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Report of the Indigenous Engagement In Regulatory Matters Task Force
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Engagement in Regulatory Matters Task Force
Description
Task force struck in response to complaints that the sanctions levied by the Law Society of British Columbia against Stephen Bronstein were too lenient. Bronstien, a non-Indigenous lawyer, represented approximately 624 residential school survivors making Independent Assessment Process claims. The lawyer had hired a paroled murderer to reruit and support people through the process who then requested money from settlement funds.
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; PRB 99-24E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Jill Wherrett
Description
Overview prepared by Research Services, Library of Parliament of the seven-volume Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Report (RCAP).
"Revised 2 August 2000."
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya: Addendum: The Situation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Anaya
Description
Reviews human rights issues around social and economic conditions, truth and reconciliation, missing women and girls, self-government participation and partnership, treaty negotiation and resource development. Provides recommendations.
Advance unedited version.
Report on Family Law Research in Nunavut: Background Paper
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
Description
Presents research about adoptions, divorces, and separation, including the use of services and how Inuit families deal with family matters, and looks at increasing the knowledge and access to family rights and available services.
Report on the 2011 Western Regional Forum on Supporting Families of Missing Persons
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Policy
Planning and Evaluation Branch
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General
Description
Summarizes presentations, outcomes of discussion groups, and recommendations. Participants included victims services workers, law enforcement officers, Crown Counsel, criminal justice employees, community workers, and representatives from Aboriginal organizations and government.
Research Firm Organized to Help Tribes with Contracts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 10, no. 3, May 1971, pp. [28-29]
Description
Reports that the National Indian Training and Research Center will help groups negotiate contracts with Bureau of Indian Affairs and other governmental agencies.
Resettling Musqueam Park: Property, Landscape, and "Indian Land" in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Hamilton
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, vol. 29, no. 1, May 2006, pp. 88-109
Description
Discusses the ramifications of a dispute between the band and its tenants over rent increases.
Residential Schools Litigation and the Legal Profession
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Trevor C.W. Farrow
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 4, Special Issue: The Residential School Litigation and Settlement, 2014, pp. 596-619
Description
Discusses shortfalls in the handling of processes for dealing with residential school litigation and dispute resolution involving survivors, their families and claims.
The Residential Schools Litigation Process
Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Celeste Poltak
James Scott
Mitchell Taylor
Bruce Feldthusen
Terrence McMahon
Description
Plaintiffs', church, and government representatives as well a judge and academic speak about the process.
Session Two from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes.
Duration: 1:19:03.
Residential Schools, Respect, and Responsibilities for Past Harms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 4, Special Issue; The Residential School Litigation and Settlement, 2014, pp. 486-504
Description
Discusses different viewpoints by the courts, churches and governments for responsibility of residential schools in Canada and suggests using customary law to help speak to this responsibility.
Residential Schools: The Past Is Present
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pierre Laboisser
James Craven
Roland Chrisjohn
Doug Henwood
Description
Transcription of radio program about the United Church. Tape 1 - Apology given by the United Church of Canada in 1986; Tape 2 - Residential Schools: The Past and Present; Tape 3A - WBAI Interview - Economics and Politics (2/15/98); Tape 3B - WBAI Interview: 6/18/98.
Residential Schools: [The Report]
Alternate Title
Dark Night Field Notes #17
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Roland Chrisjohn
Description
Excerpts from conference held in Fredericton, New Brunswick on May 24, 2000. Author discusses his report written for Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Justice and his book The Circle Game.
Resolving Claims of Abuse in Native Residential Schools: The Court's Role in Canada's Settlement Process
Alternate Title
Biennial Conference of the International Association for Women Judges ; 9th
Panel C: Access to Justice for Women Members of Indigenous, Rural and Religious Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patricia Hennessy
Description
Looks at history of residential schools, Aboriginal claims for compensation from Churches and Government, and the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and healing fund.
Resource Extraction from Territories of Indigenous Minority Peoples in the Russian North: International Legal and Domestic Regulation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruslan Garipov
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 4, no. 1, 2013, pp. 4-20
Description
Looks at the struggle for sovereignty through the right to self-determination and the claim to ancestral lands and resources.
