Rights

Correspondence between the Poundmaker Reserve and the federal cabinet. Includes acknowledgment of receipt of a list of problems on the Poundmaker Reserve from 1963, the acknowledgment of receipt of a complaint against an Indian Agent in the area from 1962, and a request from John Tootoosis for copies of Hansard "dealing with questions on Indian Affairs and information on government plans that may affect Indians, particularly those in Saskatchewan."

Articles relating to: children in non-aboriginal schools, the status of indigenous persons, Diefenbaker's honorary degree from Dalhousie University, an issue of Indian Outlook, a copy of the first bulletin of the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada, and the work of Anglican missionaries.

Containing correspondence pertaining to various indigenous issues including: education and educational facilities in the north; the sale of liquor to indigenous people; the right to vote (Blackfoot); the health and welfare of indigenous and Inuit communities; honorary chieftainship; request for enfranchisement; related to an Eskimo Affairs Committee meeting. Handwritten letters from young students at the Spanish River Reserve, Massey Ontario. Discussion of the Catholic church and its operations/influence, especially with regards to residential schools.

File containing letters to Williams acknowledging his father's will and deed to land. Reply mentioning the rights of indigenous people.

Examines female circumcision in ethnic groups in Kenya and gives an overview of attempts to eradicate the practice. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.

Looks at how mainstream feminism works in a First Nation context.

Chapter sixteen in book: The Law of Trusts: A Contextual Approach 2nd edition, edited by Jeffrey Bruce Berryman, Mark R. Gillen, and Faye Woodman.

Looks at the effects of asbestos mining on a Baryulgil community.

Discusses the problems associated with the legal and moral ownership of material objects.

Book review of: A Final Promise: The Campaign to Assimilate the Indians, 1880-1920 by Frederick E. Hoxie.

Looks at the issue in the context of gender-based violence as a human rights violation which is rooted in deep, structural discrimination and intersects with socio-economic and cultural rights violations. Outlines essential elements of a human-rights based response and identifies three keys to effectiveness.

Discussion on why investors, shareholders and corporations have a responsibility to respect the rights of Indigenous peoples and proactively work with them.

Compares approaches to the issue in Canada and New Zealand.

Demonstrates how voluntary initiatives can improve socio-economic standing. Looks at Membertou First Nation and Sgamok First Nation as examples.

Focuses on First Nations perspectives on meaning of being Indigenous, belonging to a community, and relationship of these memberships with the institutions of the Canadian state.

Discusses the impact of inequitable funding of child welfare services on reserves and solution to address those inequalities.

Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.

Final report for the “Aboriginal Human Rights Project” explains how the Tsleil-Waututh Community and Elders came up with ways to address human rights complaints within the community by incorporating legal traditions and customary law.

Discusses how the policies, laws and legislation of the federal government have led to the current health disparities.

Author's own list of top 10 worst Canadians and why they are on his list.

Section 67 barred complaints of discrimination against federal and First Nations governments in relation to acts and decisions authorized by the Indian Act. Document supports the repeal in principle, but raises issues with respect to Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and implementation.

Topics include: key documents and reports, history, demographics, issues and challenges, barriers to higher education, and recommendations aimed at improving recruitment and retention.

Chapter from Beyond the Republic: Meeting the Global Challenges to Constitutionalism edited by Charles Sampford and Tom Round.

Focuses on duty to consult and Indigenous rights.

Book review of: The Flash of Recognition by Jane Lydon. Scroll down to page 151 to read review.

Article focuses on political reforms and the situation of the qullas in Bolivia. To access this article, scroll down to page 28.

Negative of a document entitled "The Formal List of Rights" ratified by the Provisional Governing Council of the Metis Nation under Louis Riel on 1 December 1869 in Fort Garry and on 4 December 1869 in Winnipeg. Language and land rights are their major concerns.

Interviews well-know Inuit leaders about their perceptions on the major cultural changes over the past forty years.

Looks at the history, debates and arguments surrounding the inclusion of the Aboriginal clause.

Describes two Canadian cases and a brief about Canada's Constitutional revision process made on behalf of the First Nations of Canada Delegation.

Book review of: Fractured Homeland by Bonita Lawrence.

Comparison of historical setting, policy, aboriginal rights, federal and provincial/state powers, and self-government.

See Part 3: "Knowledge Sovereignty: Indigenous Resistance and Resiliencies".

Discusses the right of Indigenous peoples to approve or reject proposed actions or projects that may affect their lands, territories, or resources.

Looks at the connection between the right to free, prior and informed consent and the work of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK).

Looks at the motives behind a group of men in New Caledonia who either upheld "Indian Law" or didn't.

Shows that archivists need to sustain principles which keep materials intact as well as adopt principles which keep materials within their context.

Book reviews of: From Recognition to Reconciliation by Patrick Macklem, Douglas Sanderson. From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer, Ken. S. Coates. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 150.

Book review of: From Rupert's Land to Canada edited by Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens, and R. C. Macleod.

Book review of: From Rupert's Land to Canada edited by Theodore Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens and R. C. Macleod.

Focuses on spiritual and cultural survival, Indigenous rights, the preservation of sacred lands, climate change, and youth involvement for the future.

Discusses how economic security is fundamental to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, and that there is a need for changes in government policy to allow Aboriginal people to become full participants in Canadian society without having to give up their culture or treaty rights.

Discusses how ancestral law and traditional practices of the Diné are understood and applied by the Navajo Nation Council and other cultural and environmental organizations.

Indigenous peoples reiterate their key messages for the UN conference on sustainable development to address issues relating to development and the environment.