Indigenous Legal Orders & Traditions

This file contains Barron's typed notes: Background Notes Bill C-31: An Act to Amend the Indian Act. An excellent overview of the act and the people in the First Nations community who were affected by it. It also has statistics, dates and the specific laws changed by the Bill.

Book review of: Black Glass by Kate Auty. Review located by scrolling to page 203.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 1995.

Book review of: Return to the Teachings by Rupert Ross. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Book review of: kwayask-ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik: Their Example Showed Me the Way translated and edited by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas: 1492 to the Present by Ward Churchill. Incorporating the Familiar: An Investigation into Legal Sensibilities in Nunavik by Susan G. Drummond. The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the Whiteman by Wilson Duff.

Case study on a small Indigenous community, in Guatemala, that held a vote on whether to allow a Canadian mining company the right to work on its territory.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1998.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--The University of British Columbia, 2005.

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.

Shows how the Delgamuukw v. the Queen identified the authority of traditional hereditary chiefs to represent their communities against the state.

Conceptual article argues that Indigenous sovereignty remains valid throughout the Americas and that the settler colonial laws are therefore illegitimate and illegal; all systems that function on the assumption of settler colonial sovereignty must be re-centered around Indigenous laws and ethics.

Book review of: Buying America From the Indians by Blake A. Watson.

Book review of: Buying America from the Indians by Blake A. Watson. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 118.

Evaluates the operation of the 'Anunga Rules' in Australia as a key part in a comparison between Canadian and Australian Aboriginal-police relations, policies and practices.

Context is British Columbia, with particular attention to Treaty 8 territory in the northeastern region of the province.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1994. Eskasoni Mi'Kmaw Nation.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 1999.

Historical overview of a murder that suggests two Cherokee legal systems may have existed and not have been consistent with one another.

Overview of Indigenous legal systems and how customary law, traditions and customs were overrun by the European legal system.

Resources are designed for professionals working with Salish nations, families, caregivers, youth, and communities.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2005.

Sociology and Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Book review of: Common Law Aboriginal Title by Kent McNeil. Review located by scrolling to page 181.

Describes how the Department of Indian Affairs attempted to undermine leaders and gain control of lands by subdividing the reserve into plots which would be individually-owned, with the ultimate goal of dispersing the community.

Law Thesis (PhD)--University of Victoria, 2016.

Looks at the results of micro-urbanization on traditional practices for social control and levels of community involvement.

Section by section analysis of the child welfare Act endorsed by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the proposed federal legislation.

Results of qualitative survey conducted in response to amendments to the Youth Protection Act which gives courts the power to issue permanent placement orders outside of the immediate family.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil)--University of Tromsø, 2012.

Study uses information from surveys of villagers and service providers—including VPSO coordinators, Alaska State Troopers, business owners, social services workers, BIA employees—conducted in two different villages to contrast the different perceptions of Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs).

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of San Diego, 1998.

Originally published 1979.

Book review of The Contemporary Coast Salish edited by Bruce Granville Miller and Darby C. Stapp. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 158.

Argues that the Supreme Court of Canada needs to consider Abroiginal title in accordance with the principles of equality.

Examines how the justice system conceptualizes customary law and specifically looks at the Cree of east James Bay and the justice system.

Examines the impact of two Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding the interpretations of modern treaties.

Looks at creator's laws and human birth story. Lecture to the Intercultural Leadership Program, First Nations University of Canada. Duration: 59: 08.

Intercultural Leadership Program's 100 level class Duration: 49:30.

Analysis of the novel Birdie by Tracey Lindberg.

Series of 15 short videos (approx. 5 min. each) on a variety of topics.

Explains why customary laws are being abandoned and argues that there is a need to find traditional methods of control and punishment in order to deal with the rising crime rate.

Discusses traditional justice systems, systemic discrimination and cultural clashes in the present act and its application of criminal law, new initiatives in law enforcement, court systems, corrections and rehabilitation, and recommendations for change.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.

Common Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2007.

Paper from Without Consent: Confronting Adult Sexual Violence. Looks at the unique Aboriginal customary laws which are in place to deal with violations.

Provides an overview of historic treaties, modern treaties and non-treaty areas and how duty to consult applies to each group. Focuses on defining the role of the Energy Regulator in reference to the Crown's duty to consult.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1997.

Author explores some of the issues surrounding and roadblocks to creating a successful legal case for ensuring the court protection of a sacred site.