Articles » General
Author/Creator
Glen Coulthard
Ruth Ogilvie
Cliff Atleo
New Socialist, no. 58, Special Issue on Indigenous Resurgence, September-October 2006, pp. 29-31
Description
Interview with organizers regarding the Stop the Violence March.
Scroll down to page 29 to read article.
Obituary for Kumantjayi Zimran 1949-2000: The Pintupi Lose a Hero
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Ross
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, p. 41
Description
Brief article gives a summary of the accomplishments of the noted activist.
To access this article scroll down to page 41.
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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.
Oil and Gas Development in Western Siberia and Timan-Pechora
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Florian Stammler
Bruce C. Forbes
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 48-57
Description
Focuses on the social, economic and political issues surrounding the oilfields of Russia.
To access this article, scroll down to page 48.
Oil Pipeline Development and Indigenous Rights in Eastern Siberia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gail Fondahl
Anna Sirina
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 58-67
Description
Looks at controversies surrounding the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline and concerns of the Evenki people.
To access this article, scroll down to page 58.
Ojibwe Treaty Rights: Understanding and Impact
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sue Erickson
Description
Designed to introduce younger readers to Ojibwe history, culture and exercising rights and resource management.
5th edition
Old Cowboys, New Indians: Hollywood Frames the American Indian
Alternate Title
Old Cowboys, New Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. V. (Thomas Vernon) Reed
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 75-96
Description
Reviews and evaluates documentary and fictional Hollywood movies from the 1960s and 1970s, in relation to how the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the United States is portrayed.
On Saami Claims to Land and Water
Alternate Title
On Sami Claims to Land and Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andreas Føllesdal
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 103-106
Description
Looks at the importance of handling claims politically, the challenges of developing appropriate legislation, historical injustices, and the impact of partial self-governance.
On the Fringe: News Representations of the Sami
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sari Pietikäinen
Social Identities, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 637-657
Description
Looks at how the Sami are represented in Finnish mainstream media using the newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat as an example.
One Person, One Vote for Grassroots
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 11, February 2006, p. 8
Description
Recounts the 47 recommendations proposed by the Assembly of First Nations renewal commission, including allowing grassroots people to vote for the national chief, a new political body and the formation of a national council.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
One Person's Food: How and Why Fish Avoidance May Affect the Settlement and Subsistence Patterns of Hunter-Gatherers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. E. Malainey
R. Przybylski
B. L. Sherriff
American Antiquity, vol. 66, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 141-161
Description
Fat residues from pottery finds at archaeological sites appear to indicate that a quick change in diet from red meat to fish produces fat malabsorption symptoms.
"The One Who Did Not Break His Promises": Native Americans in the Evangelical Race Reconciliation Movement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 50, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and U.S. Perspectives, December 2006, pp. 478-509
Description
Examines Native American people within the New Charismatic movements focusing on the Promise Keepers organization.
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.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Osoyoos Indian Band v. Oliver (Town), [2001] 3 S.C.R. 746, 2001 SCC 85
Alternate Title
Osoyoos Indian Band Appellant v. The Town of Oliver and Her Majesty The Queen in Right of the Province of British Columbia Respondents [...]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Dispute involving reserve land taken for the public purpose of an irrigation canal.
The Other Side of the Story: The Danish Public Procurement Policy on Timber and Wood Products
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sille Stidsen
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Logging and Indigenous Peoples, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Looks at guidelines, standards and sustainability implications for forest dwelling communities from an Ingenious point of view.
Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Anna Matson
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 173-175
Description
Book review of: Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs by Richard Daly.
Out of the Woods: The Making of the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean J. Kotlowski
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 63-97
Description
Examines the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act signed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter with the Passamaquoddies and the Penobscots, signifing the first major success in their effort to reclaim land.
Paths of Resistance, Tracks of Disruption: On Stereotypes, Native / Women's Spirituality, and the Problems of Functionalism and Cultural Appropriation in the "Nature" of Dominating Western Cultures
Alternate Title
Paths of Resistance, Tracks of Disruption: On Stereotypes, Native/Women's Spirituality, and the Problems of Functionalism and Cultural Appropriation in the
Theses
Author/Creator
Sherry Rowley
Description
Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2001.
Pax Lenape: The Peaceable Kingdom of the Pennsylvania Indians
Alternate Title
Papers From the American Indian Studies Section at the 2006 Western Social Science Association
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dawn Marsh Riggs
Indigenous Policy Journal of the Indigenous Studies Network, vol. 17, no. 2, Summer, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the Lenape philosophy of sovereignty and land ownership during the colonial period, and discusses the diversity of principles regarding European and Indigenous perceptions of land use and governance.
Access through table of contents.
Payment Proof Treaties Alive, But Must Modernize
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, June 30, 2006, p. A11
Description
Advocates reinterpretation of treaties to reflect present day realities.
