Looks at self-governance in Alaska, Canada, and the lower forty-eight states including eleven case studies.
Final report - AFN (Alaska Federation of Natives) version.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 1-4
Description
Keynote speaker's address opens this special issue which aims to showcase the depth and breadth of Indigenous Studies in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Rural Social Work & Community Practice, vol. 14, no. 2, December 2009, pp. 38-48
Description
Contends that a Federal government policy change from welfare focused transfer payments to one of economic development is required to benefit Canadian First Nation communities.
After Chiapas Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Simmons
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 119-148
Description
Analysis the relationship between economic restructuring and Aboriginal land rights in light of the 1994 conflict in Chiapas, Mexico and suggests that fundamental differences can provide directions for finding solutions.
English Studies in Canada, vol. 35, no. 1, [Special Issue: Aboriginal Redress], March 2009, pp. 193-200
Description
Discusses issues of reconciliation, the consequences of government policies, and its standards for measuring Indigenous peoples’ cultures, beliefs, and practices.
Provides an overview of Tribal Education Departments to support the improvement of educational outcomes for American Indian students, create partnerships and collaborations, and advance research. Includes directories.
[ Aboriginal Self-Determination?: An Assessment of Enabling Legislation Permitting First Nations to Assume Some Degree of Control over Their Lands, Resources, Moneys and Development]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David K. Laidlaw
Description
Includes: primary (legislation and jurisprudence case law) and secondary sources.
Looks at the context and issues leading to the apology issued by the Government of Canada and reviews, critiques, and presents a framework for the American experience.
Research Report (Saskatchewan School Boards Association) ; no. 09-07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Bellegarde
Description
Looks at historical reasons behind the tax exempt status provided through the Indian Act, and the applications and impacts on recruitment of First Nations teachers and other staff.
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Description
Shows major linguistic families, population and extent of areas known to Europeans.
Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Description
Distribution of Aboriginal peoples at the height of British rule when the Hudson's Bay Company dominated the fur trade. Shows linguistic families, population and the extent of the area know to Europeans.
Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Resources Canada
Description
Shows distribution, by census subdivision, of the 41,000 people identifying themselves as Inuit in the 1996 Census.
Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
Looks at the fundamental elements of Iroquois society, and the founding constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which provides an efficient institution of democratic governance, social and economic stability, and a moral equation to achieve peace.
Website includes resources, information, publications and reports on issues that are integral to modern treaty making in British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal rights, self government, land and resources, fishing, forestry and financial.