Law & Justice

"An Act: To assist Native Americans in assuring the survival and continuing vitality of their languages".

"An Act: To amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to provide for the revitalization of Native American languages through Native American language immersion programs; and for other purposes".

Investigates how peace and order were maintained in the 1930s and earlier in an Indigenous community.

Looks at the Greenland Self-Government Act which is an extension of the Home Rule Act

Sources relevant to the Commission's research.

Saskatchewan diocese in the second worst financial position in Canada due to the expense of dealing with 330 residential school lawsuits.

More than 200 lawsuits pending involving residential schools in the Saskatchewan diocese.

Criminal lawyer discusses the issue of jury selection and how the composition of a jury can affect the process and outcome of a trial. Argues that jury selection process should also include consideration of culture and ethnicity.

Drawing on research from the Canadian High Commission Institutional Research Program, the paper examines how the attitudes of those administering justice may affect courtroom outcomes, availability of anti-racist programs for personnel, and to what extent anti-racist training is incorporated into policy and practice.

Book review of: Race Politics in Australia: Aborigines, Politics and Law by Colin Tatz. To access review, scroll to page 221.

[Justice and Social Inquiry] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2006.

Book review of: Racialized Policing by Elizabeth Comack.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2016.

Comments on why Hāmana Mahuika's assailant was tried in a settler court rather than dealt with by the Indigenous peoples in accordance with their own laws and customs.

Examines the Society's attempt to use non-Aboriginals interest in Aboriginal cultures to generate support for political and social agendas.

Discusses personal experiences and framework in which government lawyers work on aboriginal issues.

Review of Les Inuit de l'Arctique Canadien edited by Pauline Huret. Review in French.

Looks at the relationship between the Kwakwaka'wakw nations, with British Columbia and Canada, the problems and possible solutions.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2016.

Examines the law accumulating, in surrounding jurisdictions, regarding the duty to consult Aboriginal groups in relation to natural resource issues.

Book review of: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts by Bruce Granville Miller.

Literature review primarily uses book chapters, journal articles, and internet sources.

Speaker argues that in the context of the violent history of dispossession in State-Indigenous interactions, the residential school truth and reconciliation process privileges only one form of violation, and allows for absolution without accountability for crimes or true changes in government behaviour. Duration: 1:22:38.

Presenter speaks about what can be taken from the two cases, Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in, both in a positive light and from a critical perspective. Duration: 30:14.

Looks at the differences and the commonalities between individual, legal, and social reconciliation.

"This paper considers the concept of "reconciliation" as it is utilized in two fora: the Supreme Court of Canada (the Court) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on the legacy of the "Indian residential schools" (TRC)."

Discusses formal, informal and Indigenous law at conference held at the Church of St. John the Divine, Victoria, B.C., April 26 - 27, 2013. Duration: 27:06.

History Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Fullerton, 1998.

Anthropology and Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1999.

Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.

Book review of: The Rediscovered Self by Ronald Niezen.

Looks at how Indigenous legal scholars have gone about identifying existing legal resources available for Indigenous law and its application.

Exploration of the social and ideological aspects of women's penal reform.

Brief discussion of the history of the process, demands for reparations, and government responses; argues that general principle of justice demands that reparations must made.

Looks at the limited reparations that have been delivered by both countries.

Public inquiry examines and makes recommendations on ways to improve existing institutions in the administration of justice in recognition of Aboriginal rights.

Public inquiry focusing on investigation of events surrounding the murder of this high school student, which occurred on November 13, 1971 near The Pas, Manitoba.

Investigation of all aspects of the events leading to the death, which occurred on March 9, 1988 in Winnipeg.