Human Rights

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Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Description
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
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Being Indigenous in Today's World

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Johnson Malih Ole Kaunga
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, IWGIA 40 Years On, 2008, pp. 8-9
Description
Keynote address on struggles for self determination from an Indigenous perspective.
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Beneath the Underdog: Race, Religion, and the Trail of Tears

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Minges
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Summer, June 1, 2001, pp. 453-479
Description
History of the institution of chattel slavery with a focus on the relationship between the Chocktaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Mvskokean Cherokee and African slaves; including the forced relocation known as the "Trail Where We Cried" or the "Trail of Tears".
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Beverley Jacobs: Indig.[enous] Resistance to Globalization, Part 1

Alternate Title
Beverley Jacobs: Indigineous Resistance to Globalization, Part 1
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverley Jacobs
Description
Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (7 minutes.)
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Beverley Jacobs: Indig. Resistance to Globalization, Part 2

Alternate Title
Beverley Jacobs: Indigenous Resistance to Globalization, Part 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lapis Magazine
Description
Speech by the President of the Native Women's Association of Canada at the Teach-In on Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Economic Globalization, November 2006. (8:34 minutes)
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Bill C-3: Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-3-C3-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Tonina Simeone
Description
Provides information on Bill C-3, including background, a description, and an analysis of the Bill. Revised document.
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Bill C-44 : An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary ; LS-546E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Description
"The bill repeals section 67 of the federal human rights statute, which has restricted access to its redress mechanisms with respect to "any provision on the Indian Act or any provision made under or pursuant to that Act."
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Boarding School Abuses, Human Rights, and Reparations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Smith
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 89-102
Description
Discussion on the injustices suffered by Aboriginal children in schools, and the compensation offered to address those human rights violations.
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"Body-snatching": Changes to Coroners Legislation and Possible Māori Responses

Alternate Title
"Body-snatching": Changes to Coroners Legislation and Possible Maori Responses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carl Mika
AlterNative, vol. 5, no. 1, 2009, pp. 26-41
Description
Examines cultural issues associated with Māori funeral practices, and burial laws that are needed to address the conflicts with post-mortem examinations.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tom G. Svensson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 447-449
Description
Book review of The Origins of Indigenism: Human Rights and the Politics of Identity by Ronald Niezen.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Janice Gray
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 381-385
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Legal Issues by Heather McRae, Garth Nettheim and Laura Beacroft
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark Mercer
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 193-197
Description
Book review of: Standing Bear and the Ponca Chiefs by Thomas Henry Tibbles.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alexandra Freland
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 197-198
Description
Book review of: The Way of the Pipe: Aboriginal Spirituality and Symbolic Healing in Canadian Prisons by James B. Waldram.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cam McEachern
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 375-377
Description
Book review of: When the Wind Was a River: Aleut Evacuation in World War II by Dean Kohlhoff.
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Book Review

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, 1998, pp. 144-152
Description
Book review of: Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equality, and Respect for Difference edited by Michael Asch.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Campbell
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, 1997, pp. 167-170
Description
Book review of: If You Poison Us: Uranium and Native Americans by Peter H. Eichstaedt.
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Boundaries of the Reservation: Social, Political and Geographical Considerations for Defining the Limits of the Keweenaw Bay Chippewa Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. McClurken
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Advocacy and Claims Research, 1990, p. 65–80
Description
Looks at ethnohistorical documentation and interpretation concerning reserve boundaries and the rights of the Natives to hunt, fish, and gather on the lands ceded by treaty.
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Breaking the Silence on Violence Against Indigenous Girls, Adolescents and Young Women: A Call to Action Based on an Overview of Existing Evidence from Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America

Documents & Presentations
Description
Report addresses call from United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues (UNPFII) for United Nations agencies and the United States to contribute to the study of violence against girls and women, particularly in areas where armed conflict is taking place.
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Bringing Them Home

Alternate Title
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
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Broader Lessons to be Learned

Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 6
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Borrows
David Dyzenhaus
Michael Marrus
Courtney Jung
Description
Session Six from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Implications of implementing transitional justice framework into a non-traditional setting. Duration: 1:11:02.
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Building on Her Legacy of Leadership

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brian Lin
Windspeaker, vol. 23, no. 12, March 2006, p. 5
Description

Recounts the achievements of Wendy Grant-John, the recipient of the 2006 National Aboriginial Achievement Award for community development.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.19.

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A Business Reference Guide: United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Nations Global Compact
Description
Goal of guide is to illustrate how Indigenous rights are relevant to business activities. Part one outlines key actions businesses can take, including policy commitment, due diligence, consultation and consent-seeking, grievance mechanisms, mitigation and remediation. Part two provides description of each right found in the Declaration, suggestions for practical actions which respect and support rights, and examples to help illustrate those actions.
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C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
International Labour Organization
Description
Outlines the basics of a Geneva Convention that ensures all governments develop, with the participation of Indigenous peoples, a co-ordinated and systematic action that will protect the rights and integrity of the people. The document came into force in 1991.
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Canada and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools: Transitional Justice for Indigenous People in a Non-Transitional Society

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Jung
Description
Expands on a previously published research brief. Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
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Canada, Churches Appeal Residential School Decisions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 6, October 2001, p. 9
Description

Examines the vicarious liability claims of churches and the federal government for the actions of school employees.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Canada: Hundreds of Aboriginal Women Disappear

Articles » General
Off Our Backs, vol. 35, no. 11/12, November-December 2005, pp. 9-10
Description
Short article discussing the 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing in the past 25 years, a number disproportionate to the general population.
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Canada Knows Better and Is Not Doing Better: Federal Government Documents Show Ongoing Discrimination Against First Nations Children Receiving Child Welfare Services on Reserve and in the Yukon

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Submitted to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 55 Pre-Sessional Working Group Consideration of List of Issues, Sixth Periodic Report, Canada.
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Canada's Actions Speaks Louder than Words

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin Culhane
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 5
Description

Reports on compensation legislation for child abuse cases and how inequitable settlements have been inadequate.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Canada's History Wars: Indigenous Genocide and Public Memory in the United Sates, Australia, and Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 411-431
Description
Introduction to the history of the Indian Residential School system, analysis of the history wars in the United States and Australia over indigenous genocide, and debates about genocide in Canada.
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Canada's International Human Rights Obligations and the Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julie Mouris
Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: Digital Companion, vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-47
Description
Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.
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Canada: Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada

Alternate Title
Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.
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