Constitution

Includes: brief history of issues, observations on the current state of affairs, review of existing research and information, and identification of areas for future investigation.

Argues that we have to change our concepts of property, contract, sovereignty and constitutional right to allow for growth of First Nations' self government.

Discusses Aboriginal rights and working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to equitably share in the benefits of resource development. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.

Looks at issues raised with the Canadian political system and reviews two different concepts for Canadian citizenship. Scroll down to page 52 to read article.

Provides instructions for First Nations and some stipulations for non-First Nations people accompanying First Nation hunters, fishers or trappers.

Looks at the federal government's responsibility for special education programs on reserves. Provides recommendations for strategies to develop a system to support students, teachers and communities.

Identifies and examines four different models of Aboriginal government.

Article discusses the spiritual and cultural-based resistance to the imposition of colonial culture, religion, and law; the banning if Indigenous spiritual practice by that colonial state(s) as a response; and the implementation of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) in 1978 which extended First Amendment Rights to the Indigenous peoples living in the United States.

Looks at three conferences held during 1939, 1966 and 1997 to examine the changing awareness of Aboriginal issues within academic circles.

Looks at the language and oppositional concepts that taxation jurisprudence draws upon.

Book review of: From New Peoples to New Nations by Gerhard J. Ens and Joe Sawchuk. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 152.

Argues that Canada needs to adopt an understanding that legitimacy flows out of resolving issues with First Nations in a just manner.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2014.

Discusses Supreme Court decisions in the cases R. v. Vanderpeet, R. v. Gladstone, R. v. N.T.C Smokehouse, R. v. Pamajewon as they pertain to defining Aboriginal rights.

Panel questions Prime Minister Trudeau at a public meeting held in Saskatchewan.

Meeting of the Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations in Saskatoon.

Explains the First Nation Land Management Act and the benefits and drawbacks.

Looks at issues of Indigenous constitutional visions, treaty constitutionalism and decolonization through a gendered lens. Paper presented at the 80th Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, UBC, June 2008.

Comments on the Van der Peet case. Chapter 1 from Moving Toward Justice: Legal Traditions and Aboriginal Justice edited by John D. Whyte.

Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system. Duration: 28:12 Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 2 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 2

Dr. Grace Woo, author of the book Ghost Dancing with Colonialism: Decolonization and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada, discusses the continued colonization of Indigenous Canadians enabled within the judicial system. Duration: 30:56 Part 1 of 2. Link to Part 1 record: Ghost Dancing With Colonialism Part 1

Book review of Ghost Dancing with Colonialism by Grace Li Xiu Woo. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 157.

Discusses the legal and constitutional duty to consult First Nations and accommodate their interests when Crown land and natural resource management decisions may adversely impact Treaty rights protected under the Constitution Act, 1982.

Book review of: Governments in Conflict?: Provinces and Indian Nations in Canada edited by J. Anthony Long and Menno Boldt.

Book review of: Governments in Conflict? Provinces and Indian Nations in Canada edited by J. Anthony Lond and Menno Boldt.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 1986.

Presents a guide that enables real property practitioners and managers to make decisions on policy objectives and legal and statutory obligations related to Aboriginal rights.

Agreement-in-Principle for the Beaufort-Delta region.

Discusses implications for the oil and gas industry resulting from the Supreme court decisions on the two cases.

Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak. Discusses Aboriginal identity and Bill C-31.

Looks at Canadian Aboriginal law in the cases of R. v. Blais concerning Métis membership in the modern Métis Nation and R. v. Powley concerning hunting rights.

Looks at the different ways the Conservative Government and First Nations' plan to reform the Indian Act and the possible effects on the status of First Nations.

Federal court case to decide if non-status Indian and Métis should be identified as "Indians" under the Constitution Act, 1867.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2013.

The different approaches of the two countries to issues of sovereignty have implications for legal and political positions of First Nations peoples.

Contends that government political will and First Nations political action are required to ensure Indigenous children have access to education that prepares them for living lives strong in cultural and spiritual identity.

Highlights significant court decisions which established the principles of current law. Duration: 11:38.

2nd edition.

Book review of: Home and Native Land by Michael Asch.

Indigenous Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, 2008.

Examines six court cases that deal with section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the profound impact that these decisions will have in future judicial decisions and claims.

Looks at the framework of human rights protection in Canada from the perspective of the case of missing and murdered aboriginal women. Full issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 321 to access article.

Book review of: Hybrid Constitutions by Vicki Hsueh. Review located by scrolling to page 195.

Argues that Congress had sufficient authority to enact the Indian Child Welfare Act.