Report to the Canadian Human Rights Commission on the Treatment of the Innu of Labrador by the Government of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Constance Backhouse
Donald McRae
Description
Follow-up review of implementation of recommendations from 1993 report.
Related material: 2021 Follow-up Report.
Request for Thematic Hearing during the 144th Period of Sessions, March 19-30, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell
Sharon McIvor
Caroline Bettinger-López
Description
Provides a copy of the request sent to Dr. Santiago Canton, January 17, 2012 regarding missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in British Columbia, Canada.
Researching Indigenous Peoples' Rights Under International Law
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steven C. Perkins
Description
Discusses organizations and resources dealing with Indigenous peoples and international law. Revised document originally presented at the 1992 Annual meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries.
[Reserve Pass Lesson Plan: Social Studies 8]
Alternate Title
Engaged Citizens 8: What Is Canada's Identity
[Grade 8: The Reserve Pass System and Its Impact on Treaty Relationships]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan]
Description
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.
Residential Schools and Aboriginal Parenting: Voices of Parents
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Lafrance
Don Collins
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Children and Youth, Issues and Challenges, December 2003, pp. 104-125
Description
Looks at the experiences of Aboriginal adults with the child welfare system and their concerns about the system. Also discussed are the effects that residential schools had on their parenting skills.
Residential Schools Position Under Attack
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 9, January 2003, p. 2
Description
Reports on the impending class action lawsuit against the Federal government's attempt to limit their culpability for damages claimed by plaintiffs who attended residential schools.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.
Residential Schools: The Past Is Present
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pierre Laboisser
James Craven
Roland Chrisjohn
Doug Henwood
Description
Transcription of radio program about the United Church. Tape 1 - Apology given by the United Church of Canada in 1986; Tape 2 - Residential Schools: The Past and Present; Tape 3A - WBAI Interview - Economics and Politics (2/15/98); Tape 3B - WBAI Interview: 6/18/98.
Residential Schools: Who's Hurting, Who's Helping, Who's Cashing in?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan Taillon
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 12, April 2001, p. 2
Description
Focuses on the negative intergenerational effects of residential school abuse in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.
Resource Extraction from Territories of Indigenous Minority Peoples in the Russian North: International Legal and Domestic Regulation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ruslan Garipov
Arctic Review on Law and Politics, vol. 4, no. 1, 2013, pp. 4-20
Description
Looks at the struggle for sovereignty through the right to self-determination and the claim to ancestral lands and resources.
Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples' Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Description
Assists United Nations Country Teams to engage with and incorporate Indigenous perspectives in the development processes. Includes information on international agreements and legal frameworks.
Rethinking Responses to 'Domestic Violence' in Australian Indigenous Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann-Claire Larsen
Alan Petersen
Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 23, no. 2, 2001, pp. 121-134
Description
Looks at the way violence against Aboriginal women is viewed and responded to in Australia and how the court system is bias against women in certain circumstances.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Douglas W. Veltre
Jeffrey D. Anderson
David Reed Miller
Katherine Beaty Chiste
Sean M. Rafferty
Carol Miller
Caskey Russell
Thomas W. Cowger
Hugh Shewell
Alfred Young Man
Michael A. Glassow
Karen J. Travers
Stephen Warren
Ken Coates
et.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 2, 2011, pp. 183-246
Description
Book reviews of:
An Aleutian Ethnography by Lucien M. Turner ; edited by Raymond L. Hudson.
The Arapaho Language by Andrew Cowell and Alonzo Moss Sr.
Broken Treaties: United States and Canadian Relations with the Lakotas and Plains Cree, 1868–1885 by Jill St. Germain.
Canada’s Indigenous Constitution by John Borrows.
Cave Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands: Essays in Honor of Patty Jo Watson edited by David H. Dye.
Cherokee Thoughts: Honest and Uncensored by Robert J.
Rhetorical Exclusion: The Government's Case Against American Indian Activists, AIM, and Leonard Peltier
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Sanchez
Mary E. Stuckey
Richard Morris
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 1999, pp. 27-52
Description
Examines the United States government's case against American Indian Movement activist, Leonard Peltier and the FBIs unofficial agenda taken against AIMs political activism.
"Riel Project Bulletin"
Articles » General
Description
This file contains two issues of the "Riel Project Bulletin." It updates the activities of the Riel Project, an project established by the Universities of Alberta, Calgary, and Sherbrooke, which sought to publish a critical, bilingual edition of the collected writings of Louis Riel to mark the 100th anniversary of his death. A five-volume edition was published by the University of Alberta Press in 1985.
The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent in an International Context
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dalee Sambo Dorough
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 33-37
Description
Looks at standards and international law concentrating on the right to free, prior and informed consent (EPIC) in the UN Declaration.
The Rights of First Nations Children in Canada
Alternate Title
Child, Youth and Family Health
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlyn Bennett
Andrea Auger
Description
Looks at at the welfare of First Nations children and the continuing disproportionate levels of risks they face compared to non-Aboriginal children.
The Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Inter-American Human Rights System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Isabel Madariaga Cuneo
Arizonia Journal of International and Comparative Law, vol. 22, no. 53, 2005, pp. 53-64
Description
Discussion on the protection and respect of the rights of Indigenous peoples for the Inter-Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Rights Talk in Belize: Q’eqchi Maya Communities Meet Across Borders
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Describes a community exchange between Guatemala and Belize that seeks to raise awareness and understanding of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
Rio+20 Demanding Accountability
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Sorensen
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, 40 Years of Advocacy, June 2012, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the progress towards commitments made at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development and discusses the importance of cultural and biological diversity to support sustainable development policies.
The Rise of Indigenous Peoples Civil Society in Africa 1994-2004
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nigel Crawhall
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, The UN Decade: Expectations and Realities, 2004, pp. 40-46
Description
Looks at the past decade in the United Nations and how getting Indigenous leaders to the UN and other forums has changed lives in Africa.
To access this article, scroll down to page 40.
Rising Waters, Rising Threats: The Human Trafficking of Indigenous Women in the Circumpolar Region of the United States and Canada
Alternate Title
Michigan State University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series ; no. 12-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Victoria Sweet
Description
Discusses increased risk factors for women due to an increase in economic development and greater accessibility to the Arctic.
A River Tale: Protecting a Tawahka Way of Life
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kendra McSweeney
Zoe Pearson
Sara Santiago
Ana Gabriela Dominguez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
A tribal matriarch discusses the turbulent river history, and the impending hydroelectric development, Patuca III.
The Role of Tenure Security and Private Time Preference in Neotropical Deforestation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ricardo Godoy
Marc Jacobson
Joel de Castro
Vianca Aliaga
Julio Romero
Allison Davis
Land Economics, vol. 74, no. 2, May 1998, pp. 162-171
Description
Study conducted on the Chimane Amerindians in Bolivia's rain forest had two tentative conclusions: conservation is enhanced when land rights of Indigenous peoples are protected and high private discount rates do not necessarily increase deforestation.