Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Skye Krichauf
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, no. 1, December 2017, pp. 23-45
Description
Uses the prosecution of Henry Valette Jones and Henry Thomas Morris for the murder of an Aboriginal man to illustrate the shortcomings of the colonial legal system in Australian when it came to prosecuting settlers for violence towards Indigenous peoples.
Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada and Governmental Response
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kiera E. Royle
Description
Contends that despite an inquiry now in process, governmental response is low to this serious problem facing the Canadian population.
Museum Rights vs. Indian Rights: Guidelines for Assessing Competing Legal Interests in Native Cultural Resources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Walter R. Echo-Hawk
Review of Law and Social Change, vol. 14, 1986, pp. 437-453
Description
Discusses misuse of artifacts, development of law pertaining to cultural objects which have been sold, stolen or excavated, and dealing with the issue of repatriation.
Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
A Narrow Vision: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
E. Brian Titley
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: A Counter-Archive
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheridan Conty
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2019.
The National Inquiry Into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls of Canada: A Probe in Peril
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jenna Walsh
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 30, July-Sept 2017, pp. 6-10
Description
"This article will provide an overview of the context surrounding the national crisis, as well as outline the bottom-up initiatives which have provoked a political response".
Native American Children Reported Missing to NCMEC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Missing Child and Data Analytics Team
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Description
"Intaked between 1/1/2009 and 12/31/2018. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children databased queried on 6/20/2019."
Native American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity
Alternate Title
"Navajo" Underwear and Headdresses on the Runway: A Look at the Last Five Years of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion
Ball Gowns, Moccasins and Black Beaver Hats: York Factory and Red River as Sites of Fashion Innovation
Clothes along the Mohawk: Fashion Exchange and Appropriation among Peoples of Early New York
Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? A Modern-Day Critique
Everything's Better with a War Bonnet on It!
Fluidity of Referents: Maya Appropriations and Adornments
Non-Native as Native Americans: "I'm an Indian Too"
Style on Trial: Cultural (Mis)Appropriation and Fashion Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Anna Blume
Timothy Shannon
Sherry Farrell Racette
Daniel James Cole
Adrienne Keene … [et al.]
Description
Videos from a day-long symposium which explored past and present fashions, issues surrounding appropriation, and examples of collaborations between Indigenous designers and fashion brands.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.
Native American Mystery, Crime and Detective Fiction
Theses
Author/Creator
Mary Stoecklein
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2017.
Looks at novels by Linda Hogan, Tom Holm, Frances Washburn, Louise Erdrich, Louis Owens, and Tony Hillerman, and films by Chris Eyre.
Native Americans & Westward Expansion: Cultures and Conflicts: Reader
Alternate Title
Core Knowledge History and Geography
E-Books
Author/Creator
Core Knowledge Foundation
Description
Related material: Teacher Guide; Timeline Cards; Online Resources.
Native Images: Images of the Treaty Process 1871–1950
Images » Photographs
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Advocacy and Claims Research, 1990, p. 89–113
Description
Black and white archival photographs dealing with treaty negotiations.
Native Liberty, Crown Sovereignty: The Existing Aboriginal Right to Self-Government in Canada
Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern series ; 4
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bruce Clark
Native Life
Alternate Title
CANADIANHISTORY.CA: The Many Histories of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
J .R. Miller
Description
Overview of Aboriginal history from the 1850s to 2000. Could be used as an educational resource for high school students.
Native Policing in Canada: A Review of Current Issues
Alternate Title
User Report (Solicitor General, Canada) ; no. 1986-46
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Depew
Description
Research conducted in 1986.
The Native Tribes of Western Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lois Tilbrook
Aboriginal History, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 199-202
Description
Book review of: The Native Tribes of Western Australia by Daisy Bates, edited by Isobel White.
Article located by scrolling to page 199.
Native Women in Reserve Politics: Strategies and Struggles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, vol. 30, 1990, pp. 121-137
Description
Describes a community in which women control critical community resources and shape community decision-making.
[Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government: Developments Surrounding the 1985 First Minister's Conference]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark Stevenson
Native Studies Review , vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 154-156
Description
Book review of: Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government by David c. Hawkes.
Erratum: In vol. 2 no.2, the author of the review of David Hawkes's book, Negotiating Self-Government was mistakenly identified as Mark Stevason. The correct spelling is Mark Stevenson.
Negotiating American Indian Inclusion: Sovereignty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Sexual Minorities in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Network Patient Health Survey: Aboriginal People's Health Report 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network
Description
Surveyed prison population in New South Wales, Australia.
New Directions in American Indian History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
A. Blair Stonechild
Prairie Forum, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 383-385
Description
Book review of: New Directions in American Indian History by Colin G. Calloway.
New Treaty New Tradition: Reconciling New Zealand and Maori Law; Fragile Settlements: Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Neil Valance
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 156-158
Description
Book review of New Treaty New Tradition by Carwyn Jones and Fragile Settlements by Amanda Nettelbeck, Russell Smandych, Louis A. Knafla, and Robert Foster.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 156.
