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Opetchesaht Indian Band v. Canada, [1997] 2 S.C.R. 119
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Court considered the validity and duratiion of a permit granting right-of-way to a provincial utility company for power lines across a reserve pursuant to Indian Act, s. 28(2)
Out of Conflict: A Principled Vision for the Future of the Crown-Aboriginal Fiduciary Relationship
Theses
Author/Creator
John C. Maguire
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.
Partition and Redemption: A Machiavellian Analysis of Sami and Basque Patriotism
Theses
Author/Creator
Johan Eriksson
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Umea University, 1997.
Persistence of Colonial Prejudice and Policy in British Columbia's Indigenous Relations: Did the Spirit of Joseph Trutch Haunt Twentieth-Century Resource Development?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Abbott
BC Studies, no. 194, Summer, 2017, pp. 39-64
Description
Looks at how province's first lieutenant-governor's attitudes about the land question continued to exert influence during two periods: the years following entry into Confederation (1871 to 1876) and during the era of postwar hydroelectric development using case studies from 1951 to 1989.
The Place of Falling Water
Alternate Title
Video Reviews
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Paci
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 159-161
Description
Video review of: The Place of Falling Water produced by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith about the experiences of the Salish and Kootenai peoples on the Flathead Reservation.
Plain Talk 10: First Nations Education
Alternate Title
It's Our Time First Nations Tool Kit
Plain Talk ; 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Assembly of First Nations]
Description
Articulates why Indigenous people have strong feelings regarding education rights and why it should be delivered in a culturally appropriate method.
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Iñupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Inŋitchuŋa
Alternate Title
Playing in the Digital Qargi: Inupiat Gaming and Online Competition in Kisima Innitchuna
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine Meloche
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Article considers the online platform used in the game Kisima Inŋitchuŋa (Never Alone) as a “place” where people gather and examines the ways that Inuit culture, values and sovereignty are taught and engaged with in those spaces.
Police Zones: Territory and Identity in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Piper
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 483-497
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author examines the Silko’s novel and its relevance to Laguna narratives of land, territory, resistance, and cultural survivance.
Poverty, Politics, and Petroleum: The Utah Navajo and the Aneth Oil Field
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert S. McPherson
David A. Wolff
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 451-470
Description
Authors discuss different positions and policies on resource extraction from traditional Diné territories and how these have created and maintained poverty conditions on the Navajo Reservation in Utah.
The Practical Utility of International Law in the Negotiation and Implementation of Aboriginal Self-Government Agreements
Theses
Author/Creator
Kirstin Gillon
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--McGill University, 1997.
Practicing Sovereignty: Colonial Temporalities, Cherokee Justice, and the "Socrates" Writings of John Ridge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kelly Wisecup
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
"This article shows that Ridge's Socrates articles provided a public venue in which to define relationships among the Cherokees, the states, and the federal government".
A President in Indian Country: Calvin Coolidge and Lakota Diplomacy in the Summer of 1927
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Steven Zimmer
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 215-234
Description
Looks at how Henry Standing Bear and Chauncey Yellow Robe capitalized on the historical presidential visit to the Pine Ridge reservation.
A Primer on the Constitutional Duty to Consult
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
OKT Law
Description
Explains the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 to protect Aboriginal and treaty rights.
Prince Albert- Indians
Archival » Archival Items
Description
File contains the publication "Native Press" from June 20th, 1973 and various articles such as: "Warriors Hold Indian Affairs Office," "Position Paper of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Respecting Aboriginal Title," "A Position Paper on the Youth Liaison Program," "The Day Indian Affairs was run by Indian Youth," "Indians of North Defend their Ownership of Land in Court," "Funding Proposal Native Youth Program," "Legality of Traditional Native Marriage Challenged," "Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians: Statement Issued by the Board of Directors," "Indian Culture Revived,"
Prince Albert -- Pipeline and Northern Oil
Documents & Presentations
Description
1 file containing a document with House of Commons Debates (Pages 1301,1305,1306,1308); debate questioning a statement the Prime Minister made about native titles to land.
