Aboriginal Customary Laws: The Interaction of Western Australian Law with Aboriginal Law and Culture: Final Report
Alternate Title
Project (Law Reform Commission of Western Australia) ; 94
E-Books
Author/Creator
Law Reform Commission of Western Australia
Description
Aboriginal Hunting Rights: Some Issues Raised by the Case of R. v. Frank
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beth Bilson
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 41, 1976-1977, pp. 101-124
Description
Examines the case of R. v. Frank, regarding an Indigenous man's right to hunt, and its impact on provincial and Indigenous relations.
Aboriginal Rights and Cumulative Effects: Are Woodland Caribou the New Canaries in the Not-So-Proverbial Coal Mine?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Devlin
Description
Looks at how First Nations and governments have responded to the decline of the caribou and examines the litigation that has resulted from such responses in British Columbia, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories.
After the Storm: Ojibwe Treaty Rights Twenty-Five Years after the Voigt Decision
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patty Loew
James Thannum
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 161-191
Description
Looks at the socioeconomic, political, and cultural factors that contributed to the spearfishing crisis in northern Wisconsin and the battered attempts by the Ojibwe to exercise their treaty-based fishing rights. The article also examines the state of relations between Native and non-Native residents.
The Alberta Dis-Advantage: Métis Issues and the Public Discourse in Wild Rose Country
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 26, Indigenous Peoples: Historical Understanding, Contemporary Challenges and Canadian Approaches, 2010-11, pp. 26-62
Description
Provides overview of the history of the Métis in Alberta followed by a discussion the Powley decision, the public and Conservative party's backlash against extending harvesting rights, the influence of the "Calgary School" of academics on provincial politics, and the denial of the Métis' historical presence in Southern Alberta.
Algonquian Land Tenure and State Structures in the North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Tanner
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 311-320
Description
Describes differences in the hunting territory between the Eastern James Bay Area and Southern Labrador and also notes distinctions regarding land tenure and rights.
Alternative Sentencing for Hunting Charges
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 6, July-August 1994, p. 14
Description
First Nations Justice System provides future opportunity to apply alternative forms of treatment in correcting the behaviour of First Nations people who violate Provincial Wildlife Regulations/Law.
Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William J. Stilwell
E. Peers
Agnes Grant
Lynn Whidden
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1985, pp. 277-282
Description
Book reviews of 4 books:
Treaties on Trial by Fay G. Cohen.
The Canadian Prairies: A History by Gerald Friesen.
New Native American Drama: Three Plays by Hanay Geiogamah. The three plays are entitled Foghorn, 49, and Body Indian.
A Homeland for the Cree by Richard F. Salisbury.
A Brief Guide to the James Bay Controversy
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Canadian Association in Support of Native Peoples
Description
Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.
Historical note:
British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act, 1984, c. 2 [Assented to February 23, 1984]
Alternate Title
An Act to provide for the settlement of claims by Indian bands in British Columbia relating to certain lands cut off from their reserves
British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act, 1984, c. 2, B-8.3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Statute providing for settlement of land claims relating to property set aside before 1916 and referred to in the McKenna-McBride Agreement.
Canada's Treaties with Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. N. Sprague
Manitoba Law Journal, vol. 23, 1995, pp. 341-351
Description
Argues that Treaty-making has conformed to a uni-dimensional pattern of avoidance and inaction, but suggests recent Supreme Court of Canada cases will increase pressure on the Crown to live up to its promises.
Canoe Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry I, Public Release
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents consist of documents, correspondence/letters, claim submissions, and the final report in regards to the inquiry, which examined the seizure of 4,500 square miles of land for the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission (ICC)
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Related Material: Inquiry Report.
Commentary on the Economic History of the Treaty 8 Area
Alternate Title
Research Report: Commentary on the Economic History of the Treaty 8 Area
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
Native Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 2, 1995, pp. 169-195
Description
History used to provide the court with background information in the case of Bert Horseman who was changed with trafficking in wildlife.
Contested Places: The Significance of the Motunui-Waitara Claim to the Waitangi Tribunal
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul James
Eric Pawson
Aboriginal History, vol. 19, no. 2, 1995, pp. 111-125
Description
Presents the geographies of the claim to better understand the cultural differences in environmental behaviours in a specific place.
The Courts, Government, and Public Policy: The Significance of R. v. Marshall
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Isaac
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 63, 2000, pp. 701-718
Description
Focuses on the ramifications of the case in which the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the Mi'kmaq treaty right to hunt, fish gather and trade for necessaries.
[Cree Surrender Land in Historic Agreement]
Alternate Title
CBC Radio News ; Nov. 12, 1975
[James Bay Project: Cree Surrender Land in Historic Agreement]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Richard Inwood
Robert Bourassa
Description
Brief news clip about agreement in which the Cree and Inuit were compensated $225 million for land flooded by the James Bay Project. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 1:30.
Critical Success Factors in the First Nations Fishery of Atlantic Canada: Mi’kmaq and Maliseet Perceptions
Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Cooper
Terry Hickey
Leon Sock
Gerald Hare
Description
Purpose of study is to help guide First Nations communities in developing policies, procedures and controls that will ensure effective fisheries management.
Decision on Duck Creek: Two Green Bay Reservations and Their Boundaries, 1816-1996
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Oberly
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 39-76
Description
Investigates a legal dispute and survey error that was finally corrected, thus allowing Aboriginal fishermen to net suckers at Duck Creek, in Brown County, Wisconsin.
'Divided Loyalties' Hamper Wild Fisheries Protection: Justice Cohen
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, p. 9,24
Description
Looks at a report, on the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery, which was received with mixed reviews by First Nations and environmentalists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Does Canada's Species at Risk Act Live up to Article 8(J)?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Olive
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 173-189
Description
Overview of the act to prevent wildlife species from becoming extinct, and the significant changes needed to meet those requirements, including the utilization of Aboriginal traditional knowledge.