Law & Justice

Argues that no other racial group in Australia has suffered as much as the Indigenous Australians and the university experience has been, for many, one of discrimination, racism, and paternalism.

Letter from law firm suggests that by signing with them former residential school student could receive lucrative settlement; such action is considered improper solicitation.

Project goal to develop a teaching and learning model that would link historical and cultural divides between groups to facilitate cross learning with a focus on interconnectedness and kinship.

Outlines a scientific history of uranium, and looks at the traditional Navajo’s belief system regarding uranium and milling as a disruption in the balance of earth and sky. Scroll down to access article.

Book review of, Legacies and Change in Polar Sciences: Historical, Legal and Political Reflections on the International Polar Year by Jessica M. Shadian.

Two volume report identifies eight critical areas to be considered when looking at justice reform: leadership, community promotion and crime prevention, victimization and violence, restorative justice, policing, institutions, racism, and children and youth. Volume II Submissions to the Commission.

Book review of: The Legacy of School for Aboriginal People by Bernard Schissel and Terry Wotherspoon.

Report prepared identifies the needs specific to northern jurisdictions for the delivery of legal aid and related issues.

Results based on interviews with 53 key respondents and statistics gathered from various territorial government sources and Yukon Public Legal Education Association.

Represents views and opinions of the National Inquiry after consultations with legal scholars and lawyers with expertise on genocide and international crimes. Topics include: definition, Canada's actions and omissions as genocidal conduct (actus reus), Canada's specific intent to destroy Indigenous peoples (mens rea), and Canada's responsibility for genocide and obligations for reparations.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2006.

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Examines the definitions of Aborigines and 'half-castes'.

Survivors and their legal counsel were trying to access 40,000 pages of documentation of abuse which would have helped to corroborate their testimonies during the Independent Assessment Process. Canadian Federal Government had denied that there was any evidence of abuse. Website includes court transcripts of Ann Wesley case, in which former nun was charged with assault, assault causing bodily harm and administering a noxious substance.

Uses a Native law program at the University of New Mexico to show what is happening in American law schools.

Uses fictitious story of tribally-run school which eventually is taken over by non-Indians as an allegory for the European conquest of Indigenous peoples.

Looks at the struggle between First Nations people and the Canadian state to understand why law and punishment operated as they did in the aftermath of the Rebellion.

Includes definitions and information on truth gathering process and rules.

Book review of: Legal Pluralism and the Colonial Legacy edited by Kayleen M. Hazelhurst.

Looks at national legislation, international law, and Sámi customary law to review rules involving the legal protection of Sámi culture, Sámi indigenous people and minorities in Norway.

Discusses the National Indian Law Library (NILL) and how it is being developed by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) as a clearinghouse for legal materials and resources.

Report summarizes three studies carried out between March and August 2002 which examined ten issues pertaining to legal service.

English (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 2000.

Review essay of Interviewing Inuit Elders examines Inuit concepts of traditional law.

Provides information on Acts, corrections, amendments, notices, etc.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.

Looks at the results of the conversion of Nisga's First Nations lands to individual ownership.

Looks at the creation of Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services (VATJS) and the development of a Downtown Community Court (DCC) to service chronic offenders in an area of Vancouver.

Examines the inaccuracies of Native American history by some white historians and the controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision to enact the doctrine of discovery theory in 1831.

List of preferred terms used by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 1998.

Sustainability Framework report supports Indigenous rights to take part in decisions affecting land and resources.

Looks at the milestones of the Oka stand-off and the struggle for change

Looks at the impact the wall has on the Nde' Apache and the basis for the Truth & Memory Commission. Briefly discusses the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Australian Aboriginal Claims for redress.

Discusses reasons for Sami not getting more involved with the tourism industry. Looks at study with members of local cooperatives for reindeer husbandry.

Linguistics Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2004.

Speaks about Indigenous human rights internationally and within Canada at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013. Duration: 46:40.

Panel speaks about the UN Declaration of Human Rights at the Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University June 28, 2013. Duration: 1:56:55

Describes how the five Confederated Tribes of the Iroquois attempted intercultural communication and encounters between the early sixteenth through late eighteenth centuries with Europeans.

Majority of literature cited published between 2003 and 2012.

Reviews literature on programs with comparable approaches and discusses how elements of them could be used to improve the program itself.

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process postponed after concerns raised by representatives about the its structure, but still hoped to be in place by year-end.

Meeting told that residential schools stripped language, culture as well traditional methods of dispute resolution, so the alternative has become litigation.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Paper explores and discusses customary law among the Gitksan of northwest British Columbia.