Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 41-64
Description
Compares coverage of events on Global Television, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), and CTV to that of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Stories covered: shooting of Chelsea Yellowbird, vote buying at Esgenoopetitj First Nation, Air Canada, Winnipeg and First Nation flood evacuees, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and Keystone XL pipeline protest.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 25-41
Description
Focuses on protests over ecological and environmental issues, their relation to land claims, and how they have been framed in mainstream media and public policy.
Explains how gathering at the Point to roast wild rice and therefore renewing and honouring relationships between Anishinaabeg, the location and the sacred food constitutes an act of governance.
Looks at the movement that began in opposition to federal Canadian policies.
Senior Honors Thesis towards International Studies (B.A.)--University of Utah, 2014.
Purpose of the guide is to facilitate the timely processing of requests from local governments to the Province of British Columbia for statutory approvals of boundary changes, adoption of amendment of zoning bylaws, and more.
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 93, Landscapes of Neoliberalism, Spring, 2014, pp. 25-52
Description
Presents criticism of IBA's by considering the privatization of federal duty to consult, the trend to have market-based solutions for social suffering, and the limiting of political and legal channels.
Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
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Author/Creator
Else Grete Broderstad
Description
Discusses four aspects of rights and political participation: negative, positive, procedural, and institutional.
Excerpt from Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches edited by Marc Woons.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 80.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-20
Description
Looks at a public policy tool, UNDRIP, for developing national policy to support resource and land management consultations that are based on free, prior and informed consent.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, Spring, 1990, pp. 113-132
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Author examines the failure of the United States government to recognize the tribal status of the Samish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Steilacoob, Cowlitz, and Chinook Nations of western Washington, and consequently their rights to their ancestral lands.
Contains links to full-text articles written by scholars and published by universities. Currently over 500 articles by 408 authors, with new material being added on an on-going basis.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 19-39
Description
Analyzes three types of political action First Nations' people have undertaken: acts of civil disobedience, general policy protests and international protests.
Indigenous Health Governance and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Internationalization of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
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Author/Creator
Bonita Beatty
Description
Argues that while implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples cannot be guaranteed, it can be used as a tool to influence governments, policy makers, and health providers. Chapter from The Internationalization of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 49.