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.
Detailed chronology and analysis of police actions in case involving disappearance and murder of numerous women by serial killer Robert Pickton from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver Police Department report gives chronology of events and analysis of factors of that contributed to failure to recognize that serial killer Robert Pickton was operating in the area.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Abigail Echo-Hawk
Adrian Dominguez
Lael Echo-Hawk
Description
Challenges efficacy of information found in the Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report issued by the Washington State Patrol.
Prairie Perspectives on Indian Residential Schools, Truth, and Reconciliation, The Forks, Winnipeg, MB, Thursday 17 June 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Powell
Description
Using historical comparisons, examines present concepts and Indian residential school policy as part of a larger government plan to assimilate Indigenous people.
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.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 60-63
Description
Discusses and summarizes new movement in Indigenous communities that presents as an alternative to the global crisis.
To access this article, scroll down to page 60.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-49
Description
Looks at various socially and culturally constructed categories of discrimination and demonstrates the need for courts to employ multidimensionality theory in cases of complex oppression.
Standing Committee of Attorneys-General Working Group on Indigenous Justice
Description
Australian document which evaluates success in terms of five goals meant to improve the responsiveness of the legal system in terms of the Aboriginal population.
Book review of: Native Peoples and Water Rights: Irrigation, Dams, and the Law in Western Canada by Kenichi Matsui.
Scroll down to page 138 to read review.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 86-94
Description
Looks at the FFAED which focuses on federal governmental action to realize the full economic potential of Aboriginal Canadians and six related policies.
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.
Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 5, October 2010, p. 745–762
Description
Examines a model of sustainable development planning based on a case study of a successful planning process that balances social, economic, and environmental values.
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.
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.
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for Grades 7-12.
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.
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Description
"Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations Made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2008".
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.
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 81-88
Description
Prose expresses the disappointment Aboriginal people feel in knowing that the United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples was not signed.
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.
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.
Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities.
Duration: 1:13:42.
Accompanied by Study Guide