Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Early Canadiana Online
Description
Links to information on treaties, laws, and events from the first contact to 2003.
Canada's Actions Speaks Louder than Words
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin Culhane
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 5
Description
Reports on compensation legislation for child abuse cases and how inequitable settlements have been inadequate.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Canada: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ; 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International Canada
Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) … [et al.]
Description
Joint statement submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017.
The Canadian Arctic and the Oceans Act: The Development of Participatory Environment Research and Management
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Jack Mathias
Mina Kislalioglu
Helen Fast
Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 44, no. 7-8, 2001, pp. 451-469
Description
Examines aboriginal participation in resource management in several area: fish and wildlife, protected area planning, integrated coastal zone management, ecosystem health monitoring, contaminants research, environmental assessment, and climate change.
Canadian Indigenous Place Name Legislation and Policies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Description
Discusses entities currently responsible for official place names and their processes, and some of the practicalities which need to be addressed when reverting to the Indigenous names.
Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste: Current Contexts and Future Management Prospects
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Lee Murphy
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Guelph, 2001.
Canaries in the Mines of Citizenship: Indian Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 715-739
Description
Explores the concept of citizenship in relation to women and discusses problems of sexist and racist policies that impair the capacity of women for full citizenship in both the colonial state and First Nations.
Canned and Labelled: Case Closed
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 12, April 2001, p. 3
Description
Comments on government and church reaction to abuse allegations at Aboriginal residential schools in Ottawa, Ontario.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.3.
Cariboo Still Talking Terms With Ottawa
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 4, April 2001, p. 7
Description
Diocese still plans to close in 12 months due to financial repercussions of residential school lawsuits, but continues discussions with government representatives.
Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yellowhead Institute
Description
Looks at how the Canadian economy has been built by using Indigenous lands and waterways to create corporate profit and national power and how this process has left First Nations impoverished. Discusses the reparations needed as part of decolonization process.
Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation Regarding Policing in Northern British Columbia: Chairperson's Final Report after Commissioner's Response
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian McPhail
Description
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Challenging Colonial Norms and Attending to Presencing in Stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josephine L. Savarese
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 29, no. 1, 2017, pp. 157-181
Description
Documents "resistance by missing and murdered women during and beyond their physical lifetimes".
Challenging Historical Frameworks: Aboriginal Rights, The Trickster, and Originalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 114-135
Description
Asserts that Canadian Aboriginal and treaty laws should reflect our shared history.
Challenging the Deficit Paradigm: Grounds For Optimism Among First Nations in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Rick Ponting
Cora J. Voyageur
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, 2001, pp. 275-307
Description
Focuses on positive developments in the areas of self-government, organizational capacity, structures of opportunity, and resistance to oppression.
Changing the Subject: The TRC, Its National Events, and the Displacement of Substantive Reconciliation in Canadian Media Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matt James
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 362-397
Description
Looks at reconciliation discourse in the mainstream print media before, during and over the course of the life of the TRC.
Characteristics of a Nation-to-Nation Relationship: Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Topics include definition of relationship, jurisdiction, intergovernmental fiscal relationships, wealth creation, and future actions to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
Chenoo
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Greg Olson
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 98-99
Description
Book review of: Chenoo by Joseph Bruchac.
Chiefs Favor "Tinkering" with Act: Dorey
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 1
Description
Chief and president Dwight Dorey of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) advocates First Nations return to traditional tribal governing entities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
The Child and Family Services Act in Relation to Indigenous Children: Does it Measure up to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hilary Brown
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Infants in Canada in 2019
Alternate Title
First Nations/Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2019
FN/CIS 2019
FN/CIS 2019: Focus on Developmental Stages Series
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged One to Three Years Old in Canada in 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged Four to Seven Years Old in Canada In 2019
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 8-11 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 220
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 220
CWRP Information Sheet ; no 221
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 221
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Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 222
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 223
Child Maltreatment-Related Investigations Involving First Nations Children Aged 12-15 Years Old in Canada in 2019
CWRP Information Sheet ; no. 224
Child Welfare Research Portal Information Sheet ; no. 224
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Barbara Fallon
Nicolette Joh-Carnella
Marie Saint-Girons
Child Sexual Abuse and HIV/AIDS in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene S. Vernon
Roe Bubar
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 47-63
Description
Reports on the elevated risks stemming from abuse cases and factors such as larger youth populations among Indigenous peoples.
Child Sexual Abuse in Indian Country: Is the Guardian Keeping in Mind the Seventh Generation?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larry EchoHawk
New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy , vol. 5, no. 1, Fall, 2001, pp. 83-127
Description
Discusses child abuse in the United States in general, abuse on reservations, the federal government's obligations, and further steps needed to protect Native American children.
Children of Someone Else's History: Reading for Restorative Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frances W. Kaye
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 225-239
Description
Novel by Richard Wagamese Quality of Light is used in a discussion of retribution and restoration in the Canadian legal system.
Church to be "Out of Cash" in 2001: Talks with Ottawa too Slow
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 127, no. 4, April 2001, p. 1
Description
Settlements and legal fees incurred in residential schools lawsuits force church into deficit even after disposing of liquid assets.
[Cis Dideen Kat, When the Plumes Rise: The Way of the Lake Babine Nation]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Thom
Native Studies Review, vol. 14, no. 2, 2001, pp. 142-146
Description
Book review of: Cis Dideen Kat, When the Plumes Rise, by Jo-Anne and Betty Patrick.
The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Alternate Title
Critical Studies in Native History ; 20
E-Books
Author/Creator
Susan M. Hill
Critical Studies in Native History
Closed Stranger Adoption, Māori and Race Relations in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1955-1985
Alternate Title
Closed Stranger Adoption, Maori and Race Relations in Aotearoa New Zealand, 1955-1985
Theses
Author/Creator
Maria Haenga-Collins
Description
[Indigenous History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2017.
[Closing the Gap: The Hon[ourable] Kevin Rudd]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Rudd
Description
Comments on what the National Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples meant and what remains to be done as a country.
Duration: 33:18.
Co-habitation and Co-optation: some Intersections between Native American and Euroamerican Legal Systems in the Nineteenth Century
Alternate Title
Co-habitation and Co-optation: some Intersections between Native American and Euroamerican Legal Systems in the 19th Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon'a F. Meyer
Gloria Bogdan
ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly): 19th Century American Literature and Culture, vol. 15, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 257-275
Description
Overview of Indigenous legal systems and how customary law, traditions and customs were overrun by the European legal system.
Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety Toolkit
Alternate Title
Abridged Casebook: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Activity Book 1: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Activity Book 2: Coast Salish Laws Relating to Child and Caregiver Nurturance and Safety
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Tara Williamson
Leslie-Ann Paige
Description
Resources are designed for professionals working with Salish nations, families, caregivers, youth, and communities.
Collaborative Consent and British Columbia's Water: Towards Watershed Co-Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Merrell-Ann Phare
Rosie Simms
Oliver M. Brandes
Michael Miltenberger
Description
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
The Colonial Legacy: The Legal Oppression of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Asha Collins
Glendon Journal of International Studies, vol. 10, 2017, pp. [1]-22
Description
Comments on the role the Canadian government played in the systematic oppression and discrimination towards Indigenous women.
Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Barry Cahill
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 2, March 2001, p. 385
Description
Book review of: Colour-coded by Constance Backhouse.
Combating Racial Discrimination: Aboriginal Peoples' Access to the Legal Profession
Theses
Author/Creator
Carla Baumgartner Di Giusto
Description
Legal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2001.
Coming Home to Waasagomach: A Community Assisted Hearing
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Marjorie Beaucage
Description
Discusses traditional hearings, Elder assisted hearings and community hearings.
Duration: 25:09.
Coming to Terms With Genocidal Pasts in Comparative Perspective: Germany and Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. Dirk Moses
Aboriginal History, vol. 25, Special Section: Genocide?: Australian Aboriginal History in International Perspective, 2001, pp. [91]-115
Description
Argues that past genocidal experiences in Australia have similarities as well as differences with Germany and explores what can be learned from this comparison.
