Rights

Looks at several cases where duty to consult plays an important part in case litigation.

Critical Studies Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of New Brunswick, 2015.

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

Book review of: Eagle Down Is Our Law by Antonia Mills.

Book review of: Eagle Down is Our Law by Antonia Mills and Doing Things the Right Way by Joan Ryan.

Compares the differences in Aboriginal and Euro-Canadian legal traditions and the acceptance of Indigenous legal traditions.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on major oil and gas developmental projects in the arctic and how the lives and lands of the Indigenous people are affected. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

Introduction to issues featuring articles on climate change and the impact on ecological, social, cultural and economics in Indigenous communities around the world.

Introduction to journal issue bringing together perspectives on development, self-determination and the role of customary law. To access this article, scroll to page 4.

Editorial comments on indigenous participation in international processes aimed at creating a forum for indigenous concerns. To access this article scroll down to page 4.

Discusses the right of San communities to access formal education in Nambia, Botswana and South Africa. To access this article, scroll down to page 27.

Summarizes changes in the educational system since the new government took over six years ago. To access this article, scroll down to page 8.

Public Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Looks at the village of Kikolski on Umnak Island and transitioning from the traditional bidarkies (kayaks) to the large wood dory.

File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's campaign speech in Prince George, BC in which he promises that indigenous people will have the opportunity to redress some of the wrongs done to them. He refers to the appointment of indigenous senator James Gladstone, the indigenous right to vote, and the Indian Claims Commission.

Looks at government reports indicating the disadvantaged First Nations people of Australia and the need for action to address the issue.

Uses the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT) as an example of how Aboriginal institutions can identify useful culture, values, and traditions and incorporate them into an institution's organizational structure.

Discusses some concerns by Aboriginal communities with the duty to consult policy framework in Saskatchewan.

Urban Development Thesis (MPl)--Ryerson University, 2016.

Comments on a project that partners with Native women's organizations and Indian and Alaska Native nations to end violence against women and girls.

Briefly looks at areas where rights are being compromised, what can be done to ensure those rights, and national and international action for Indigenous children. References the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Argues that fragmentation of jurisdiction and lack of coordination over different levels of government has led to gaps, uncertainty about responsibility, problems with accountability, and failure to protect source water. Further argues that the current model of using watershed management agencies is inadequate and government should be moving to Integrated Water Resource Management, which is a more inclusive and holistic approach.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Orleans, 2018.

Geography Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2002.

Environment and Sustainability Thesis (MES)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.

Discusses the disproportionate exposure of environmental hazards and extension of racism as it applies to the environment and the lands of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Focuses on the interpretation of Section 35 arising from the the Sparrow decision.

Looks at land claim agreements in Nunavut, Quebec's Plan Nord, tourism, biodiversity, food security, Indigenous homelessness, and education in the Canadian north.

Retelling of concluding treaties in trickster style about how the First peoples of British Columbia lost their land, languages, fishing and hunting rights. Print version published by Talonbooks, 2005.

Overview of documents published in Canada, Greenland, Australia and New Zealand focusing on provisions related to collective consent, guidelines for storing human biological material and other data, and Indigenous peoples' rights to this data.

Looks at the use of ethnobotany as a political statement.

Presenter speaks on the importance of the evidentiary record in proof of aboriginal title and non-title rights in Tsilhqot'in Nation and British Columbia. Duration: 35:24.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Discusses how the empowerment and participation of Indigenous youth in human rights and environmental protection issues worldwide, will contribute to creating a sustainable future.

Anthropology Thesis (B.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2009.

Book review of: Exiled in the Land of the Free by Oren Lyons and Peter Matthiessen; foreword by Peter Matthiessen; preface by Daniel K. Inouye

Provides overview of Indigenous rights, state obligations, relevant legislation, and several international human rights instruments.

Analyses of current Provincial and Federal legislation because there is no regulatory framework that applies to drinking water and wastewater on reserves.

Examines why the Inuit were able to complete and sign their Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement, but the Innu were not able to complete their agreement with the government.

Geography and Program in Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2011.

Social Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2004.

Black and White photograph of young indigenous boys in a classroom. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

Three Indigenous youth describe their involvement with the international body working on Indigenous peoples' issues.

Contends that United States has failed to meet treaty obligations to Native nations or meet international obligations of human rights within the context of Native women's health.

Second edition (Annex 2 revised).

Follow-up to the The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures. Reports an improvement in relationship between the city of Farmington, New Mexico, San Juan County and the Navajo people living on the Navajo Reservation.

Reviews the proposal that Aboriginal and Treaty rights need to be recognized in the Canadian body of law.

File containing correspondence related to the indigenous people of Labrador. The correspondence between various government officials surrounds the current and past level of assistance given the Inuit and Indigenous people in the area. In particular, the amount of funding to be given for housing. Also included is an article entitled "The Bitter Plight of Labrador's Indians", sent to the PM's office in the hope that it might initiate action.