Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Michael Anderson
Description
Presentation by the director of the Natural Resources Secretariat, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which provides research, policy analysis and negotiation support.
Duration: 37:42.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 4, The Dynamic Relationships Between Human Rights law and Indigenous Peoples, 2014, pp. 1-3
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Comments on the lack of data about Native American and Alaska Native populations and the importance of meaningful data to make informed decisions on policies and programs.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
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Bried overview of activist's thoughts on corporate engagement and shareholder activism for creating social change and respecting Indigenous rights and interests.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-6
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Looks at three projects which were designed to build capacity with students enrolled in Native American and Indigenous Studies courses and to promote tribal sovereignty.
Background to the issue and discussion with activist and founder of the Walk 4 Justice initiative, which began in 2008 to raise public awareness and publicize the extent of ongoing violence against women.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 171-191
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Author describes the forced relocation of the Calapooya, the Clackamas, the Molalla, and the Klickitat peoples from the Willamette Valley to reservations so that the land could be given to settlers for farming.
Camp was initially set up in Awenda Provincial Park by a small group opposing the surrender of land in the resolution of the Coldwater Narrows Land Claim within the Specific Land Claims process. It occupies the land in order to reclaim traditional teachings, ceremonies and governance structures.
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 1, 1993-1994, pp. 51-91
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Discusses the conflict over interpretation of the Treaty's provision for hunting, fishing, and trapping rights; governments' have relied on the written document, while Aboriginals argue that the verbal promises are more important than what was recorded.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 2, Tribalography, Summer, 2014, pp. 55-64
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Examines pseudo-tribal discourses in American political, corporate, media, and social realms and how Indigenous tribalographies can connect past, present, and future together.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 55.
Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected.
Duration: 84:51.
Related material:
Mini-Lesson.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 29, no. 2, 2014, pp. 181-197
Description
"In this paper, I argue that Indian Residential School (IRS) litigation, and the emphasis on "cultural loss" or genocide, threatened to expose the illegitimacy of Canada's claim to sovereignty and the settler collective's occupancy of Indigenous lands today".
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, Special Issue on International Year of Indigenous Peoples: Discovery and Human Rights, 1993, pp. 103-114
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Takes a second look at celebrating the arrival of Columbus, an event that led to five hundred years of the dismantling of Aboriginal cultures and land expropriation.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-32
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Comments on the Ainu being recognized as indigenous people in 2008 and how this corresponded with the development of global indigenous movements and the international legal discourse on indigenous people.
Policy Brief (Centre for International Governance Innovation) ; no. 39
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Charis Enns
Description
Discusses concerns expressed by Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People and provides recommendations for improvements to situation of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
[Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Greg Poelzer
Description
Examines issues and implications related to the transfer of political authority to the governments of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Issues include autonomy, integration, responsibility, accountability and capacity.
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
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Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
Discusses a national action plan to address gaps in current policies, programs and services to stop violence against Indigenous women and girls and to fulfil Canada’s international human rights obligations.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, p. 35
Description
Working group established by representatives of the Kimberley Land Council and Aboriginal pastoralists to look at a voluntary code of conduct to access pastoral properties.