American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, 2001, pp. 143-159
Description
Paper introduces complexity theory as a new conceptual approach to research in Native American studies and to gaming in particular. The paper argues that although gaming can have positives, it can also spawn major and irreversible changes in a community, perhaps even weaken a tribe and its sovereignty.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 56-66
Description
Article describes the history and development of India's federal policies, particularly towards indigenous peoples.
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Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections
IWGIA Document ; no. 104
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Comments of major historical documents and decisions affecting Indigenous-white relations, post-war Indigenous policy, and the creation of Nunavut.
Chapter from Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections edited by Kathrin Wessendorf.
Outlines the historical background to the Final Agreement, selected provisions, issues of concern and judicial proceedings related to the Final Agreement.
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.
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.
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.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Racism, 2001, pp. 16-23
Description
Reports on the historical United States government policy towards Native Americans over the past 200 years.
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Conflict Analysis Management Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2001. Conflict about the harvesting of the Pine Mushroom (tricholoma magnivelare) in Nisga'a territory.
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 107-125
Description
Discusses debate over land right obligations of Norwegian State towards the Sami people after the ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 169 in 1990.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 36-41
Description
Describes the transformation of Home Rule from it's conception in 1979 to the appointment of a self-government commission in 1999.
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Discusses the negotiating problems between Aboriginal groups and mining companies and the need to develop a long-term vision about mineral development.
Pacific Historical Review, vol. 70, no. 1, February 2001, p. 147
Description
Book review of: To Show Heart... by George Pierre Castile. Tucson, University of Arizona Press, 1998. Includes analysis of self-determination within President Nixon's decentralizing social programs.
Transnational Autonomy: Responding to Historical Injustice in the Case of the Sami and Roma Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lukas H. Meyer
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 263-301
Description
Discusses importance of transnational autonomy in the context of the Indigenous people of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia and the non-Indigenous people living in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin (U.C.C.M.) Tribal Council's regional police service is comprised of six First Nation communities on Manitoulin Island, Ontario.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 21, no. 1, 2001, pp. 105-135
Description
Argues that the current federal vision of self-government is unacceptable and that any attempt to renew the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society, must be established as Nation to Nation relations.