Law & Justice

Common Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2007.

Shows how processes and restrictions of government affected the inclusion/exclusion of certain information based on interviews of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who worked for the Commission.

Compares how federal Indian law treats Indian Nations to treatment of another entity with similar traits.

Book review of: Crooked Paths to Allotment by C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa. Review located by scrolling to page 149.

Focuses on over-incarceration and criminalization, new approachs to prostitution, murdered and missing women inquiry, inequalities in education, and sex discrimination in the Indian Act.

Looks at the marketing of Indigenous spirituality and how it enables the dominant culture to secure political and social control, as well as profiting economically from Aboriginal cultures.

Comments on a U.S. law, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), that affects the status of Native American cultural property.

Judge who has served in Labrador and the Northwest Territories argues that identity issues are largely responsible for social problems.

Topics include context, healing journey and resiliency theory, culturally appropriate evidence-informed practices and examples of programs in Canada and the United States.

Study suggests that policy to move towards more culturally responsive schooling is yet to be realized.

Looks at court case regarding group of aboriginal plaintiffs who sought damages for loss of culture and language as a result of attending a residential school in British Columbia.

Results of interviews with 16 study participants grouped into five themes: identity, family and community, violence, systemic racism/colonialism, social networks/supports, and resiliency and integrity.

Cultural conflicts between Southeast Alaska's Tlingit Indians and Europeans from the viewpoint of three cultural systems: cosmology, jurisprudence and religion.

Book review of: This is Not a Peace Pipe by Dale Turner.

Book review of: Dancing with a Ghost by Rupert Ross.

Looks at relationship between colonialism and gender violence as it is manifested in federal, non-profit, and Native initiatives to eliminate violence. American Studies (B.A.)--Wesleyan University, 2009.

Book review of: Deadliest Enemies by Thomas Biolsi

Book review of: Deadliest enemies... by Thomas Biolsi.

Outlines the history of Minnesota's jurisdictional arrangements with the Anishinabe Ojibwe of White Earth and five other reservations of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and how the state began asserting its sovereignty over those reservations. Scroll down to access article.

An examination of the differing versions of the death of the aide to Wampanoag chief King Philip, and the trial of the three Wampanoag men charged with his murder. The author notes the difficulty in attaining an accurate account of the events due to fact that all contemporary accounts were written by Englishmen.

Reports on concerns with pesticides, children's health and mental illness in adults.

Reports on an investigation by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, into the deaths of four children in British Columbia which questions the child welfare system.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

Committee was formed as a result of the report First Nations Representation on Ontario Juries (the Iacobucci Report) which looked at underrepresentation of on-reserve individuals on Ontario's provincial jury rolls as well as systemic issues in the justice system. Details the Committee's final advice, after extensive consultations with communities, with respect to each of the 17 recommendations found in the report.

Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.

Discusses the rights and principles contained in the United Nations General Assembly's resolution and how they apply in Canada. Duration: 7:54.

Suggests that using Just War theory as a framework may help to attain peace between the state and Indigenous peoples.

Overview of the movement and the historical background to the Crown-First Nation relationship.

Examines the conflicting viewpoints in communities in Jharkhand between the British colonial system and Indigenous people regarding the definition of custom and tradition . To access this article, scroll down to page 44.

Perspective on maintaining or regaining balance discussed in relation to individual as well the relationship between tradition and the administration of justice in Canada. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Chief Operation Officer of the First Nations Statistical Institute summarizes data gathered from a variety of sources including 2006 Census, 2009 General Social Survey, 2009 Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, and Health Canada. Duration: 59:12.

Information and guidance about the Independent Assessment Process for individual claims of abuse involving the residential school system. Version five.

Discusses the development of Aboriginal rights from the outlawing of the potlatch to the rejection of anthropological evidence given at the Gitksan Wet'suwet'en land claim.

Looks at several different acts including the Aboriginal Evidence Act, and the Land Claims Ordinance. Chapter from Past Law, Present Histories edited by Diane Kirkby. Entire book on one pdf. To locate chapter, scroll to page 39.

Examines the discrimination and devaluation of Métis and other Aboriginal persons in Canada, especially those in the correctional system, and includes recommendations for changes to the justice system.

Presents an extensive annotated bibliography, which includes some web addresses for citations.

Identifies existing diverse First Nations court models and processes which include Elders and spirituality in court proceedings, Healing courts, Gladue courts, and Aboriginal and tribal courts.

Introduction to a special Issue which examines land claims settlements in Canada with an emphasis on long range planning and economic development.

Discusses the justice system in Elsipogtog, New Brunswick centered around the Healing to Wellness court and its unique features.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1938.

Comments on the purpose of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), presents background information, current services, initiatives, provides a sample analysis and addresses future development of the three to five year strategic plan.

Looks at Colleen Whiten's feminist art installation, Seducing the Receiver (1994-1995) in relation to the Paul Bernardo and John Crawford murder cases.

Representative from a small Order of Catholic Sisters argues for rights and procedural protections for alleged perpetrators.

Diocese expected to terminate its operations due financial impact of residential schools lawsuits.

Looks at the operations of the Mi'Kmaq Justice Institute three years after its inception in 1996.

Discussion of international legal principle created and justified by ideas of European superiority; doctrine provided newly arrived Europeans with automatic property rights and entitled them to exercise governmental, political, and commercial power over the original inhabitants. Panel discussion at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's closing events. Duration: 1:03:21.