Rights

Documents sixteen case studies and highlights innovative tools and approaches developed to help local communities address critical challenges that affect their natural and cultural resources.

Analyzes the Canadian Government's approach to modern treaties and concludes it is a one sided relationship.

Looks at existing research on rights, political mobilization, and ecosystems; and identifies alternatives to the existing rights discourse that can facilitate a meaningful and sustainable self-determination process for Indigenous peoples around the world.

Book review of: Towards a Charter by Christopher MacLennan.

Beth Cuthand argues that politics not law will determine the future of First Nations.

Looks at the relationship between traditional communities, researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in their knowledge and the resulting legal and ethical issues.

Provides evaluation of how forestry-related research involving Aboriginal peoples has responded to shift in Aboriginal research in Canada. Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale, which is vol. 10 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

Agreement for addressing rights and title interests of First Nations.

Urban Studies Thesis (M.Urb)--Simon Fraser University, 2015.

Reflections from students, who travelled to Chiapas, Mexico and New York City, include personal growth and a broader understanding of world issues.

Discusses importance of transnational autonomy in the context of the Indigenous people of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia and the non-Indigenous people living in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Developed for use in Law 30 classes in conjunction with Treaties and the Law: Information Backgrounder.

Discusses the oral understanding involved in making treating six at Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt.

Treaty development in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States where colonization reduced the Indigenous population.

Discussion paper submitted to Part Two of the Ipperwash Inquiry, which was established to look into events surrounding the death of Dudley George during a protest over land rights.

Discusses rejection of the Charlottetown Accord negotiated by the Assembly of First Nations.

Book review of: The Treaty of Waitangi Companion: Māori and Pākehā from Tasman to Today edited by V. O'Malley, B. Stirling, W. Penetito.

Describes Indian Rights and Treaties research program at the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN).

Discusses importance of physical activitiy to culture and the historical efforts of sport organizations and federal legislation to exclude First Nations People from sport participation.

Analyzes the legal process employed to prosecute Riel and finds the outcome flawed due to the unfairness of the trial.

Introduces the Local Contexts project and the corresponding Traditional Knowledge (TK) License and Label platform as a way to navigate Indigenous Intellectual property rights.

Looks at the court case Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, tribal governments and conceptions of sovereignty, and governmental responsibility.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Australian National University, 2019.

Looks at trust responsibility and accountability in United States law; contemporary division of labour in Federal Indian programs; and applicability to Canada.

Report contains 94 specific recommendations to address the negative aftermath of Canada's residential school system.

Discusses the first case in which a court has concluded that the evidence before it proves aboriginal title over certain lands.

The first article comments on the cost of land settlements with aboriginals in the United States, with the author's hope that the Canadian government will resolve these claims in the manner the United States government has, no matter the financial cost.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2001.

Discusses the substanial problems facing indigenous peoples living near international borders.

Discusses impact of president-elect Donald Trumps decision to withdraw from the UN Climate Change talks and Paris agreement and instead commit to more fossil fuel extraction.

Discussion of the UN (United Nations) adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples despite the no votes from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Discusses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples finally being endorsed by the United States, and what it will mean to Canada and the rest of the world. Article found by scrolling to page 6.

Comments on the Ainu being recognized as indigenous people in 2008 and how this corresponded with the development of global indigenous movements and the international legal discourse on indigenous people.

Comments on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the meaning of the right to free, prior and Informed consent to Indigenous people.

Discusses concerns expressed by Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous People and provides recommendations for improvements to situation of Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Modern Thought and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2003.

Summarizes some of the issues impacting the well-being of First Nations children living on reserve including jurisdictional disputes, inequitable funding, lack of respect for Indigenous laws and ways and using the Indian Act to clarify the rights of children and their families. Concludes with recommendations.

Speaker explains the symbolism behind wampum diplomacy and it's relevance to a Nation-to-Nation relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples. Duration: 52:54.