Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 6-15
Description
Argues customary and traditional laws of communal stewardship over land as opposed to individual land tenure systems should be recognized and protected for future land development.
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The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Description
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
International Criminal Law Review, vol. 10, no. 1, 2010, pp. 111-135
Description
Discusses the Indigenous Human Rights Tribunal into Genocide in Canada, formed to gather proof of genocide which could result in criminal cases against personnel responsible and compensation.
Examines the crucial role between media technologies and the process of Māori cultural revitalization, sustainability and development for post-settlement Ngāi Tahu.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
Description
Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 4-5
Description
Introduction to journal issue bringing together perspectives on development, self-determination and the role of customary law.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Education, 2005, pp. 26-34
Description
Discusses the right of San communities to access formal education in Nambia, Botswana and South Africa.
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Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linc Kesler
Larry Grant
Coll Thrush
Neil Safier
Shaunee Casavant
Nika Collison
Tirso Gonzaez
Sheryl Lightfoot
Description
Webcast of Global Encounters Initiative Symposium called Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame held at the University of British Columbia, March 4-6, 2010. Panel discussion begins at 36:41.
Duration: 2:24:18.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 76-83
Description
Discusses the adoption of United Nations Declaration on of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and self-determination.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 38-43
Description
Provides examples of the positive moves promoting and protecting indigenous peoples' traditional system of governance to retain traditional ways of life.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Education, 2005, pp. 35-41
Description
Reports pastoralists view education as a social disruption, interfering with livelihood, culture, land and natural resources.
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Brief history and evolution includes discussion of the ecological, social, and cultural factors surrounding the international governance of biodiversity, traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights.
Maori Women Confront Discrimination: Using International Human Rights Law to Challenge Discriminatory Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerensa Johnston
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, 2005, pp. 19-70
Description
Discusses the Women's Convention and the Optional Protocol procedure, in order to examine the extent to which international human rights law may play a role in eliminating discrimination against Māori women in New Zealand.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 50-53
Description
Looks at historical and contemporary conflicts between the government, the Maoists rebels and the youth movement.
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Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 81-88
Description
Prose expresses the disappointment Aboriginal people feel in knowing that the United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples was not signed.
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide
Links to historical information, maps, newspaper articles, photographs and video clips documenting Aboriginal title and rights in British Columbia. Includes documents relating to the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913-1916).