Constitution
Bill C-27: Draconian, or a Law Without Teeth?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 25
Description
Comments on the First Nations Financial Transparency Act and questions whether it is legal or not.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.25.
BNA Act To Remain In Westminster
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 9, no. 7, July 1979, pp. 3-4
Description
Excluded from the Constitutional discussions in Canada, First Nations travel to England to plead that the British Parliament ask the Canadian government to entrench Indian Treaty and Aboriginal rights when the Constitution is brought to Canada.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
Rae Ryan
John David Nichols
Barnett Richling
S. Nagata
A. Blair Stonechild
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 165-177
Description
Book reviews of 6 books:
As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows edited by Ian Getty and Antoine S. Lussier.
Native Children and the Child Welfare System by Patrick Johnston.
A Bibliography of Algonquian Syllabic Texts in Canada Repositories by John Murdoch.
Heritage of the North American Indian People: Some Suggestions Emphasizing the Eastern Woodlands by Daniel H. Page and Victor M.P. da Rosa.
Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 10 by W.C. Sturtevant and A.
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Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 149-150
Description
Review of: Never Without Consent: James Bay Cree's Stand Against Forcible Inclusion Into an Independent Quebec by the Grand Council of Crees (Eeyou Astchee).
Building the Red Earth Nation: The Civilian Conservation Corps, Indian Division on the Meskwaki Settlement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Steven Zimmer
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 106-133
Description
Comments on the ways a small community gleaned more than money from New Deal programs.
Business Interests Working Through Parts of Canada's Identity: Aboriginal Law and Federalism
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jason J. Annibale
Jessica Rose
McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin, June 2013, pp. [1]-4
Description
Looks at the case Keewatin v Ontario (Natural Resources) and the procurement of licenses that natural resource companies require from the province.
Canada-Aboriginal Peoples Roundtable: Métis National Council Life Long Learning Policy Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Métis National Council
Description
Paper examines the stages of the Life Long Learning continuum from a Métis perspective. The roundtable on this topic was held November 13th and 14th, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba and November 18th and 19th, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario.
Canada and the First Nations: Cooperation or Conflict?
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Douglas L. Bland
Description
Report looks at the real possibility of a confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities based on five determinants.
Canada and the Multinational State
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth McRoberts
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 34, no. 4, December 2001, pp. 683-713
Description
Examines the contradiction between nationalism of the state and nationalism of Canada's internal nations, that of Quebec and the First Nations.
Canada's Approach to the Treaty-Making Process: Background Paper
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Legal and Legislative Affairs Division, Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; no. 2008-45-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Barnett
Description
Comments on the implementation of international treaties at the federal level.
Canadian Developments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Morse
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 12, February 1985, p. 8
Description
Discussion on Canadian land rights, self-government including the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, constitutional initiatives and possible future directions.
Challenges to Urban Aboriginal Governance
Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gordon Christie
Description
Discusses the Constitution and Aboriginal rights, challenges in meeting the test for Aboriginal rights, the Aboriginal perspective of irrelevance of arguments based on jurisprudential and liberal arguments, and takes a brief look at possibilities for urban governments to address social issues.
Excerpt from Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 93.
Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management
Alternate Title
Occasional Paper Series (CCI Press) ; no. 60
Research and Insights from the Aboriginal Research Program of the Sustainable Forest Management Network ; vol. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marc G. Stevenson
David C. Natcher
R. Michael O'Flaherty
Iain J. Davidson-Hunt
Andrew M. Miller
The Charter of Rights and Off-Reserve First Nations People: A Way to Fill the Public Policy Vacuum?
Alternate Title
Public Policy Paper (Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy) ; no. 24
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ian Peach
Description
Discussion of Federal Government's distinctions between on- and off-reserve Aboriginals and how this has affected the distribution of social benefits and programs.
The Charter of Whiteness: Twenty-Five Years of Maintaining Racial Injustice in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David M. Tanovich
Supreme Court Law Review, vol. 40, Second Series, 2008, pp. [655]-686
Description
Maintains that although possibilities for reform exist, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has yet to produce substantial improvements in the situation of Aboriginals.
Children as Citizens of First Nations: Linking Indigenous Health to Early Childhood Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Greenwood
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 10, no. 9, Our Children and Youth are Sacred, November 2005, pp. 553-555
Description
Discusses using a holistic approach to improving Indigenous health and fostering the development of Aboriginal citizenship through early childhood development programs.
Citizens, Scholars and the Canadian Constitution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alan Cairns
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 12, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, Fall, 1995, pp. [285]-289
Description
Acceptance speech by Alan Cairns delivered May 31, 1995 in Ottawa for the Governor General's International Award for Canadian Studies.
Scroll down to page 285 to read article.
Citizenship, Land, and Law: Constitutional Criticism and John Milton Oskison's Black Jack Davy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirby Brown
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Constitutional Criticism, Winter, 2011, pp. [77]-115
Description
Comments that although the narrative is imperfect in Black Jack Davy, it is a "story of quiet happiness".
Scroll to page 77 for article.
Closing an Incomplete Circle of Confederation: A Brief to the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the Federal Government on the 1987 Constitutional Accord
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tony Hall
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 197-221
Description
Submission to the Committee examining the Meech Lake Accord outlines concerns with the Agreement, especially its effect on Aboriginal peoples.
Comparative Assessment of the Position of Indigenous Peoples in Quebec, Canada and Abroad
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
New edition of report provides overview of original and looks at relevant issues in the same countries including demographics, policy, fiscal information, legal framework, land rights and other important issues.
Comparative Governance Structures Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Alternate Title
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Schulze
Description
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
The Concept of Crown and Aboriginal Self-Government
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 221-250
Description
Discusses how the concept of the Crown may be useful in efforts to achieve autonomy; with special reference to the Charlottetown Accord.