Education
Description
Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.
Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.
Indigenous Self-Determination in Northern Canada and Norway
Alternate Title
IRPP Study ; no. 69
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gary N. Wilson
Per Selle
Description
Looks at development of two complementary governance structures: self-rule and shared rule. The Inuit approach has involved negotiating land claims agreements and in some cases, establishing amalgamated regional governments to administer programs; the Sámi approach has involved establishment of Sámediggi national parliament.
The Indigenous World 2019
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger
Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Laila Susanne Vars
Jennifer Preston … et al.]
Innovations in First Nations Health: Exploring the Effects of Neoliberal Settler Colonialism on the Treaty Right to Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Rita Merrick
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.
International Best Practices for Indigenous Engagement in Major Energy Projects: Building Partnerships on the Path to Reconciliation: Report of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Maloney
Richard Cannings
Shannon Stubbs
Ted Falk
David de Burgh Graham … [et al.]
Description
Discusses principles that should be used when building consensus including: early and ongoing consultation, meaningful dialogue, and inclusivity, accessibility and capacity enhancement. Fostering partnerships based on the application of Indigenous knowledge, sustainable and equitable development, infrastructure modernization and energy independence.
"June 2019, 42nd Parliament, 1st Session"
Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hayden King
Shiri Pasternak
Riley Yesno
Description
Discussion of current land and resource strategies used by the federal and provincial governments and how they interface with Aboriginal law and Aboriginal rights and title.
Land Claims [Part One]
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip: A Claim Against the Crown
The Need for a Unique Métis Claims Process - Minister's Special Representative Report (2016) on Métis Section 35 Rights
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Zachary Davis
Description
Two presentations: "The Need for a Unique Métis Claims Process - Minister's Special Representative Report (2016) on Métis Section 35 Rights" and "Métis Scrip: A Claim Against the Crown". Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:54:44.
Land Claims [Part Two]
Alternate Title
A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Nation of Alberta's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historical and Contemporary Communities
MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities
Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Eyford
Ryan Shackleton
Harry Slade
Description
Three presentations: "Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown"; "MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities"; and "A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations". Followed by question and answer period.
The Land Since Time Immemorial: A Review of the Assimilation Policies on Indigenous Peoples Through Canada's Indian Act
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erica Neeganagwedgin
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 136-142
Description
Article reviews Canada's 1876 Indian Act and examines some of the ways in which the Canadian government has dominated Indigenous peoples throughout its history.
Law's Indigenous Ethics
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Burrows
A Legal Analysis of Genocide: Supplementary Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Description
Represents views and opinions of the National Inquiry after consultations with legal scholars and lawyers with expertise on genocide and international crimes. Topics include: definition, Canada's actions and omissions as genocidal conduct (actus reus), Canada's specific intent to destroy Indigenous peoples (mens rea), and Canada's responsibility for genocide and obligations for reparations.
Māori with Lived Experience of Disability, Part I
Alternate Title
Māori with Disabilities (Part Two)
Maori with Disabilities (Part Two)
Maori with Lived Experience of Disability, Part I
Wai 2575 Health Services and Outcomes Kaupapa Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paula Thérèse King
Description
Related material:
Māori with Disabilities (Part Two).
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Key note presentation entitled "“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base." Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:28:35.
Not One More: Addressing the Data Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Urban Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justina Rothenberg
Description
Public Management Capstone Project (M.A.)--John Hopkins University, 2019.
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
Power Shift in Remote Indigenous Communities: A Cross-Canada Scan of Diesel Reduction and Clean Energy Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dylan Heerema
Dave Lovekin
Description
Tracks progress in policies, programs and regulations that impact energy systems at the federal, provincial, territorial, regulatory and utility levels. Each section includes information on jurisdiction's total number of communities, and population and diesel consumption as a percentage of national total. Based on the most recent data available in the Remote Communities Energy database.
Primer on Practice Shifts Required with Canada's Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
M. E. Turpel-Lafond
Description
The Act provides support for First Nations' authority over child and family services. Document discusses national legal principles, positive principles, standards and norms, restricting or constraining provisions, the interplay between elected Indian Act Band Councils and traditional governance structures, and the applicability of First Nations laws.
The Promise and Pitfalls of C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children, youth and families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naiomi Walqwan Metallic
Hadley Friendland
Sarah Morales
Description
Act asserts Indigenous peoples' jurisdiction over child and family services and establishes national standards. Paper examines issues related to national standards, jurisdiction, funding, accountability and data collection.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description