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)
Our Land: Native Rights in Canada
Alternate Title
Canadian Issues Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Donald Purich
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.
A Practical Guide to Issues in Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en Self-Government
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert L. Bish
Description
Report delves into the specific issues that need to be addressed before a complete assumption of self-government is undertaken.
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.
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
[The Quest for Justice: Aboriginal Peoples and Aboriginal Rights]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
W. H. McConnell
Natives Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 157-161
Description
Book review of: The Quest for Justice edited by Menno Boldt and J. Anthony Long.
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.
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.
Revisiting the RCNE: An Evaluation of the Recommendations Made by the Royal Commission of the Northern Environment Concerning the Native People in Northern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Driben
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 1986, pp. 45-67
Description
Focuses on Commission's recommendations for dealing with, "The Indian people in the North of Ontario" and suggests circumstances and time may have eliminated any impact the recommendations could have achieved.
Rights Without Resources: The Rise and Fall of the Kansas Kickapoo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald D. Stull
Jerry A. Schultz
Ken Cadue
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, 1986, pp. 41-59
Description
Discusses the impact of legislation introduced in the 1960s and 1970s in regards to policies affecting Native Americans.
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.
[Second Nature: The Animal Rights Controversy]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
George W. Wenzel
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 1986, pp. 144-146
Description
Book review of: Second Nature by Alan Herscovici
Self-Government or Self-Delusion? Brian Mulroney and Aboriginal Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tony Hall
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 1986, pp. 77-89
Description
Examines the processes involved in conferences on Aboriginal rights.
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.
The Six Nations: A Neglected Aspect of Canadian Legal History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donald J. Bourgeois
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 253-270
Description
Describes the relationship between the Six Nations Band and the federal government with particular emphasis on rights.