Comments on the persistent and ongoing resistance that has been employed by Native Americans in the southwest including Tohono O'odham, Colorado Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Hopi and Navajo.
Sociology Bachelors Thesis (BA)--University of Arizona, 2014.
Three case studies illustrate the use of the Food Sovereignty Assessment Tool: Cochiti Pueblo, Diné Policy Institute, and the Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Special Issue, 1999, p. 63–94
Description
The author examines her own intellectual and personal colonization and the continued oppression of First Nations people and discusses how Aboriginal women need to be involved in restorative justice.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 120-131
Description
Focuses on development of doctrine of Aboriginal rights by the courts since the 1982 amendment and defining who constitutes the "Métis people" in section 35.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 463-465
Description
Book review of: Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda MacDougall.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 463.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 65-92
Description
Analysis of rhetoric used in news coverage of 1998 referendum on the Nisga'a Treaty and 2002 BC Treaty Referendum in the National Post, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times, and Kamloops Daily News.
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 39, no. 1, Special Issue 2, Fall, 1999, pp. [52-64]
Description
Transcript of framework on education rights originally submitted to the 1993 World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education; refinement of the document was antidipated from conference delegates.
[Aboriginal Law and Resource Development Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorraine Land
Description
Argues that numerous legal and policy decisions are setting the stage for massive confrontations over approval of developments unless appropriate consultation processes are put in place.
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 115-120
Description
Grand Chief of the Grand Council of Crees discusses the stance of the James Bay Cree with respect to the right to determine their own political future whether or not Quebec decides to separate.
Provides an overview of historic treaties, modern treaties and non-treaty areas and how duty to consult applies to each group. Focuses on defining the role of the Energy Regulator in reference to the Crown's duty to consult.
Looks decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada in six key cases R. v. Gladstone, R. v. Van Der Peet, Marshall v. Her Majesty the Queen, R. v. Adams, Delgamuukw v. Her Majesty the Queen, and Halfway River.
Brief overview of court decisions involving the validity of oral history and discussion of specific stories, their meaning, and relationship to written accounts recorded by traders.
Harry Daniels and the Daniels Case: A Son's Perspective on the Man, His Legacy and Vision for a United Métis Nation
Threading the Constitutional Needle with Sinew of Métisland and Métis
[What Brought It On - and Did We Get What We Wanted?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tony Belcourt
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Gabriel Daniels
Maria Campbell
Description
Speakers discuss struggles for Métis rights and recognition which led to Daniels case and the Supreme Court's ruling that Métis and non-Status individuals fall within the definition of "Indian" in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867; Maria Campbell reminisces about leader Harry Daniels, who initiated the court action.
Duration: 1:59:52.
Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Presenter discusses how the decision aligns with or fails to meet some of the standards set out in international law and human rights instruments, the issue of Indigenous self-definition and membership, and implications in terms of right to traditional lands, territories and resources.
Duration: 49:23.
Presentation is part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 26-47
Description
Discusses case involving Métis and Non-Status Indians. Plaintiffs sought three declarations: that the two groups are "Indians" as defined by the Constitution Act, 1867; that the Crown owes a fiduciary duty to them; and they have the right to be consulted and negotiated with as to their rights, interests, and needs.
Aboriginal Rights Litigation, Negotiation, and Practice among the Metis of BC: Community Perspectives on Creating Legal Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Sloan
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 48-86
Description
Case developed requirement that s. 35 rights be vested in "historic" communities (existed before European control) and there must be continuity with present-day communities. Author interviewed 23 people about problems with application of the decision in three cases: Howse, Nunn, and Willison.
Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 58-75
Description
Explore Vizenor’s use of devices such as humour, code-switching, and subversion of the English language to undermine Eurocentric narratives and create agency for the characters in his writing.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, Special Issue on Non-Status Indians, 2014, pp. 55-85
Description
Looks at the global perspective of Indigenous status. Includes the Americas, Oceania, Africa, Asia, the US, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia and Latin America.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 153-185
Description
General discussion of consultation and consent, and analysis of recent legal cases which illustrate how Indigenous peoples in Alberta have been excluded from decision-making involving the oil industry.
Canadian Issues, no. 21, [Aboriginal Peoples In Canada/ Futures And Identities], Winter, 1999, pp. 107-121
Description
Compares and contrasts two attitudes toward Aboriginal rights: those of the Supreme Court of Canada and those expressed by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
Text in French with English abstract.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-3
Description
Outlines the five articles in this issue written by scholars working on the implementation of UNDRIP.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 2, 2017, pp. 71-82
Description
Article follows up on a small ethnographic survey conducted in 2011-2012; examines the ideas of cultural citizenship and social mobility as they are expressed by students from Greenland who are studying in Denmark.
Includes sections on historiography and colonialism in the context of Africa, South and East Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Central Steppes, and North America.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 4, 2017, pp. 115-122
Description
Uses the ideology of manifest destiny to connect the policies and political practices of Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, and Adolf Hitler; focuses on the removal of one people or race to make living space for another.