The 2011 Swedish Supreme Court Ruling: A Turning Point for Saami Rights
Alternate Title
The 2011 Swedish Supreme Court Ruling: A Turning Point for Sami Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anett Sasvari
Hugh Beach
Nomadic Peoples , vol. 15, no. 2, Winter, 2011, pp. 130-135
Description
Discusses court case between landowners and Sami reindeer herders regarding land entitlements whereby the supreme court upheld the Sami customary right to graze reindeer on private lands.
Aboriginal Communities/Mineral Companies/Governments Working Together: A Checklist to Assist Mineral Companies Active in Areas Near Aboriginal Communities
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Communities / Mineral Companies / Governments Working Together: A Checklist to Assist Mineral Companies Active in Areas Near Aboriginal Communities
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Provides a checklist that has been developed to provide interested companies with some guidance regarding relationships and communication with Aboriginal people.
Aboriginal Horizontal Framework
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Horizontal Framework: Programs and Spending Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Treasury Board Secretariat
Government of Canada]
Description
Overview of Aboriginal-direct programming and spending offered by the Government of Canada. The 360 programs and services are arranged under seven thematic headings: Health, Lifelong Learning, Housing, Safe and Sustainable Communities, Economic Opportunities, Lands and Resources and Governance and Relationships.
Aboriginal Women and Self-Determination: An Issue Paper: Prepared for the National Aboriginal Women's Summit June 20-22, 2007 in Corner Brook, NL
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Argues that issues regarding health, safety, wellness, equality and empowerment cannot be fully achieved without the recognition to the right to self-determination and the role women play in that right.
Accommodation of Aboriginal Rights: The Need for an Aboriginal Forest Tenure
Alternate Title
Accommodation of Aboriginal Rights: The Need for an Aboriginal Forest Tenure (Synthesis Report)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monique M. Ross
Peggy Smith
Description
Focuses on Aboriginal peoples’ interests in and access to provincial Crown forest lands.
An Act Respecting Oil and Gas in Indian Lands. [Assented to 20th December, 1974]
Alternate Title
23 Elizabeth II. Chapter 15. An Act Respecting Oil and Gas in Indian Lands
Indian Oil and Gas Act
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Cited as Indian Oil and Gas Act. Section 7 provided for consultation, on a continuing basis, with Indian bands most directly affected by oil and gas activities.
Adult Education and Land Use Planning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George A. Van Otten
Ruth J. Narcho
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 19, no. 3, May 1980, pp. [5-7]
Description
Successful techniques used in citizen workshops to provide people of the Navajo Nation with the basic information and tools needed to actively participate in land use planning.
After Chiapas: Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America
Alternate Title
After Chiapas Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Simmons
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 119-148
Description
Analysis the relationship between economic restructuring and Aboriginal land rights in light of the 1994 conflict in Chiapas, Mexico and suggests that fundamental differences can provide directions for finding solutions.
Agreement Details Clear Path on Consultation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 8
Description
Discusses an agreement, signed by the federal government, the provincial government and the Mi'kmaq people, that states the M'ikmaq will be consulted on any activities that take place in the province of Nova Scotia that has the potential to impact them.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Agriculture and Agitation on the Oak River Dakota Reserve, 1875-1895
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Carter
Manitoba History, no. 6, 1983, p. [?]
Description
Study suggests that failure of agriculture on this reserve had little to do with character and more to do with Department of Indian Affairs' policies.
Alexis First Nation, TransAlta Utilities - Right of Way, Public Edition
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains statements of claim, correspondence/letters, maps and transcripts in regards to Calgary Power's (now TransAlta) access to electrical transmission right of way granted in the 1950s and 1960s. The Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy.
Algonquin Notions of Jurisdiction: Inserting Indigenous Voices into Legal Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bettina Koschade
Evelyn J. Peters
Geografiska Annaler Series B: Human Geography, vol. 88, no. 3, 2006, pp. 299-310
Description
Examines the strategies used by the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation and Allies (AAFNA) in judicial and legislative settings to make their voices heard.
American Indian Relative Ranching Efficiency
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Trosper
American Economic Review, vol. 68, no. 4, September 1978, pp. 503-516
Description
Suggests that land tenure or other institutional problems, not managerial deficiencies underlie Native American challenges in equalling non-Native operating efficiencies.
American Indians, Place Meanings and the Old/New West
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo McAvoy
Journal of Leisure Research, vol. 34, no. 4, 2002, pp. 383-396
Description
Looks at cultural differences in place meanings for national parks, national forests, wilderness, and protected areas. Discusses some pan-Indian characteristics or positions.
Are We Stuck in the Slime of History?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 59-64
Description
Barsh responds to each of the different criticisms of his article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy" that were published alongside the article itself in AIQ 15:1.
'As Their Natural Resources Fail': Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930
Alternate Title
As Their Natural Resources Fai': Native Peoples and the Economic History of Northern Manitoba, 1870-1930
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cole Harris
Canadian Geographer, vol. 42, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 106-108
Description
Book review of: 'As Their Natural Resources Fail' by Frank Tough.
Baguio's Urban Ecosystem: A Scoping Study
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Lorena C. Cleto
Joaquin K. Cariño
Indigenous Perspectives, vol. 10, On the Baguio Urban Ecosystem, 2012, pp. 1-58
Description
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page [1].
Provides an overview, facts and figures and an analysis of the urban ecosystem.
“Being Judged by Its Fruits”: Transforming Indian Land into Orchards along the Arkansas River, 1800–1867
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John J. Buchkoski
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 39-58
Description
Author compares the way in which settlers in the Arkansas River Valley made use of the natural land to cultivate orchards and vineyards to the way local Indigenous nations had lived on the land.
Beyond the Indian Act: [Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Christopher Alcantara
Andre Le Dressay
Description
Looks at the least prosperous demographic group in Canada.
Introduction from: Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, Andre Le Dressay.
Can Stated Preference Methods be Used to Value Attributes of Subsistence Hunting by Aboriginal Peoples? A Case Study in Northern Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. K. Haener
D. Dosman
W. L. Adamowicz
P. C. Boxall
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 83, no. 5, November 15, 2001, pp. 1334-1341
Description
Evaluation of this method as a tool to assess the impact of resource development on Aboriginal land use.
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Canadian Arctic Resources Committee
Description
"Organization dedicated to the long-term environmental and social well being of northern Canada and its peoples" established as a response to the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Includes links to programmes and resource centre.