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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
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.
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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
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.
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Inquiry's Failure Succeeds in Pulling Together Groups

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012, p. 13

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.

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International Law And Australian Prisoners

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Groves
University of NSW Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, 2001
Looks at the treatment of prisoners and the management of prisons in Australia.
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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
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.
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Inuvialuit Indicators

Web Sites » Organizations
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.
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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
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.
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Investigation Has Taken Too Long, Provided Too Few Results

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 20

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.

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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
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.
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“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
Discusses the inquest and inquiry into the deaths of Neil Stonechild, Rodney Niastus, and Lawrence Wegner within the context of urban settler-Aboriginal relations.
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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
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.
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Ivory Scales: Black Australia and the Law

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pamela Dilton
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. [224]-225
Book review of: Ivory Scales edited by Kayleen M. Hazlehurst. Review located by scrolling to page 224.
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Jack Ramsay's Other Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Bunner
Report Newsmagazine (Alberta Edition), vol. 26, no. 44, December 20, 1999, p. 10
Reactions to the guilty verdict for Reform MP and former RCMP corporal Jack Ramsay.
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Jails in Indian Country, 2014

Alternate Title
Jails in Indian Country Series ; NCJ 248974, October 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Todd D. Minton
Presents findings from survey of 79 jails, confinement facilities, detention centers run by tribal authorities or the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Government of Quebec
Government of Canada
Grand Council of the Crees
Hydro-Quebec
Northern Quebec Inuit Association]
Text of the agreement which deals with territorial and financial issues.
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James (Jim) Brady

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
James (Jim) Brady
Art Davis
Indian History Film Project
An interview with Jim Brady about his life and his memories of the Frog Lake Massacre.
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[Jamie Black and the Red Dress Project]

Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
The REDress Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Black
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Conversation with the artist who is drawing attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women with her outdoor art project. Duration: 31:21.
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[Jamie Black and the REDress Project]

Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Black
Robert-Falcon Oullette
Podcast of interview with the visual artist about her installation piece, which is meant to draw attention to the issue of murdered and missing Aboriginal women in Canada. Duration: 31:21.
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Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan Rumsey
Aboriginal History, vol. 22, 1998, pp. 240-243
Book review of: Jandamarra and the Bunuba Resistance by H. Pedersen and B. Woorunmurra. Review located by scrolling to page 240.
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