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With or Without You: First Nation Law (in Canada)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Borrows
McGill Law Journal, vol. 41, no. 3, June 1996, pp. 629-668
Description
Describes how Canadian jurisprudence compels the courts to apply principles of First Nations law.
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A Woman For all Seasons

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ellen L. Lutz
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 1, Passing the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Spring, 2007
Description
Describes the petition, against the United States, Sheila Watt-Cloutier is taking to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, regarding greenhouse gas emissions.
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Working Together: The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network - Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Project on Legal Issues, Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefan Matiation
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 217-231
Description
Description of the The CHALN/CAAN Project including their history and goals, issues & conclusions, and recommendations for best practices in projects related to Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS undertaken by non-Aboriginal or Aboriginal organizations or Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal partnerships.
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Workshops Raise Awareness of SIS Campaign

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Suthers
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 8, November 2007, p. 11
Description

Discusses the Sisters in Spirit initiative which organizes workshops and special events to raise awareness about violence against Aboriginal women in Canada.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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Writing British Columbia History, 1784-1958.

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Donald Wright
The Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 4, December 2010, pp. 763-765
Description
Book review of: Writing British Columbia History, 1784-1958 by Chad Reimer.
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Youth, Talk to Your Elders: Three Women Speak

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anne Aikio
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the social and economic challenges that Indigenous youth face in maintaining their culture and identity.
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Yva Poty Rising: From the Ashes, a Cause for Hope

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eric Michael Kelley
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Account of the eviction process that the community of Yva Poty suffered as their lands became targets of individual and national development projects.
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Zero Tolerance Policing: Implications for Indigenous People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Commission
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 3, 1999, p. 114
Description
Discusses how 'zero tolerance policing' may generate more police Aboriginal contacts and in doing so might potentially increase Indigenous incarceration rates
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