Rights

File contains opening remarks by Peter Katuk(via a translator) regarding the situation for Inuit people in the Northwest Territories: the struggle for survival, his own birth in an igloo in 1921, how life is a learning experience, how the Inuit people have been left out of Canada, how the Cree and the Hudson Bay Company were condescending and bossy to the Inuit, an incident between his father and the RCMP who made his father relocate his home from Repulse Bay, the need to amend what Katuk describes as the defeat of Aboriginal people in Canada, how his people assisted southerners who came to th

File contains opening remarks by Senator Edward Head. Head discusses his Metis origins and gives an overview of his family's story from the time it left St. Norbert, Manitoba, to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, back to northern Manitoba and his home community of Granville Lake.

The file contains a second presentation by Dave White (for the first see "presentation by Dave White in Volume 1 of this sitting of the Commission, on this site). White, speaking as an individual addresses topics of concern to urban Aboriginal people. Included in his discussion are issues such as demographics in Sudbury, rights issues in the urban context, employment and government programs, co-operative and affordable housing programs, student issues, and justice issues in the urban and off-reserve settings.

Overview of the evolution, implementation, and implications of the doctrine.

Law Thesis [LLM?]--Lund University, 2003.

Looks at Aboriginal women's human rights, women and customary law, and experiences with mainstream law.

Reviews the laws from 1850 to the present and concludes that real equality cannot be achieved without political and territorial rights.

Looks at the contemporary Sami movement and policy by examining historical conflict and challenges.

Discusses Saskatchewan Treaty relations in the context of Prime Minister Trudeau's White Paper also known as Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indians prepare report to present to the National Assembly of First Nations to aid development of a national constitutional position.

Summarizes issues and compiles information, from various sources, in order to determine the best course of action to address the benefit grievances of Aboriginal Veterans.

Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 5:06. Part 1 of 5.

Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 4:33. Part 5 of 5.

Satsan (Herb George), President of the National Centre for First Nations Governance, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 4:15. Part 2 of 5.

Comments on the ethnic history of the Tuvan people, and on the changing social, economic and geopolitical conditions they are facing.

Analyzes Maori intellectual property rights pertaining to graphic works and their use in the fashion industry.

Analyzes demographics in relation to the Indigenous population, future projections and impacts on the province as a whole.

Examines Aboriginal women's rights, membership issues, government thinking and rationale, and Aboriginal perspectives. Chapter one from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

Looks at reasons for the population's poor health and difficulties encountered when a tribes try to control production, quality and distribution of food. Some of the issues include definition of "traditional food", access, environmental degradation, poaching and invasive species.

Examines the difficulties involved in reconciling tikanga Māori (traditional law) which is based on whanaungatanga (familial relationships), whakapapa (lines of descent) and iwi (tribes), and contemporary New Zealand law which has its basis in individualism.

Book review of: Seasons of Change by Chantal Norrgard.

Highlights from conference bringing together indigenous youth representatives from all over the world to define the roles and tasks of a youth network. To access this article, scroll down to page 24.

Recommendations cover many topics including: education and training, recruitment and retention, and cross cultural awareness.

File contains agendas for cabinet meetings including discussions on the Indian Act amendments, indigenous mining regulations (as applicable to surrendered indigenous lands), and nominal lists of indigenous voters.

Book review of: The Seeds We Planted by Goodyear-Ka'ōpua, Noelani .

Book review of: Seeing Red by Mark Cronlund Anderson, Carmen L. Robertson.

Report from conference held May 12-13, 2006, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Paper attempts to comprehend why past educational visions articulated by indigenous people remain unmet.

Introduction and documents that trace the three year campaign by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs against the Meech Lake Accord.

Discusses the inconsistencies to a number of the proposed rights based on John Locke's theories, and the governments views on the individual rights. Access article through table of contents.

Papers from the seminar Self-Determination and Indigenous Peoples.

Looks at the lack of studies that consider whether and how violence against women is related to self-determination and autonomy.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.

Looks at the construction and recognition of self-determination as a right of Indigenous peoples.

Looks at the definition of Saamihood by the Swedish state and self-identifying Sami people and the effects on resource allocations.

Examines the processes involved in conferences on Aboriginal rights.

Essay looks into Child's evolving defense of Native American rights in her writings.

Examines the significance of Treaty 1 and how it set the tone for negotiations of the "numbered" Treaties that followed.

Dispute Resolution Thesis (M.A.)---University of Victoria, 2007.

Political Economy Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2019.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

An ad listing seven positive developments for Aboriginal people that would be brought about by the adoption of the Charlottetown Accord. The ad was produced by the Native Council of Canada.

Offers six recommendations to reduce the inequity in the availability and accessibility of sexual and reproductive services.