Alternate Title
"Les Métis de l'Est": Outlining the Intellectual Currents at the Basis of 'Métis" Self-identification in Québec
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
You Cannot "Blow Hot and Blow Cold": The Contradictions of Colonialism and the Disregard for Mé Agency in Daniels]
["Get your application in!: Post-Daniels Pitfalls, Self-Identification and the Rush to Become Métis]
[Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Adam Gaudry
Darryl Leroux
D'Arcy Vermette
Description
Keynote speaker discusses his report A Matter of National and Constitutional Import: Report of the Minister's Special Representative on Reconciliation with Métis: Section 35 Métis Rights and the Manitoba Metis Federation Decision.
Duration: 1:03:28.
Second part (beginning at 1:08:32) consists of panel presentations on "Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels". Speakers discuss implications of decision for Métis self-identification, Métis in Quebec, and the Métis nation.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan.
Métis Rights Recognized and Affirmed: Métis Harvester's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Métis National Council?]
Description
Guide provides information regarding the Powley case and fall harvesting in each region.
Métis Scrip in Alberta
Alternate Title
Métis Archival Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nathalie Kermoal
Frank Tough
Jenn Rossiter
Leah Hrycun
Description
Provides brief history of "Half-breed Scrip", its meaning and origins. Focuses on the community of Lac La Biche as an example of the process.
A Métis Treaty Through the Lens of International Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Gunn
Bryn Rieger
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-25
Description
Argues that the agreement reached leading up to the Manitoba Act meets requirements for a valid treaty in international law as it was at the time.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: A Historiographical Paper
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Shubreet Jessel
Description
"This essay will explore the historic roots that have influenced the growing violence against MMIW, the contemporary social movements that have take place, and today's political influences on the issue".
Chapter One article from Empowering Emerging Voices in Undergraduate Research. Conference Proceedings edited by Jessica Riddell, Tabitha Hartropp, Rosemin Nathoo, Antoine Airoldi, Delphine Belhumeur ... [et al.]
Entire book on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Digital Story
Alternate Title
Interdisciplinary Dialogue Student Conference 2018
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mikhayla Patterson
Louise Speakman
no. 1
Description
A short film depicting the effects of colonization on Indigenous women in Canada.
Duration: 5:48.
The Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry
Alternate Title
The F Word
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Laura Wood
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell
Description
President of the Native Women's Association of Canada discusses the validity of British Columbia's inquiry, the reasons for the organization's withdrawal from the process, and the need for a national inquiry.
Duration: 44:31.
"More Precious Than Gold": Indigenous Water Governance in the Context of Modern Land Claims in Yukon
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole J. Wilson
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2018.
More Than Wind: Evaluating Renewable Energy Opportunities for First Nations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diana Campbell
Description
Topics covered: legislative/jurisdictional context, funding, technology, employment and education, integrating community energy solutions, energy efficiency and conservation programming, and partnership opportunities.
Multiculturalism Policy Index: Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Veldon Coburn
Description
Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.
Multiple Voices: Looking at the History of Batoche through the Eyes of Multiple Perspectives
Alternate Title
Exploring Multiple Perspectives in History by Examining Historical Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Parks Canada
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada and Governmental Response
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kiera E. Royle
Description
Contends that despite an inquiry now in process, governmental response is low to this serious problem facing the Canadian population.
Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native Americans & Westward Expansion: Cultures and Conflicts: Reader
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge History and Geography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Foundation
Description
Related material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources.
[Native Liberty: Natural Reason and Cultural Survivance]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Matthew L. M. Fletcher
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 133-136
Description
Book review of: Native Liberty by Gerald Vizenor.
Scroll to page 133 for article.
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native Nation Building: The Long Emergence of the Oneida Nation Judiciary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry Nesper
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 87-116
Description
Traces the history of the Appeals Commission over the course of 30 years. Case illustrates the difficulties involved when integrating court systems into societies organized by kinship.
Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lloyd L. Lee
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 148-149
Description
Book review of: Navajo Courts and Navajo Common Law: A Tradition of Tribal Self-Governance by Raymond D. Austin.
The Navajo Local Governance Act (LGA): A Help or Hindrance to Grassroots Self-Government?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle L. Hale
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 1, 2018, pp. 91-114
Description
Discusses the viability of decentralized political structures within the Navajo Nation in terms of efficiency, transparency, culturally appropriate governance and improved service delivery.
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
The Neoliberal State, Recognition and Indigenous Rights: New Paternalism to New Imaginings
Alternate Title
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research) ; no. 40
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
Cathryn Eatock
Avril Bell
Mandy Yap
Eunice Yu … [et al.]
Research Monograph (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research)
New Deal Experimentation and the Political Economy of the Yankton Sioux, 1930-1934
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa M. Houser
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 205-222
Description
Looks at the role of short term relief efforts that were put into place by the Roosevelt administration to help with lose experienced by rural Americans due to the Depression.
