Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2007-08
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn E. Fort
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Description
Discusses the importance for all state court practitioners to understand the application of different laws and standards when handling Native American citizens in family law cases.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 39, no. 3, Fall, 2005, pp. 9-41
Description
Discussion of the treatment of prisoners taken captive in the Battle of La Belle Famille and what this treatment reveals about Indigenous and European values.
Local Environment, vol. 12, no. 6, December 2007, pp. 565-577
Description
Argues that neo-liberal reform in Ontario has served to exacerbate historical disparities in the health, environment
and well-being of First Nations in southern Ontario.
Looks at the background and history of Aboriginal Early Childhood Development including the development of government policies and funding initiatives.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Parks and People, Spring, 1985
Description
Suggests that Parks Canada should follow similar guidelines to other nations, such as Australia, where a national park is created in conjunction with the settlement of an aboriginal land claim.
Book review of: Whiskey Bullets by Garry Gottfriedson. The book has a stereotypical cover, but is intended as a tribute to First Nation and Metis cowboys who herd, observe council politics, lecture on alternate histories, speak of love and write poetry.
To access this review, scroll to page 157.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 9, September 2007, p. 12
Description
Comments on a youth camp, held at White Bear Lake Resort, which focused on discovering the beauty of the land and natural resources.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.
Whitefish Lake Band of Indians and the Attorney General of Canada and Lac Seul First Nation, Lawrynowicz and Associates, Snuneymuxw First Nation, Snaw-naw-as First Nation, Malahat First Nation, Songhees First Nation, Sci' Anew First Nation, T' sou-ke ...
Whitefish Lake Band v. A.-G. Canada and Lac Seul First Nation ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Court of Appeal
Description
Appeal regarding the compensation for the breach of fiduciary duty to the Whitefish Band 120 years ago and the determination of a fair value for Whitefish's timber rights in 1886.
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3-4, July-October 1992, pp. [417]-434
Description
Compares methods of dealing with crime on-reserve (communities with a majority Aboriginal population) which may not involve formal processes and off-reserve (communities with a minority Aboriginal population) which are dealt with through the criminal justice system.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1-22
Description
Comments on the way tribal status was determined and depicts the historical background of the tribe which inhabited the eastern section of Long Island.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 4, no. 1, Series 2 , Spring, 1992, pp. 28-48
Description
Explores how Erdrich transforms her Chippewa oral traditions to create a female character who is able to transform between human and animal in her novel Tracks.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990
Regard sur l'avenir: Communications du Septième Congrès D'études Inuit, 19-23 Août, 1990
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jørgen Thorslund
Description
Paper from Looking to the Future: Papers from the Seventh Inuit Studies Conference, 19-23 August, 1990 edited by Marie-Josée Dufour and François Thérien.
Law and History Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 95-131
Description
Explains how the concept of terra nullius (empty land) once underway was very difficult to reverse, while in North America the opposite occurred where Aboriginal people were recognized as owners of the land.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Describes stories told to the author by her mother and father in Diné and English and comments on the necessity of preserving both languages and stories.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 17, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 27-78
Description
Discusses a joint project, which utilized online interactive discourse, between students of Western Washington University and Choctaw-Cherokee-Irish writer Louis Owens regarding his novel Wolfsong.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.
Contains autobiographical information about the storyteller from the Lower Similkameen Indian band in British Columbia and his collaborations with Wendy Wickwire that produced three volumes of stories: Write It on Your Heart, Nature Power, and Living by Stories.