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"Developing Indigenous Resources: Building Indigenous Economies"

Alternate Title
2004 Conference Report (Indigenous Bar Association)
Indigenous Bar Association Annual Fall Conference ; 16th, 2004
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Bar Association
Outlines the need for human rights, Aboriginal rights, and economic rights to protect Indigenous peoples during the development of Indigenous economies.
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Development-Induced Resettlement and Social Suffering in Lao PDR

Articles » General
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 22-29
Effects of the resettlement between 2000 and 2006 on communities has shown increased mortality and morbidity, poverty, marginalization, food insecurity, social anomalies, disintegration, discrimination and loss of dignity. To access this article, scroll down to page 22.
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The Development of an Indigenous Knowledge Program in a New Zealand Maori-Language Immersion School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Harrison
Rahui Papa
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self-Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 57-72
Looks at the development of a traditional knowledge program, background of the community and self-determination for schools.
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A Discourse-Theoretic Approach to Aboriginal Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kenneth L. Avio
Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 29, Special Issue, April 1996, pp. 619-621
Focuses on two approaches to Aboriginal property rights and governance rights; conclusions are similar in relation to property and diverge regarding governance.
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Discrimination Against Indigenous Peoples: Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its Eleventh Session

Alternate Title
Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples: Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations on its 11th Session
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Working Group on Indigenous Populations
United Nations
Report provides overview of the debate, evolution of standards, developments on the promotion and protection of rights and freedoms, study of Treaties, and cultural and intellectual property, and includes the 1993 Draft Declaration of Indigenous Rights
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Disposable Red Woman: Guerrilla Art

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Destin RunningRabitt
Iman Bukhari
Guerrilla art display was placed on various streets in Calgary with the hope of evoking empathy and a sense of urgency in society to intervene with this injustice. Artists filmed the public's reactions. Duration: 4:55.
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DNA Testing to Prove Indian Status Limited

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 7, October 2006, p. 9

Even with the amendments made to the Indian Act in 1985, complexities continue to surround Aboriginal people's attempts to regain their legal status.

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

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Don't Worry, Be Guilty

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David C. Williams
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Reports on the lack of a reparations program for indigenous peoples in the United States.
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Dorothy Betz

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 8, November 2007, p. 30

Author chronicles one woman's efforts to improve the lives of Aboriginal people.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 1, Bridging the Gap Between Law and Reality, Spring, 2006
Outlines the February 2006 text submitted to the Human Rights Commission by the Working Group on the Draft Declaration.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sille Stidsen
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, 2003, pp. 4-5
Editorial discusses how various anti-terrorism laws passed in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, have negatively impacted Indigenous people around the world. To access this article scroll down to page 4.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: Development and Customary Law]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jens Dahl
Geneviève Rose
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Development and Customary Law, 2010, pp. 4-5
Introduction to journal issue bringing together perspectives on development, self-determination and the role of customary law. To access this article, scroll to page 4.
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Editorial [Indigenous Affairs: Indigenous Women]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jens Dahl
Lola Garcia-Alix
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Indigenous Women, July/August/September 2000, pp. 2-5
Comments on the compromises leading to the creation of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations which created permanent forum for Indigenous Issues. To access this article scroll down to page 2.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: Indigenous Women]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathrin Wessendorf
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Indigenous Women, 2004, pp. 4-7
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on the external social pressures which affect traditional gender structures and Indigenous women. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: IWGIA 40 Years On]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Espen Waehle
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, IWGIA 40 Years On, 2008, pp. 4-7
Introduction to journal issue highlighting the organizations' work done for Indigenous people in different parts of the world.
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Editorial [Indigenous Affairs: Pastoralism]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marianne Wiben Jensen
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 4-5
Introduction to journal issue which focuses on Indigenous nomadic pastoralists and the issues and myths they encounter. To access this article, scroll to page 4.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: REDD and Indigenous Peoples]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sille Stidsen
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, REDD and Indigenous Peoples, 2009, pp. 4-9
Introduction to journal issue with a focus on policy framework, and REDD, a program for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation to limit the impact of climate change and its impact on indigenous lifestyle, culture and communities.
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Editorial: [Indigenous Affairs: The UN Decade: Expectations and Realities]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lola García-Alix
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, The UN Decade: Expectations and Realities, 2004, pp. 4-7
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles assessing the impact of the UN Decade of Indigenous Peoples on Indigenous peoples around the world. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
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Editorial: [Ingenious Affairs: Indigenous Peoples in Africa]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marianne Wiben Jensen
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples in Africa, 2003, pp. 4-7
Introduction to journal issue featuring articles that present situation of Indigenous people in Africa and access to land. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.
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Editorial: It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law

Alternate Title
It Takes All of Us to Enforce the Law: First Nations Child and Family Caring society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada
[Sarah Clarke
Sébastien Grammond
Anne Levesque
David Taylor]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2018, p. [5]
Links to a short film which examines the history and significance of a case in which the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found Canada guilty of racial discrimination against First Nations Children. It Takes All of Us ... Duration 26:16.
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Editorial: The Legacy of a Child: Jordan’s Principle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Wekerle
Marlyn Bennett
Don Fuchs
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 5-7
Overview of themes from "Caring Across the Boundaries" (CAB) conference in May 2009, honouring the memory of a toddler named Jordan River Anderson, and the price he paid as a First Nations child born with complex medical needs.
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Editors' Introduction: Indigenous Epistemologies and Education: Self Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa L. McCarty
Tamara Borgoiakova
Perry Gilmore
K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Mary Eunice Romero
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 1, Indigenous Epistmologies and Education: Self Determination, Anthropology, and Human Rights, March 2005, pp. 1-7
Introduction to themed issue.
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Education and the San of Southern Africa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hays
Amanda Siegrühn
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and Education, 2005, pp. 26-34
Discusses the right of San communities to access formal education in Nambia, Botswana and South Africa. To access this article, scroll down to page 27.
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Elimination/Deracination: Colonial Terror, La Matanza, and the 1930s Race Laws in El Salvador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jorge E. Cuéllar
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 2, Settler Colonial Biopolitics and Indigenous Lifeways, 2018, pp. 39-56
Author investigates the colonial violence and race laws in El Salvador in the 1930s, and considers them as a form of terror employed by governing institutions for social control.
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