The Peace Process in Chiapas Has Suffered a New Setback
Articles » General
Author/Creator
[International Peace Service - SIPAZ]
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Militarization, 2001, p. 70
Description
Brief article provides an update on political developments in Chiapas, Mexico.
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A People Without Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard B. Collins
Karla D. Miller
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, 2006, pp. 83-117
Description
Examines the history behind the relatively few number of lawsuits launched by Native Americans during the 1830-1968 time period.
Perceptions and Parameters of Education as a Treaty Right Within the Context of Treaty 7
Alternate Title
Perceptions and Parameters of Education as a Treaty Right Within the Context of Treaty Seven
Theses
Author/Creator
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Description
Educational Administration and Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001.
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.
Picturing Sovereignty: Land and Identity in Contemporary Native American Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine L. Morris
Description
Arts and Sciences Graduate School Thesis (Ph.D.)---Columbia University, 2001.
Presents analytical review of artistic works including those of James Lavadour, Kay WalkingStick and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.
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.
PM Boiling Native Rights Into Question of Race
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, July 28, 2006, p. A11
Description
Commentary on developments regarding issues surrounding the West Coast salmon fishery.
PM's Committee Ponders $11b Proposal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 8, December 2001, p. 1
Description
Describes the strategies employed by First Nations National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he seeks to ensure First Nations issues be included in the federal government's upcoming Throne Speech.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
Political Autonomy and Integration of Authority: The Understanding of Saami Self-Determination
Alternate Title
Political Autonomy and Integration of Authority: The Understanding of Sami Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Else Grete Broderstad
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 151-175
Description
Looks at the relationship between the Indigenous minority and the majority regarding the establishment of Sami Parliaments.
The Political Dimension of Aboriginal Rights
Theses
Author/Creator
Larry N. Chartrand
Description
Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--Queen's University, 2001.
Political Ecology in North America: Discovering the Third World Within?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard A . Schroeder
Kevin St. Martin
Katherine E. Albert
Geoforum, vol. 37, no. 2, March 2006, pp. 163-168
Description
Explores the possibilities and pitfalls of doing political ecology in North America and in other First World settings.
Political Inclusion of the Saami as Indigenous People in Norway
Alternate Title
Political Inclusion of the Sami as Indigenous People in Norway
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nils Oskal
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 235-261
Description
Discusses Sami rights to land and water in Norway.
The Politics of Intragroup Difference: First Nations' Women and the Sawridge Dispute
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Dick
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 39, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 97-116
Description
Looks at the Sawridge dispute, and problems associated with Bill C-31 regarding Aboriginal women’s rights within their own societies both on and off the reserves.
The Politics of Tradition: Aboriginal Nationalism and Women: Mexico and Canada in Comparative Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez
Description
Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.
Politics on the Boundaries: Indigenous People's Politics in the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Kevin Bruyneel
Description
Political and Social Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--New School for Social Research, 2001.
Powerful Medicine: The Rhetoric of Comanche Activist Ladonna Harris
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Cobb
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 18, no. 4, Winter, 2006, pp. 63-87
Description
Focuses on the life and activist work of Harris who devoted her life to her people, playing a critical role in shaping American Native policy working with the nonprofit advocacy organization she founded, Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 63.
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".
Preservation as Perpetuation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Pablo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 18-20
Description
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, in northwestern Montana, and how their land is protected by the State Historic Preservation Office.
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.
President Reports: In the Words of the Leaders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James Arvaluk
Inuktitut, no. 90, 2001, pp. 48-49
Description
Report by James Arvaluk, President of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC). Reprint from 1977.
President Reports: In the Words Of the Leaders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tagak Curley
Inuktitut, no. 90, 2001, pp. 44-46
Description
Report by Tagak Curley, retiring President of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (ITC). Reprint from 1974.
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.
Prisoners of Democracy: The Lil'wat's Right to an Impartial Tribunal; An Analysis of the Lillooet Lake Roadblock Case
Theses
Author/Creator
Lynda Jean Crompton
Description
Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.
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.
Problems in Determining the Date of Reception in Prince Edward Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret McCallum
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 55, 2006, pp. 3-10
Description
Examines the Mi'kmaq land of Abegweit, the terra nullius concept of unsettled land, and whether English law came to the Island in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 or earlier.
Protecting Ingenious Knowledge and Heritage: A Global Challenge
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nerida Blair
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 8, no. 15, 2001, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage by Marie Battiste and James (Sa'Ke'j) Youngblood Henderson.
Protecting Ontario's Wilderness: A History of Changing Ideas and Preservation Politics, 1927-1973
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bill Waiser
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 4, December 2001, p. 772
Description
Book review of: Protecting Ontario's Wilderness by George M. Warecki.