Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.
Capstone Seminar Series, vol. 2, no. 1, Belonging in Canada: Questions and Challenges, Spring, April 2012, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues that the federal government's Nutrition North Canada program fails to meet the needs of northern residents because it fails to take into account the health and cultural aspects of traditional foods.
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 132, April 11, 2012, pp. 1-28
Description
Reviews policy papers, reports and self-governance agreements to show the present state of First-Nations rights to control education as well as forms of institutional arrangements and agreements for educational self-determination.
A Critical Appraisal of Responses to Maori Offending
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Juan Marcellus Tauri
Robert Webb
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, 2012, pp. 1-16
Description
Article critically analyzes the role that criminological theory and specific policy formulations of culture play in New Zealand's state response to Māori crime.
Speaks about ways to begin conversation: obligation to know the history; open your eyes to current realities linked to the past; be respectful allies.
Duration: 53:54.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 8, Indigenous Social Work Practices and Theories, August 2012, pp. 129-142
Description
Comments on the need for all social workers to be knowledgeable about the oppressive issues facing Aboriginal peoples and to understand cultural differences between Western and Indigenous societies.
Cumulative Impacts to Fort McMurray First Nation #468 Traditional Lands & Lifeways: Shell Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine Report for Regulatory Hearings
FMFN #468 - Shell Hearing
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sherri Labour
Beth Dickson
Description
Existing effects and disturbances analysis prepared for a regulatory hearing for Shell Canada's Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine proposals on Fort McMurray First Nation traditional lands.
Western Legal History, vol. 7, Winter/Spring, 1994, pp. 113-141
Description
Analyzes proposals regarding self-government in the Charlottetown Accord, and asses the impact of the defeat of the accord on future relations between aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state.
Looks at two examples in which community requests for formal education were ignored by the federal government until 1955, when integrated schooling was introduced.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 115-122
Description
Uses the ideology of manifest destiny to connect the policies and political practices of Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, and Adolf Hitler; focuses on the removal of one people or race to make living space for another.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 113-125
Description
Discusses how colonization has disrupted communities' relationship with the land, efforts to restore the connection on the reservation, and how ideas about tradition and sustainability are linked to food sovereignty.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 244-247
Description
Reprinted from unsettling Canada: A national Wake-up Call; Chapter 17
Article advocates for a fundamental restructuring of Canadian policy, programs, and services that is built on the recognition of Indigenous title to land and territories and the Indigenous right to self-determination.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Sacred Places, Sacred Lifeways, March 2012, p. [?]
Description
Looks at injustices perpetrated by the Colombian government and mining companies and discusses how Karmen Ramirez is advocating for Indigenous issues and rights.
Looks at shortcomings of the current system, provides statistical data, and advocates for changes that will reduce the number of children in care.
Follow-up to the 2016 report.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Explores the lack of consultation of Bill 191 beginning in 2009 and concludes that minimum standards and protocols are not being met and there has been little improvement in process.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gordon Shanks
pp. 102-106
Description
Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses the federal position on self-government stating it recognizes the need for consultations with First Nations, and flexibility to accommodate diversity.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John H. Hylton
pp. 150-170
Description
Article discusses past governmental approaches, and cost-benefit considerations in implementing self-government versus social and economic costs of not moving ahead and doing things differently.
Chapter from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, and Roger Carter.
Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Study found market-driven initiatives were required, but no evidence of need for fund dedicated to credit enhancement, or that fund had increased home ownership and reduced reliance on federal assistance for social housing.