Legislation, Bills, Treaties, Agreements

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2004

Educational Foundations, History of Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1985.

A conference where several speakers discuss the role of the elders in guiding the younger generation and in preserving the past. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

Elders discuss: loss of values; loss of language; the role of the old ceremonies; the responsibility of the elders to teach the young people.

A discussion about the construction of log and birch canoes ; the tuberculosis epidemic ; the effects of non-Indians on Indian life style : spiritual values, hunting; fishing; land use, etc.

The role of education in the loss of spiritual and cultural values ; evidence of previous and planned oppression by non-Indians ; revival of interest in traditional values and the role ofelders as a source of knowledge.

Comments on the first time in Canada that the Metis people have ever been granted ownership over lands on a collective basis.

Discusses how the accord can provide a framework for future negotiated agreements between First Nations peoples and the governments of Canada.

Focused on the role of the Department in reaching and implementing claims settled up to July 1997.

Presentation about the Agreement, which was designed to resolve land claims in Saskatchewan. Panelists provide overview of the development and implementation of the Agreement, outline responsibilities of the parties involved, and discuss future opportunities and challenges. Duration: 1:09:56

Audited the process established by the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (1988).

Follow-up of recommendations made in the December 2001 and September 1998 Reports. Audit work completed on June 9, 2006.

Additions and changes to the 2002 Framework Agreement.

Audit covered the period between March 2005 and May 2009. Audit work was completed May 29, 2009.

Assessed the Department's progress in implementing recommendations from audit conducted 2005.

Provides overview of Métis history, reviews significant agreements and legislation, indexes case law summaries and discusses new developments.

Submissions from Indigenous peoples and local knowledge holders in a variety of formats.

First Nation lawyer discusses social justice advocacy for Indigenous peoples, how lawyers can best advocate those who are discriminated against in the civil and criminal justice system and the tools that are available to address judicial inequities. Duration: 52:43.

Special Education, Educational Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Material for four episodes: Indigenous in the City, It's Time, Whose Land is it Anyway? and At the Crossroads.

Looks at how the issue of land has effected relationships with Aboriginal people across Canada, citing the James Bay Agreement as an example. Duration: 45:15.

Talk by the photographer and activist accompanies slide show of his photographs taken at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. In it, he talks about the history of the government's treatment of the Sioux and how it has led to the appalling circumstances present on the Reservation today. Duration: 15:27.

A very brief account of some changes which followed the coming of the white man.

Discusses how global economic and political developments such as the Multilateral Agreement on Investment can affect traditional concepts of state territorial sovereignty.

System developed for mapping Aboriginal communities and information on potential or established rights.

2nd edition.

Outlines the fundamental values, rights, and freedoms of Aboriginal people living in Canada.

Overview of reasons for health disparities and three composite case histories.

Review and synthesis of theory and research on major issues.

Book review of: Aboriginal Child Welfare, Self-Government and the Rights of Indigenous Children by Sonia Harris-Short. Review located by scrolling down to page 189.

Agues that the child welfare system in Canada has become a contemporary Residential School system.

Law Thesis (M.L.)--University of British Columbia, 2011.

Report highlights significant key indicators and gaps affecting Aboriginal children and makes recommendations to improve their living conditions and well-being.

Argues that 20 years after problems were first publicized about child welfare little has changed, except for the policy that First Nations' children cannot be placed for adoption without the consent of the child's band or the First Nations' Child and Services agency.

Chapter 10 from Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare: Voices From the Prairies edited by Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon McKay and Shelley Thomas Prokop.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1993.