Discusses the historical development and fact that these Treaties with the Mississauga and Chippewa peoples did not secure hunting and fishing rights for the First Nations people. Both Canada and Ontario were involved in negotiations.
Supreme court ruling in landmark case declared the First Nation had Aboriginal Title to approximately 2000 square kilometers and extensive rights over an even broader area.
George Wright Forum, The, vol. 27, no. 2, 2010, p. 222–233
Description
Examines the unique legal and constitutional relationship with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Parks Canada including the legislative policy and corporate changes that have occurred over the last 30 years.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, 2016, p. [?]
Description
Discusses impact of president-elect Donald Trumps decision to withdraw from the UN Climate Change talks and Paris agreement and instead commit to more fossil fuel extraction.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 25-26
Description
Comments on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the meaning of the right to free, prior and Informed consent to Indigenous people.
National Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 26, no. 2, March 2010, pp. 121-229
Description
Concludes that Canada's position is out of sync with constitutional and international obligations and is undermining international human rights system.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
Description
Book reviews of:
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 25, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 107-124
Description
Book reviews of:
The Third Space of Sovereignty: The Postcolonial Politics of U.S.–Indigenous Relations by Kevin Bruyneel.
American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790–1880 by Deborah A. Rosen.
Sovereign Subjects: Indigenous Sovereignty Matters edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.
Seven fact sheets on the following topics: treaties, land claims, Aboriginal rights, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, and self-government. Originally produced for the Truth and Reconciliation national event in Winnipeg.
American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Presents the resolution that was formulated and acted upon by the participants of the 30th American Indian Language Development Institute, Tucson, Arizona on the 2nd of July, 2009.
Chapter from American Indian Language Development Institute: Thirty Year Tradition of Speaking From Our Heart edited by Candace K. Galla, Stacey Oberly, G.L. Romero, Maxine Sam, Ofelia Zepeda.
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 25, no. 1, Ottawa Studies Special Issue, 2016, pp. 8-21
Description
Overview of Algonquin land claims in Ontario and case studies of Indigenous activism including Chief Theresa Spence's hunger strike on Victoria Island and the Idle No More movement.
Comparative American Studies, vol. 14, no. 3-4, 2016, pp. 204-220
Description
Contends that colonialism and patriarchy have attempted to marginalize Indigenous womanhood thus allowing racialised and gendered violence to flourish.
Looks at how the Province of British Columbia handles duty to consult and accommodate First Nations when activities impose on treaty rights or aboriginal title. Based on case law as of April 2010. To be used in conjunction with Guide to Involving Proponents When Consulting First Nations.
International Journal of the Commons, vol. 4, no. 1, February 2010, p. 36–55
Description
Looks at two joint ventures ability or inability to contribute the extra dimensions of development in forest management desired by Aboriginal communities.
Recounts several incidences of murdered and missing Aboriginal women. Statistics show 4.5 out of every 100,000 Indigenous women are killed by homicide.
Explains free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in the context of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the term "veto" by the Supreme Court.
Includes toolkit to help with workshop templates for environmental violence teach-ins, resources for healing and traditional land-based medicines, and community health assessments.
Article analyzes the existence and nature of Aboriginal water rights, and argues that Aboriginals should be fully involved as the government of Alberta reviews water management policies.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 2, Spring, 2010, pp. 224-257
Description
Comments on the work done by activist, Clyde Warrior, noting that his focus was always what could be done by and for American Indians, rather than focusing on what was being done against American Indians.
Suomen Antropologi, vol. 35, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 5-25
Description
Examines history of international Indigenous movement and the use of Indigenous identity as a valued significant status with a focus on the Sami peoples.
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children.
Duration: 2:42:53.
MIKM 2701: Learning From Knowledge Keepers of Mi'kma'ki
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Ashlee Cunsolo Willox
Clifford Paul
Description
Guest speaker Clifford Paul discusses using a two-eyed seeing approach to moose management. Question and answer period about the land.
Lecture begins at 22:03.
Duration: 2:45:21.
McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin, January 2010, pp. 1-3
Description
Discusses the Crown's obligation to consult whenever their actions could impact Aboriginal right or title interests that are recognized by section 35 of the Constitution.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
American Literature, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 673-699
Description
Looks at Apess's historical address given in 1836 in which he uses the power of the role as a Christian minister and the rhetoric of the abolitionist movement to argue for Native rights.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 42-49
Description
Looks at two examples of free, prior and informed consent evolving in Canadian law: the Saugeen Ojibway Nation in Ontario, and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta.