Website includes resources, information, publications and reports on issues that are integral to modern treaty making in British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal rights, self government, land and resources, fishing, forestry and financial.
Report provides suggestions of how to promote the meaningful involvement of First Nations in the environmental assessment processes with respect to land and resources.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 4, December, 2009, pp. 957-979
Description
Discusses the evolution of Aboriginal rights, concepts of identity and culture, theory of group rights, and consequences of the cultural test adopted by the Supreme Court of Canada.
This Isn't Consultation, It's the Elimination of Métis/Indigenous Rights, MN-S Charges
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Author/Creator
Warren Goulding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, pp. 9-10
Description
Comments on the duty to consult and the opportunity by the government to see that Métis and First Nations people are involved in the province and the conflicts that have arisen during this process.
Article located by scrolling to page 9 and 10.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 417-442
Description
Discusses a Canadian case study that looks at the importance of judicial factors to the Indigenous land claims policy process and the uncertainty of government negotiating behaviour.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 32-35
Description
Interview with Dr. Nina Pacari Vega Conejo, first Indigenous woman Foreign Secretary of the Republic of Ecuador.
To access this article, scroll down to page 32.
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Policy Network, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2004, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the relationship between the federal government and First Nations leaders regarding the needs of First Nations communities, and looks at the First Nations Financial Institutions Bill that was opposed by the majority of chiefs, but approved by the Martin Government.
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American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, 2004, pp. 1-23
Description
Discusses the tribal reaction to U.S. government termination policies, as somewhat polarized on and off-reservation, and the efforts to take control of their own affairs.