Traditional Territories

Signed on August 25, 2003, arrangements with First Nations about local government, land, resources, wildlife, plants, protected areas etc.

Discusses a new process for negotiations to work together and share resources until land claims are resolved.

Ryerson University Rally supporting Robert Lovelace, KI Chief Donny Morris of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) community, (Ontario) and councillors who were jailed for protesting mining development on traditional land. Duration: 10:00.

Speaks to Indigenous rights in Canada by looking at the violations faced by people of Grassy Narrows due to clearcut logging on traditional territory.

History of discussions surrounding Sami land and water rights and legal consequences of claims in Norway.

Discusses Tsihqot'in decision where Aboriginal title was proved for an area of 200,000 hectors in British Columbia. Duration: 37:45.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 1999.

Sustainability Framework report supports Indigenous rights to take part in decisions affecting land and resources.

Examines the river and borders along the St. Lawrence as places of cultural importance reflected through lived experiences.

Book review of, The Lubicon Lake Nation: Indigenous Knowledge and Power by Dawn Martin-Hill.

Questions the federal governments' push to regionalize sewer, water and education on unceded lands, thereby hindering Lubicon self-determination.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

Discusses the blockade held in 1985 in order to stop logging on the land.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2016.

Looks at the treatment of Aborigines in a pastoral settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Looks at traditional land use research in areas that have known Indigenous interests but unknown location of activities and how the court decision effects site-specific research and practices.

Looks at the restoration of Lake Ōmāpere in northern New Zealand.

References national and international talks with Indigenous peoples and stakeholders, while reviewing ten years of sacred land management and policies.

Describes the hydroelectric development that, due to planned flooding, relocated the entire non-reserve community of South Indian Lake. The article argues that having concluded Treaty 5, left the Cree community in no position to negotiate Aboriginal title.

Addresses concerns about traditional resources and resource harvesting in the Athabasca oil sands area that the Mikesew Cree First Nation is dependent on.

Baseline data collected from 163 individual interviews and 8 oral interviews to determine Indigenous knowledge and land use for the proposed "Shell Projects".

Examines, from a linguistic perspective, the effect of post-colonial order on the Aboriginal land rights of the Crown's oldest ally, the Mikmaw Nation.

Looks at the negotiation for sacred lands in South Dakota and Arizona as an example of the relationship between Native populations and the American government.

Studies the monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota and the changes since 2004 when Gerald Baker became the facilities first Native American superintendent.

Reviews the history of Native Americans and the fundamental issues being challenged in order to attain sovereignty.

Goals and strategies involved in allocating lands and resources with BC Rail and the provincial government.

Looks at the Tlowitsis Nation before contact and conditions that let to their dispersement in the 1960s and efforts to reclaim territories.

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.

Focuses on news paper coverage of Aboriginal issues specifically child welfare matters and control over land and resources.

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.

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

Personal stories from people who lived through the Oka Crisis in 1990 and its effect on contemporary Indigenous identity. Duration: 44:08.

Documentary on one of Canada's wealthiest First Nations reserves, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Duration: 57:59.

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

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 interaction between people and environment and and ties to landscape.

Discusses Sami rights to land and water in Norway.

Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.

Explains the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, Section 35 of the Constitution Act of 1982 to protect Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the loss of 4500 square miles of land by the two First Nations. ICC found breaches of Treaty and other fiduciary obligations and recommended the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P. E. James Prentice. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.

Examines two culturally distinct views of land ownership.