[ Aboriginal Self-Determination?: An Assessment of Enabling Legislation Permitting First Nations to Assume Some Degree of Control over Their Lands, Resources, Moneys and Development]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David K. Laidlaw
Description
Includes: primary (legislation and jurisprudence case law) and secondary sources.
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.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-642E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which address two issues: enhancement of the Cree Regional Authority's powers of governance and the inclusion of the Oujé-Bourgoumou Crees in the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement regime.
Revised version.
Book reviews of:
The Politics of Minor Concerns: American Indian Policy and Congressional Dynamics by Charles Turner.
Taking Charge: Native American Self-Determination and Federal Indian Policy, 1975-1993 by George Pierre Castile.
Looks at a case study of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation treaty negotiations in the Yukon Territory, and discusses a theoretical framework and findings to understand and explain other treaty negotiations involving municipal lands.
Argues that we have to change our concepts of property, contract, sovereignty and constitutional right to allow for growth of First Nations' self government.
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 1991.
"The inherent and unextinguished nature of self government among the Nawash Band is demonstrated through examining the events of the author's ancestors and community in their interactions with foreign settlers."
Discusses the evaluation findings and recommendations regarding the impacts of comprehensive land claim agreements and the extent to which the objectives have been achieved.
Teaching Education, vol. 20, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Education, 2009, pp. 7-29
Description
Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
[Modular Backgrounder] (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 09-12E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
Includes very brief history (1876-1996), overview of developments (1996-2009), discussion of outstanding matters and list of selected references for further information.
2009 version.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 250-261, 263
Description
Author discusses the challenges of Arctic sovereignty, and suggests that the development of an integrated Arctic strategy must include federal, provincial and territorial governments and Aboriginal organizations to improve the lives of the Inuit.
Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change.
Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript.
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