Study compares major areas of social and economic well-being, including life expectancy, educational attainment and median income in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Chapter from The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia: A Resource Book edited by Christian Erni.
Reprinted from American Journal of International Law ; vol. 92, no.3, July 1998.
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert B. Anderson
Bettina Schneider
Bob Kayseas
Description
Examines Roque Roldán Ortiga’s six criteria for judging the quality of a particular land and resources rights regime with regards to Indigenous governments; and looks at how those criteria can be used to measure the degree to which Aboriginal peoples in Canada have been successful with their struggle to have of their land, resource and other rights recognized.
Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.
Food Policy, vol. 33, no. 2, April 2008, pp. 135-155
Description
Argues that government policies are actually speeding the move away from traditional foods and contributing to the subsequent increase in chronic disease.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, Fall, 2004, pp. 111-138
Description
Illustrates how legislation has historically, and currently, grappled with the rights of Maori, in terms of the right to participate in the ownership and management of mountains.
Book review of, Indigenous Peoples: Self-Determination, Knowledge, Indigeneity edited by Henry Minde in collaboration with Harald Gaski, Svien Jentoft and Georges Midre.
Case studies of Marine Plan Partnership for the Pacific North Coast and the Great Bear Initiative and discussion of how principles involved might apply in the New Zealand context.
Website is a portal for Indigenous groups around the world, prepared by Indigenous peoples, many in their own voices - includes traditions, values, history, and hopes for the future.
Findings divided into five sections: preparing the workforce for Indigenous recruitment and retention; partnerships for recruitment and retention; existing Indigenous employees as assets for recruitment and retention; workplace transformation; and Nunavut Inuit Employment Strategy. Includes annotated bibliography.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-19
Description
Argues there is still a place for a researcher to have academic autonomy over a project in non-community based research.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 95-115
Description
Contrasts Indigenous and Western approaches to research in colonized communities. Stresses the need for research being done in Indigenous communities to serve Indigenous people. Highlights the importance of self-awareness on the part of the researcher and a commitment to community service.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 8, no. 2, Reconciling Research: Perspectives on Research Involving Indigenous Peoples-Part 1, April 2017, pp. 1-27
Description
Looks at peer reviewed literature by Indigenous scholars and proposed new methods for ethical research.
Describes why indigenous self-determination, now accepted at both the national and international level,
are hard rights to exercise due to the fact that they are not expressed in any specific institutional arrangement.
*Research paper from Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 5, September/October 2008, pp. 19-24
Description
Study aims to compare the students' aspirations and expectations at the beginning and end of their first year at the University of Adelaide Faculty of Health Sciences in Australia.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 5, September/October 2004, pp. 21-26
Description
Conclusion to Part 1 that appeared in Volume 28, Number 4, July/August 2004 of Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal. Author recommends more research to identify effective points of intervention.
Journal of Sustainable Tourism, vol. 12, no. 1, 2004, pp. 29-54
Description
Examines the current issues in the Aboriginal tourism industry and the growth potential for a sustainable form of tourism including the development of an Aboriginal tourism product; market reconnaissance and market development; and the evolution of a partnership between Aboriginal tourism product suppliers and the travel trade.
2008 Edition contains:
The Marae in New Zealand - the Resource Centre of the Māori World by Turoa Royal.
Our Playground: The Waitohu Stream by Rachael Selby.
Guardian of the Waitohu Stream: An Interview with George Gray by Pātaka Moore.
Tracing of Old Settlements and Place Names in a Sea Sámi Region by Marit B.