Theses
Author/Creator
Michael Robert Moir
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1996.
Mabo: The Native Title Revolution
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Strelein
Description
Presents key legislative elements of the 10 point plan surrounding the Mabo legal regarding native title to land in the Torres Strait.
“Many Families of Unseen Indians”: Trapline Registration and Understandings of Aboriginal Title in the BC-Yukon Borderlands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenn Iceton
BC Studies , no. 201, Spring, 2019, pp. 67-91
Description
Article uses the Kaska Dena claim to Aboriginal title as a case study to examine the nuanced effects of the trapline registration policies in British Columbia on Indigenous rights.
Mechanisms of Indigenous Exclusion in British Columbia's Environmental Assessment Process
Theses
Author/Creator
Hollis Katherine Andrews
Description
Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2017.
A Memorandum of Understanding Between the Meadow Lake First Nations Government Meadow Lake Tribal Council and the Government of Saskatchewan Respecting the Involvement of the Government of Saskatchewan in Negotiations as a Party to the Meadow Lake Tribal Council-Canada Self Government Initiative
Documents & Presentations
Description
Purpose of memorandum is to facilitate recognition and implementation of Meadow Lake First Nations government over reserve lands.
Memorandum of Understanding Road Widenings and Undeveloped Road Allowances
Documents & Presentations
Description
Framework Agreement between Canada, Saskatchewan and Entitlement Bands.
Métis Action, Canadian Law and Historical Research: Preliminary Thoughts about Strategies for Current Efforts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Signa A. Daum Shanks
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 132-141
Description
Argues the volume of research needs to increase; recognition of importance of distinction between "historic" and "historical" is needed by legal practitioners; lawyers need to be more candid with clients about probability of a litigation's success; and clearer communication needs to take place about understandings of what an "economic" role is.
Métis-Crown Relations Through an International Treaty Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Gunn
Bryn Rieger
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 4-25
Description
Argues the agreement that led to the passing of the Manitoba Act in 1870 is a viable treaty according to international law.
Métis Harvesting in Alberta Policy (2018)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Alberta
Description
Includes information on the registration process, maps of the four harvesting areas, and list of applicable laws.
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference: Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Presentation
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights & Scrip Conference
“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Description
Key note presentation entitled "“The history of scrip speculation and devaluation is a sorry chapter in our nation’s history”: The Failure of History and Law in Respect to Métis Nation Rights to a Land Base." Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:28:35.
Métis Politics and Governance in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kelly Saunders
Janique Dubois
Métis Rights, Daniels and Reconciliation
Alternate Title
"Les Métis de l'Est": Outlining the Intellectual Currents at the Basis of 'Métis" Self-identification in Québec
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
You Cannot "Blow Hot and Blow Cold": The Contradictions of Colonialism and the Disregard for Mé Agency in Daniels]
["Get your application in!: Post-Daniels Pitfalls, Self-Identification and the Rush to Become Métis]
[Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Adam Gaudry
Darryl Leroux
D'Arcy Vermette
Description
Keynote speaker discusses his report A Matter of National and Constitutional Import: Report of the Minister's Special Representative on Reconciliation with Métis: Section 35 Métis Rights and the Manitoba Metis Federation Decision.
Duration: 1:03:28.
Second part (beginning at 1:08:32) consists of panel presentations on "Promises and Pitfalls of Daniels". Speakers discuss implications of decision for Métis self-identification, Métis in Quebec, and the Métis nation.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan.
Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi: Changing Roles of the Mi'kmaq Grand Council from the Early Seventeenth Century to the Present
Alternate Title
Mi'kmawey Mawio'mi: Changing Roles of the Micmac Grand Council From the Early 17th Century to the Present
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Jane McMillan
p. 222
Description
Sociology and Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 1996.
