Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 97, December 10, 2009, pp. [1]-16
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Argues that despite the fact that on-reserve schools seem to provide an education equivalent to that obtained through provincial systems, in reality they fall short of this objective. The paper also explores the issues that remain since control has shifted to First Nations Peoples.
Argues that we have to change our concepts of property, contract, sovereignty and constitutional right to allow for growth of First Nations' self government.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 427-439
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Discusses the contentious issue of the termination of federal trust protection of American Indian reservation lands, including rifts formed between tribal communities.
[Frequently Asked Questions - Engagement Process - Amendments to the Registration Provisions of the Indian Act As per the Court of Appeal for British Columbia's Decision in the Sharon McIvor Litigation]
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Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
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Answers questions regarding new amendments to the Indian Act in the wake of the ruling of McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs).
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, no. 52, October 1991, p. 4
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Argues that the National Park arrangements in the NorthernTerritory, Australia, show a greater degree of reconciliation than do the New South Wales proposals.
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."
Outlines Correctional Service of Canada obligations and commitments, and focuses on progress in the following areas: financial capacity, access to programs, security and classification, parole, data collection, human resources, Northern Correctional Framework, and healing lodges.
Website provides learning materials about the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia before the province was created. Contains links to complete collection of correspondence from 1846 to 1871. One section of teacher material deals with question "Were the Douglas Treaties and the Numbered Treaties Fairly Negotiated?"
Briefly defines rights, explains rights of Status and Non-Status Indians and Métis people, and discusses conservation, public and safety rules, and where to get help if charged with a harvesting offence. Information specific to British Columbia.
Third edition.
Developed to assist British Columbia First Nations with agreement-in-principle (AIP) approvals and ratification votes as part of the treaty negotiation process.
Information from files in Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) and at the University of Alberta Archives. Topics: traplines, applications for permission to trap, and pertinent legislative documents, proposed Métis settlement in the 1950s and the Métis Settlement Act, and development of the Athabasca Oil Sands region.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1539-1559
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Historical overview of treaty obligations and the link to health care.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1561-1576
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Overview of historical, political, legislation and policy affecting Aboriginal child health.
United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters
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United States Government Accountability Office
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Reports results of surveys conducted with tribal and urban law enforcement agencies about investigations conducted 2014-2016, and victim service providers.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
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Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
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
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Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, p. 20
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Discusses the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act (FSMA) and the Indian Taxation Advisory Board (ITAB).
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[Modular Backgrounder] (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; PRB 09-12E
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Mary C. Hurley
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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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 253-279
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Legal history of gambling, the passing of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and why the United States has a problem with the management of Native American gaming.
Outlines Abraham Lincoln's policy priorities, his interpersonal relations with Indians during his administration, the direct impact on Indians of the signing of the Homestead Act in May 1862, the Santee Sioux uprising in Minnesota, the removal and confinement of Navajos and Mescaleros on a reservation in New Mexico Territory, the Sand Creek Massacre in southeastern Colorado, and his relationship with the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico Territory.
Looks at the high rates of incarceration of Indigenous Australians and the economic and social costs of imprisonment, advocates for a holistic approach to reduce over-representation in the criminal justice system, and discusses possible initiatives and their cost.
Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2009, pp. 417-442
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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.