Looks at the development of an Aboriginal justice strategy to allow for Aboriginal control of justice in comparison to the UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Podcast of an interview with a playwright whose work focuses on the cycle of incarceration of women and the effect this has on their children.
Duration: 29:44.
Photograph. Caption: "Judge Hugh Richardson (right) shaking hands with Peter Hourie, the court interpreter for the Indian trials."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
The Indian trials took place in Regina, North West Territories, after the trial of Louis Riel.
Discusses jurisdiction, funding and accountability, education standards and language, and cultural traditions as foundational elements for a new system.
First Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2013.
Focuses on R. v. O'Connor criminal case, the Blackwater v. et al v. Plint et al civil case adjudication, and Hollow Water Community Holistic Circle Healing initiative.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 4
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frank Iacobucci
Description
Session Four from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto.
Keynote speaker talks about handling the settlement.
Duration: 55.29.
Interview with a woman who is concerned about child and family services and wants the scope of the inquiry into the circumstances of the death of Phoenix Sinclair widened to allow a more in depth look.
Duration: 29:16.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, March 1990, pp. 5-13
Description
Taken from presentation given to the National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party by the Victorian Aboriginal Health Services Co-operative Limited.
Critical Criminology, vol. 1, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 13-32
Description
Contends that the labels used for economic, political, and social crimes depended on the type of conflict arising from interactions with various parties, and were motivated by political and economic power.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the challenges facing Indigenous communities and the role Indigenous women can play in language and cultural revitalization for future generations.
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Circumstances Surrounding the Death of Phoenix Sinclair, a five-year-old First Nations child who was beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend. Specifically investigated whether the child welfare system had been negligent.
Access to Volume 2
Access to Volume 3
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-31
Description
Concludes that band councils cannot exclude off-reserve members from receiving their fair share of any per capita distribution of money.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 1 to locate article.
The Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences, vol. 11, 2013, pp. 1575-1591
Description
Looks at national legislation, international law, and Sámi customary law to review rules involving the legal protection of Sámi culture, Sámi indigenous people and minorities in Norway.
LGD - Law, Social Justice & Global Development, no. 2, 2013, pp. [1]-23
Description
Looks at the impact the wall has on the Nde' Apache and the basis for the Truth & Memory Commission. Briefly discusses the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Australian Aboriginal Claims for redress.
Linking Arms Together (Part 2): Opening Address Chief Wilton Littlechild
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission gives overview of the TRC's mandate, activities to date and impact at the Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University June 28, 2013.
Duration: 35:34
Linking Arms Together (Part 4): Residential School Survivor Panel
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Margaret Tourville
Michael Cheena
Murray Crow
Description
Three survivors of residential schools, Margaret Tourville, Michael Cheena, and Murray Crow speak about their experiences at panel session from Linking Arms Together Symposium held York University June 28, 2013.
Duration: 1:12:53.
Linking Arms Together (Part 6): Guest Speaker Chief Wilton Littlechild
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Wilton Littlechild
Description
Member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Wilton Littlechild speaks at Linking Arms Together Symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 24:16
Linking Arms Together: (Part 8): Keynote Address Grand Chief Edward John
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Edward John
Description
Speaks about Indigenous human rights internationally and within Canada at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 46:40.
Appendix F: Names and Select Information in the Dissertation Database, Data Collection Ended September 19, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Maryanne Pearce]
Description
Appendix from thesis An Awkward Silence: Missing and Murdered Vulnerable Women and the Canadian Justice System by Maryanne Pearce.
Includes both Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals.
Literature search on contributing factors and causes related to high Aboriginal youth involvement in the criminal justice system including: cultural and familial disconnect, intergenerational and childhood trauma, mental health and addictions, and other health challenges.
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, vol. 33, no. 1, 2013, pp. 78-97
Description
"... this paper addresses community trauma produced through the sexism of federal law and its implications for exogamy and cultural genocide, as well as for land, housing, and other resources."
A photograph of Louis Riel addressing jury in Court House at Regina in November, 1885. Riel was found guilty of high treason and sentenced to death by hanging.