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.
Interactive resource designed to educate school superintendents. Includes written information, videos and links to supplemental material focused on the topics of identity, language, learning from the land, treaties and agreements, laws and policies, reconciliation and relationships.
Canadian Journal of History, vol. 50, no. 3, Since Skyscapers: New Histories of Native-Newcomer Relations ..., Winter, 2015, pp. 492-523
Description
Commission looked into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's killing of sled dogs during the 1950s and 1960s. Focuses on how the inquiry combined written research with oral testimony to produce its final report.
Honoring Indigenous Treaty Rights for Climate Justice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. S. Mantyka-Pringle
C. N. Westman
A. P. Kythreotis
D. W. Schindler
Nature Climate Change, vol. 5, no. 9, September 2015, pp. 798-801
Description
Uses the Alberta oil sands and Treaty Eight as an example of how adhering to the treaty terms could result in environmental and social benefits for all Canadians and make the country a leader in sustainability and climate governance.
United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United States Government Accountability Office
Description
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
Description
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.
Impact and Benefit Agreement Community Toolkit: Negotiation and Implementation of Impact and Benefit Agreements
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson
Ciaran O'Faricheallaigh
Description
Meant for communities considering entering into a contract with a Canadian mining company, but many of the issues and processes are also relevant to other industry sectors and contexts.
Contains information on: project analysis; preparing for negotiations and establishing negotiating position; conducting negotiations; reaching and implementing agreements; and maintaining relationships.
"Summer 2015 edition."
Webinar provides an overview of agreements between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities with limited government interference. Also leads a discussion with participants about Aboriginal community signatories’ expectations, community consent, and the possibility of standardizing IBA negotiations.
Duration: 1:01:00.
Uses the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples' Survey public-use file in a difference-indifferences cohort analysis to assess how gaining status as a result of the passage of Bill C-31 might affect economic outcomes.
Extended essay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts in Economics.
Looks at the question of belonging, identity and gender equality and failure to address this in Bill C-3. Uses author's family story to show lack of Indian status or band membership in community.
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc.
Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
Panel asked to answer three questions regarding Cape Breton University: why is it important to indigenize? what are the top 3-5 priorities to indigenizing? and what are the barriers to indigenizing?
Duration:1:00:17.
Focuses on the four accessibility standards developed by the Canadian Accessibility Standards Development Organization (CASDO): design of public space, employment, plain language, and means of egress/exits from buildings.
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.
Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nehiyaw Legal Systems
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sylvia McAdam
Justice as Healing, vol. 20, no. 1, 2015, pp. 1-8
Description
Comments on problematic and questionable bills as well as the Idle No More movement.
Excerpts from Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems by Sylvia McAdam.
European Diversity and Autonomy Papers ; EDAP 02, 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna Koch
Alexandra Tomaselli
Description
Looks at gap between legal protection and its implementation, role of organizations such as the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, and case law dealing with fishing rights.
Indigenous Rights Recognition in British Columbia: Collection of Key Policies, Laws and Standards
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Treaty Commission
Description
Includes analysis of three documents: Principals' Accord on Transforming Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia, Recognition and Reconciliation of Rights Policy for Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia, and The Report of the British Columbia Claims Task Force.
Central themes included are: Indigenous governance and socio-cultural relationships with water, water allocation and implications for water rights, legal framework for water and territorial rights, and drinking water issues on reserves.
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.
Commission came about due to numerous allegations of police misconduct towards Indigenous women in Val d'Or, Quebec. Its mandate is to investigate causes of systemic discrimination in the provision of police, correctional, justice, health and social services.
Head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about questions that need to be answered when determining whether an inquiry would be effective and meaningful for those directly affected and Aboriginal people in general.
Duration: 35:38.
Topics included Indigenous men's role in violence, activism around the issue, and international reports and Canada's duty to respond. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:38:19.
(CLEBC) Aboriginal Administrative Law Conference ; paper 5.1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa C. Fong
Description
Looks at issues surrounding integrating Aboriginal healing practices with the mainstream Canadian health care system, such as who controls licensing, what standards should apply to healing practices and definition of what constitutes a healing practice.
Paper from the Aboriginal Administrative Law Conference.
American Indian Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Article 7, May 2017, pp. 161-180
Description
Looks at Article 3 of the treaty and discusses the right of free passage between the U.S.-Canada border and whether or not administering agencies are knowledgeable about it.
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 71-89
Description
A discussion about jurisdictional issues and some of the typical partnerships with Indigenous communities used to address the situation.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 71.
The Other Declarations in Daniels: Fiduciary Obligations and the Duty to Negotiate
[Daniels: In and Beyond the Law]
[History, Jurisdiction, and Identity in Daniels v Canada]
[The Chicken and the Egg: Unanswered Questions from Daniels
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Eric Adams
Catherine Bell
Paul Seaman
Description
Three presenters discuss the Daniels decision: First looks at the decision in terms of history, jurisdiction, and identity and citizenship; second analyzes the reasons given by the court for denying two declarations that were sought in the case; and third discusses problem of who can legitimately decide if someone is part of the Métis collective.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.