Law & Justice

Comments on the ethnographical study of the American Indian. Entire issue on one pdf. Refer to pages 305-319 for relevant article.

A comprehensive statistical analysis of the effect and repercussions of violent crime among Native Americans as both victims and offenders.

Based on community consultations, provides recommendations for the establishment of government and governance processes.

Mining Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1979.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University, 1996.

Manual designed to help Indigenous women and service providers address key aspects of violence, as well as understand Indigenous women’s legal rights on matters related to leaving a violent relationship.

Comments on the value of Aboriginal art, as a testimonial of history and cultural identity, in the absence of written historical documents.

Argues that laws that had the potential to improve the well-being of people in Alaska were never fully realized due to the legislation's design and implementation.

Ruling finds government fully liable for abuse, rather than the United Church, which managed the school.

Asserts that traditional Native American peoples and mainstream Anglo Americans embody different world views, creating problems for Native Americans who practice traditional religions.

Resources divided under seven topic headings: resolutions, policy and law, protocols, case studies, intellectual property, traditional knowledges and climate change, and ethics and traditional knowledge. To accompany Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives.

Reports on Council's structure and activities undertaken during the year.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2004. Includes analysis of The Temptations of Big Bear and The Scorched-Wood People by Rudy Wiebe.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Examines how anthropologists provide expert testimony in Brazil's civil law tradition and Canada's common-law practice.

Discusses difficulties encountered when using testimony from anthropologists in land claims cases.

Comments on topics raised in the journal articles of this issue of the Indigenous Policy Journal.

Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--California Institute of Integral Studies, 1998.

Prepared for the Law Commission of Canada.

Lists type of process (commission, inquiry, inquest), report title, catalyst, purpose, recommendations, etc. Part of Families First: A Manitoba Indigenous Approach to Addressing the Issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Argues customary and traditional laws of communal stewardship over land as opposed to individual land tenure systems should be recognized and protected for future land development. To access this article, scroll down to page 6.

The author, a member of the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, examines the Alaskan model of settlement claims and suggests that this model would be useful with Yukon and Northwest Territories claims, but not with southern Canadian claims, because of the dense population and existence of a reserve system. Item found within folder 'XXXII-39'.

Chronicles the complex relationship between archaeologists and Native Americans. The author argues that changes have only occured because of law, not ethics.

Juridical Sciences Thesis (SJD)--University of Toronto, 2014.

Book review of: Arctic Human Development Report by Níels Einarsson, Joan Nymand Larsen, Annika Nilsson, Oran R. Young.

Book review of: Arguing With Tradition by Justin B. Richland. All book reviews on one pdf. To access reviews, scroll down to appropriate page [680].

Book review of: Around the Sacred Fire by James Treat.

Artist discusses the political aspect of his work.

Looks at the position of India's government and Indigenous rights.

Reports results of 2020 survey completed by 122 lawyers.

Papers from the conference Indigenous Socioeconomic Outcomes: Assessing Recent Evidence.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 1990.

Reviews the high school's legal education program which emphasizes all aspects of living in a pluralistic legal environment.

Presents seventy-five recommendations based on education, outreach, social determinants, harm reduction, accessible treatment services and support for research.

Looks at the fundamental elements of Iroquois society, and the founding constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which provides an efficient institution of democratic governance, social and economic stability, and a moral equation to achieve peace.

Quarterly peer-reviewed publication affiliated with the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Looks at traditional systems of social control to see if they can be tailored to fit existing legal systems as part of an independent legal/judicial system for the Inuit of Chukotka.

Looks at the challenge of Court costs orders in Aboriginal and constitutional litigation.

Brief outline of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedure for dealing with residential school lawsuits.

Address to the Rotary Club, Yellowknife, NWT by the Indian Claims Commissioner of Canada. Abstract: "The author believes that the claims of the indigenous people of the Northwest Territories as to ownership of resources and a right to direct participation in resource development, together with a high degree of political autonomy within the larger Canadian society, are just and well-founded. Given control of resources, the indigenous peoples are fully able to cope with the responsibilities that go with large resources and with autonomy..."

Issues arising from the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act in the United States.