Legislation, Bills, Treaties, Agreements
Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada, and: The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jill St. Germain
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 91, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 355-359
Description
Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller and The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest edited by Alexandra Harmon.
Companion Document of Selected Papers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Health Services
Vancouver Coastal Health
Description
Purpose of brief compilation is to provide historical and current context for Aboriginal health status. Lists significant legislation and events chronologically, as well as discusses benefits, social determinants of health, gaps in services, etc.
Comparative Assessment of the Position of Indigenous Peoples in Quebec, Canada and Abroad
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
New edition of report provides overview of original and looks at relevant issues in the same countries including demographics, policy, fiscal information, legal framework, land rights and other important issues.
Comparative Governance Structures Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Alternate Title
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Schulze
Description
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
A Compendium of Recommendations for Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada: Justice-Related Recommendations from Government and Community Reports between 2003-2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Justice
Description
Focuses on reforms that could be make by provincial and/or federal government justice departments in the areas of policing, prosecutions, corrections, victim services, crime prevention, policy and legislation.
Compensating Residential School Survivors & Nosological Category of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Critical Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cécile Capela-Laborde
Description
Looks at the pros and cons of using the nosological category and the Independent Assessment Process to claim compensation for abuses and wrong doings for victims suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Compensatory Justice
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laurence M. Hauptman
National Forum, vol. 71, no. 2, Spring, 1991, pp. [31-33?]
Description
Looks at the Seneca Nation Settlement Act of 1990 that compensated for the failure of the United States federal government to carry out trust responsibilities and to protect interests.
Complementary Research on Traditional and Customary Child Care Practices/Adoption within Aboriginal Communities in Quebec: Presented to Working Group on Customary Adoption in Aboriginal Communities, Justice Québec
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Québec Native Women Inc.
Description
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.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
Documents & Presentations
Description
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Saskatchewan Provincial Edition
E-Books
Description
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. This edition is aligned with the Saskatchewan provincial curriculum for History 30: Canadian Studies, Native Studies 10, and Native Studies 30.
Confirming Rights: Inter-American Court Ruling Marks Key Victory for Sarayaku People in Ecuador
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 3, Defending Life First, September 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses how the government neglected cultural rights by illegally licensing an oil company to do business on traditional lands without community consent.
Confronting Australian Genocide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colin Tatz
Aboriginal History, vol. 25, Special Section: Genocide?: Australian Aboriginal History in International Perspective, 2001, pp. [16]-36
Description
Comments on genocide denialists and their reasonings.
Confronting Cannabis: Legalization on Native Nation Lands and the Impacts of Differential Federal Enforcement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Lewis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 408-438
Description
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous Nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.
Confronting Megaprojects: Development Without Our Consent is not Development
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Center for Indigenous Peoples’ Cultures of Peru (CHIRAPAQ)
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, The Future We Want: Indigenous Women of the World Unite, December 2013, p. [?]
Description
Indigenous women exchanged experiences on how the lack of consultation on mining, forestry, oil and natural gas extraction and hydroelectric projects have affected their communities.
Conservation Controversy: Sparrow, Marshall, and the Mi'kmaq of Esgenoôpetitj
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah J. King
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 4, Traditional Knowledge, Spirituality and Lands, 2011, pp. 1-14
Description
Explores traditional beliefs used in conservation management in relation to decisions from the Supreme Court.
Conservatives Back Down on Ile-a-la-Crosse Promise
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 11, February 2007, p. 8
Description
Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice announces, "Métis students who attended the [Ile-a-la-Crosse Residential] school" will not be part of the Indian residential school compensation agreement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Consolidated Analysis of the Legal Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions/Expressions of Folklore
Alternate Title
Background Paper (World Intellectual Property Organization) ; no. 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Description
Includes discussion of context, policy options, history, definition, examples of appropriation and misappropriation, etc.
Consolidated Mandate
Alternate Title
Consolidated Mandate of the Indian Claims Commission
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Establishment of mandate, by Order-in-Council P.C. 1991-1329, of an agency to consider and conduct inquiries into certain matters related to land claims by First Nations in Canada. The mandate also spells out the end for the Indian Claims Commission by asking for final reporting March 31, 2009. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Consolidation: First Nations Land Management Act: S.C. 1999, c. 24
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Parliament of Canada
Description
Act allows signatory First Nations the authority to create their own system for making reserve land allotments as well as the authority to deal with matrimonial interests or rights.
Current as of May 12, 2016.
Consolidation of Indian Legislation: Volume I: United Kingdom and Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gail Hinge
Description
Constitutional documents and Pre- and Post-Confederation statutes. Post-Confederation category is further divided into administrative, constitutional, federal grants, federal-provincial agreements, lands, Manitoba, Northern Canada, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and miscellaneous,
Conspiracy of Legislation: The Suppression of Indian Rights in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Mathias
Gary R. Yabsley
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991
Description
Cites examples of both federal and provincial legislation which aimed at eradicating First Nations through restricting or impairing their ability to act.
The Constitution Act, 1982, Sections 25 and 35
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Canadian Native Law Reporter, vol. 1, 1988, pp. 1-13
Description
Explains that the Constitution Act, 1982 does not diminish any of the the rights of Aboriginal peoples guaranteed by earlier Constitutional declarations or Agreements, but it provides additional guarantees.
Constitutional Reform at the White Earth Nation
Alternate Title
Leading Native Nations Interview Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jill Doerfler
Ian Record
Description
Discusses the importance of traditional governance systems, and efforts for revising constitutions to support Indian Nations' sovereignty including changing the criteria for White Earth citizenship.
Duration: 55:50. Includes transcript.
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