Mineral Rights on Indian Reserves in Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard H. Bartlett
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 245-275
Description
Reviews the establishment of reserves in Ontario, differences in mineral rights and the implications of the 1924 Canada-Ontario Indian Reserve Lands Agreement.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW): Bringing Awareness through the Power of Student Activism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Devon S. Isaacs
Amanda R. Young
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women , 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Profiles activities of two post-secondary students. The discussion includes motivations, tactics and what can be learned by other Indigenous student activists.
The Mississippi Choctaw: A Case Study of Intercultural Games
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. Brooks Hill
Philip Lujan
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 29-42
Description
Examines the characteristics and implications of the Smith John case as an extended example of intercultural games.
The Mobilisation of Native Canadians During the Second World War
Alternate Title
The Mobilization of Native Canadians During the Second World War
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael D. Stevenson
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 205-226
Description
Discusses the government's attempts to enforce compulsory service and Aboriginals' reactions to them. Argues that while the government refused to listen to protests, in the end practical considerations such as geographic isolation and health of potential recruits, and barriers of language and culture caused the policy to fail.
More Than Just Flesh: The Arts as Resistance and Sexual Empowerment
Theses
Author/Creator
Camille Usher
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2017.
A Movement to Reclaim American Indian Health through Tribal Sovereignty, Community Partnerships, and Growing Tribally-Driven Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victoria M. O’Keefe
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 172-176
Description
In this editorial article the author discusses Indigenous rights and Indigenous resistance to colonization and considers the other articles in this journal issue in the context of resistance and sovereignty.
My Reflection of that Time
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeannette Armstrong
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 19-26
Description
Armstrong gives her personal account of the Indigenous rights movements that took place in British Columbia and across Canada, connecting the events and attitudes of the time to the larger Civil Rights Movement taking place across the continent and to other contemporary social/cultural shifts.
A Nation in Two States: The Annishnabeg in the United States and Canada, 1837-1991
Alternate Title
A Nation in Two States: The Anishinabe in the United States and Canada, 1837-1991
Theses
Author/Creator
Brian Alan Baker
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 1996.
Native History, Native Claims and Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas R. Berger
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 10-23
Description
Discuss the history of rights to land, claims and contemporary provincial policies impacting on them.
Native Indian Political Activity in British Columbia, 1969-1983
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 112-136
Description
Looks at the rise and fall of two organizations: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and The British Columbia Association of Non-Status Indians (BCANSI) and how both groups dealt with land claim settlements.
Native Narratives: The Representation of Native Americans in Public Broadcasting
Alternate Title
American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Library of Congress
GBH Archiv
Sally Smith
Description
Looks at radio and television coverage of key events or issues in both non-Native American-produced and Native American-created programs found in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting collection. Divided into five sections: (Mis)Representations of Native Americans; Termination, Relocation, and Restoration; The American Indian Movement; Native Americans in Contemporary News Media; and Visual Sovereignty: Native-Created Public Media.
Native Rights and Self Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas R. Berger
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 263-375
Description
Discusses Indigenous rights in northern Canada in a historical context dating back to the Spanish Conquest.
Native Wage Labour and Independent Production During the 'Era of Irrelevance'
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven High
Labour, vol. 37, Spring, 1996, pp. 243-264
Description
Examines the native labour history of Aboriginal peoples participation in the emerging capitalist economy after the post fur-trade era.
Navajo Sovereignty: Understandings and Visions of the Diné People
Alternate Title
Critical Issues in Indigenous Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Raymond D. Austin
Bidtah Nellie Becker
Manley A. Begay
Leola Tsinnajinnie
Avery Denny ... [et al.]
Negotiating American Indian Inclusion: Sovereignty, Same-Sex Marriage, and Sexual Minorities in Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Lambert
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 1-21
Description
Discusses debates and tribal lawmaking around the issue in the United States with focus on ten-year period prior to the 2015 Supreme Court decision.
Negotiating Nation-States: North American Geographies of Culture and Capitalism
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew Sparke
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1996.
“Neoliberal Apartheid”: Challenges for Decolonization from South Africa to Palestine (An Interview with Andy Clarno)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandni Desai
Andy Clarno
Decolonization, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 96-98
Description
Author of Neoliberal Apartheid discusses commonalities between two states, including the patterns of extreme inequality, racialized poverty and advanced securitization which are symptomatic neoliberal regimes.
Neoliberal Indigenous Policy: Settler Colonialism and the "Post-Welfare" State
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Michael Lerma
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 130-131
Description
Book review of: Neoliberal Indigenous Policy by Elizabeth Strakosch.
Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country
Alternate Title
Indigenous Confluences
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marisa Elena Duarte
Never Alone: (Re)Coding the Comic Holotrope of Survivance
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lee Brown
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Gaming, July 31, 2017, pp. 22-44
Description
Article examines the use of gaming and other communication technologies as strategies for resistance, survivance and cultural resurgence; discusses practices of re/mapping, kinship-making and relationality.
Nilliajut 2: Inuit Perspectives on the Northwest Passage Shipping and Marine Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aqqaluk Lynge
Robert Comeau
Mary Simon
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
Alfred E. R. Jakobsen
Zebedee Nungak
Silas Elytuk Arngna’naaq
Peter F. K. Ittinuar
Kuupik Vandersee Kleist
Okalik Eegeesiak]
Description
Essays by authors from across Inuit Nunangat and Greenland discuss the possible impacts of the opening of the Passage due to climate change.
"No Indians Allowed": Challenging Aboriginal Segregation in Northern British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew Barager
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2019.
No Name
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aileen Marwung Walsh
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 73-80
Description
Opinion piece written in poetic prose which articulates the different ways that settlers and colonial systems disregarded and erased Indigenous names and naming practices.
No Ordinary Judgment: Mabo, the Murray Islanders’ Land Case
Alternate Title
No Ordinary Judgement: Mabo, the Murray Islanders' Land Case
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nonie Sharp
No Turning Back
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gregory Coyes
Jordan Wheeler
Description
Documentary about the formation and process of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Duration: 47:28.
"Not from the Land Side, But from the Flag Side": Native American Responses to the Wanamaker Expedition of 1913
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Lindstrom
Journal of Social History, vol. 30, no. 1, Autumn, 1996, pp. 209-227
Description
Discusses how the expedition's ceremonies to promote citizenship and assimilation were manipulated by Native Americans to serve their own purposes.
Notes on Becoming a Comrade: Indigenous Women, Leadership, and Movement(s) for Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jaskiran Dhillon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 41-54
Description
Author uses her own experiences as non-Indigenous woman of color to explore the challenges in becoming an ally with Indigenous communities fight in their fight for decolonization.
Nuu-Chah-Nulth Labour Relations in the Pelagic Sealing Industry, 1868-1911
Theses
Author/Creator
Cairn Elizabeth Crockford
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1996.
Of this Land, On this Land: Indigenous Artists Challenging the Racial Logics of Liberal Modernity
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Morrissette
Description
Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Refers to works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Kade Twist, Christian Chapman, the Ogimaa Mikana Project, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Carl Beam, Merritt Johnson, A Tribe Called Red, and Fallon Simard.
Ontological Conflicts Concerning Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Brazil
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa R. Lea
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151-175
Description
Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Les Organisations Autochtones et L'Émergence d'un Nouveau Paradigme dans les Affaires Indiennes au Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Marion Ménard
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1996.
Organizational Change and Conflict: A Case Study of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 3-28
Description
Evaluates the effects of several reform movements that challenged Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) domination over Native American reservation communities in the 1970's.
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in BC
Alternate Title
Our Sacred Land: Indigenous Peoples' Community Land Use Planning Handbook in British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Beringia Community Planning Inc.]
Description
Related Material:
Toolkit Resources.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.
Our Stories: First Peoples in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Jodie Adams
Liz Clarke
Dani Kwan-Lafond
Meera Mather
Natalie Thornhill ... [et al.]]
Description
eTextbook is a multi-media resource developed in collaboration with Indigenous peoples from across Canada. Covers both historical and contemporary topics.
Can be downloaded as iBook, ePub, or PDF.