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Indigenous Environmental Laws: CIER Research Question

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Sayer
Presents various questions pertaining to Indigenous environmental laws, and addresses topics of governance, leadership, the Indian Act, and the importance of respecting Mother Earth and the Creator.
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Indigenous Environmental Laws: First What Are Indigenous Environmental Laws?: An Opinion Paper

Alternate Title
Indigenous Environmental Laws: Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources Research Question:
[Indigenous Environemental Law Papers ; 2007]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Moses Okimaw
December 2006

Discusses environmental laws and the norms and practices that Indigenous people follow in their relationship with other species and the environment.

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Indigenous Fellowship Programme: A Personal Account

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nicole (Migizikwe) Hetu
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, The UN Decade: Expectations and Realities, 2004, pp. 32-35
Participant from Turtle Island, Saulteau First Nations, shares her experience. To access this article, scroll down to page 32.
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The Indigenous Human Right to Development

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dalee Sambo Dorough
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 76-83
Discusses the adoption of United Nations Declaration on of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and self-determination. To access this article, scroll down to page 76.
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Indigenous Law and Its Contribution to Global Pluralism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Anaya
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2007, pp. 3-12
Keynote address from an Indigenous law conference. The author is a Professor of Human Rights Law and Policy at the the University of Arizona, Rogers College of Law.
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Indigenous Narratives: Global Forces in Motion (An Introduction)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eman Ghanayem
Rebecca Macklin
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 1-10
Editors of the special issue, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, introduce the issue and discuss the movement towards international Indigenous solidarity.
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Indigenous Peoples and Customary Law in Sabah, Malaysia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jannie Lasimbang
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 38-43
Provides examples of the positive moves promoting and protecting indigenous peoples' traditional system of governance to retain traditional ways of life. To acces this article, scroll down to page 38.
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Indigenous Peoples and Forest Management - Before and After REDD: The Case of Tanzania

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rie Odgaard
Faustin P. Maganga
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 20-27
Discusses history of Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation program, non-recognition of Indigenous practices and culture in forest governance, experiences with community based forest management and concerns over future initiatives.
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Indigenous Peoples and Language

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fernand de Varennes
Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law, vol. 2, no. 1, April 1995, p. 15
Extract from the book, Language, Minorities and Human Rights by Fernand de Varennes.
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Indigenous Peoples and the Idea of Individual Human Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
Native Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 2, 1995, pp. 35-55
Examines the controversy and thinking behind Mikmaq Grand Council's viewpoint regarding the universality of human rights as stated by the United Nations.
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Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada: Teacher's Kit for Giant Floor Map

Web Sites
Author/Creator
Canadian Geographic Education

Topics include climate change, demographics, Indigenous governance, housing, human rights, Indigenous languages, migration, famous people, original place names, residential schools, seasonal cycles, symbols, timeline, trade routes, and treaties, land disputes, agreements and rights.

Although activities were created for the giant floor map, they can be adapted to the printable tile version.

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Indigenous Peoples Have the Right to Decide

Alternate Title
[Free, Prior and Informed Consent Database]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Rights and Resource Governance Research Group
Website includes links to materials on consultation, industry, rights framework, governance, decision making, and free, prior and informed consent.
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Indigenous Peoples' Health - Why Are They Behind Everyone, Everywhere?

Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples' Health Why Are They Behind Everyone, Everywhere?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Stephens
Clive Nettleton
John Porter
Ruth Willis
Stephanie Clark
Lancet, vol. 366, no. 9479, July 2, 2005, pp. 10-13
Discusses the challenge of improving the health of indigenous peoples.
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Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights under the International Conventional Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Alternate Title
Torkel Oppsahls minneseminar ; April 28, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Martin Scheinin
Discussion based on cases decided under the Optional Protocol to the Convent, on the Human Rights Committee's general comments and consideration of periodic report by States parties. Focuses on Article 1: the right of all peoples to self determination; and Article 27: the protection afforded under the notions of 'culture' and 'minority'.
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The Indigenous Peoples' Movement in Kenya

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Ole Simel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, IWGIA 40 Years On, 2008, pp. 10-19
Discusses pastoralist movement, struggles with the government and milestones reached.
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Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition Transition in a Right to Food Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siri Damman
Wenche Barth Eide
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Food Policy, vol. 33, no. 2, April 2008, pp. 135-155
Argues that government policies are actually speeding the move away from traditional foods and contributing to the subsequent increase in chronic disease.
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Indigenous Peoples' Participatory Rights in Relation to Decisions about Natural Resource Extraction: The More Fundamental Issue of What Rights Indigenous Peoples Have in Lands and Resources

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Anaya
Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 22, no. 3, Spring, 2005, pp. 7-18
Discussion of the principle in international law that Indigenous people should be consulted when there is a decision that affects them.
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Indigenous Peul Girls in Chad

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous Youth, 2005, pp. 28-31
Looks at customs and habits effecting Peul women. To access this article, scroll down to page 28.
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