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 the denied Aboriginal rights claims by nine Dakota First Nations. Canada argues that these people are refugees, following the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1976, but the Dakota argues that they were in fact returning to their traditional lands in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 31, no. 2, Symposium: Lands, Liberties, and Legacies: Indigenous Peoples and International Law, 2006/2007, pp. 257-272
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Discusses the implications of the decision by the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, under its Urgent Action Procedure, which directs the United States to cease its violation of Shoshone land rights.
Looks at a number of current and critical conflicts associated with Aboriginal rights, treaty rights, and the inherent right to First Nations self-government.
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Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 141-178
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Research article highlights how Section 35 cases on pre-contact rights and activities challenge the goal of protecting the inherent right to self-government of Aboriginal peoples.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
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Discusses the similarities and differences of tribal and governmental approaches to treaty settlements in the United States and New Zealand, and outlines potential impacts to the environment.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Africa and the Millennium Development Goals, 2006, pp. 14-23
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Reviews new legislation that will provide improved range land management and the possibility of further marginalization of pastoral people.
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