Narrative Robustness, Post-Apology Conduct, and Canada's 1998 and 2008 Residential Schools Apologies
Alternate Title
Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Matt James
Description
Looks at why the more extensive apology was not followed by actions that would indicate substantive engagement with Aboriginal issues.
Chapter 45 from The Palgrave Handbook of State-Sponsored History after 1945 edited by Berber Bevernage and Nico Wouters.
The Nasty Game: How Environment Assessment Is Failing Aboriginal Communities in Canada's North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Wismer
Alternatives Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, October 1996, p. 10
Description
Argues that assessment can be a good process for determining whether or not the outcomes of economic development are positive or negative and for ensuring that environmental and human equity concerns provide an ethical base for decision making.
Nation Takes Initiative to Battle Climate Change
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 8
Description
Discusses the energy conservation program and sustainable food project created by the T'Sou-ke Nation in Sooke, B.C. to combat climate change.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
National Assessment of First Nations Water and Wastewater Systems: National Roll-Up Report: Final
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Neegan Burnside
Description
Purpose of research was to define current deficiencies and operational requirements of systems, identify long-term needs for each community and review sustainable, long-term infrastructure strategies for the next ten years. Recommendations grouped by infrastructure needs, operations and capacity, and regulations and guidelines. Ninety-seven percent of First Nations participated in study.
National Dialogue on First Nation Citizenship: Final Report & Recommendations for Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Presents several key themes and trends: First Nations control over citizenship, the restitution of identity, language as a means of connection, and dealing with on-going issues of Indian registration.
A "National Emergency" in Australia: The Howard Government's Intervention in Northern Territory Aboriginal Affairs
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melinda Hinkson
Indigenous Affairs, vol. 2008, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 38-43
Description
Discusses the protective measures introduced in 73 remote Aboriginal communities as the results of report.
To access this article, scroll down to page 38.
'Nations with Whom We are Connected': Indigenous Peoples and Canada's Political System
Alternate Title
Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections
IWGIA Document ; no. 104
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Comments of major historical documents and decisions affecting Indigenous-white relations, post-war Indigenous policy, and the creation of Nunavut.
Chapter from Challenging Politics: Indigenous Peoples' Experiences with Political Parties and Elections edited by Kathrin Wessendorf.
The Native American Entrepreneur and the Mohawk Civil War
Alternate Title
America Haus Munich, April 11-13, 2005, 26th American Indian Workshop
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sandra Busatta
Description
Discusses how the concept of sovereignty, with its accompanying refusal to recognize the international border between Canada and the United States, has led to the illegal activities of groups, such as the Warrior Society, on the St. Regis reservation and the Kahnawake and Kanesatake reserves.
Native Claims and Place Names in Canada's Western Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William C. Wonders
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 111-120
Description
Contends that toponomy (study of place names) proved useful in settling disputes among Indigenous peoples about areas of overlapping land use prior to the settling of comprehensive land claims by the federal government.
Native Education and In-Classroom Coalition-Building: Factors and Models in Delivering an Equitous Authentic Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabrina E. Redwing Saunders
Susan M. Hill
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 30, no. 4, Coalition Work in Indigenous Educational Contexts, 2007, pp. 1015-1045
Description
Looks at mixed-method study curriculum used by Haudenosaunee students and educators.
Native Indian Political Activity in British Columbia, 1969-1983
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Tennant
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 112-136
Description
Looks at the rise and fall of two organizations: Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and The British Columbia Association of Non-Status Indians (BCANSI) and how both groups dealt with land claim settlements.
Native Language Education: An Inquiry Into What Is and What Could Be
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thecla Neganegijig
Mary Breunig
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, pp. 305-322
Description
Explores the current state of Kindergarten to grade 12 and postsecondary Native language education in Canada and examines the possibilities of incorporating outdoor education with Native language programs.
Native Peoples, Europeans and the Land in Canada - Stewart Raby. - Bibliography. - 1973.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stewart Raby
Description
This bibliography includes materials relating primarily to Canadian Aboriginals in the area of ethnographic, historical and political geography. Specific subjects include ethnography and human ecology; early European contacts, settlers and the fur trade; conflict and control over native peoples; the British Indian Department and the Canadas; and contemporary Indian reserves. Also included are materials from the United States, Latin America, Australia, New Zealand, Greenland Inuit and Russian minorities.
The Native-Wilderness Equation: Catholic and Other School Orientations in the Western Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Carney
Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Study Sessions, vol. 48, 1981, pp. 61-77
Description
Paper examines three variations of the equation: Sisters of Charity and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Roman Catholic missionary groups in the Mackenzie District from the 1850s to the 1950s; federal and territorial governments from the 1920s to the early 1970s; and Justice Thomas Berger in his report of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry.
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Historical Issues and Current Perspectives on Treaties and Land Claims in Canada
Alternate Title
"The Rights to the Land May be Transferred": Archival Records as Colonial Text—A Narrative of Métis Scrip
Nation-Building as Process: Reflections of a Nihiyow [Cree]
Natives and Settlers Now and Then: Refractions of the Colonial Past in the Present
Remembering Harold Cardinal
Three Treaty Nations Compared: Economic and Political Consequences for Indigenous People in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand
E-Books
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
Sharon H. Venne
Harold Cardinal
Paul W. DePasquale
Patricia Seed
Erin McGregor
Description
Special issue of Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, vol. 34, no. 1, 2007.
Natural Resource Management Agreements in First Nations' Territories
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie K. Montour
Description
Examples were chosen based upon geographic representativity, types of natural resources, aspiration, and success or lack of it. Looks at agreements from Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, New Mexico, Northwest Territories, and one that is general to the United States.
The Nature of Métis Claims
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Driben
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 183-196
Description
Suggests there are three perspectives about Aboriginal claims: legal, cultural, and political; considers Métis claims in cultural and political terms.
Negative Capability: of Provinces and Land Reserves for the Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Wilkins
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 57-111
Description
Discusses Federal versus Provincial powers over "land reserved for the Indians" which may include not only Reserves, but any land subject to claims of Aboriginal title.
Negotiating Aboriginal & Treaty Rights
Alternate Title
Native Awareness Days 2005
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Bruce Wildsmith
Description
Lead lawyer in the Marshall and Bernard cases speaks about past court decisions as they pertain to the negotiation process taking place in Nova Scotia.
Duration: 1:19:47.
Negotiating an Identity: Métis Political Organizations, the Canadian Government, and Competing Concepts of Aboriginality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Sawchuk
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 73-92
Description
Describes how the contemporary Métis of Canada endeavoured to have their collective identity recognized by the government Canada and its legal system.
Negotiation or Confrontation: It's Canada's Choice: Final Report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples Special Study on the Federal Claims Process
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerry St. Germain
Nick Sibbeston
[Larry W. Campbell
Lillian Eva Dyck
Aurélien Gill ... [et al.]]
p. 63
Description
Presents the fifth report of the Committee which was authorized to examine and report on the general concerns of First Nations in Canada related to the claims process.
Nelson Commission / Report of the Commission / Appointed to investigate the unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 as they apply to the Indians of the Mackenzie District. - 1959.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nelson Commission
Description
Findings of the Nelson Commission, headed by Walter H. Nelson, a Prince Albert, Saskatchewan lawyer, relating to unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 in the Mackenzie District. Included are minutes of a meeting on 25 June 1959, locations of commission meetings, and recommendations made.
Historical note: