Profile of the State of Indian Children and Youth in Support of the Domestic Policy Council Workgroup on Indian Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael H. Trujillo
Leo J. Nolan
Deborah Melton
Walter Hillabrant
Judy Earp ... [et al.]
Description
"The goal of this study was to collect and organize existing information and to develop a set of recommendations to assist in the development of coordinated Federal policy."
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. 1-18
Description
Analysis of the Indian Self-Determination Act (1975) concludes that achieving self-determination is seriously compromised by declining levels of funding in real terms.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Part 3), Winter, 1997, pp. 35-55
Description
Article discusses the spiritual and cultural-based resistance to the imposition of colonial culture, religion, and law; the banning if Indigenous spiritual practice by that colonial state(s) as a response; and the implementation of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) in 1978 which extended First Amendment Rights to the Indigenous peoples living in the United States.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 22, no. 1, 1997/1998, pp. 37-64
Description
Discusses Supreme Court decisions in the cases R. v. Vanderpeet, R. v. Gladstone, R. v. N.T.C Smokehouse, R. v. Pamajewon as they pertain to defining Aboriginal rights.
Georgia Law Review, vol. 24, no. 4, Summer, 1990, pp. 1019-1044
Description
Uses the example of the Iroquois of upper New York to illustrate how Europeans interpreted social structure in terms of their own cultures and belief systems. In this case, the view that Indian men were lazy and the women "drudges" who nevertheless possessed a great deal of power.
Consists of information on: context, essential elements of Commission's proposals, summary of report, listing of chapters providing overview or integration of recommendations, findings and recommendations by theme, and expenditures by function.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Events leading up to a healing circle and description of the process in a Labrador community.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Constitutional Forum, vol. 8, no. 2, 1997, pp. 33-39
Description
Examines six court cases that deal with section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the profound impact that these decisions will have in future judicial decisions and claims.
Commission on Human Rights: Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities; Fifty-first Session: Item 7 of the Provisional Agenda
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miguel Alfonso Martínez
[United Nations Economic and Social Council]
Description
Examination of the various aspects surrounding treaties or agreements between Indigenous peoples and the nation states.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 113-132
Description
Author examines the failure of the United States government to recognize the tribal status of the Samish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Steilacoob, Cowlitz, and Chinook Nations of western Washington, and consequently their rights to their ancestral lands.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 227-257
Description
Examines Noel Dyck's view of Indian Agents as people who uncritically reproduced the Institutions definition of the 'Indian problem' and looks at responses to a 1946 questionnaire for insight into Indian agents' views.
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission's activities for the year including inquiries and reports, special initiatives and plans for the next year. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the interpretations of the justice clause in the Treaties.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Justice as Healing, vol. 2, no. 3, Fall, 1997, p. [?]
Description
Excerpt from the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Strategic Plan for Indian Justice; advocates a system that restores traditions, is community driven and promotes healing.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 19-39
Description
Analyzes three types of political action First Nations' people have undertaken: acts of civil disobedience, general policy protests and international protests.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Cultural Property in American Indian Literatures: Representation and Interpretation, Autumn, 1997, pp. 675-702
Description
Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.
Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 2, April 1997, p. 30
Description
Uses findings of coroners inquests as a way of auditing the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
Attempts to identify actual uses of intellectual property rights by looking at case studies in relation to intellectual property, access to genetic resources and related issues.