A typed copy of Inspector Francis Dickens's North West Mounted Police journal from Fort Pitt in 1885. Recounts the events of the Resistance, the skirmish and subsequent abandonment of Fort Pitt by Dickens who was in command of the installation when hostilities broke out.
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon ... Bonita Beatty ... [et al.]
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights
Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
[Northern Territory Bar Association 2014 Dili Timor Leste Conference Papers]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Kelly
Description
Paper given at the NTBA Dili Conference, July 10- 12, 2014 in association with the School of Law, [Charles Darwin University: 'Common Issues: Common Solutions'.]
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 11-13
Description
Explains various terms including: Status, non-status, Métis and Indian; explores differences and similarities between U.S. and Canadian government policies and terminologies.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 3, no. 2, Indigenous Knowledges: Resurgence, Implementation, and Collaboration in Social Work, December 2014, pp. 1-4
Description
Introduction to themed issue containing articles based on presentations given at the Second International Indigenous Voices in Social Work, July 8-11, 2013.
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 4, Special Issue: Residential School Litigation and Settlement, August 2014, pp. 479-485
Description
Introduction to articles in special issue based on conference held at the University in Toronto January 2013 regarding Canadian legal system, dealing with the legacy of residential schools, and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 283-299
Description
Comments on the creation of Nunavut Territory and the benefits this presented to the Inuit people including renewed sense of pride, identity and autonomy.
Database used for tracking people and community changes using population, education, culture, labour force, wellbeing, income, government, and housing categories. Sources include Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 6-16
Description
Fictional case study intended for academic discussion. Case covers the challenges faced by a mining company trying to initiate a mining project in Australia.
Presenter discusses how reconciliation is about more than equality but also about recognizing the possibility of continuing difference.
Duration: 31:44.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 51-80
Description
Discusses the inquest and inquiry into the deaths of Neil Stonechild, Rodney Niastus, and Lawrence Wegner within the context of urban settler-Aboriginal relations.
Research aims to support the creation of Indigenous law materials for communities, academic institutions, and practitioners with a focus on Inuit perspectives.
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.
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 239-268
Description
Case study of the Upper Tanana Wellness and the Circle Peacemaking Programs resulting in nine principles for development based on an Indigenous community approach.
Argues that the government of Canada has deliberately and consistently underfunded a whole range of services for children living on-reserve.
Duration: 1:00:22.
Aboriginal Concepts of Justice: Understanding Legal Concepts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Wendy Whitecloud
Eva McKay
Doris Young
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 3, 2014, p. 8
Description
Comments on the misunderstandings that arise from the translation of terms from one language to another.
Excerpts from Chapter 2 of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. Final Report by Paul Chartrand, Wendy Whitecloud, Eva McKay and Doris Young.
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 8.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the innovative radio series on the rights of Indigenous people, and the Kannada language interactive program that converts global issues into local issues.
Chronicles the uneven application of justice in the frontier areas by magistrates that were closely aligned with the social and economic interests of the settler communities.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 77, no. 1, 2014, pp. 69-104
Description
Looks at the play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga and Manawaka Cycle by Margaret Laurence showing people were thinking about violence against Indigenous women fifty years ago.
Discusses activities of the Indian Claims Commission over the past ten years and features an interview with Ralph Brant, Director of Mediation. Complete issue on one pdf.