Explains that section 87 of The Indian Act has been interpreted as exception from income tax, but Nowegijick v. The Queen held that section 87 did not exempt people from income tax.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1987.

Muscowpetung reserve election overturned by the Federal Privy Council.

Discusses the fallout from the lack of proper medical treatment from railway physicians, after a horrific train crash, and the intense legal battle that followed.

Law Thesis (LLM)--York University, 2017.

Profiles some of the controversial issues between Native American peoples and archeologists.

Overview of diverse topics and issues explored in the book to underscore debate and importance of emerging Indigenous feminist endeavours. Introduction from Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndort, Jeanne Perreault, and Jean Barman. Introduction located by scrolling to page 1.

Book review of Indigenous in the City edited by Evelyn Peters and Chris Andersen.

Summarizes decisions which spoke to the relationship between Aboriginal title claims and fee simple title, the duty to consult and injunctive relief.

Summarizes key decisions dealing with: consultation, projects and decision making; injunctions; procedural matters; and Section 35, treaty and other issues during 2019 and the first half of 2020.

Topics covered are: characteristics of traditions, examples of law (Hodinohso:ni, Anishinabek, Cree, Métis, Carrier, Nisga’a, Inuit, Mi'kmaq), multi-juridical legal culture, challenges and opportunities in recognizing Indigenous traditions, and entrenching multi-juridicalism in Canada.

Polar Law Thesis (M.A.)--University of Akureyri, 2017

Indigenous law emphasizes nature, diversity and freedom using civil sanctions rather than criminal.

Overview of the Gladue framework and implementation of Gladue principles and associated criticisms and challenges.

Book review of: Indigenous Peoples and the Nation-Stateedited by Noel Dyck.

Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.

Looks at gap between legal protection and its implementation, role of organizations such as the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, and case law dealing with fishing rights.

Examines human rights violations in four countries, Brazil, Canada (Lubicon Cree), Guatemala and the United States.

Arts Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2003.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Looks at traditional knowledge as a living system of information management which has its roots in ancient traditions, and looks at how the Western legal traditional knowledge is virtually unprotected.

Broadcast discusses after-effects of ruling in the Donald Marshall, Jr. case and concerns about aggressive lobster fishing. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 7:30.

Examines four prominent cases involving sexual violence perpetrated against Indigenous women and girls by white men to demonstrate how the Canadian legal system has failed both to protect Indigenous women and to properly punish those responsible. The four cases are: R v Edmondson, R v Jordan, R v Ramsay, and R v Ramsay. Chapter from Sexual Assault in Canada: Law, Legal Practice and Women's Activism edited by Elizabeth A. Sheehy.

Literary works discussed: Ceremony by Lesley Marmon Silko, In Search of April Raintree by Beatrice Culleton Mosionier, The Antelope Wife by Louise Erdrich, and The Last Standing Woman by Winona LaDuke.

Focus on four regimes: customary rights, certificates of possession under the Indian Act, First Nations Land Management Act, and leases.

Discussion, including case law, about several property systems including the certificates of possession (CP) system.

Case involved an initiation ceremony for spirit dancing. Defendants claimed that their inherent right to spirit dance nullified the common law dealing with assault, battery and false imprisonment.

Looks at Indigenous-state compact system resulting from the 1988 Indian Gaming and Regulatory Act (IGRA).

Divided into nine time periods which highlight significant events such as the 1969 White Paper and the Constitution Act, 1982.

Research report prepared for the First Nations Governance Centre, 2004,

Sources listed include articles, organizations, conference papers, legislation, case law and internet sites. Current as of 2002.

Explores the "interpretive principle introduced by the Supreme Court of Canada"; analyzes rights in the context of and intent of Treaty and concludes the Court is affirming Aboriginal worldviews and diversity within the Constitution.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 1997.

Discussion of the 1990 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that a tribal court may not assert criminal jurisdiction over a non member Native American. Provides historical context for extending law over those within their "community."

Law Thesis (LLM)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Anthropologist who was one of the expert witnesses in the land rights case involving the validity of oral history discusses the contesting viewpoints about it. Excerpt from Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs.

Introduction to this volume of the Native Studies Review, which focuses on research strategies that support Native rights and claims.

Introduces issue which focuses on the British Columbia Supreme Court's use of materials from historians and anthropologists in Delgamuukw v. B.C. case.

Introduction to special issue on Non-Status Indians

Introduction and three archival items dealing with case of four brothers charged with offences under the Quebec Parks Act after a spiritual excursion into the forest. Documents highlight historical guarantees, a treaty of peace and friendship, and land use rights.

Provides an overview of the approach to the analysis of oral tradition and the judge's dismissal of accepted principles of research.

Re-examines the three decisions that make up the bases for Indian common law known as the "Marshall Trilogy": Johnson v M'Intosh, Cherokee Nations v. Georgia, and Worcester v. Georgia.