Law & Justice

Looks at Christopher D. Stone's work, Should Trees Have Standing? Toward Legal Rights for Natural Objects regarding the status and legal recognition of the natural world.

Looks at the Teton Sioux Indians fleeing from the United States claiming to be "British Indians" in order to stay in Canada.

Book review of: Sir Ronald Wilson by Antonio Buti. Review located by scrolling to page 302.

Describes the relationship between the Six Nations Band and the federal government with particular emphasis on rights.

Media Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016.

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the financial and social costs that will continue, if changes are not made. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Based on data obtained through interviews with Dutch companies and representatives of local communities.

Summary. Infographic.

Doctor of Juridical Science Thesis (S.J.D.)--University of Toronto, 1998. Develops a framework "for resolution of aboriginal and treaty rights issues in Canadian aboriginal rights jurisprudence." Argues judicial analyses are premised on incorrect assumptions about the Treaty relationship.

Looks at the protection of the forest ecosystem by the Women Forest Management Group. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.

The author uses numerous examples of how the legal system works against aboriginals in Canada. Case subjects include practicing medicine without a license, hunting on unoccupied Crown lands in the Northwest Territories, and income tax and traffic laws on reserves. The author calls for examinations of the reserve system and the Indian Act.

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing the disproportionate and increasing rate of incarceration of Indigenous peoples, contributing factors, disparities in sentencing, fines, bail etc., sentencing circles and the need for change. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1996.

Analysis of how reservations in USA were formerly held in trust by the Federal Government, however title has become progressively more complicated due to state and local jurisdiction.

Book review of: Sovereign Subjects edited by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.

Discusses Indigenous rights in the context of the integral relationship between history and law; and British claims to sovereignty within Rupert's Land (Rupertsland).

Author compares the Australian High Court's unwillingness to accommodate claims of sovereignty or self-government with those of other common law countries, namely United States and Canada.

Political, legal, and historical reasons why First Nations wish to have control over their education.

This speech describes the struggle to have Aboriginal issues such as poverty and lack of education addressed by the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs. Cardinal also disputes the Department's charge that monies were misspent by the Native Council of Canada and presents a defense. Handwritten annotations in pencil by unknown author.

Historical note:

Child-friendly booklet.

Loggers join forces with the Haida, to work with them rather than the Provincial Government or logging companies.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)---University of Arizona, 2004.

Traces Native American hunting, fishing, and gathering rights as they have been constructed and reconstructed in the United States judicial system.

Study delves into which of the 25 Indigenous research themes has been under-explored. Geography Thesis (B.A.)--Laurentian University, 2016.

Investigates the deficiencies in service provided to Métis families in Manitoba by mainstream child and family service agencies and seeks to understand reasons for the disparity.

Comments on the decision from the case of Trevorrow v. South Australia [No. 5]

Provides historical overview of legal issues related to hunting and fishing.

Discusses Euro-Canadian opposition to land claims and the impact on the fishing industry in British Columbia.

Looks at socio-economic conditions in New France, French colonial law, and an indigenous woman arguing her case in Montreal court in 1740.

Considers several factors affecting intermarriage: geography, law, morality, race and sexuality. Chapter 1 from Regulating Lives: Historical Essays on the State, Society, the Individual, and the Law edited by John P. S. McLaren, Robert Menzies, Dorothy E. Chunn.

Presentation by the director of the Natural Resources Secretariat, Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which provides research, policy analysis and negotiation support. Duration: 37:42.

Literature review of academic articles published between 2000 and 2016 which deal with resilience from an Indigenous perspective.

Looks at key law and justice issues: funding services in rural areas; national women's legal program; and women's law and justice policy development and funding issues.

Reports on current legal and associated services offered in the state, government initiatives addressing family violence, and results from consultations about experiences with the legal system.

Resource and technical assistance document to provide a setting within which all parties and agencies serving Indian children can discuss the new child support enforcement authorities in the technical amendments to the Welfare Reform Act.

Looks at the steps in the process of revitalizing peacemaking.

Book review of: Strong Hearts, Native Lands by Anna J. Willow.

Contains links to oral and written submissions by persons and groups with a substantial and direct interest in the subject matter, or with expertise and perspectives essential for the Inquiry to fulfill its mandate.

Provides an Aboriginal perspective on citizenship in the context of Treaty in Canada.

The organization, Task Force on Delivery of Legal Services to Native People of B.C., seeks to help Aboriginals deal with the legal system and makes several recommendations, including increasing the number of lawyers, court workers and RCMP members of Aboriginal descent, and to provide pre-paid legal services to Aboriginals.