Traditional Territories

Looks at the experiences of the Fort Albany First Nation during the Environmental Assessment process of the proposed Victor Diamond Mine and reflects on associated social justice issues.

Observations of the resistance and determination of the Mohawk people in the Oka crisis, which became a source of pride within the First Nations community across Canada.

Discusses James A. Teit (1864-1922), an anthropologist and translator who advocated for the people in south central British Columbia.

Discusses the spiritual significance and history attached to the Black Hills.

Opinion piece in which the author discusses their concerns about “Welcome to Country Speeches” or “Land Acknowledgements.” Offers suggestions as to how the recently adopted practice of acknowledging Indigenous peoples and their territories can be approached as an exchange and an opportunity to educate event attendees.

Two Bands each stated that they would have had the other's reserve land if it not for breaches of fiduciary duty.

Looks at the Innu Community of Pessamit's declarations of the Uamashtakan portage trail as a heritage project in response to the lack of weight that oral and cultural history is given during land claims negotiations under the Comprehensive Land Claims Policy.

Presents legal issues pertaining on-reserve water rights in an historic context.

Book review of, Who Owns the Beaver? edited by Charles A. Bishop and Toby Mordants.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 2005.

Article uses the traditional Sámi practice of reindeer husbandry to examine the ways that digital tracking technologies can be used to provide irrefutable evidence of land use, and to assert Indigenous claims to sovereignty.

Book review of: Without Surrender Without Consent by Daniel Raunet. Scroll to page 64 to read review.

Book review of: Without Surrender, Without Consent: A History of the Nishga Land Claims by Daniel Raunet.

Court of Appeal case involving claims of Aboriginal rights and title to lands within the Cariboo region of British Columbia.