An "Indyan Called Nangenutch or Will": Indian Identity and Identification in a 1668 Long Island Rape Trial
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason R. Sellers
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-31
Description
Author uses the rape trial of Nangenutch as a case study to discuss the upheaval created by colonialism, and the imposition of foreign economies, cultures, and laws on Indigenous peoples.
Initial Brief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) / Cree Nation Government to the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Quebec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Cree Nation Government
Description
Commission came about due to numerous allegations of police misconduct towards Indigenous women in Val d'Or, Quebec. Its mandate is to investigate causes of systemic discrimination in the provision of police, correctional, justice, health and social services.
Innovative Models in Addressing Violence against Indigenous Women: Final Report
Alternate Title
ANROWS Horizons ; issue 1/2018
Research Report (ANROWS)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harry Blagg
Emma Williams
Eileen Cummings
Vickie Hovane
Michael Torres
Karen Nangala Woodley
Description
Related Material:
State of Knowledge Paper.
Innovative Models in Addressing Violence against Indigenous Women: State of Knowledge Paper
Alternate Title
Landscapes: State of Knowledge ; issue 08, 2015
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harry Blagg
Nicole Bluett-Boyd
Emma Williams
Description
Related Material:
Final Report.
Inquiring Minds: Understanding the Call for, Role of, and Limitations on an Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission speaks about questions that need to be answered when determining whether an inquiry would be effective and meaningful for those directly affected and Aboriginal people in general.
Duration: 35:38.
Inquiring Minds: Understanding the Call for, Role of, and Limitations on an Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women: Panel Discussion
Alternate Title
[What Does an Inquiry Mean?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
James Wilson
Niigaan Sinclair
Lorena Fontaine
Leslie Spillett
Description
Topics included Indigenous men's role in violence, activism around the issue, and international reports and Canada's duty to respond. Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 1:38:19.
Inquiry's Failure Succeeds in Pulling Together Groups
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012, p. 13
Description
Looks at groups that work with and support the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.
Interim Report: Call into the Night: An Overview of Violence against Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Standing Committee on the Status of Women
Description
Study was conducted to examine extent, nature, and root causes of the problem, and to make recommendations after consultations with individuals and organizations. Over 150 witnesses appeared before the Committee.
Interpersonal Violence and Community Safety
Alternate Title
Nunavik Inuit Health Survey 2017: Qanuilirpitaa? = How are we now?
E-Books
Author/Creator
Richard Bélanger
Gina Muckle
Anne-Julie Lafrenaye-Dugas
Natalia Poliakova
Mylene Riva … [et al.]
Description
Interview with Frank and Alice Halcrow
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Frank Halcrow
Alice Halcrow
Dave Capot
Dan McLean
Indian History Film Project
Description
Frank Halcrow, aged 59, describes: taking of Treaty 8; establishment of reserves at Lesser Slave Lake; current problems due to small size of these reserves. Also tells story of a moose hunting expedition at time of great food shortage.
Intimate Partner Violence: Experiences of First Nations, Métis, Inuit women in Canada, 2018
Alternate Title
Juristat
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Loanna Heidinger
Description
Statistics gathered from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS) which asked about experiences since the age of 15 and the 12 months preceding the survey.
Intransigent Injustice: Truth, Reconciliation and the Missing Women Inquiry in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Stanton
Transitional Justice Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 2013, pp. 59-96
Description
Examines the design and work of two Canadian commissions of inquiry, the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry (AJI) and the Missing Women Inquiry (MWI).
Inuit and the Criminal Justice System: Future Strategies for Socio-Legal Control and Prevention
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 4th, 1984
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harold Finkler
Description
Gives statistics on rates and types of crime and discusses a framework for policy and program development to address the population's growing involvement with the criminal justice system.
Inuit Sexual Offenders: Victim, Offence, and Recidivism Characteristics
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher J. Rastin
Sara L. Johnson
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 46-48
Description
Provides an profile of sexual offenders and comparison of recidivism patterns between the Inuit and non-Aboriginal males.
Inuvialuit Indicators
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Database used for tracking people and community changes using population, education, culture, labour force, wellbeing, income, government, and housing categories. Sources include Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics, Statistics Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.
Investigating Child Sexual Abuse in the American Indian Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John R. Schafer
Blaine D. McIlwaine
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 157-167
Description
Authors, who are also FBI agents, describe some of the potential complications and pitfalls for non-Indigenous investigators working in Indigenous communities; highlight cultural misunderstandings, negotiation of systems of authority and governance, Indigenous systems of justice.
Investigation Has Taken Too Long, Provided Too Few Results
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 20
Description
Brief article describing the investigation into cases of Aboriginal women who have gone missing or have been murdered in British Columbia, and the delay in solving the cases.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Invisible Victims: American Indian Women and Adolescent Involvement in the Domestic Sex Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Campagna
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 47-54
Description
Comments on how the criminal justice and legal system continuing to maintain an environment where the needs of non-white populations are ignored.
Invisible Women: A Call to Action: A Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Canada
Alternate Title
Report of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stella Ambler
Carolyn Bennett
Jean Crowder
Niki Ashton
Kelly Block ... [et al.]
Description
Focuses on three topics: root causes and prevention of violence, and front-line assistance.
Is Canada Postcolonial?: Re-Asking through "The Forgotten" Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Moss
TOPIA, no. 27, [Spring], [2012], pp. 47-65
Description
Discusses the controversy over exhibiting a series of paintings by artist Pamela Masik depicting women missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Sparked debate about artistic freedom and social commentary versus the question of who is allowed to speak for victims and issues of exploitation.
Issues in Urban Corrections for Aboriginal People: Report on a Focus Group and an Overview of the Literature and Experience
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Collection ; APC 17 CA (1998)
E-Books
Aboriginal Peoples Collection
Description
Based on a 1997 discussion. Includes urban offenders' relationship to their community, jurisdiction overlap, programs and service delivery including sentencing circles, restitution, and justice councils.
“It Happened More Than Once”: Freezing Deaths in Saskatchewan
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sherene Razack
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 51-80
Description
Discusses the inquest and inquiry into the deaths of Neil Stonechild, Rodney Niastus, and Lawrence Wegner within the context of urban settler-Aboriginal relations.
Item 7: Human Rights - Implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Eradicating Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
Fourteenth Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawn Lavell Harvard
Description
Brief statement by President of the Native Women's Association of Canada addresses violence in general, murdered and missing women, and Canadian government's failure to respond to these issues.
Jails in Indian Country, 2014
Alternate Title
Jails in Indian Country Series ; NCJ 248974, October 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Todd D. Minton
Description
Presents findings from survey of 79 jails, confinement facilities, detention centers run by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs.