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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcel Brousseau
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 136-167
Description
Looks at Kiowa responses to allotment by comparing N. Scott Momaday’s canonical literary work to Mark Palmer's "Indigital" cartography in terms of understanding, recording and remembering the process and effects of the United States government’s policy in the Oklahoma territory.
The Arctic Railway and the Sámi: Reconciling National Interests with Indigenous Rights
Alternate Title
FIIA Briefing Paper ; 254
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Agne Cepinskyte
Armed with an Eagle Feather against the Parliamentary Mace: A Discussion of Discourse on Indigenous Sovereignty and Spirituality in a Settler Colonial Canada, 1990-2017
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacie A. Swain
Description
Religious Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
Building on Common Ground: A New Vision for Impact Assessment in Canada: The Final Report of the Expert Panel for the Review of Environmental Assessment Processes
E-Books
Author/Creator
Johanne Gélinas
Doug Horswill
Rod Northey
Renée Pelletier
The Canadian Crown's Duty to Consult Indigenous Nations' Knowledge Systems in Federal Environmental Assessments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen S. Crawford
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship, July 2018, p. Article 4
Description
Evaluates the extent to which the Environmental Assessment Expert Panel's review of existing regulatory processes and Canada's response in the form of proposed legislation in Bill C-69 actually addressed its duty to consult. Argues that the examination of documents shows that government's duty has not been fulfilled in either spirit or practice.
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Description
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Caretakers of the Land: Why Indigenous Trapline Holders' Legal Rights and Responsibilities Matter to Everyone
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bud Napoleon
Hannah Askew
Description
Context is British Columbia, with particular attention to Treaty 8 territory in the northeastern region of the province.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Community Crisis Planning for Prevention, Response, and Recovery: First Nations Service Delivery Model
Alternate Title
First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gaye Hanson
Jenn Redvers
Lisa Taylor Hanson and Associates
Description
Guide for developing plans to deal with short-term situations such as fire, extreme weather conditions, hazardous spills, disease outbreak, search and rescue of missing citizens, and alleged suicide, homicide, assault, etc. Based on the work of Kwanlin Dün First Nation.
Considerations for Meaningful Collaborations with Tribal Populations: The Tribal Collaboration Working Group Report to the All of Us Research Program Advisory Panel
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tribal Collaboration Working Group
Description
Outlines overarching principals of respect for tribal sovereignty, acknowledgment of historical transgressions, importance of engagement with urban leaders, and need for continued bi-directional consultations. Also focuses on four specific topics: governance; sovereignty and consent; ethics, including institutional review boards, bio-specimen storage and access, and protection and benefits; and engagement and partnerships.
The Digital Biography of Things: A Canadian Case Study in Digital Repatriation
Alternate Title
Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017
Sapere l’Europa. Sapere d’Europa ; 4
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Emanuela Rossi
Description
Describes the database created by The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC).
Chapter from Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017 edited by Simona Pinton and Lauso Zagato.
A Digital Bundle : Protecting and Promoting Indigenous Knowledge Online
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wemigwans
Extractive Industries and Sami in Sweden: An Analysis of the Procedural Safeguards in the Swedish Mineral Framework and Sweden's International and Regional Obligations
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathan Örnberg
Description
Laws Thesis (M.LL.)--Lund University, 2018.
Final Written Submission: National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Looks at the issue in the context of gender-based violence as a human rights violation which is rooted in deep, structural discrimination and intersects with socio-economic and cultural rights violations. Outlines essential elements of a human-rights based response and identifies three keys to effectiveness.
First Peoples Law: Essays on Canadian Law and Decolonization
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
Description
Topics include Aboriginal title, treaties, the Métis, duty to consult, and land claims.
3rd edition.
The Handbook of Contemporary Indigenous Architecture
Alternate Title
Contemporary Urban Indigenous Placemaking in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Timothy O’Rourke
Elizabeth Grant
Kelly Greenop
Deidre Brown
Albert L. Refiti ... Sarem Nejad
Ryan Walker ... [et al.]
He Whare Hangarau Māori: Language, Culture & Technology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hineitimoana Greensill
Hōri Manuirirangi
Hēmi Whaanga
Te Taka Keegan
Tania M. Ka‘ai … [et al.]
How Traditional Knowledge Comes to Matter in Atlantic Salmon Governance in Norway and Finland
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Camilla Brattland
Tero Mustonen
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 4, December 19, 2018
Description
Authors examine how traditional Indigenous knowledge might be integrated into knowledge-production and governance structures in the Norwegian and Finish Atlantic Salmon fisheries. Article advocates for using the Näätämö co-management project as an example of best practice in Arctic Environmental governance.
Indian Given: Racial Geographies Across Mexico and the United States
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emilio Del Valle Escalante
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 111-112
Description
Book review of: Indian Given by Maria Josefina Saldaña-Portillo.
Indigenous World 2017
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shankar Limbu
Albert K. Barume
José Aylwin
Johan Strömgren
Olga Murashko .. [et al.]
The Indigenous World 2018
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Pamela Jacquelin-Andersen
Laila Susanne Vars
Olga Murashko
Johannes Rohr
Tim Aqukkasuk Argetsinger ... [et al.]]