Ngapartji Ngapartji: Finding Ethical Approaches to Research Involving Indigenous Peoples, Australian Perspectives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gina Louise Hawkes
David Pollock
Barry Judd
Peter Phipps
Elinor Assoulin
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 17-41
Description
Article explores the process of integrating ethical research frameworks for engaging Indigenous communities into academic institutions. Authors use five personal vignettes to examine the potential pitfalls related to integrating Indigenous values knowledge systems with Western legal practices.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Alternate Title
[CBC Docs POV]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
Description
A documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooing of Cree man Colton Boushie.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Description
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder.
Related Material:
for Grades 7-12.
North American Border Challenges: Terrorists/Drugs/Trade & American Indians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurence Armand French
Magdaleno Manzanarez
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Summer, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Paper given at the Association of Border Studies - 1st World Conference, Joensuu, Finland, June 9 - 13, 2014. Reports on laws that have restricted cross-border movement.
Not One More: Addressing the Data Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Urban Areas
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justina Rothenberg
Description
Public Management Capstone Project (M.A.)--John Hopkins University, 2019.
Now That the Door Is Open: First Nations and the Law School Experience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Monture
Queen's Law Journal, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 179-215
Description
Discusses her experience as an Aboriginal woman in the law school environment, as well as the need to reform curricula to incorporate the First Nations perspective.
NSR Comment on Weaver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noel Dyck
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 47-51
Description
Response to paper Indian Policy in the New Conservative Government Part I, The Nielsen Task Force of 1985 and Part II, The Nielsen Task Force in the Context of Recent Policy Initiative by Sally M. Weaver.
NSR Comment on Weaver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georges Erasmus
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 53-63
Description
Response to paper Indian Policy in the New Conservative Government by Sally Weaver, which analyzes the Progressive Conservative (led by Brian Mulroney) government's record during its first two years in power.
NSR Comment on Weaver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Price
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 65-77
Description
Response to paper Indian Policy in the New Conservative Government Part I, The Nielsen Task Force of 1985 and Part II, The Nielsen Task Force in the Context of Recent Policy Initiative by Sally M. Weaver.
NSR Reply
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally Weaver
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 79-84
Description
Reply to commentaries on paper Indian Policy in the New Conservative Government Part I, The Nielsen Task Force of 1985 and Part II, The Nielsen Task Force in the Context of Recent Policy Initiative
Nunavut Youth Court Statistics, 1999-2000 to 2014-2015
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Lists total charges and cases by age.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Table: 35-10-003801.
NWAC Report Card: September 2016-December 2016
Alternate Title
The National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: NWAC Report Card
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Update and assessment of the progress made by the National Inquiry Commission to the families of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and to the public.
Oil Age Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph G. Jorgensen
Ojibwa and Ottawa Fisheries around Manitoulin Island: Historical and Geographical Perspectives on Aboriginal and Treaty Fishing Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victor P. Lytwyn
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 1990, pp. 1-30
Description
Outlines the importance of fishing by examining economic, political and other factors that lead to the demise of most Native fisheries in the region.
On-Screen Protocols & Pathways: A Media Production Guide to Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Intent is to provide decision-making guidelines for communities, content creators, funding bodies, and industry partners; share best practices; educate industry about cultural practices; and encourage informed, respectful dialogue by participants in productions.
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonising Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Alternate Title
'The Only Good Thing That Happened at School': Colonizing Narratives of Sport in the Indian School Bulletin
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [205]-225
Description
Challenges the selective representations of sports and recreation in residential schools.
Ontario First Nations Special Education Review Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario First Nations
Description
Synthesizes published literature and information gathered from educators, administrators and service organizations. Focus is on funding.
Ontario's History of Tampering and Re-Tampering With Birth Registration Forms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2017, pp. 24-33
Description
Looks into governmental interference with the long form birth registration for unmarried or separated mothers.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Other Picture Boards in Van Diemen’s Land: The Recovery of Lost Illustrations Of Frontier Violence and Relationships
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas Dean Brodie
Kristyn Harman
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 3-21
Description
Article examines textual descriptions from the letters and journals of Australian settlers of painted story boards depicting colonially prescribed behaviors and threatened consequences for not conforming. The journals and letters also describe how these picture boards were installed in various wilderness locations where known to be frequented by Indigenous peoples.
"Our Hope and Our Protection": Misko-biiwaabik (Copper) and Tribal Sovereignty in Michigan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik M. Redix
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 224-249
Description
Argues that the Smithsonian's refusal to repatriate a sacred boulder illustrates how the Lake Superior Ojibwe experienced colonialism in that its removal was part of the exploitation of rich copper deposits in the area.
Our Identities as Civic Power
Alternate Title
2017 State of Native Youth Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
[Erik R. Stegman
Amber Richardson
Josie Raphaelito
Aaron Slater
Bettina Gonzalez]
Description
Reports on the results of the Generation Indigenous (Gen-I) Online Roundtable Survey of Native American youth between the ages 18-24. Respondents were asked about their three top priorities, what they are doing to tackle their challenges, and some of the ways they are partnering with their community to build resilience.
Our Interconnected Journey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorna Williams
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 53-75
Description
In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.
Our Land: Native Rights in Canada
Alternate Title
Canadian Issues Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Donald Purich
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.