Looks at a number of current and critical conflicts associated with Aboriginal rights, treaty rights, and the inherent right to First Nations self-government.
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The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under United States Policies of Self-Determination
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Book review of: The State of the Native Nations: Conditions Under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 16-21
Description
Explores consequences resulting from ethnic discrimination, racism, sexism, exploitation, poverty and political violence.
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Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, 2007, pp. 24-35
Description
Looks at history, economics and politics to explain internal instability and the exploitation of resources.
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Summary of views on the federal policy approach by First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities that took part in the engagement process under the Canada Action Plan on Consultation and Accommodation. Emerging themes include continued engagement and collaborations, broad interpretations and clear standards, and mutual understanding of Indigenous perspectives.
Describes how imminent national protests influenced the Federal Government to announce the establishment of a independent tribunal to settle land claims.
Teaching American Literature, vol. 1, no. 4, Fall, 2007, pp. 50-61
Description
Overview of the English course, Contemporary Native American Literature taught at West Chester University and an analysis of Solar Storms which deals with the building of James Bay-Great Whale hydroelectric project in Quebec.
Treaty Six Education: In Search of Her Majesty's Bounty and Benevolence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 231-[?]
Description
Argues that it is time for Canada to fulfil the Crown's educational obligation to First Nations in order for them to reach parity in academic achievement with other Canadians.
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Consists of annotated index, historical documents, reports, legislation, and the Final Report in French and English.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 141-178
Description
Research article highlights how Section 35 cases on pre-contact rights and activities challenge the goal of protecting the inherent right to self-government of Aboriginal peoples.
Discusses how federal Indian law has developed in the United States from the arrival of Columbus through to the self-determination era of today, and looks at the future of the Indian tribes.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 87-109
Description
Research report draws on field notes and case studies to assess the capacity of Tribal governance bodies to manage watersheds using a combination of Western and Indigenous scientific practices, and to analyze tribal management in context of collaborative watershed management groups.
Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry - Final Report [French Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter, 2007, pp. 129-164
Description
Author explores the roles and meanings that have been ascribed to the Friendship Belt and the Two Row Wampum belts historically and what impact they have on contemporary Haudenosaunee understandings of nationhood and sovereignty.
United Nations Adopts the Declaration On The Rights Of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Discussion of the UN (United Nations) adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples despite the no votes from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.