Book review of Imagining Sovereignty by David J. Carlson.

Case involving eight individual members of the Micmac, Maliseet, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy Indian tribes and the Indian Township Passamaquoddy Basket Cooperative, Inc. asking for a judgement on exemptions from customs duty goods brought from Canada to the United States for individual use, as well as the Cooperative. Judgement was also asked with respect to Canadian-born individuals being exempt from immigration laws requiring registration and visa requirements.

Presents criticism of IBA's by considering the privatization of federal duty to consult, the trend to have market-based solutions for social suffering, and the limiting of political and legal channels.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2006.

Discussion on the effectiveness of a number of agreements negotiated directly between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities in support of three northern Canadian diamond mines.

Webinar provides an overview of agreements between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities with limited government interference. Also leads a discussion with participants about Aboriginal community signatories’ expectations, community consent, and the possibility of standardizing IBA negotiations. Duration: 1:01:00.

Rural Planning and Development Major Research Paper (M.Sc.)--The University of Guelph, 2013.

Examines how communities can achieve greater self-determination and improve their local economic outcomes.

International Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Northern British Columbia, 2004.

Looks at agreements signed between mining companies and First Nation communities in Canada in order to establish formal relationships between them, to reduce the predicted impact of a mine, and to secure economic benefist for affected communities.

Discusses the evaluation findings and recommendations regarding the impacts of comprehensive land claim agreements and the extent to which the objectives have been achieved.

Assesses programs and delivery of services to communities.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Cincinnati, 2000.

Looks at increasing prejudice and discrimination towards the Pygmy people living in the high altitude forests of Central Africa.

General discussion of the issue of Aboriginal tenure, and through an examination of treaties between the Micmaq, Wabenaki Confederacy and the British Crown asserts that Aboriginal title has not been extinguished in Atlantic Canada. Excerpted from Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision.

Research and Commercialisation Thesis (M.A.)--Queensland University of Technology, 2013.

Profiles Native American communities, tribal sovereignty and relationship to the federal government, and explains the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.

Discusses the need for culturally responsive care for American Indian Elders.

Papers, presentations and proceedings from the conference Impact of NAFTA on Aboriginal Business in North America held in Saskatoon, Sk., May 28-29, 2001.

Uses the 1991 Aboriginal Peoples' Survey public-use file in a difference-indifferences cohort analysis to assess how gaining status as a result of the passage of Bill C-31 might affect economic outcomes. Extended essay in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master of Arts in Economics.

Online conference consists of two panels which address the questions "How might data better help us understand the unequal effects of COVID-19 and ensure Indigenous capacity, preparedness and resilience?' and 'How has the community experienced COVID-19?'. Duration: 3:04:32.

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

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Four: Information about Government Programs and Statistics.

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Summary Report.

Related material: Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Module Four: Information about Government Programs and Statistics.

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Module Four: Information abo

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Module Four: Information about Government Programs and Statistics. Summary Repo

Looks at impacts of Bill C-31 including population, demography, membership, demand for programs and services, and key social and political changes. Chapter four from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

Reports on results of interviews with 26 participants including those who were HIV positive, community workers and Elders. Related material:

Presents an overview of the trade agreement, viewpoints from the three governments and Indigenous people's responses and concerns about NAFTA.

Identifies problems in areas of time taken for processing applications and returning decisions on their success or failure, increasing rates of denial of status, and falling rate of restorations for women who lost status as a result of marriage

Webinar covers background to the child-first principle, progress in implementation, Federal and provincial governments' operational narrowing of its application and refusal to acknowledge cases, Pictou Landing Band Council (PLBC) & Maurina Beadle v. Canada, court rulings, and description of study which will collect systems information. Duration: 1:15:59.

Environmental Design Project towards (MEDes)--University of Calgary, 2001.

Discusses inclusions in a Self-Government Agreement referring to the Yukon First Nation Self-Government Agreement, personal and territorial jurisdictions, concurrent and exclusive powers and connections between Aboriginal, federal and provincial laws..

Discusses the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples' report Honouring the Spirit of Modern Treaties: Closing the Loopholes: Interim Report: Special Study on the Implementation of Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada and the Land Claims Agreements Coalition (LCAC) formed by Aboriginal peoples in response to the Federal Government's inaction.

Discusses First Nations land use planning; and looks at how the Lil’wat Nation is implementing aspects of its land use plan by taking advantage of provincial strategic planning initiatives.

Looks at institutional arrangements created by the Agreement and how they affect harvesting rights, management of wildlife and habitat, wildlife research, and assessment of environmental impacts of development. Gives special attention to wildlife co-management mechanisms which represent interests of both government and the Inuvialuit.

[Curriculum and Instruction] Thesis (EdD)--University of Montana, 2012.

Looks at the Aboriginal Communities Act and the extent to which it meets the requirements of self-government contained in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Session Five from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Speaks to challenges faced as government representatives in the implementation process. Duration: 1:10:08.

Discusses the rapid social change and long-term effects that undermined traditional self-sufficient Alaskan lifestyle including factors such as welfare dependence; and stresses strategies about education and community development are essential.

Report prepared for Insight Information's conference Aboriginal Oil and Gas: Preparing and Planning for the Next Wave of Resource Development Projects, April 24-25, 2006, Edmonton, Alberta. With additional comments on: Haida Nation v. British Columbia and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia

Review essay on: The True Spirit and Original Intent of Treaty 7 by Treaty 7 Elders and Tribal Council with Walter Hildebrandt, Sarah Carter, and Dorothy First Rider. Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur J. Ray, Jim Miller, and Frank Tough. Mi'kmaq Treaties on Trial: History, Land, and Donald Marshall Junior by William C. Wicken.

Describes an Agreement that provides for off-reserve members to attend on-reserve schools.