Respect for the Indian Child Welfare Act and Its Reflection on Tribal Sovereignty
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kurt D. Siedschlaw
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2011 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Fall, 2011, pp. 1-11
Description
Comments on attorneys and judges, outside of the tribal courts, who have a lack of knowledge or understanding of Indian culture.
Restitution is the Real Pathway to Justice for Indigenous Peoples
Alternate Title
Response, Responsibility, and Renewal
Speaking My Truth: Reflections on Reconciliation and Residential Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Author sees reconciliation as a half-hearted measure and instead contends that massive forms of compensation including land, transfers of federal and provincial funds are needed. Essay is adapted from the author’s discussion of reconciliation in Wasáse: Indigenous Pathways of Action and Freedom.
Chapter from Speaking My Truth edited by Shelagh Rogers.
Restless Spirits in the Land: Finding a Place in Canadian Law for Aboriginal Civil Disobedience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Milward
International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, vol. 16, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-29
Description
Argues that when the state fails to uphold the rule of law with respect to Aboriginal rights and takes actions that contravenes these rights, civil disobedience should be an option.
Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women,
Community, and Culture
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
María del Carmen Rodríguez de France
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 2010, pp. 1-4
Description
Book review of: Restoring the Balance edited by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis, Madeleine Dion Stout, and Eric Guimond.
A Review and Analysis of the Major Challenges and Concerns of Aboriginal Youth in Canada: Prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerald Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Highlights issues in the areas of cultural identity, education, and justice and compares recommendations made by youth to those found in the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' final report.
Review Essay: Canadian Aboriginal Saga: A People and a Dream
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 2003, pp. 261-272
Description
Books reviewed:
A People's Dream: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada by Dan Russell,
Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec edited by Colin H. Scott,
Prospering Together: The Economic Impact of the Aboriginal Title Settlements in B.C. edited by Roslyn Kunin,
Aboriginal Education in Canada: A Study in Decolonization edited by K.P.
Review of IBA Literature and Analysis of Gaps in Knowledge (Draft)
Alternate Title
ReSDA Draft Gap Analysis Report ; no.9
Resources and Sustainable Development n the Arctic (ReSDA) Gap Analysis Report ; no.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ben Bradshaw
Adam Wright
Description
Discusses if Impact Benefit Agreements (IBA) are effective, how they interact with regulatory processes, the legal bases of IBAs, and social justice, negotiation and implementation.
Review of Justice System Issues Relevant to Nunavut, Part 2
Alternate Title
Technical Report (Atlantic Institute of Criminology) ;TR1999-4e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Clairmont
Description
Report commissioned by the Department of Justice. Volume contains annotated bibliographies, including documents, reports and position papers.
Review of Justice System Issues Relevant to Nunavut, Part One
Alternate Title
Technical Report (Atlantic Institute of Criminology) ; TR1999-4e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Clairmont
Description
Report commissioned by the Department of Justice to provide a review of pertinent literature, which the author found lacking and therefore supplemented with knowledge of individuals who were contacted directly.
This volume focuses on academic and scholarly materials.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel M. Cobb
Christopher J. Bilodeau
Charles R. Cobb
Robert W. Galler
Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh
Louise Cummings Maynor
Tara Browner
Glenabah Martinez
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, 2007, pp. 113-166
Description
Book reviews of:
Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences edited and with an introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc.
Captive Histories: English, French, and Native Narratives of the 1704 Deerfield Raid by Evan Haefeli and Kevin Sweeney.
A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813–1814 by Gregory A. Waselkov.
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by Kingsley M. Bray.
Cross-Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States edited by Jordan E.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eileen Luna-Firebaugh
Mary E. Stuckey
D. Anthony Tyeeme Clark
Susan L. Rockwell
Jason Edward Black
Tiya Miles
John W. Heaton
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 139-193
Description
Book reviews of:
American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations edited by Eric D. Lemont.
American Indian Rhetorics of Survivance: Word Medicine, Word Magic edited by Ernest Stromberg.
Bernie Whitebear: An Urban Indian’s Quest for Justice by Lawney L. Reyes.
Black Silk Handkerchief: A Hom-Astubby Mystery by D. L. Birchfield.
The Collected Speeches of Sagoyewatha, or Red Jacket edited by Granville Ganter.
Elias Cornelius Boudinot: A Life on the Cherokee Border by James W.