Land Claims

Federal government paper on topics such as history, self-government, treaties, education and economic development relating to aboriginal people in Canada.

Includes treaties and land claims, secondary sources, sources of case law digests, legal periodical indexes and computer databases up to 1990.

Looks at treaties, Aboriginal rights and and land claims for resource rich land. Concludes with a list of issues effecting Indigenous rights in other countries.

Describes the Treaty Land Entitlement process and backroom politics in advance of the 2007 Saskatchewan Provincial Election.

Discusses te Ture Whenua Máori Bill, a land reform bill and how the Máori Land Court approach traditional land matters.

Brief report on December 1, 2006 ceremonies held to mark the effective date of the Labrador Final Land Claims Agreement.

Book review of: Chasing The Dark edited by K. P. Pratt.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indians plan to discuss various land entitlement proposals in a meeting with Federal Minister of Indian Affairs John Munro.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1996.

Chronicles the life and works of the novelist and advocate of Aboriginal land rights.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

Signatures collected from across country in support of aboriginal land claims to be presented to federal government in June, 2001.

Watson provides overview of claims process and the role of the Federal treaty office in B.C.

Human Rights Development and Social Justice Thesis (M.A.)--[International] Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, 2008.

Journalism and Communication Thesis (M.J.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Looks at the way courts in Australia and Canada deal with indigenous rights and concludes that Canadian courts do more to preserve rights in the face of Crown grants.

Defines co-management, and looks at how different forest attributes called for different property rights arrangements.

Looks at Indigenous involvement with land use planning Beginning with the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreements in the 1970s.

Uses example of the Chippewas Tri-Council land claim to show the process of colonial government of Indigenous communities.

Discusses interethnic partnerships and the resulting post colonial politics and relationships.

Brief article about the signing ceremony which included stories regarding the meaning of the land claims agreement.

Discusses the following identified topics: recognition/certainty, constitutional status of lands, governance, co-management throughout traditional territories, fiscal relations, and fisheries.

The author, a member of the Ogoki (Martin Falls) band in northern Ontario, expresses concern with the Canadian government's plan to dam rivers in Canada and divert the water to the United States. He notes that Aboriginal land will be flooded, according to government proposals.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--McGill University, 1999.

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.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2007.

[Natural Resources] Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Manitoba, 2009.

Looks at the myth of the Native American environmental ethic and the use of traditions, rules, laws and habits to look after natural resources.

Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1978.

Discusses how research conducted for claims has challenged previously accepted interpretations of past events.

Impact of settlements made in 1960-1962 between Manitoba Hydro and Cree bands to compensate for the flooding of Cree lands and the relocation of an entire village. Maintains that, as a result, these bands have changed from self-sufficiency to dependent societies with many social problems.

Geography and Planning Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.

American Indian Studies (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 1999.

Book review of: Contesting Native Title by David Ritter. Review located by scrolling to page 325.

Argues that decisions of the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) and the courts have not extinguished every acre of original, traditional or recognized titled lands.

Retirement of the Indian Claims Commission (ICC), in 1978, did not ultimately resolve all tribal claims to Aboriginal lands as there are still many outstanding claim in the United States.

Looks at the long legal process that resulted in the Catawba Land Claim Settlement Act and the extinguishment of a claim for 144,00 acres of highly developed South Carolina land. The settlement also saw the Catawba receive federal and state benefits, restoration as a federal tribe and a $50 million payment.

Looks at the legal history that brought about the ruling in favor of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in the case United States v. Idaho.

Examines the demand for justice and for the settlement of several land claims put forward by the Zuni Tribe of New Mexico. As a result of these demands three pieces of legislation were created by US Congress and three court cases were filed.

Chapter in book: Advancing Aboriginal Claims: Visions/Strategies/Directions edited by Kerry Wilkins.

Compares the two governments' policies and approaches to claims settlement.

Reviews land claim filed by Saskatchewan Band with Indian Claims Commissioner, Lloyd Barber, in 1972.

Describes how a different approach to Inuit aspirations resulted in an Agreement leading to the creation of Nunavut in 1999.

Discusses the challenges associated with the way historical evidence is presented and interpreted in the court room.

Speech by Ted Moses concerning the agreement in principle signed between the Cree and the Provincial Government of Quebec on October 23, 2001.

Edited by Pamela Stern & Lisa Stevenson. Includes "Participatory Anthropology in Nunavut" by Michael J. Kral and Lori Idlout and "Cultural Survival and Trade in Inglulingmiut Traditions" by Nancy Wachowich.