[Legislative Summary (Research Branch, Libary of Parliament)] ; LS-415E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Government of Canada
Description
Gives the legislative history of Bill C-37; legislation that facilitates land claim settlements, particularily those resolving treaty land entitlement and specific claims.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 5-41
Description
Discusses the conflict between anthropologists & archaeologists and Indigenous peoples on the rule for the disposition of culturally unidentifiable Native American human remains in the possession or control of museums or Federal agencies.
Presents a guide that enables real property practitioners and managers to make decisions on policy objectives and legal and statutory obligations related to Aboriginal rights.
Reports on Commission's first successful inquiry at Cold Lake and the guidelines used to verify treaty land entitlement claims. Complete issue on one pdf.
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.
American Anthropologist, vol. 104, no. 1, March 2002, pp. 247-261
Description
Argues that since land claims force Aboriginal peoples to deal in the European concept of property, it has the effect of undermining the very principles that claimants are trying preserve.
Discussion on the injustice of the federal government's actions regarding Indian land rights and the class action lawsuit regarding the federal government’s failure to fulfill its fiduciary duty for assets held in trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 17, no. 2, Autumn, 2002, pp. 143-165
Description
Illustrates, by use of a landmark court case, a parallel between 1492 and the present regarding First Nations in British Columbia and the recognition of Aborignal title.