Legislation, Bills, Treaties, Agreements

Interviewee recounts stories told to him by his father about the signing of Treaty #8;denial of Indian requests for reserve; and traditional lifestyle.

A brief account of the treaty negotiations at Fort MacKay and of the subsequent failure to obtain a reserve at Peace Point.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Kansas, 1998.

Discusses colonial policy in Canada and full rights of citizenship.

Discusses the Bradley Bill as it relates to the Black Hills land dispute between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Illustrates the history of the Sioux Nation and United States government's legal relationship, the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, and the protection of the Black Hills for Sioux people.

Looks at the newspaper The Indian Chieftain's role in the formation of Native American identity.

Book review of: Black Majority by Roberta B. Sykes.

Resource Conservation Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Montana, 1985.

Examines the contentious political situation concerning the provision of land rights to Aboriginal people.

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

Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.

Explains why proposed tough on crime legislation, resulting in mandatory minimum sentencing, will effect Aboriginal offenders significantly.

Anthropology and Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1980.

Agreement to share the benefits of resource development in Northeastern British Columbia.

Contends that some Indigenous children were schooled alongside settler children prior to the passage of legislation that legalized such practices in 1951.

Excluded from the Constitutional discussions in Canada, First Nations travel to England to plead that the British Parliament ask the Canadian government to entrench Indian Treaty and Aboriginal rights when the Constitution is brought to Canada.

Law Thesis (M.LL.)--University of Alberta, 2017.

Discusses the history of collecting skeletal remains and associated objects for study or display purposes and the Indigenous movement to have scientific or cultural institutions return them to their nations for proper funeral and burial rights. Looks at the Native American Grave Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and similar State-enacted legislation.

Book review of: Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts edited by Peter Kulchyski.

Book review of: Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equality, and Respect for Difference edited by Michael Asch.

Book reviews of: The Politics of Minor Concerns: American Indian Policy and Congressional Dynamics by Charles Turner. Taking Charge: Native American Self-Determination and Federal Indian Policy, 1975-1993 by George Pierre Castile.

Book review of Gambling with the Future by Yale D. Belanger.

Book review of: Law and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, 4th edition by David W. Elliott.

Book review of: Recognition Odysseys by Brian Klopotek.

Review of: We are Not You: First Nations and Canadian Modernity by Denis Claude.

Review of: Aroland is Home: An Incomplete Victory in Applied Anthropology by Paul Driben.

Book review of 3 books: Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream Is That Our Peoples Will One Day be Clearly Recognized as Nations by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt. Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur Ray and Jim Miller. Indian Treaty-Making Policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.

Review of: First Voices: An Aboriginal Women's Reader edited by Patricia A. Monture and Patricia D. McGuire.

Looks at the problem of free movement over international borders for Indigenous nations of North America.

Committee contends that measures must be implemented to facilitate legitimate travel for day-to-day activities by First Nations people.

Looks at ethnohistorical documentation and interpretation concerning reserve boundaries and the rights of the Natives to hunt, fish, and gather on the lands ceded by treaty.

Book review of: Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur J. Ray, Jim Miller, and Frank Tough.

Focuses on "boyfriend" method of recruitment. Reports results of interviews with experiential survivors and service providers and literature review.

Discusses the socio-political history of archaeology, and the emergence of alternative approaches that emphasize community engagement and heritage stewardship.

Suggests that the newly appointed Senator, Patrick Brazeau (34 years old), does not speak for First Nations people and the author argues that a valuable voice has been lost in future legislation that would improve life for First Nations people.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2010.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.

Looks at dispersal and what it meant to the Aborigines subjected to it after the passing of the Aborigines Protection Act.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Outlines Aboriginal peoples' struggle in the Maritimes for equal rights and their reliance on the land for economic, social, political and cultural survival.

Discusses history and culture of First Nations groups including the Coast Salish, Nlaka’pamux, Ts'ilhqot'in Secwepemc, Okanagan, Stl’atl’imx, Wet’Suwet’en, Sekani, and Dakelh First Nations.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Tromsø, 2008. Sami.

Includes case studies of the Community Council Project, Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto and the Hollow Water First Nation's Community Holistic Circle Healing Project.

Outlines the context in the 15 years prior to the Act in terms of the legal regime, funding, and the roles of the Role of the Expert Panel on Safe Drinking Water for First Nations and the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples. Followed by discussion of aspects of the Act including regulatory scope, lack of consultation, third party involvement, capacity, and potential for erosion of First Nations constitutional rights.