Private Reservations: Liberal Forms and Indigenous Norms in the Theory and Practice of Property
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Soroski
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 131-158
Description
Author examines and compares different social narratives around property ownership with close attention to the differences and similarities between Indigenous and mainstream-liberal societies.
Problematising Aboriginal Nationalism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia Martínez
Aboriginal History, vol. 21, 1997, pp. [133]-147
Description
Discusses a range of perspectives in relation to theoretical debates by looking at the works of Benedict Anderson and Anthony Smith.
Protecting Aboriginal Cultural Heritage in Australia: Looking For Solutions in the Canadian Experience
Theses
Author/Creator
Sally Peata McCausland
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
The Public Health Association 29th Annual Conference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Donnaleen Campbell
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 6-11
Description
Conference held in Melbourne, Australia under the theme "Rights to Health", examined health issues from a strong human rights perspective.
The Pursuit of Inuit Sovereignty in Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rauna Kuokkanen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 2, Innovations in Community Health and Wellness, July 2017, pp. 46-49
Description
Looks at the Greenland Self-Government Act which is an extension of the Home Rule Act
Race and Remembrance: Contesting Aboriginal Child Removal in the Inter-War Years
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fiona Paisley
Australian Humanities Review, no. 8, November 1997, pp. [1-32]
Description
Looks at anglo-Australian women's advocacy on behalf of Aboriginal mothers and their children.
Race Matters: Indigenous Australians and ‘Our’ Society
E-Books
Author/Creator
Barry Morris
Gillian Cowlishaw
Tony Birch
Julie Marcus
Roberta James ... [et al.]
The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison Topeka, and Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John R. Gram
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 108-109
Description
Book review of: The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians by Richard H. Frost.
Recent United Nations Initiatives Concerning the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen V. Quesenberry
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 231-260
Description
Argues that efforts to achieve progressive change in United States Aboriginal law and policy can be strengthened and promoted by increased participation at the United Nations.
The Recognition and Scope of Indigenous Fishing, Hunting and Gathering Rights at Common Law in Australia
Theses
Author/Creator
Desmond Sweeney
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Reconsidering the Referendum
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ernest Hunter
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, May/June 1997, p. 24
Description
Reports on the recollections of the 1967 Commonwealth Referendum by two veteran Australian Indigenous activists at a forum held at the Aboriginal Law Centre of the University of New South Wales.
The Recreational Use, and Management of the Mountain and Keele Rivers, Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Richard Hagg
Description
Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Program Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1997.
Red Pens, White Paper: Wider Implications of Coulthard’s Call to Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Burkhart
David J. Carlson
Billy J. Stratton
Theodore C. Van Alst
Carol Edelman Warrior
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 111-128
Description
Article is the transcript of a round table discussion the authors participated in at the Native American Literature Symposium at the Isleta Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, NM, on Thursday March 17, 2016. Panelists were discussing Glen Sean Coulthard's Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition.
Rejecting the Standard Discourse on Dispossession Métis Lands in Manitoba
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D'Arcy Vermette
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 87-119
Description
Looks at four reasons to reject the standard discourse: reliance on negative proof, represents governmental apologist manoeuvring, based on methodological individualism, the undermining of Aboriginal cultures in the writings of Thomas Flanagan.
Remembering Past Environments: Identity, Place and Environmental Knowledge in the Tumut Region of New South Wales
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruth Lane
Aboriginal History, vol. 21, 1997, pp. [148]-161
Description
Comments on the rights and responsibilities towards land and links to personal and cultural history.
Removal of the Indians (Winter 1830)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremiah Evarts
The North American Review, vol. 258, no. 4, Special Heritage Issue: The Indian Question, 1823-1973, Winter, 1973, pp. 15-23
Description
Examines Congressional debate from the viewpoint of Native American rights.
Originally published in The North American Review, Winter, 1830.
The Responsibility of State and Local Governments for Service Delivery to Aboriginal People: The Halls Creek Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Crough
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 1, 1997, p. 9
Description
Looks at how the State Government was not bound by its own Health Act, and the ramifications that had for the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia.