New Treaty New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law; Fragile Settlements: Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neil Valance
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 156-158
Description
Book review of New Treaty New Tradition by Carwyn Jones and Fragile Settlements by Amanda Nettelbeck, Russell Smandych, Louis A. Knafla, and Robert Foster.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 156.
NMTA Needs Assessment: Building Administrative Capacity in Northern Saskatchewan's Municipalities: Summary of Findings
Alternate Title
Northern Management Trust Account Needs Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nola Buhr
Joe Garcea
Greg Poelzer
Description
Found that most municipalities were not meeting the Northern Municipalities Act's financial management and governance requirements. Data for report gathered through interviews with administrators, elected officials, representatives from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the NMTA Board.
Northern Territory Emergency Response: Evaluation Report 2011
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Department of Families
Community Services and Indigenous Affairs]
The Northern Territory Emergency Response: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole Watson
Alberta Law Review, vol. 48, no. 4, Special Issue: Restorative Justice, May 2011, pp. 905-945
Description
Looks at the Australian government's intervention in Aboriginal communities due to allegations of sexual abuse.
Now a Matter of Rights: Extending Full Human Rights Protection to First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Of Bullies and Cowards: Canada's Avoidance of Indigenous Human Rights in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
[Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 83rd, 2011]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Description
Discusses the government policy on the Declaration and why Canada was the second last country in the world to adopt the UNDRIP.
Ojibwe Treaty Rights
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission
Description
Focuses on off-reservation treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather in treaty-ceded lands in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Omnibus Crime Bill Sets Stage For Future Mess
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Start Phoenix, November 18, 2011, p. A13
Description
Argues that implementing the crime bill will reverse restorative justice programs and will have a negative impact on Aboriginal People.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Open History Seminar: Canadian History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thomas Peace
Sean Kheraj
Description
Collection of primary and secondary sources suitable for use at secondary and post-secondary levels. Can be used to supplement Canadian History: Pre-Confederation and Canadian History: Post-Confederation.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Other Picture Boards in Van Diemen’s Land: The Recovery of Lost Illustrations Of Frontier Violence and Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Dean Brodie
Kristyn Harman
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
Description
Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
Our Generation: A Study Guide
Alternate Title
Screen Education
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Lewis
Description
To accompany to award-winning film about violations of Aboriginal rights in Australia.
Our Women and Girls Are Sacred: Interim Report: The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marion Buller
Michèle Audette
Brian Eyolfson
Qajaq Robinson
Paddling Together: Co-Governance Models for Regional Cumulative Effects Management
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Clogg
Gavin Smith
Deborah Carlson
Hannah Askew
Description
Includes case studies of co-management models from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Florida.
Passamaquoddy Peoples: Canada's Denial of Recognition as Just Another Path to Extinction
Alternate Title
Native Awareness Days ; 2011
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hugh Akagi
Description
Speaker discusses the implications of the Federal government's refusal to recognize the First Nation.
Part 1: 23:48.
Part 2: 22:55.
Peacekeeping Initiatives in Saskatchewan: Community-based Enhancements to Engagement and Public Safety
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rick Peach
Description
Outlines challenges associated with First Nations Policing Programs and highlights some of the programs developed to address them.
Permanency for Children & Youth in Care [British Columbia]: Case Data and Trends [as of May 31, 2018]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
Government of British Columbia]
Description
Data for Indigenous and general population on: caseloads, reasons for care and court orders for protection; breakdown of 'neglect', care plan current and complete rate; residential placement types; hotel placements; trend for numbers in care; and youth agreements.
Plain Talk 14: First Nations Accountability
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 14
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Looks at Bill C-27, The Financial Accountability and Transparency of First Nations Bill.
Plain Talk 5: The Indian Act
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Provides a history of the impacts of the implementation of the Indian Act, which was passed in 1876.
Plain Talk 6: Residential Schools
Alternate Title
It's Our Time: First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Describes the history of Canada's residential schools which were financed by the federal government, but largely run by various religious organizations.
Policy Issues in American Indian Health Governance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald Warne
The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, vol. 39, no. s1, Supplement , Spring, 2011, pp. 42-45
Description
Overview of tribally managed health services.
Political Demonstrations and Spectacles During the Rebellion Losses Controversy in Upper Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Radforth
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 92, no. 1, March 2011, pp. 1-41
Description
Examines the controversial law enacted in 1849 to compensate Lower Canadians who lost property during the Rebellions of 1837, and the strategies used to defuse the political protests.
Political Responses
Alternate Title
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[Métisland: Métis Settlements and the Daniels Decision]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Goodon
Gerald Cunningham
Description
President of the Métis Settlements General Council discusses its involvement in the Daniels case and actions of the Council since the decision. Second speaker discusses the political and historical context of the case, analyzes the court's judgement, and suggests possible future actions.
Duration: 1:15:01.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
The Politics of Identity: Who Counts as Aboriginal Today?
Theses
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Carlson
Description
Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New South Wales, 2011.