Law Enforcement

Interview with Chief regarding youth vandalizing the town. Duration: 7:54.

Uses data from the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native Jurisdiction to discuss the complicated issues of using on-reserve gaming revenues to fund tribal judicial systems; notes that while funding might be increased by gaming, so might be the need for tribal judicial resources.

Describes the mechanisms employed by the United States Government to gradually subdue Native tribes and nations.

Reports how racism is damaging the province's future economic and social viability.

Author reflects on his role as Honorary Secretary of the AAF.

Legal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2011.

Police Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2012.

Examines changes in 1983 and 1985 constituencies and legislative amendments reversing the consolidated Indian Act of 1876.

A photographic equestrian portrait of "Gentleman" Joe McKay and Mistawasis.

A photographic studio portrait of "Gentleman" Joe McKay and Chief Mistawasis studying a book while sitting. Likely taken sometime after the 1885 uprising.

George Gwynne Mann was a farm instructor and Indian agent for the government of Canada in Onion Lake, North-West Territories from 1879 to 1900. Mann and his family fled Onion Lake to Fort Pitt after the so-called Frog Lake "massacre," and were later taken as hostages from Fort Pitt and held for two months by Plains Cree warriors. The file contains hand written manuscripts and photocopied documents that detail Mann family's involvement in the 1885 rebellion, and describe aspects of Aboriginal ceremony and culture.

Interview is a general account of his life.

An account of the work of Fisheries Overseer for the Qu’Appelle watershed 1859-96 and later the first Inspector of Fisheries for the North-West Territories—based on his diaries. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 108.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Melbourne, 1986

Research project aims to increase instances of positive, culturally-responsive outcomes in cases of sexual victimization.

Agreement-in-Principle for the Beaufort-Delta region.

Harry Paul lived in La Ronge in the 1930s and describes what life was like in those years.

Looks at the arguments put forth by Constable Harwig, Constable Senger and the Saskatoon Police Association to contest the Commissioner's findings and recommendations.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2014.

Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.

Book review of: Herschel Island Qikiqtaryuk edited by Christopher R. Burn.

Investigation into the disappearance and murdered women on highway 16 in northern British Columbia known to the locals as the highway of tears. Duration 39:12.

Documentary about the dozens of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls who have disappeared on the stretch of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Focuses on the family of Ramona Lisa Wilson, whose murder remains unsolved after twenty-five years. Duration: 50:10.

Article examines the stories of four deceased Aboriginal women: Victoria Rose Paul, Loretta Saunders, Nora Bernard, and Tanya Jean Brooks. Argues policing, mental health and addiction, and socioeconomic fragility contribute to the vulnerability of Indigenous women and discusses these issues in the context of the Marshal Inquiry, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and the national calls for reconciliation.

Comments on the summer of 1990, CBC documentary Indian Summer, The Oka Crisis about the land defence by Mohawks of Kanehsatake against police and military powers.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2014.

Discusses how the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) confined and isolated First Nations peoples to reserves in an attempt to suppress their independence and culture.

Focuses on governments' fiduciary responsibility to fund policing and highlights key findings from previous reports: Setting the Context Module 2 & 3 Modules 4 & 5 A

Focuses on Canadian commissions of inquiry that have dealt with Aboriginal issues. Duration: 53:49.

Reports results of surveys conducted with tribal and urban law enforcement agencies about investigations conducted 2014-2016, and victim service providers.

Statement by director of Homeland Security and Justice before the Committee on Indian Affairs, U.S. Senate. Discusses the extent to which: federal agencies collect and maintain data on investigations and prosecutions; tribal and major urban law enforcement agencies have encountered human trafficking and what factors affect the ability to investigate and prosecute; and available federal grants and how well positioned service providers are to know the numbers served.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--York University, 2005. Explores violence perpetrated against Helen Betty Osborne, Neil Stonechild and the Lovelace case in the negative legal context created in Canada in relation to First Nations peoples.

Entitled: "Remnants of the Aborigines". Postcard. Image of twelve (one infant and four children) people sitting around a fire.

Discusses Australian context; crime levels; policing interventions carried out by communities; programs for violent crime; sentencing alternatives; education, drug and alcohol, support and community supervision; and initiatives in Canada, United States, and New Zealand.

Looks at statistics for alcohol consumption, drug use, and smoking for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and the general population and the impact on policing in remote communities.

Looks at: family law, cultural awareness and services, child protection and the legal system, family violence law, victim assistance, impact of being a witness, police response and restorative justice.

Book review of: In the Name of the Law by Amanda Nettelbeck and Robert Foster. Review located by scrolling to page 188.

Paper presented at the 3rd National Outlook Symposium on Crime in Australia, "Mapping the Boundaries of Australia's Criminal Justice System" held in Canberra, March 22-23, 1999.

Sociology and Equity Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

File containing series of newspaper articles regarding the Indian Act and revisions thereof, issues regarding reserve land, anger among the Six Nations, research into indigenous living conditions and discrimination, control of mineral rights, integration into the public school system and society at large, the "Indian Council of Canada", the Indian Claims Commission, community development, the National Indian Council of Canada, Indigenous press,law enforcement on reserves, citizenship rights and treaty rights, band mergers, the Inuit, education, services (and provincial control thereof) represe

One postcard with Mountie in a canoe, shoreline and buildings along harbor in background.

Research project examines Indian controlled policing both on and off reserve.