Indigitization: Toolkit for the Digitization of First Nations Knowledge
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
University of British Columbia
University of Northern British Columbia
Northern B.C. Archives and Special Collections
Museum of Anthropology
Oral History and Language Laboratory
UBC iSchool ]
Description
Project is a collaborative initiative between communities and organizations, and institutional partners to facilitate conservation, digitization, and management of communities' cultural heritage.
Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge and Bioprospecting: Searching for Efficient Balance of Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Aman Gebru
Description
Juridical Sciences Thesis (JSD)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Keetsahnak / Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Michelle Good
Christi Belcourt
Tracy Bear
Robyn Bourgeois ... Robert Alexander Innes ... [et al.]
Description
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Matrimonial Real Property Rights in First Nations Communities: A Statistical Profile
Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adam Fisher
Kala Pendakur
Description
Includes explanation of the Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, information on communities which have developed and ratified their own laws pursuant to the Act and statistics on factors that may affect victims of domestic violence ability to access their rights such as proximity of courthouses, police stations, law offices and health services, and access to broadband internet.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
"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.
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
Opportunities for Standards to Contribute to Health, Safety, Resiliency, and Environmental Protection in Canada’s North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Steenhof
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 33-50
Description
Author draws on a white paper published by CSA Group (2017) to focus on four topic areas: provision of clean and accessible water, provision of emergency response, safe and resilient buildings, and environmental protection and management. Identifies 14 different opportunities for standards in those areas.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
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.
(Re)Making Indigenous Water Worlds: Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Rights, and Hydrosocial Relations in the Settler Nation State
Theses
Author/Creator
Shaun A. Stevenson
Description
English Language and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2018.
Recognizing Indigenous Legal Orders: Their Content, Embeddedness in Distinct Indigenous Cultures, and Implications for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
Indigenous Legal Orders in Canada: A Literature Review
Law Publications (Western University) ; 92
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Description
Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.
Refracting the State through Human-Fish Relations: Fishing, Indigenous Legal Orders and Colonialism in North/Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoe Todd
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 60-75
Description
Considers Aboriginal worldviews around the relationships humans have with, and the responsibilities they have to non- or more-than-human entities as a framework for environmental activism, opposition to resource extraction, and government regulation. Asserts that a re-examination of the way that humans connect to our non-human relations is necessary for survivance.
Research Priorities for Quebec First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Revitalizing Indigenous Law for Land, Air and Water: St’át’imc Legal Traditions Report
Alternate Title
RELAW Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dean Billy
Lindsay Borrows
Jessica Clogg
Helen Copeland
St’át’imc Elders
The Sacred and the Digital: Managing Heritage in an Open Access World
Theses
Author/Creator
Sarah Lison
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Sections 7 and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Context of the Clean Water Crisis on Reserves: Opportunities and Challenges for First Nations Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Madiha Vallani
Description
Law Thesis (LLM)--Western University, 2018.
Secwépemc: Lands and Resources Law Research Project
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Kirsty Broadhead
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Adrienne Macmillan
Simon Owen
Description
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
Tar Creek: The Quapaw Tribe, the EPA, and Tribal Self-Determination, 1980–2010
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Raymond Anthony Nolan
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 33, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 70-86
Description
Author examines the way that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) managed the clean-up of mining pollution on Quapaw land at the Tar Creek mine site; outlines frameworks of historic case law and contemporary sovereignty agreements, critically analyses the EPA’s process and its failure to recognize Quapaw sovereignty and self-determination within these contexts.
Tourism in Gwaii Haanas: Contributions to Haida Gwaii Communities and Co-management
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Elliott
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Thesis (MREM)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Toward a Successful Shared Future for Canada: Research Insights from the Knowledge Systems, Experiences and Aspirations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Description
Report draws on the findings of 28 knowledge synthesis reports, and insights from exchanges between researchers and leaders from Indigenous communities and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Results are listed under six themes: Indigenous research; arts, language and culture; teaching and learning; community and social well-being; economic self-determination and business; self-governance, Indigenous law and resource rights.
Tribal Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Lessons Learned from B.C. Examples
Alternate Title
Tribal Parks and Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas: Lessons Learned from British Columbia Examples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rachel Plotkin
David Suzuki Foundation
[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations and a Return to the Original Intent of the Treaty Relationship]
Alternate Title
McKercher Lecture Series
Wunusweh Lecture in Aboriginal Law ; 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Derek Nepinak
Description
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation
Duration: 59:54.
“We’re not going to sit idly by:” 45 Years of Asserting Native Sovereignty along the Missouri River in Nebraska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angel M. Hinzo
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 200-214
Description
Focuses on Standing Rock Sioux Water Protectors' fight against construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, United States v. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska’s defense of Blackbird Bend.
We Rise Together: Achieving Pathway to Canada Target 1 through the Creation of Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in the Spirit and Practice of Reconciliation: The Indigenous Circle of Experts' Report and Recommendations
Alternate Title
[2020 Biodiversity Goals and Targets for Canada]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indigenous Circle of Experts
Description
Includes 10 case studies.
'We've Been Here for 2,000 Years': White Settlers, Native American DNA and the Phenomenon of Indigenization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
Social Studies of Science, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 80-100
Description
Looks at the role genetic testing has played in the trend for increasing numbers of Québécois to identify themselves as métis and the subsequent proliferation of organizations representing their interests.