Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, vol. 3, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 43-66
Description
Comments on the unacceptability of the high rate of food insecurity, the lack of safe drinking water, the need for healthy, and other necessary infrastructure for healthy living.
Comments on board responsibilities including regulating the use of land and water, and the deposit of waste, through the issuance and management of land use permits and water licences.
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.
Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association ; 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dwight Newman
Description
Analyzes the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples related to consultation with Indigenous groups and its formations of customary international law.
Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, 12-15 June 2012, Edmonton, Alberta.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, Water and Indigenous Peoples, 2012, pp. 1-15
Description
Studies the challenges to Indigenous water rights in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru due to hydro-power development, diverted water for mega cities, and large scale irrigation projects.
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 3-23
Description
Looks at features of Native American Catholicism and the differences between traditional religious customs and strategies used to cope with the requirement of ecclesial exclusivity.
Teacher's guide for use with documentary which looks at the Iroquois Nationals, a lacrosse team from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, their efforts to win a gold medal at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship, and the controversy which erupted when they traveled with Haudenosaunee Confederacy passports.
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.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 1, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Examines a conceptual framework used with food security movement that helps young people understand their social context and values and engages them in social justice work.
Canadian Journal of Human Rights, vol. 1, no. 1, 2012, pp. 94-125
Description
Assesses cultural harm under international law and human rights authority by looking at recovery in the colonial context, restoration of land-based and water based cultural practices, and regenerating Indigenous nationhood.
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.
Discussion on the performance-based budgeting process for tribal administration and program service delivery that focuses on strategic planning.
Duration: 23:19. Includes textual transcript.
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Journal of Rural and Community Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Human Resources and Remote Indigenous Communities, 2012, pp. 93-109
Description
Looks at the Finnmark Act in 2005, the establishment of Finnmark Estate and contemporary Sami nature practices.
Follows two local women and their families.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, vol. 17, [Indigenizing and Decolonizing Environmental Education], 2012, pp. 148-158
Description
Argues that place-based education can promote greater cross-cultural understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, promote social and ecological justice, and act as a site for Indigenous resurgence.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the community resistance to a hydroelectric project in Guatemala, the death of a community leader, President Molina's response, and military retaliation to the conflict.
Environment and History, vol. 18, no. 4, pecial Places and Protected Spaces: Historical and Global Perspectives on Non-National Parks in Cana, 2012, pp. 529-559
Description
Examines the interactions between British Columbia's provincial officials and the Sliammon Indigenous group regarding their land rights and cultural interests in the Desolation Sound Marine Park.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue of Indigenous Policy: Anthropology, Archaeology and Litigation - Alaska Style, Spring, 2012, pp. 1-19
Description
Comments on opinions presented as fact in a court case and questions if guidelines need to be established for the use of anthropological and archaeological data in court testimony.
Ecological Economics, vol. 73, January 15, 2012, pp. 47-55
Description
Looks at influences contributing to the success and failure of ecotourism including shortages in human, financial and social capital, lack of economic benefits and land insecurity.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 23, no. 1, New Series, 2012, pp. 319-354
Description
Discusses how the game of lacrosse was appropriated by Euro-Canadians who then barred Aboriginal teams from championship competitions, and how the formation of the Iroquois Nationals generated conflict between traditional political structures and new adaptations.
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.
Societies Without Borders, vol. 7, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-28
Description
Contends that United States has failed to meet treaty obligations to Native nations or meet international obligations of human rights within the context of Native women's health.
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.
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 98-115
Description
Looks at the Supreme Court of Canada's tendency to characterize Aboriginal rights as arising from the Crown's fiduciary responsibilities, rather than being inherent.