Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 93-110
Description
Discusses how global economic and political developments such as the Multilateral Agreement on Investment can affect traditional concepts of state territorial sovereignty.
Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles, Cut the Crap and Cut the Mustard
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Verna J. Kirkness
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 39, no. 1, Special Issue 2, Fall , 1999, pp. [14-30]
Description
Reprint two articles, one published in 1985 entitled: Indian Education: Past, Present and Future and a second published in 1998: Our Peoples' Education: Cut the Shackles, Cut the Crap and Cut the Mustard.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 37, no. 4, 1999, pp. 712-774
Description
Looks at the legal and regulatory basis of forest management, and assess how new tenure systems might be developed that would uphold traditional values while providing economic and employment opportunities.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 35-42
Description
Uses the NWT Official Languages Act, as an example, to show it is possible to revitalize 55 Aboriginal languages using statutory legislation.
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Examines section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code which states that a judge is to consider "all available sanctions other than imprisonment that are reasonable in the circumstances for all offenders, with particular attention to the circumstances of Aboriginal offenders."
Summary of the background, analysis and federal processes related to self-government. Based on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).
Produced as a result of dissatisfaction with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' engagement process for the development of proposed legislative framework for drinking water in First Nation communities. Looks at three types of water-related rights: water, self-government, and adequate levels of environment protection.
Purpose of act was to eliminate sexual discrimination within the Indian Act and make it congruent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Came about because of United Nations Human Rights Commission's ruling that First Nations women were being discriminated against due to loss of status through marriage to non-First Nations men.
Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
Description
Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
Comparison of Metis Settlements with Other Local Governments
Detailed Description of the Metis Settlements Governance System
Governance Discussion Paper: Metis Settlements of Alberta
Interview with Fred Martin on the Development of the Metis Settlement Governance System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Graham
Description
Three papers: detailed description of settlements' governance systems, interview with Fred Martin on development of those systems, and comparison with other local governments.
Assembly of First Nations Urges Awareness of Settlement Details
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 133, no. 1, January 2007, p. 10
Description
Explains that frontline workers, working in reserves and native communities, should be sure to inform former First Nations residential school students about the details of the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement including the "opt-out" period.
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 20-24
Description
Looks at processes and procedures meant to ensure the First Nation is involved, consulted and accommodated while De Beer's Victor Diamond Mine operates.
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 2, Ke Ala Hou: Breaking Trail in Hawaiian Research and Development, 2009, pp. 138-155
Description
Discusses the origin and overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, and examines how the Ali'i (native Hawaiian chiefs) used their knowledge of law to advance their own existing Indigenous structure.
[ 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.
Explains that the Native Title Act 1993 now requires that all claims be lodged to the Federal Court of Australia before being referred to the National Native Title Tribunal.
Justice as Healing, vol. 4, no. 2, Summer, 1999, p. [?]
Description
Excerpt from the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding principles to be considered in determining sentencing.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Argues that the values, approaches and conclusions grounded in traditional knowledge, should be incorporated into the negotiation and implementation of international agreements and decision-making processes.
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.
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.
"The bill repeals section 67 of the federal human rights statute, which has restricted access to its redress mechanisms with respect to "any provision on the Indian Act or any provision made under or pursuant to that Act."