Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Putting Aboriginal Justice Devolution into Practice: The Canadian and International Experience: Workshop Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curt Taylor Griffiths
Charles Horn
Deborah Seysener
Finn B. Larsen
Jean-Charles Coutu ... [et al.]
Description
Covers topics such as defining parameters, international context, community and devolution, case studies, alternative models of justice, and lessons and future directions.
The Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Sources relevant to the Commission's research.
Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ole Gjerstad
Joelie Sanguya
Description
Documentary examines the controversy surrounding the decline in the sled dog population between 1950-1970. Many Inuit believe that dogs were killed as part of government policy, while officials deny this claim.
Some images may be disturbing to viewers.
Duration: 68:08.
QTC Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Alternate Title
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Qualitative Analysis of Oral Testimony: Information Retrieval and Data Management of Electronic Transcripts From the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Commanda
Seymour Hamilton
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 36, 1995, pp. 39-54
Description
Looks at the electronic and textual information system which contains 80,000 pages of verbatim hearing established by the Commission.
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon,
Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kitchen
Allison Williams
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
Quantifying the Subsistence Harvest of the Cross Lake First Nation: Development of the Harvest Study Questionnaire
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Warkentin
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1995.
Quebec First Nations' Health and Social Services Governance Process: Effective Governance for the Wellness of First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Georges A. Legault
Questions Need to be Answered, Says Family Member of Pickton's Last Victim
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefania Seccia
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 8
Description
Reflects on the life and personality of Mona Wilson, a victim of serial killer Robert Pickton, and the naming of a corporation after Wilson's First Nation's name, Running Bear.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Race, Gender, and the Battered Woman Syndrome: An Australia Case Study
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julie Stubbs
Julia Tolmie
Canadian Journal of Women & the Law, vol. 8, no. 1, 1995, pp. 122-158
Description
Examines the 1992 Hickey case exploring the relationship of race and gender within the context of the battered woman syndrome.
Racial Oppression in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kedong Liu
Journal of Cambridge Studies, vol. 5, no. 2-3, March 2010, pp. 13-23
Description
Looks at the three stages of oppression: military genocide, religious assimilation, and commercial exploitation.
Re-establishing Their Lives: Issues Relating to Affordable Housing for Women and Their Children Escaping Violent Relationships in Northern Manitoba
E-Books
Author/Creator
Colin Bonnycastle
Judith Hughes
Marleny Bonnycastle
Kendra Nixon
Allison Groening
Re-inventing Canada: The North and National Policy
Alternate Title
An Essay Commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Looks at the history of policy-making from the 1950s to the early 1990s and conflicts which have arisen between Indigenous peoples and governments. Compares developments to those in Australia's Northern Territory.
Revised 3rd edition.
Reading for Land Susan Hill's The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 149-156
Description
Literary criticism article, discusses how in this narrative “the ethics of land” is the central focus of The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River; notes that this focus on land and ethics presents a different historical narrative than we are generally taught about Six Nations
Recent Experience with Indigenous-Led Assessments: A BC Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Energy and Mining Council
Description
Discusses general characteristics of Indigenous-led assessments and highlights two projects: the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation's Review of KGHM-Ajax-Abacus Mine proposal and the Squamish Nation's Assessment of Woodfibre LNG Plant.
Reclaiming Land, Reclaiming Guardianship: The Role of the Treaty of Waitangi Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Garth Cant
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 1, 1995, pp. 79-108
Description
Looks at three main clusters of claims heard by the Tribunal; reclaiming the waters, reclaiming the land and reclaiming the language.
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1a
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place Volume 2: A Supplementary Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls; Kepek--Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The Recognition of Indigenous People's Rights in the Context of Area Protection and Management in the Arctic
Theses
Author/Creator
Antje Neumann
Description
Polar Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Akureyri, 2010.
Focuses on the Sami.
Recognizing and Including Indigenous Cultural Heritage in B.C.: Policy Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Aird
Gretchen Fox
Angie Bain
Description
Presents the case for establishing an Indigenous-led organization that can address gaps in legislation and policy, and support initiatives in Indigenous communities which will achieve measurable goals which would ensure that cultural heritage can be managed, protected and revitalized in meaningful and substantive ways.
Recommendations for a New Consultation Process and Policy for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Broadcasting: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jack Anawak
Monica Auer
Salome Avva
Aggie Baby
Brian Beaton ... [et al.]
Description
Synthesis of discussions and presentations which took place at the Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation and Convergence gatherings from February to June, 2017. Initiative took place to create or identify terms of reference for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission review of the Native Broadcasting Policy.
Recommendations on Northern Sustainable Food Systems
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indigenous Economic Development Board
Description
Makes recommendations under four themes: traditional foods, local food production, Federal subsidy and support programs, and project funding coordination and promotion.
Reconciliation and Third-Party Interests: Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 7-25
Description
Examines a judge's ruling in a case involving Aboriginal title and private interests, including a detailed analysis of applicable legal principles and public policy considerations that should guide negotiations.
Reconciliation Betrayed: The Horrors of St. Anne's
Alternate Title
Fifth Estate
Fifth Estate: Gillian Findlay Investigates
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Gillian Finlay
Description
Looks at the Ontario Provincial Police's investigation into the widespread abuse which took place at the notorious St. Anne's Indian Residential School located in northern Ontario and Federal government's refusal to release the documentation which would support survivors' compensation claims.
CONTAINS DISTURBING CONTENT.
Duration: 21:56.
Reconciling Differences: The Triumphs are Spectacular, But Few
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September 2010, p. 12
Description
Comments on the twentieth anniversary of the Oka Crisis and the healing and reconciliation done by the sister of slain police officer Corporal Marcel Lemay.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Red Jacket and the Right to Rule
Alternate Title
Rupert Ross
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rupert Ross
Justice as Healing, Winter, 1995, p. [?]
Description
An "excerpt from Rupert Ross's discussion paper, Surfing the Flux: Exploring the Roots of the Aboriginal Healing Perspective (Draft, March 1994)."
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Red Paint: Transnational Movements of Deconstructing, Decolonizing, and Defacing Colonial Structures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremiah Garsha
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 76-103
Description
Author examines three case studies of vandalism from different countries; argues that the use of red paint by Indigenous peoples to mark colonial structure is an attempt on the part of Indigenous people to create a transnational act of decolonization.
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
The Rediscovered Self: Indigenous Identity and Cultural Justice
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark K. Watson
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 150-152
Description
Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.
A Reference Guide to the Establishment of Indian Reserves In British Columba, 1849-1911
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy I.D. Kennedy
A Reference Guide to the Establishment of Indian Reserves in British Columbia 1849-1911
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy I.D Kennedy
Reframing the Issues: Emerging Questions for Métis, Non-Status Indian and Urban Aboriginal Policy Research: Workshop Summary Report
Alternate Title
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences ; 79th
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Aboriginal Policy Research
Description
Information on a workshop that explored the issues raised by current scholarly research; provides a general sense of the issues relevant to Aboriginal peoples.
The Regulation of Aboriginal Political Routines, 1869-1900: Band Government as a Practice of Governance
Theses
Author/Creator
Colin C. Buchanan
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.
Remarks on the Leonard Peltier Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William M. Kunstler
American Indian Law Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 1995/1996, pp. 281-282
Description
Discusses a case in which evidence was manipulated (including false affidavits that caused Peltier to be extradited from Canada) and the individual was convicted when he clearly should not have been.
Reparations for Cultural Loss to Survivors of Indian Residential Schools
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew J. Mallam
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.) --University of Ottawa, 2010.
Repatriation, Digital Technology, and Culture in a Northern Athapaskan Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate Hennessy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010
Repatriation of Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property to East Greenland
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aviâja Rosing Jakobsen
Cunera Buijs
Description
Discusses project to connect Greenlanders with two photo collections that are their intellectual property.
Report by Lieut. William F. Butler (69th Regt.) of His Journey from Fort Garry to Rocky Mountain House and Back, During the Winter of 1870-71. to Hon. Adams G. Archibald Lieut. Gov. Manitoba, 10th March, 1871.
Alternate Title
Great Lone Land
On Security and Policing in the Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William F. Butler
Description
Excerpt from The Great Lone Land, originally published in 1873.
Report Card: A Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women, 2007-2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
Ontario Women's Association
Description
Comments on the status of eight strategic directions.
Collaborative initiative of the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC), Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA), The Independent First Nations (IFN) and the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO)
Report: Issues Related to the High Number of Murdered and Missing Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coordinating Committee of Senior Officials Missing Women Working Group
Description
Contains 51 recommendations dealing with identification, investigating and prosecution of cases involving serial killers who prey on marginalized individuals.
Report on Indigenous Fishing Rights in the Seas with Case Studies from Australia and Norway
Alternate Title
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Ninth Session, New York, 19-30 April 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Description
Discusses the relevant international law and describes the national law of Australia and Norway.
Reports From a Wild Country: Ethics for Decolonization
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nathaniel Pollock
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 2, 2010, pp. 153-154
Description
Book review of: Reports From a Wild Country: Ethics for Decolonization by Deborah Bird Rose.
Representing 'Australian Land': Mainstream Media Reporting of Native Title
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clemence Due
Damien W. Riggs
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 26-36
Description
Reports on how Indigenous land claims in Australia are portrayed in the mainstream non-Indigenous media.
Research and Outcomes at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James R. Miller
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 163-181
Description
Author discusses the research outcomes and the policy influence of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); speculates on some of the factors that limited the influence of the TRC including opposition from interest groups and the structure of the commission itself.
The Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter H. Russell
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [276]-282
Description
Overview of research program and case studies which were centered on four themes: governance, land and resources, social/cultural affairs and the north.
Scroll down to page 276 to read article.