American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, 1996, pp. 33-58
Description
Follows the case that questions the authority of North Dakota and the North Dakota Public Service Commission to regulate public utilities within the Fort Totten Reservation. The final ruling states that the Devils Lake Sioux have the right to contract for utility services on land owned by them, or held in trust, without regard to the regulations of the North Dakota Public Service Commission.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, 1996, pp. 167-170
Description
Response to the article, ""Ethnicity, Not Culture? Obfuscating Social Science in the Exxon Valdez Oil
Spill" which was in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal Vol. 19, No. 4, 1995, at pages 1-124. This response letter discusses the misconceptions in the original article.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 10
Description
Presentation of letters written by incarcerated men, including ideas to stop people from becoming repeat offenders.
Article found by scrolling to page 10.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 8, August 2011, p. 6
Description
Comments on the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement and particularly the provision known as the game laws paragraph.
Article found by scrolling to page 6.
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.
Discussion of the incident in 1884 when a lynch mob of approximately 100 Americans crossed the border and hanged the fourteen-year-old boy who they accused of killing a shopkeeper named James Bell.
Presents findings collected from 11 communities in Northwest Territories based on questionnaires of 528 adults 50 years and older and 98 service providers.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-13
Description
References national and international talks with Indigenous peoples and stakeholders, while reviewing ten years of sacred land management and policies.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, 2011, pp. 73-100
Description
Looks at Māori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi and international law and the use of a gateway and screening method to determine which stream a Māori accused should be processed through: the Pākehā legal process or a Māori alternative.
Examines the attitudes of co-author of Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia (popularly known as the McKenna-McBride Report) with particular attention to the question of lands and reserves.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 3, March 2011, p. 1,21
Description
Comments on the appointments of Russ Mirasty, a member of Lac La Ronge First Nation, to the Chief Superintendent of the RCMP's F Division and Corporal Dani Herman, a member of Cowessess First Nation, to the position of Métis coordinator for the RCMP.
Article found on page 1 and continued on page 21.
President of the Native Women's Association of Canada discusses the validity of British Columbia's inquiry, the reasons for the organization's withdrawal from the process, and the need for a national inquiry.
Duration: 44:31.
The Mobilization of Native Canadians During the Second World War
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael D. Stevenson
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 205-226
Description
Discusses the government's attempts to enforce compulsory service and Aboriginals' reactions to them. Argues that while the government refused to listen to protests, in the end practical considerations such as geographic isolation and health of potential recruits, and barriers of language and culture caused the policy to fail.
Topics covered: legislative/jurisdictional context, funding, technology, employment and education, integrating community energy solutions, energy efficiency and conservation programming, and partnership opportunities.
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 Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 287-296
Description
Tribal Archaeologist in the Cultural Preservation Office of the Hopi Tribe, discusses how the Hopi are using the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s consultation mandate to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with archaeologists and physical anthropologists.
Comments on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), which was two years overdue and cost about $10 million a year for six years.
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. [?]
Description
Describes project that evaluated all programs and agencies involved with Aboriginal youth offenders.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.