Coming Together, Making Progress: Business's Role in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Description
Comments on the necessity of a partnerships between Canadian businesses, the Crown and Indigenous people.
Commission's Final Report: Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the Death of Colten Boushie and the Events That Followed: Final Report
Alternate Title
Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the Death of Colten Boushie and the Events That Followed: Final Report
Final Report: Chairperson-Initiated Complaint and Public Interest Investigation of the Death of Colten Boushie and the Events That Followed
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Description
Examines the case in which a young man from the Red Pheasant Reserve was shot and killed on a farm property near Biggar, Saskatchewan by Gerald Stanley, the property owner. The Commission inquired into the conduct of the RCMP investigation and interactions with the Bousie family.
The Common Law Basis of Aboriginal Entitlements to
Land in Canada: The Law's Crooked Path
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian Donovan
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Manitoba, 2001.
La communauté comme sujet et objet du droit: implications
pour les Métis du Canada = The Law of the Community and Community Rights: Implications for the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natacha Gagné
Claudie Larcher
Sébastien Grammond
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Communicating Effectively with Indigenous Clients: An Aboriginal Legal Services Publication
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorna Fadden
Description
Reports on issues raised by Indigenous clients themselves and discusses features of Aboriginal varieties of English and how linguistic prejudice may affect interactions between lawyer and client and court outcomes.
A Community Guide to Protecting Indigenous Knowledge
E-Books
Author/Creator
Simon Brascoupé
Howard Mann
Community Needs Assessment for Métis Offenders in Manitoba
Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-111
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Métis Federation - Winnipeg Regional
Description
Survey (done in 2000) of prisoners, their families, community representatives and service providers was conducted to discover what supports and services were needed while the men were incarnated and upon their release.
Comprehensive agreement-in-principle between the Meadow Lake First Nations (Birch Narrows Dene Nation, Buffalo River Dene Nation, Canoe Lake Cree Nation, Clearwater River Dene Nation, English River First Nation, Flying Dust First Nation, Island Lake First Nation, Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation and Waterhen Lake First Nation) as represented individually by their respective Chiefs ... as represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meadow Lake First Nations
Government of Canada
Description
Agreement between Meadow Lake First Nations, Meadow Lake Tribal Council and Canada to start negotiations.
Confronting Australian Genocide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin Tatz
Aboriginal History, vol. 25, Special Section: Genocide?: Australian Aboriginal History in International Perspective, 2001, pp. [16]-36
Description
Comments on genocide denialists and their reasonings.
Confronting the "Mixed-Blood Majic": Towards a Definition of "Métis" for Purposes of Section 35
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Description
Presents a draft paper prepared for the Canadian/Indigenous Studies Association conference in Saskatoon, June 2, 2001 that discusses the history and definition of "Métis".
Confronting the Past and Building a Future: Peacemaking Circles in a Northern Canadian Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Anna C. McCormick
p. 315
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.
Considering the Legal and Human Rights Framework for Addressing Mass Graves Connected to Indian Residential Schools
Alternate Title
International Human Rights and Legal Considerations in Relation to Terminology and the Discovery of Undocumented Burials at the Kamloops Indian Residential School: Discussion on terminology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Description
Outlines policy and legal issues that governments must address, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples, in order to develop a suitable framework and discusses international approaches that exist when dealing with similar circumstances.
Appendix discusses terminology.
The Constitution Express Revisited
Alternate Title
Introduction: The Constitution Express Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma Feltes
Glen Coulthard
BC Studies, vol. 212, The Constitution Express: A 40-Year Retrospective, Winter, 2021/2022, pp. 13-32
Description
An introduction of the articles featured in this special edition issue about Section 35 of Constitution Act and the creation of Constitution Express.
The Constitutional Status and Rights of the Métis People in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 120-131
Description
Focuses on development of doctrine of Aboriginal rights by the courts since the 1982 amendment and defining who constitutes the "Métis people" in section 35.