Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
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.
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.
Plain language explanation of legal principles involved in analysis of R. v. Stanley, the case in which Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer, was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old Cree man, Colton Boushie, and was subsequently acquitted.
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.
Critiques the Canadian fantasy of innocence and niceness regarding its historical colonial practices.