Aboriginal Title

Claim submitted to the Specific Claims Branch of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1992, alleging there was a failure to meet the statutory requirements regarding the taking of reserve lands for school purposes. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Discussion of hereditary name-titles which outlive the individuals who inherit them and carry with them specific duties and authority.

Author refutes the reasoning of Chief Justice Alan McEachern of the BC Supreme Court in his decision on Delgamuukw v. The Queen.

Discusses the history of cultural/historical research related to treaty and claims litigation and its presentation in court.

Examines Benjamin West's painting in the context of Thomas and William Penn's acquisition of large tracts of Aboriginal land.

Comments on the final report by Justice French on the Australian National Native Title Tribunal.

Examines the key provisions of the Native Title Act 1993 and how to cope with the "right to negotiate" provision of the act and when the provision doesn't apply.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 2002.

Dispels the myths surrounding Aboriginal title and the effect Aboriginal title will have on the land tenure systems.

Examines the Queensland Indigenous Working Group (QIWG) and the five key elements of the Right to Negotiate where Aboriginal title survived.

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.

Topics discussed by Nisga'a Tribal Council Chairman, include Aboriginal title, ownership, courts, rights, and customary law. Interview first published in Multinational Monitor, vol. 13, no. 9, September, 1992.

Looks at organization lobbying for sovereignty and how Indigenous peoples perspectives of sovereignty use specific tribal understanding of self-government and territoriality.

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.

Looks at the Traditional Land Use Study and Consultation Unit created to act as an intermediary between industry, the provincial government of Alberta and First Nations to protect language and culture.

Discusses texts by Thomas King, Gerald Vizenor, and Leslie Marmon Silko and the way in which they engage the practices and results of neoliberalism, globalization, and extractive resource-based economies.

Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2005.

Social Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--Swinburne University of Technology, 2002.

Legislation bringing into effect the Treaty and land Agreement among Canada, British Columbia and the Nisga'a First Nation concerning land settlement and taxation matters.

Looks at evidence for the legitimate boundaries between Nisga'a, Gitanyow and Gitksan territorial areas.

Looks at historical treaty cases in Canada leading up to the Nishga land case.

Recommends implementing and increasing Inuit participation in government employment in Nunavut at a representative level in all occupational groupings and grade levels.

Argues that the Canadian case, R versus Van Der Peet, has allowed the Australian Courts to interpret Aboriginal or Native title in a more restrictive manner.

Book review of: Oka by Harry Swain.

Discusses racism and self government.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Argues that common law could help First Nations prove their title by showing occupation of the land when the Crown asserted sovereignty.

Topics include self-determination, self-government, Aboriginal title and land ownership issues.

Argues that a part of self-government is land tenure systems. The report also discusses land registrations and changes to the system.

Book review of: Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs by Richard Daly.

Links to historical information, maps, newspaper articles, photographs and video clips documenting Aboriginal title and rights in British Columbia. Includes documents relating to the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913-1916).

In this personal essay, the author explores issues rooted in the conflicting worldviews of Indigenous and settler society; she further compares the legal traditions rooted in these worldviews and explores concepts surrounding the rule of law and its failure versus unjust laws within the context of her own Jewish heritage and the legacy of Nazi Germany.

Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands. Duration: 1:36:00.

Looks at the history of Saskatchewan, past discrimination and treaty land entitlement.

Story of the Tagish, Athapaskan and Inland Tlingit's struggle to regain their traditional life.

Examines the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act signed in 1980 by President Jimmy Carter with the Passamaquoddies and the Penobscots, signifing the first major success in their effort to reclaim land.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.) and (Th.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1992

Examines treaties dating back to the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the challenges of implementing modern treaties.

Discusses problems in proving traditional land usage within the parameters of the Anglo-Australian legal system, using the Paradise Reserve in Western Australia as a case study.

Looks at the effect a pastoral lease has on native title rights and interests.

Looks at the five pillars as tools and services to aid with the rebuilding of First Nations.

Examines the content of Aboriginal title with a particular focus on the Supreme Court's decision to distinguish Aboriginal title from other interests in land known as common law property.

Studies the different ways Aboriginal and non-Aboriginals see connections between identity, land and water.