Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hayden King
Shiri Pasternak
Riley Yesno
Description
Discussion of current land and resource strategies used by the federal and provincial governments and how they interface with Aboriginal law and Aboriginal rights and title.
Land Claims [Part One]
Alternate Title
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Scrip: A Claim Against the Crown
The Need for a Unique Métis Claims Process - Minister's Special Representative Report (2016) on Métis Section 35 Rights
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Zachary Davis
Description
Two presentations: "The Need for a Unique Métis Claims Process - Minister's Special Representative Report (2016) on Métis Section 35 Rights" and "Métis Scrip: A Claim Against the Crown". Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:54:44.
Land Claims [Part Two]
Alternate Title
A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations
Métis Land: Rights and Scrip Conference
Métis Nation of Alberta's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historical and Contemporary Communities
MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities
Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Douglas Eyford
Ryan Shackleton
Harry Slade
Description
Three presentations: "Reconciling Métis Rights: Strategies for Negotiations with the Crown"; "MNA's Registry: A Digital Approach to Connecting Historic and Contemporary Communities"; and "A Framework for Recognition of Métis Rights and Aspirations". Followed by question and answer period.
The Land Is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark Ebert
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 826-828
Description
Book review of The Land Is Our History by Miranda Johnson.
The Land Since Time Immemorial: A Review of the Assimilation Policies on Indigenous Peoples Through Canada's Indian Act
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erica Neeganagwedgin
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 136-142
Description
Article reviews Canada's 1876 Indian Act and examines some of the ways in which the Canadian government has dominated Indigenous peoples throughout its history.
Law, Literature, and Leslie Marmon Silko: Competing Narratives of Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Griffith
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 26-48
Description
Comments on a character, Wilson Weasel Tail, from the novel Almanac of the Dead
Law's Indigenous Ethics
E-Books
Author/Creator
John Burrows
Learning Action: Indigenous Agency Timeline
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Calgary Anti-Racism Education
Description
Educator resource adaptable for both general and post-secondary audiences.
Lessons Learned through Community-Engaged Planning
Alternate Title
Manuscript 1338
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert J. Patrick
Laura Machial
Kendra Quinney
Len Quinney
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-17
Description
Looks at a community project to get safe drinking water through source water protection and water management.
Letter from the Editors: [Food (In)security in the North]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Spring
Deborah Simmons
Joshua Gladstone
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, p. 8
Description
Introduction to articles in journal issue on food security from the perspectives of community members, researchers, and policy analysts.
Literary Land Claims: The "Indian Land Question" from Pontiac's War to Attawapiskat
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Megan Harvey
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of Literary Land Claims by Margery Fee.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
Local Government and Land Use Engagement with First Nations: Surfacing Positive Stories for Future Land Use Consultation Successes
Theses
Author/Creator
Hillary Elliott
Description
Professional Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2017.
Long Walk participants in front of Correctional Centre
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Peter Blashill
Description
An exterior photograph of Long Walk participants in front of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre on 16 August 1983. The man in the centre is Jake Badger (died in the mid-1980s) and the man in the wheelchair is elder Philip Nicotine.
“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.
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Courtney Montour
Description
Tells the story of the woman who fought for more than two decades against the sex discrimination embedded in the Indian Act and became leader in the Canadian women's rights movement.
Duration: 34:07.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Multiculturalism Policy Index: Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Adrienne Davidson
Veldon Coburn
Description
Nine indicators used: recognition of land/title, self-government rights, cultural rights, and customary law, upholding historic treaties and/or signing new treaties, guarantees of representation/consultation in central government, affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international instruments, and affirmative action.
2nd edition.
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.
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.
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.
“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 More Stolen Sisters: Campaign Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Extensive list of learning resources including reports books, films, podcasts, websites and Facebook pages, followed by suggestions for networking and connecting with grassroots activists.
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.
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.
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.
On Being Late: Cruising Mauna Kea and Unsettling Technoscientific Conquest in Hawai‘i
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Uahikeaikalei‘ohu Maile
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 45, no. 1, Settler Science, Alien Contact, and Searches for Intelligence, 2021, pp. 95-122
Description
Looks at the Kānaka Maol demonstration at the Mauna Kea Access Road protesting the construction of Thirty Meter Telescope and how its construction represents continued colonialism over Indigenous groups.
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.
The Operation Was Successful, But the Patient Died
Alternate Title
This Space Here: The Operation Was Successful, But the Patient Died
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
BC Studies, vol. 212, The Constitution Express: A 40-Year Retrospective, Winter, 2021/2022, pp. 7-12
Description
A look at the struggles to give meaning to section 35 of the Constitution Act regarding the affirmation and recognition of Indigenous people and their treaty rights.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation