Brief statement advocates that an integrated, holistic approach is crucial justice reform including the "healing process;" Ministers agreed, the existing system has failed, and the general system must be equitable.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [30]-49
Description
Discusses the National Galley of Canada's first exhibit of contemporary First Nations art in the context of nationhood and identity.
Scroll down to page 30 to read article.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 4, 1995, pp. 193-211
Description
Examines how the law meant to prevent grave robbing, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), works in Texas, where property rights remain supreme and the state fails to act on the legislation.
International Journal of Canadian Studies , no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [69]-84
Description
Discusses strategies of reducing social alienation by increasing legal alienation rights to land through land claims.
Scroll down to page 69 to read article
Looks at two important legal issues in the development of a model of First Nations education: recognition of the inherent jurisdiction and protection of that jurisdiction.
Revised June 1998.
Part III: Repatriation and Protection of First Nations Culture in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Bell
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [149]-164
Description
Focuses on proposed British Columbia legislation with respect to disputes over ownership of Aboriginal cultural property.
California Law Review, vol. 82, no. 4, July 1994, pp. 981-1049
Description
Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Clem Chartier
pp. 83-87
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses Métis issues of recognition, self-government, justice and rights.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Noble Shanks
Description
Essay from1993 Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice discusses Métis claim to rights in relation to the administration of justice and the Criminal Code.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Examines, from a linguistic perspective, the effect of post-colonial order on the Aboriginal land rights of the Crown's oldest ally, the Mikmaw Nation.
Involves case which examined the use of sentencing circles in the Saskatchewan courts.
Compete case available hardcopy in the Canadian Native Law Reporter, [1995] 4, page 37.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Her Majesty The Queen v. Native Women's Association of Canada, file 23253
Native Women's Assn. of Canada v. Canada, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 627
The Queen v. Native Women's Association of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court Reports, vol. 3, October 27, 1994, pp. 627-669
Description
Association argued it suffered from inequitable funding and insufficient rights of participation in comparison to the four male-dominated national Aboriginal organizations.
Examples were chosen based upon geographic representativity, types of natural resources, aspiration, and success or lack of it. Looks at agreements from Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, and one that is general to the United States.
Part I: Cultural Protection: The Story of a Saanich Bowl
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara J. Winter
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. [29]-36
Description
Curator at the Simon Fraser University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology describes the process of acquiring the SDDLNEWHALA bowl, on behalf of the Saanich Native Heritage Society, in order to prevent its exportation to the US.
Examines the meeting in which that the Nlha7kápmx people displayed to the Queen solidarity, organization and the ability to live by acceptable rules of law.
Survey of half the prison population (64 men in 1993) under federal jurisdiction gathered information on their backgrounds, incarceration history, institutional performance and criminal histories.
Discusses rights and benefits under the agreement, compares intended to actual implementation, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations for future agreements.
Agreement between Canada, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, and Northern Flood Committee reached as a result of hydro-electric mega project.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 3, Fall, 1995, pp. 54-55
Description
Film review of: Northern Justice produced and directed by Simcha Jacobovici and Elliott Halpern.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 54.
Postcards of Norway House, Manitoba, past and present. Eight postcards shows historical scenes such as forts, churches and a view of Norway House from 1889. The remaining eight postcards showing modern day scenes like paddlers in a York boat, Aboriginal people posing for camera, and the Paimush Creek Rock Paintings.
Argues that Aboriginals of the North-West Territories entered the treaty making process seeking to ensure cultural survival, while the government had the goal of assimilation.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Claude Fafard
pp. 403-404
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, explores the question of credibility of the criminal justice system, stating consideration ought to be given to a social justice healing process
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 2, no. 1, April 1995, p. 17
Description
Examines how customary law or Aboriginal law has not been historically recognized in Australia and looks at how articles 8 and 9 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) have tried to correct this.
Looks at how and why policy changed, with focus on developments in the early 1980s. Analysis of macro- (federal government and Aboriginal organizations, micro- (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and its ministers), and mid-level practices. Includes case studies.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.