Rethinking Cherokee Acculturation: Agrarian Capitalism and Women's Resistance to the Cult of Domesticity, 1800-1838
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wilma Dunaway
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 1, 1997, pp. 155-192
Description
Describes how three historical processes impacted Cherokee women after the revolutionary war and how they resisted the cultural, economic, and political changes.
REVIEWS [Studies in American Indian Literatures, Series 2, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer, 1997]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanne Marie Baker
Andrew McClure
MariJo Moore
James Treat
Julie LaMay Abner
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 9, no. 2, Series 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 84-97
Description
Book reviews of:
Red Earth, White Lies: Native Americans and the Myth
of Scientific Fact by Vine Deloria, Jr.
The Legacy of D’Arcy McNickle: Writer, Historian,
Activist edited by John Lloyd Purdy.
The WPA Oklahoma Slave Narratives edited by T. Lindsay Baker and Julie P. Baker.
Completing the Circle by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.
Bone Game by Louis Owens.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page.
The Road Forward
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Marie Clements
Shirley Vercruysse
Jenn Strom
Description
Musical documentary traces Indigenous rights activism from the founding of the Indian of Brotherhood of B.C. in the 1930s to the present day. Duration: 1:41:00.
The Role of Truth Commissions in the Search for Justice, Reconciliation and Democratisation: the Salvadorean and Honduran Cases
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mike Kaye
Journal of Latin American Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, 1997, pp. 396-716
Description
Describes efforts of the two governments to fulfill moral and legal obligations while operating within political constraints.
Russian Laws on Indigenous Issues: Guarantees, Communities, Territories of Transitional Land Use: Translated and Commented
E-Books
Author/Creator
Maksim Zadorin
Olga Klisheva
Ksenia Vezhlivtseva
Daria Antufieva
Say We Are Nations: Documents of Politics and Protest in Indigenous America Since 1887
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rose Soza War Soldier
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3, Summer, 2017, pp. 294-297
Description
Book review of Say We Are Nations by Daniel M. Cobb
Searching for Haknip Achukma (Good Health): Challenges to Food Sovereignty Initiatives in Oklahoma
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Devon Mihesuah
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 41, no. 3, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, 2017, pp. 9-30
Description
Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.
The Second National Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health Workers' Conference: Major Recommendations
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 21, no. 6, November/December 1997, pp. 3-4
Description
Recommendations cover many topics including: education and training, recruitment and retention, and cross cultural awareness.
Separate Beds: A History of Indian Hospitals in Canada, 1920s–1980s
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alison Norman
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 609-611
Description
Book review of Separate Beds by Maureen Katherine Lux.
Settler Colonial Ways of Seeing: Documentary Governance of Indigenous Life in Canada and Its Disruption
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Taschereau Mamers
Description
Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
Sharing Horizons: A Paradigm for Political Accommodation in Intercultural Settings
Theses
Author/Creator
Natalie Benva Oman
Description
Philosophy and Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1997.
"A Shift in the Playing Field": Indigenous Sovereignty and the Philosophy of Jacques Rancière
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katharina Ruckstuhl
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 1, March 2017, pp. 35-42
Description
Looks at Indigenous people as political actors enacting change through dissensus within the liberal democracies of Canada, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States.
"Smudging, drumming and the like do not a nation make": Temporal Liminality and Delegitimization of Indigenous Protest in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard G. Baker
Nadia Verrelli
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 37-63
Description
Analyzes representations of activities associated with the Idle No More movement in editorial and commentary of sections in the Globe and Mail and the National Post.
So I Can Hold My Head High: History and Representations of the Oka Crisis
Theses
Author/Creator
Peter Williamson
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.
The Socioeconomic Impact of Indian Gaming on Kumeyaay Nations: A Case Study of Barona, Viejas, and Sycuan, 1982-2016
Theses
Author/Creator
Ethan Lawrence Banegas
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of San Diego, 2017.
Sovereign Bodies: Urban Indigenous Health and the Politics of Self-Determination in Seattle and Sydney, 1950-1980
Theses
Author/Creator
Maria John
Description
[History] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2017.
Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Megan E. Cannella
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 1, Winter, 2017, pp. 96-99
Description
Book review of Spaces between Us by Scott Lauria Morgensen.