The Organic Constitution: Aboriginal Peoples and the Evolution of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Slattery
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 34, no. 1, 1995, pp. [101]-112
Description
Outlines the main features of the model of the Constitution.
Overcoming the Barricades: The Crisis at Oka as a Case Study in Political Communication
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin J. Morris
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 74-90
Description
Comments on the stand-off involving Mohawk peoples, Quebec police and the Canadian Armed Forces.
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.
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.
Policy Sector Convergence: An Examination of Aboriginal Politics and Forestry Policy in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Edward Roger Morawski
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.
Political Mobilization and Conflict Among Western Urban and Reservation Indian Health Service Programs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rodney L. Brod
Ronald LaDue
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 3/4, 1989, pp. 171-214
Description
Comments on the rapidly growing Native American population, which accompanied by urbanization, creates service delivery challenges.
Political Status of Native Indian Women: Contradictory Implications of Canadian State Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 1-30
Description
Analyzes how Aboriginal women have had their lives disrupted by state intervention to a far greater degree than other women or Aboriginal men.
Polygone de Tir Aérien de Primrose Lake II - Rapport D'Enquête: Joseph Bighead, Buffalo River, Waterhen Lake, Flying Dust
Alternate Title
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.
Portrait of the Artist as a White Man: The International Law of Human Rights and Aboriginal Culture
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fleur Johns
Australian Yearbook of International Law, vol. 16, 1995, pp. 173-197
Description
Discusses the conflicts of the legal protection of Aboriginal rights regarding artistic cultural heritage.
Power in the Darkness: The Northwest Arctic Inupiat Search For Self-Determination, 1978-1982
Theses
Author/Creator
John David Christensen
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--California State University Dominguez Hills, 1989.
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".
Preface
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Black
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. v-vi
Description
Introduction to the special issue on federal recognition for California Indigenous groups.
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.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.
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.
Protecting Indigenous Rights in International Adjudication
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
W. Michael Reisman
American Journal of International Law, vol. 89, no. 2, April 1995, pp. 350-362
Description
Assertion that Aboriginal peoples have legitimate claims for a place in international law to protect them and to help restore lost rights.
The Psychological Impact of White Settlement on Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pat O'Shane
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 24-29
Description
Paper given at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 30th Congress held in Cairns, Queensland, May 1994. Discusses the issue of dispossession,
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
Quantifying the Subsistence Harvest of the Cross Lake First Nation: Development of the Harvest Study Questionnaire
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Warkentin
Description
Natural Resources Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1995.
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.
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.
A Reference Guide to the Establishment of Indian Reserves In British Columba, 1849-1911
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy I.D. Kennedy
A Reference Guide to the Establishment of Indian Reserves in British Columbia 1849-1911
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy I.D Kennedy
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.
Relocations upon Relocations: Home, Language, and Native American Women's Writings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Inés Hernández-Ávila
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. 491-507
Description
Examines some recurring themes in Native American women's literature, like home and relocation, and the resulting implications that arise.
Reviews - Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History (Book Review)
Alternate Title
Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 76, no. 2, June 1995, p. 288
Description
Book review of: Drum Songs: Glimpses of Dene History by Kerry Abel.
The Riel Rebellion of 1869: New Light on British Liberals and the Use of Force on the Canadian Frontier
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Patterson Smith
Journal of Canadian Studies , vol. 30, no. 2, Summer, 1995, pp. 58-73
Description
Discusses the motive behind British troops being positioned to end the Red River Colony disorders at a time when such actions went against policy.
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.
Roberta Jamieson: A Profile
Alternate Title
Descant
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2 & 3, Summer/Fall, 1989, p. 37
Description
Short biography of the woman appointed Ontario ombudsman in 1989.
Rock, Reservation and Prison: The Native American Occupation of Alcatraz Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeff Sklansky
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 29-68
Description
Article focuses on the meaning of the occupation rather than the function, as well as the language, imagery, ideology and ideals attached to the event.
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
The Sami Law: A Change of Norwegian Government Policy Toward the Sami Minority?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oystein Steinlien
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, 1989, pp. 1-14
Description
Reviews the laws from 1850 to the present and concludes that real equality cannot be achieved without political and territorial rights.
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.
Self-Determination: Protecting the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples in Urban Areas
Theses
Author/Creator
Carol Stacey-Diabo
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.
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.
"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 Silver Creek Surrender of 1892 and 1898: Gamblers Indian Band
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Townshend
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1989, pp. 128-161
Description
Article reports on the factors during the 1870-1890 period surrounding the sequence of events leading to two significant land surrenders.
Sizing up the Catch: Native-Newcomer Resource Competition and the Early Years of Saskatchewan’s Northern Commercial Fishery
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony G. Gulig
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 3-11
Description
These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and oppressive fiscal policies of austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.
"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.
Social Problems, Community Trauma and Hydro Project Impacts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Loney
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 1995, pp. 231-254
Description
Studies the effects of hydro regulations in Northern Manitoba.
The Socio-Economic Impact of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement
Theses
Author/Creator
James C. Saku
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1995.
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.
Soils, Seeds, and Secrets
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Philip J. Davis
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the devastating effects of settlement on Zuni tribal lands in northwestern New Mexico and the current land restoration plans.
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.
Sovereignty of the Arctic Islands in International Law
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Andrew Persoon
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1995.