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.
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding three land surrenders from certain portions of IR 103. ICC suspended its inquiry because they successful concluded the Settlement Agreement. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 4, Indigenous Responses to Plan Colombia, Winter, 2002
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Discusses some concerns surrounding Bill C-31, including not allowing Indian Status for children and grandchildren of women who married a non-status person.
Prairie Perspectives on Indian Residential Schools, Truth, and Reconciliation, The Forks, Winnipeg, MB, Thursday 17 June 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Powell
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Using historical comparisons, examines present concepts and Indian residential school policy as part of a larger government plan to assimilate Indigenous people.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 60-63
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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.
1999 BCSC [British Columbia Supreme Court] 1341Docket 7838. Judgement regarding St. George's Indian Residential School (Anglican Church of Canada) and the sexual abuse of children. Findings of liability made in relation to federal Crown and Anglican Church for actions of dorm supervisor Derek Clarke.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 25, no. 1, 2010, pp. 21-49
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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
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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.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 24, 1999-2000, pp. 129-151
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Argues that NAGPRA is unique in that it considers for the first time legislatively the Indigenous perspective; but unanswered is the problem of culturally unidentifiable ancient remains.
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.
Chapter 7 in book: Gender Ironies of Nationalism: Sexing the Nation edited by Tamar Mayer. Discusses customary practices and protection of tribal ceremony.
Scroll down to page 163 to read chapter.
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 1, January 1999, p. 1
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Ministry of Labour investigates claim of three justice workers, removed from their jobs by Lac La Ronge Indian Band in 1997, alleging that job loss was due to practising traditional spirituality.
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 20-24
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Argues these offenders are characterized by multiple problems including various types of abuse and identity problems. As such, they pose specific challenges for the corrections process. Information was gathered by study conducted in Vancouver.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 57-111
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Discusses Federal versus Provincial powers over "land reserved for the Indians" which may include not only Reserves, but any land subject to claims of Aboriginal title.
Topics discussed by Nisga'a Tribal Council Chairman, include Aboriginal title, ownership, courts, rights, and customary law.
Interview first published in Multinational Monitor, vol. 13, no. 9, September, 1992.
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 2, 1999, p. 16
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Discusses how Indigenous people in Washington State have established a new ethos in environmental management of collaborating with industry, government and environmental groups to solve their concerns.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Fall, 2010, pp. 86-94
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Looks at the FFAED which focuses on federal governmental action to realize the full economic potential of Aboriginal Canadians and six related policies.
Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 5, October 2010, p. 745–762
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Examines a model of sustainable development planning based on a case study of a successful planning process that balances social, economic, and environmental values.
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
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Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
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"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".