Canadian Public Administration, vol. 55, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 451-470
Description
Examines pre-conditions and strategies that may allow communities and law enforcement officers to work to together for the common goal of improved social justice.
Columbia Human Rights Law Review, vol. 43, no. 2, 2012, pp. [617]-710
Description
Argues there is a false assumption that victims are from foreign countries and in the country without lawful immigration status, and looks at how legislation ignores and perpetuates the factors that make Native Americans vulnerable to exploitation.
An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Natalie Clark
Description
Argues that to address root causes it is necessary to foreground the knowledge of affected communities and support researchers and policy processes that focus on Indigenous world views. Uses case study of the experiences of a girl living on a small reserve who has been sexually abused by a relative.
Chapter from An Intersectionality Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 133.
Natural Areas Journal, vol. 32, no. 3, July 2012, pp. 310-315
Description
Looks at the protection of land in northern Ontario and the role of First Nations communities in land-use planning in development with the Government of Ontario.
Provides brief overview of issues related to police protection, identifies and discusses seven major policy options, and sets out questions for further discussion.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 4, Free, Prior, and Informed Consent, December 2012, p. [?]
Description
Human rights advocates discusses her views on the rights of Indigenous peoples to own, develop and benefit from their traditional lands and natural resources.
Assesses the applicability of the Level of Service Inventory - Ontario Revision (LSI-OR) in predicting both general and violent re-offending by using a sample of offenders from Ontario.
[Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)]
Description
Shows locations and whether community is under the Indian Act, Land Management Act or is self-governing.
Insets for certain areas of British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
Provides resource for defence counsel that needs a legal aid referral where an Aboriginal right is used as a defence. Looks at treaty rights, Gladue rights, restorative justice etc. Information provided not for legal advice.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 7, no. 2, [2012], pp. 112-129
Description
Assert that preventative programs offered at Aboriginal Friendship Centres, have been positively backed by existing research and should be expanded and supported further.
Developed for use in project involving a public health information management system for First Nations and other initiatives requiring health information.
Presentation to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Explains the background and operation of the Scrip system which as put in place by the federal government as a way of extinguishing the Métis' Indian title and dealing with the land grant provided by the Manitoba Act, 1870.
"41st Parliament, 1st Session (June 2, 2011 - September 13, 2013)"
Southwestern Law Review, vol. 41, no. 3, Spring, 2012, pp. 509-532
Description
Discusses the unauthorized use of the the Quileute Tribe name and creation story in the movie and the lack of copyright protection for creation stories.
Protecting Indigenous Cultural Property in the Age of Digital Democracy: Institutional and Communal Responses to Canadian First Nations and Maori Heritage Concerns
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deidre Brown
George Nicholas
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 17, no. 3, September 2012, pp. 307-324
Description
Discussion on the social and legal measures employed by Aboriginal and Māori peoples in the protection, preservation, repatriation and promotion of their digital cultures.
Literature review, consultations with the community and interviews with Aboriginal young adults were conducted to help identify emerging issues and understand the current situation in sexual exploitation and human trafficking.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 3, The Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992 - Retrospect and Prospects, 2012, pp. 92-94
Description
"An Act: To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide for the revitalization of Native American languages through Native American language immersion programs; and for other purposes".
Case involved Treaty 8 Aboriginal man who killed bear in self-defence and later sold the hide. He was charged with unlawfully trafficking in wildlife, but argued that he was within his hunting rights.
Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation and Accomodation ; 6th, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Kleer
Description
Presented at the 6th Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation and Accommodation, February 22-23, Toronto, Ontario. Discusses how duty to consult and accommodate is being affected by recent case law.
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 40-47
Description
Author defines conciliation and reconciliation and argues that neither will be possible until the situation changes and Aboriginal peoples are treated as equals, rather than someone to be subjugated.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.