Rights

Discusses the ethical, cultural & political dilemmas that non-Hawaiian students present to open Indigenous education programs.

Participant from Turtle Island, Saulteau First Nations, shares her experience. To access this article, scroll down to page 32.

Website includes information and resources on the history, culture, identity, rights, and politics of Aboriginal peoples.

Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.

Discusses the adoption of United Nations Declaration on of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and self-determination. To access this article, scroll down to page 76.

Looks at the relationship between land, law and Canadian sovereignty.

Comments on the mentoring experiences of 13 Native American college students.

Discusses the Canadian Auto Workers Union and the Northern Lights Casino in Prince Albert. Scroll down to page 32 to read article.

Summarizes key decisions dealing with: consultation, projects and decision making; injunctions; procedural matters; and Section 35, treaty and other issues during 2019 and the first half of 2020.

Looks at definitions of Indigenous law, personal experience with Annishinabek legal traditions, and integrating legal traditions into law school curriculum.

Polar Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akureyri, 2017

Book review of: Indigenous Nations' Rights in the Balance by Charmaine White Face.

Discusses a dispute over land between 349 farmers and a developer wanting to put up a golf course and residential area.

Looks at involvement with and responses to United Nations declarations and studies, International Labour Organization Convention 169, Organization of American States, Inter-American Indian Institute, and Indigenous non-governmental organizations.

Provides examples of the positive moves promoting and protecting indigenous peoples' traditional system of governance to retain traditional ways of life. To acces this article, scroll down to page 38.

Reports on challenges and proposals emerging from workshop groups at the first Nordic Conference on Indigenous Peoples and Dementia. The challenges identified in terms of provision of services in municipalities were: insufficient knowledge of rights and what they entail, lack of linguistic and cultural expertise, lack of tools for day-to-day work and development of operations, and developing collaborations between Nordic countries.

Presents results of a workshop, held in November 2009, aimed at exploring the interrelation between indigenous rights and peacebuilding.

Attempts to identify actual uses of intellectual property rights by looking at case studies in relation to intellectual property, access to genetic resources and related issues.

Bibliography current as of 2008.

Looks at how Aboriginal people are disadvantaged in attaining social rights needed to participate in mainstream society.

Reports pastoralists view education as a social disruption, interfering with livelihood, culture, land and natural resources. To access this article, scroll to page 35.

Extensive list (335 pages).

"with additions made in September 2022".

Chapter from The Concept of Indigenous Peoples in Asia: A Resource Book edited by Christian Erni. Reprinted from American Journal of International Law ; vol. 92, no.3, July 1998.

Speech given to the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Annual Conference on consent and what this means in practice.

Looks at gap between legal protection and its implementation, role of organizations such as the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, and case law dealing with fishing rights.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 1999.

Provides text of relevant sections and articles for each country.

Examines the evolution of the Strategy and how it functions as a state-Indigenous governance relationship.

Explores the relationship between Indigenous people's rights in international law and international environmental law.

Includes analysis of three documents: Principals' Accord on Transforming Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia, Recognition and Reconciliation of Rights Policy for Treaty Negotiations in British Columbia, and The Report of the British Columbia Claims Task Force.

Looks at ineffective layers of arctic governance which includes local governments, central governments, indigenous councils and the international Arctic Council.

Canadian Studies; Political Economy Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2011.

Discusses the nature of an Indigenous scholar’s journey of self-­discovery and reconciliation of colonial injustices.

Looks at the environmental justice struggles of Indigenous peoples and their demands for equity, recognition, participation, and other capabilities, looking at all of these in terms of a concern for the basic functioning of nature, culture, and communities.

Reviews the background to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and examines the role of the Permanent Forum.

Looks at women and decision-making, food security and development, international policy work, human trafficking, conflict situations and societal change. To access this article, scroll down to page 40.

Looks at legal policies on abortion, the services provided by Indian Health Services, and limitations on access to abortions.

Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.