Canadian Bar Review, vol. 87, no. 2, 2009, pp. [357]-390
Description
Discusses the doctrine of cultural continuity in relation to rights, the framework of residual sovereignty, and the application of a more generous application of the reconciliation doctrine.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 3, Fall, 2009, pp. 222-232
Description
Discusses the approach to understanding Indigenous legal traditions in terms of healing, politics, epistemology, and justice in Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights; New Histories for Old: Changing Perspectives on Canada's Native Pasts; and Indigenous Legal Traditions.
Examines how the structure of native institutions and property rights provided a relatively high standard of living in the mid eighteenth century and for part of the nineteenth, then was unable to experience modern rates of economic growth and provide avenues for further development.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 22-29
Description
Discusses government's strategy for environmental conservation and protection of the land by evicting pastoralists from grazing lands. Recent cases are described.
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Presents recommendations that would provide support for significant and sustained Aboriginal economic development and an immediate stimulus to address the current economic crisis.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 10-19
Description
Presents overview of REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) with an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to moving forward.
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 99-109
Description
Discusses the history, impact and concerns surrounding the recognition and protection of Indigenous peoples’ rights within the United Nations and International legal systems.
Argues that First Nations people, living on reserves, need to develop wealth creation by means other than real estate, in order to increase their net worth.
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalizing Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 117-127
Description
"This article explores the reappropriation of the English and French languages within First Nations contemporary literatures, specifically how literary texts enable the retelling and reclaiming of Indigenous People's histories and rights for sovereign governance".
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 117.
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 16, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-29
Description
Argues that when the state fails to uphold the rule of law with respect to Aboriginal rights and takes actions that contravenes these rights, civil disobedience should be an option.
Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Law and Society Series
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Author/Creator
Kiera L. Ladner
Michael McCrossan
Law and Society Series
Description
Discusses Aboriginal groups' viewpoints on the Constitution Act, 1982 and how readings of it by the Supreme Court of Canada varied from the Aboriginal interpretation.
Chapter 14 from Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms edited by James B. Kelly, Christopher P. Manfredi.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 11
Description
Discusses Métis citizens feelings of being rushed to implement Draft Duty to Consult and Accomodate policies without time to respond to the draft in a meaningful way.
Article located by scrolling to page 11.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 2, Native Feminism, Fall, 2009, pp. 131-148
Description
"... examines the conflation of American and Navajo nationalisms by scrutinizing the intersections of war, gender, and Diné tradition and the ways in which the Diné have drawn upon tradition to support U.S. militarism ...
Documentary about the role clan mothers played in the conflict that took place near Caledonia, Ontario over a proposed housing development on Six Nation traditional territory.
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Duration: 43:24
Developed to accompany the National Film Board documentary Six Miles Deep which deals with the conflict that took place over land development near Caledonia, Ontario.