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Revisiting the Native Land Question / Comentaries / Reply

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Revisiting the Native Land Question / Commentaries / Reply
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cole Harris
Jo-Anne Fiske
Gordon Gibson
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer, 2003, pp. 137-163
Description
Review of Cole Harris's recent book, Remaking Native Space paying particular attention to the reserve system, dispossession and land issues. To access this review, scroll to page 137.
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Rights and Title

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Rights and Title: Patrick Richmond's site on Negotiations and Aboriginal Rights and Title in Canada
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Patrick Richmond
Description
Website has information regarding Aboriginal rights and title and First Nations negotiations in Canada, with a focus on British Columbia.
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The Role of the Historian in Native Title Litigation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Choo
Shawn Hollbach
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 2, 1999
Description
Looks at historians who have played an important role in the preparation and conduct of litigation.
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Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Sacred Places, Scarred Spaces

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael E. Harkin
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 49-70
Description
Advocates the importance of translating sacred places into spatial-temporal propositions.
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Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: Volume II

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Land Selection Descriptions (Appendix E to the Agreement) Land Claim Agreement
Sahtu Dene And Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Part 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Signed at Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, on September 6, 1993. Volume II. Land Selection Descriptions, Schedule 1 (Appendix E to the Agreement).
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Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Settlement Act: Volume I

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Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Part 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs
Description
Claims Agreement signed in Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, on September 6, 1993 between Canada and the Dene of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope and Fort Norman, and Metis of Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman and Norman Wells.
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Section 35's Empty Shell of Constitutional Promise

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Annual McDonald Lecture in Constitutional Studies; 2013
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pamela Palmater
Description
Speaks about the impact of section 35 which promised protection of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights for Aboriginal People under the constitution. Duration 1:00:44.
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Self-Government and the Inalienability of Aboriginal Title

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
McGill Law Journal , vol. 47, 2002, pp. 473-510
Description
Historically Aboriginal title has been justified by the need to protect Aboriginal peoples from European settlers, but inherent paternalism has undermined Aboriginal title today.
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SJU: Submission to Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in NT

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Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee Inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Description
Statistics show there is a breakdown of Indigenous community and family due to an erosion of traditional, customary law functions that address behavior. Looks at recognition of Aboriginal title using various cases as examples.
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Some Thoughts on Aboriginal Title

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Slattery
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 48, 1999, pp. 19-40
Description
Comments about Justice Ivan Cleveland Rand of the Supreme Court of Canada (1943 to 1959), and the three decisions he had rendered regarding Aboriginal rights.
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Songs of the Nass

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stephen Hume
Canadian Geographic, vol. 120, no. 1, Annual, 2000, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Discusses oral history, concepts of Aboriginal title, the Nisga'a Treaty and its impact on neighboring First Nations.
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Speaking Truth to Power [I]: A Treaty Forum

E-Books
Author/Creator
James Tully
Andrée Lajoie
John Borrows
Roderick A. Macdonald
Trudy Govier
Mark L. Stevenson
Riochard T. Price
Hamar Foster
Description
Papers presented at a forum held under the auspices of the BC Treaty Commission and the Law Commission of Canada., March 2-3, 1999.
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The Spirit of Haida Gwaii: Last Spring, the Haida Launched a Supreme Court Case Claiming Title to the Queen Charlotte Islands. Then something Interesting Happened: The Local Loggers Took Their Side. Chris Tenove and Brooke McDonald Report on an Emerging

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chris Tenove
Brooke McDonald
This Magazine, vol. 36, no. 4, January-February 2003, pp. 29-36
Description
Loggers join forces with the Haida, to work with them rather than the Provincial Government or logging companies.
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Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Randy Horne
Description
Ironworker describes the dangers as a Mohawk construction worker and the 1990 Oka crisis. Duration: 57:50.
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Sturgeon Lake First Nation: 1913 Surrender Inquiry

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Examines the validity of a surrender given that a majority of the eligible voters had not been present at the 1913 surrender meeting. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Sui Generis: Aboriginal Title and the State of Exception

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Bracken
Ariel, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Law, Literature, Postcoloniality, January-April 2004, pp. 7-30
Description
Discusses the state of exception and the law starting with the Canadian courts in 1885.
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Survey of Aboriginal Land Claims

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William B. Henderson
Derek T. Ground
Ottawa Law Review, vol. 26, no. 1, 1994, pp. 187-235
Description
Reviews the Indian Specific Claims Commission and history of the claims process.
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