Law & Justice

White Bear First Nation opening casino; province contends it is provincial jurisdiction breach.

Attempt to mediate dispute among First Nation, other fishermen and federal government over the right to trap lobster "out of season."

Assessment focuses on six key areas: livelihoods, infrastructure, community participation, education/recreation, children and parents and mental and physical health.

Book review of: Becoming an Ally by Anne Bishop.

Book review of: Becoming Visible edited by Terje Brantenberg, Janne Hansen and Henry Minde.

Reconstructs Paxoche (Ioway) perceptions of England’s socioeconomic system, laws, and judiciary.

Originally published: 1948.

Project reflects on over 250 publicly-known benefit agreements from the northern regions of Canada.

Website provides information about benefits and programs including education and training, income assistance and more.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Regina, 2003.

Discusses instances of betrayal and gives an assessment of the indigenous communities.

Discusses how new Canadian legislation will adversely impact Aboriginal people in correctional facilities.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2002.

CBC website tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.

Study cohort consisted of 160 survey respondents and 288 focus group participants. Topics included barriers to accessing and successfully completing treatment, suggestions for overcoming them, and promising practices.

Book review of: Beyond Intellectual Property by Darrell A. Posey and Graham Dutfield.

Studies seven indigenous justice service organizations in four countries to determine the essential characteristics specific to Indigenous organizations.

Law Thesis (LLM)--Dalhousie University, 2016.

Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2013.

Book review of: Beyond the Reservation by Brad Asher. Indians in the Making by Alexandra Harmon.

Showcases three keynote speakers discuss issues connecting teaching and learning in an anti-colonial framework. Showcases a film, dance, and drama by students. Duration: 2:49:36.

Over 1,100 annotated citations covering all aspects Arctic life. Current as of 2007.

Some Aboriginal material included. Lists theses and dissertations published between 2006 and 2012.

Items held in the Departmental Library and the Legal Library of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and the Supreme Court Library. Current as of 1972.

This file contains Barron's typed notes: Background Notes Bill C-31: An Act to Amend the Indian Act. An excellent overview of the act and the people in the First Nations community who were affected by it. It also has statistics, dates and the specific laws changed by the Bill.

Page 11 of a document entitled "The Diefenbaker Bill of Rights," focusing on a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling on section 94(a) of the Indian Act, and a memo dealing with the effectiveness of government acts, including comment on the Indian Act.

Debate best course of action to protest lack of progress in talks with federal government concerning the residential schools issue.

Discussion of how the beating of a black longshoreman by police in Vancouver affected the emerging human rights community in British Columbia.

Lists cases by docket number rather than chronologically or by Term.

Looks at Aboriginal plaintiffs in tort claims and causation requirements.

Article from 1993 Conference proceeding, discussing justice reform, self-government in the context of inherent rights and facing the challenge of overlapping roles among the levels of government. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Book review of: Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects edited by Russell Thornton.

Book review of: Aboriginal Societies and the Common Law: A History of Sovereignty, Status and Self-Determination by Paul G. McHugh.

Book review of: Return to the Teachings by Rupert Ross. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Book reviews of 12 books: Native Nations: Cultures and Histories of Native North America by Nancy Bonvillain. The Place of the Pike (Gnoozhekaaning): A History of the Bay Mills Indian Community by Charles E. Cleland. Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon by Melissa Jayne Fawcett. A Feather Not a Gavel: Working Towards Aboriginal Justice by A. C. Hamilton.

Book reviews of 10 books: An Overview of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Compensation for their Breach by Robert Mainville. Black Elk Lives: Conversations With the Black Elk Family by Esther Black Elk DeSersa, Olivia Black Elk Pourier, Aaron DeSersa Jr., Clifton DeSersa. Black Elk Speaks, Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) by Nicholas Black Elk. Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timer Region by Sandra Faiman-Silva.

Review of Helpless: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, How the Law Failed All of Us by Christie Blatchford.

Book reviews of 23 books: The Forces Which Shaped Them: A History of the Education of Minority Group Children in British Columbia by Mary Ashworth. Forty Years a Chief by George Barker. A History of Native Claims Processes in Canada, 1867-1979 by Richard C. Daniel. The Metaphysics of Modern Existence by Vine Deloria The Covenant Chain: Indian Ceremonial and Indian Trade Silver by N.

Book reviews of 3 books: Too Few To Count: Canadian Women In Conflict With The Law edited by Ellen Adelberg and Claudia Currie. The Foot of the River by George Lalor. Ste. Madeleine, Community Without a Town: Métis Elders in Interview by Ken Zeilig and Victoria Zeilig.

Book reviews of: Public Administration Questions Relating to Aboriginal Self-Government by C. E. S. Franks. Future Issues of Jurisdiction and Coordination between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Governments by Ian B. Cowie. The Political and Legal Inequalities Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Delia Opekokew. Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: A Bibliography 1986 by Evelyn J. Peters.

Book reviews of 20 books: American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen. Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement. Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.

Book review of: Creating Legal Worlds by Greig Henderson.

Discusses several books that delve into the history and policy for American Indians, including issues related to law and justice, education, and cross-cultural relations.

Presents a short story by prolific author.

Book review of: Braid of Feathers by Frank Pommersheim.