Based on interviews with Indigenous women and Elders about relationships to the environment, observed changes, traditional practices on the land, and the health of their families and communities.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 14, Citizenship and Rights, Fall, 1996, pp. [13]-35
Description
Looks at the case Peters v. Campbell regarding the Coast Salish Aboriginal initiation tradition and the Nisga'a treaty.
Scroll down to page 13 to read article.
Aboriginal and Islander health Worker Journal, vol. 20, no. 1, January/February 1996, pp. 21-22
Description
Justice Commissioner talks about problems facing Aboriginal youth, the juvenile justice system, and the lack of Aboriginal people employed in the system.
Analyzes and assigns grades to the Bill in five areas: national standards, accountability, funding, jurisdiction, and data collecting and reporting.
Related material: Factsheet: Overview and Recommendations
Herizons , vol. 10, no. 3, Summer, 1996, pp. 10-11
Description
Reports on Aboriginal activists lobbing to restrict genetic research on Indigenous cell lines as part of the International Human Genome Diversity Project in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Alberta Councial of Women's Shelters in Conversation with Lewis Cardinal
Building Relations Part 2: Stories from Community
Building Relationships Part 1: Lessons From Lewis
Circle Process
Foundations of Indigenous Worldviews
Indigenous Women in Indigenous Societies
Indigenous Women's Leadership
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Inquiry and Action
Treaty Relations: Spirit, Intent, and First Nations Perspectives
[In Coversation with Lewis Cardinal]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lewis Cardinal
[Tina Fox
Stephanie Harpe
Tracy Bear
Karen MacKenzie
Betty Letendre
Cora Voyageur
Ruth Scalp Lock]
Description
Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 3
Description
Author conducts a literature review examining resources and writings surrounding the issue of violence towards Indigenous women and the suppression of the issue; argues that media representation plays a large role, and issues a call to action from the general public to help solve the problem.
Aesthetics of Indigenous Affinity: Traveling from Chiapas to Palestine in the Murals of Gustavo Chavez Pavon
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amal Eqeiq
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 152-165
Description
Essay in which the author summarizes a series of interviews they conducted with Zapatista cultural promoter and artist Gustavo Chávez Pavón; considers how the murals speak to Indigenous solidarity between Mexico and Palestine, and to similarities across the Global South.
Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, no. 36, Popular Justice: Conflict Resolution within Communities, 1996, pp. 125-157
Description
Argues that there must be internal community development of structures and institutions before initiatives can be effectively carried out. In addition, the article discusses four specific programmes in: Indian Brook, Nova Scotia, Sandy Lake and Attawapiskat in Northern Ontario, and Metropolitan Toronto.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 229-237
Description
Editorial piece in which the author offers an Indigenous perspective on and criticism of the practices of archaeologists and physical anthropologists in relation to the physical remains and funerary artifacts of Indigenous peoples.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 330-339
Description
Discusses how the Apurinã community in Brazil create and maintain relationships with different non-human actors forms an intergenerational way of managing and relating to the land; critically examines how these relationships are protected by international law.
Author draws on Vine Deloria Jr.’s work on the role that a difference in worldviews plays in communication to examine the distance between what Indigenous peoples mean by self-determination and what policy makers mean by it.
Practices based on experiences shared by First Nations leaders and managers, lawyers specializing in Indigenous law, and previous reports. Primary focus is British Columbia, but information generally applies across Canada.
Updated version of Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation by MNP.
Study cohort consisted of 160 survey respondents and 288 focus group participants. Topics included barriers to accessing and successfully completing treatment, suggestions for overcoming them, and promising practices.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology, vol. 51, no. 1-3, April 1996, pp. 45-57
Description
Emphasizes the need to provide immediate, short and medium-term benefits, rather than waiting the 8-10 years it may take for monetary reimbursement, when new plant derived therapeutics based on Indigenous Knowledge are being explored. The article uses examples of initiatives taken by Shaman Pharmaceuticals and the Healing Forest Conservancy.
Public Historian , vol. 18, no. 4, Representing Native American History, Fall, 1996, pp. 119-143
Description
Discusses the history of collecting skeletal remains and associated objects for study or display purposes and the Indigenous movement to have scientific or cultural institutions return them to their nations for proper funeral and burial rights. Looks at the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and similar State-enacted legislation.
Justice as Healing, vol. 1, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Return to the Teachings by Rupert Ross.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Includes case studies of the Community Council Project, Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto and the Hollow Water First Nation's Community Holistic Circle Healing Project.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. 192
Description
Discussion of implications for Canada, if Quebec were to leave Confederation and how Canada would still be required to fulfil its obligations to Aboriginal Peoples.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Conceptual article argues that Indigenous sovereignty remains valid throughout the Americas and that the settler colonial laws are therefore illegitimate and illegal; all systems that function on the assumption of settler colonial sovereignty must be re-centered around Indigenous laws and ethics.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG), and questions the exclusion of Indigenous males. Discusses the need for a more comprehensive and holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities.
Overview of significant decisions in the areas of: Aboriginal rights and title, costs, division of powers, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, Honour of the Crown, Indian Act Registration, infringement, specific claims, treaties, etc.