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Métis Harvesting Rights in Canada: R v Powley

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 12, October 2001, p. 72
The Ontario Court of Appeal hears a case regarding the Métis right to hunt, as protected in s. 35 of the Canadian Constitution.
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Métis Law in Canada, 2010

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Provides overview of Métis history, reviews significant agreements and legislation, indexes case law summaries and discusses new developments.
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Métis Law Summary 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Provides overview of Métis history, reviews significant agreements and legislation, indexes case law summaries and discusses new developments.
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Métis Law Summary 2009

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean Teillet
Provides overview of Métis history, reviews significant agreements and legislation, indexes case law summaries and discusses new developments.
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Michigan's Emerging Tribal Economies: A Presentation to the Michigan House of Representatives

Alternate Title
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2007-07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jake J. Allen
Hannah Bobee
Kathryn E. Fort
Bryan Newland
Wenona T. Singel
Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper
Looks at tribal sovereignty, the United States constitution, treaties and more.
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Minding the Gaps: Property, Geography, and Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Egan
Jessica Place
Geoforum, vol. 44, Global Production Networks, Labour and Development, January 2013, pp. 129-138
Discusses fee simple ownership on Indigenous lands, getting land rights through modern treaties, and matrimonial real property rights on reservations.
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National Aboriginal Document Database

Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Six Nations Geo Systems
Contains links to original documents for land claims, statutes and acts (chiefly Indian Act and amendments), treaties and court decisions.
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Native Child Care in Canada

Alternate Title
Background Paper (Library of Parliament, Research Branch) ; BP-284E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen McKenzie
"This paper provides a very brief background to the issue, discusses the need for special native child care provisions, and outlines the kind of programs that exist at the present time."
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Native Rights in Canada (Second Edition)

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter J. Usher
Arctic, vol. 28, no. 1, March 1975, pp. 78-80
Book review of: Native Rights in Canada (Second Edition) edited by Peter A. Cumming and Neil H. Mickenberg.
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Native Women and Aboriginal Treaty Rights

Alternate Title
NWAC Discussion Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
NWAC Discussion Paper
Response to section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 which recognized and affirmed Aboriginal treaty rights.
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Negative Capability: of Provinces and Land Reserves for the Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Wilkins
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 57-111
Discusses Federal versus Provincial powers over "land reserved for the Indians" which may include not only Reserves, but any land subject to claims of Aboriginal title.
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[Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government: Developments Surrounding the 1985 First Minister's Conference]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark Stevenson
Native Studies Review , vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 154-156
Book review of: Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government by David c. Hawkes. Erratum: In vol. 2 no.2, the author of the review of David Hawkes's book, Negotiating Self-Government was mistakenly identified as Mark Stevason. The correct spelling is Mark Stevenson.
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Negotiating Aboriginal & Treaty Rights

Alternate Title
Native Awareness Days 2005
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Bruce Wildsmith
Lead lawyer in the Marshall and Bernard cases speaks about past court decisions as they pertain to the negotiation process taking place in Nova Scotia. Duration: 1:19:47.
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Negotiating Sovereignty: Indigenous Perspectives on the Patriation of a Settler Colonial Constitution, 1975-83

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Madeline Rose Knickerbocker
Sarah Nickel
BC Studies, no. 190, Histories of Settler Colonialism, Summer, 2016, pp. 67-87
Looks at organization lobbying for sovereignty and how Indigenous peoples perspectives of sovereignty use specific tribal understanding of self-government and territoriality.
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Nunavut & The Right of Self-Determination

Theses
Author/Creator
Henrik Åkerlund
Examines the international legal doctrine of self-determination and its application to the situation of indigenous peoples. International Law Thesis --University of Lund, 2001.
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Of Provinces and Section 35 Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Wilkins
Dalhousie Law Journal, vol. 22, 1999, pp. 185-235
Argues that while the Federal Government can justify regulatory activity that interfere with Aboriginal people's existing rights, the Provinces have no such authority.
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"On Further Thought: Reflections on the Last Two Decades": A Keynote Address

Alternate Title
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul L .A. H. Chartrand
Reviews significant developments in Canada including the areas of activism, self government, government commissions and inquiries,and legislation, as well as brief discussion of changes internationally.
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On the Autonomy and Territorial Interests of the Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of Russia at the Present State

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Petr Gogolev
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 31-38
Looks at different forms of autonomy, constitutional and legal understanding of autonomy, reasons for protecting territorial interests and choosing an approach to protect those interests.
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Our Land: Native Rights in Canada

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
L. C. Green
Prairie Forum, vol. 12, no. 2, Fall, 1987, pp. 323-325
Book review of: Our Land: Native Rights in Canada by Don Purich.
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The Perspective of the Crown: Impacts of the Cases on Constitutional Duties and on the Law of Consultation and Accommodation

Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections From the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Julie Blackhawk
Presenter highlights of some of the implications of the two decisions, Grassy Narrows and Tsilhqot'in, on aboriginal rights and the management of natural resources from the perspective of the federal crown. Duration: 52:14.
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A Perspective on the Application of the Criminal Code to Aboriginal Peoples in Light of the Judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Sparrow

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Noel Lyon
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 26, Special Edition on Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 306-313
Argues that the fiduciary duty that is given constitutional status in Sparrow is based on respect for the autonomy of Aboriginal peoples.
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Plains Métis: Contours of an Identity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicole St-Onge
Australasian Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Globalising Indigeneity: New Research Directions, 2009, pp. 95-115
Argues that one should view the genesis of the Plains Métis as part of a wider pattern of native ethnogeneses on the North American Great Plains. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 95.
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Political Autonomy and Integration of Authority: The Understanding of Saami Self-Determination

Alternate Title
Political Autonomy and Integration of Authority: The Understanding of Sami Self-Determination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Else Grete Broderstad
International Journal on Minority & Group Rights, vol. 8, no. 2/3, Special Issue on Sami Rights in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden, 2001, pp. 151-175
Looks at the relationship between the Indigenous minority and the majority regarding the establishment of Sami Parliaments.
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