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"The Queen and I": Discrimination Against Women in the Indian Act Continues

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 20, no. 2, National Identity and Gender Politics, Summer, 2000, pp. 64-69
Description
Discussion of identity under the Indian Act and the past discriminatory provision of women who marry non-Indian men losing thier status, and social and political rights.
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The Queensland Aboriginal Land Act 1991

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Brennan
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 50, 1991, p. 32
Description
Looks at the consultation that brought about some positive legislation in terms of land rights.
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Questions about Questions: Law and Film Reflections on the Duty to Learn

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Johnson
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 83-108
Description
Authors considers different ways that Canadian lawyers and Canadian law can engage with Indigenous law in the interest of working towards reconciliation. Discusses a process of self-questioning and self-reflection tied to film and cultural studies.
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R. v. Badger, [1996] 1 S.C.R. 771

Alternate Title
Wayne Clarence Badger Appellant v. Her Majesty the Queen Respondent and between Leroy Steven Kiyawasew Appellant [...]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Decision or ruling regarding hunting on privately owned land ceded by treaty.
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Race, Space, and Prostitution: The Making of Settler Colonial Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 371-397
Description
Argues that prostitution has played a fundamental role in securing the necessary domination over Indigenous peoples and land in the making of the Canadian nation-state. Focuses on four examples: early settlement in British Columbia; the Indian Act; the Pass System; and Vancouver's missing women.
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Racial Discrimination in Legislation, Litigation, Legend and Lore

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anthony J. Hall
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 32, no. 2, April 30, 2000, p. 119
Description
Book reviews of: Colour-Coded: A Legal History of Racism in Canada, 1900-1950 by Constance Backhouse and Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court: Historical Case Studies by James W. St. G. Walker.
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The Racist Legacy in Modern Swedish Saami Policy

Alternate Title
The Racist Legacy in Modern Swedish Sami Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Kvist
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 203-220
Description
States that institutionalized racism that existed before 1971, has left a strong anti-Sami rights legacy among the non-Sami in the North.
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Radical Treaty Ideas Challenge First Nations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 2, March/April 2009, pp. [34]-37
Description
Reports on the initiatives and challenges faced by the Canadian government in bringing First Nation people in the mainstream of Canadian society
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Re-inventing Canada: The North and National Policy

Alternate Title
An Essay Commissioned by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Jull
Description
Looks at the history of policy-making from the 1950s to the early 1990s and conflicts which have arisen between Indigenous peoples and governments. Compares developments to those in Australia's Northern Territory. Revised 3rd edition.
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[Reading the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement]

Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast presents an overview of the "Critical Conversations Series" and outlines some of the key features of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) Duration unknown.
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Reality Check: Securing a Future for the Official Languages of the Northwest Territories: Final Report on the Review of the Official Languages Act 2008-2009

Alternate Title
16th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Standing Committee on Government Operations ; Report 6-16 (3) 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Menicoche
Robert Hawkins
Glen Abernethy
Jackie Jacobson
David Krutko
Description
Examines the administration and implementation of the Act, achievement of the objectives, effectiveness of the the provisions of the Act, and the roles and responsibilities of the Minister, Official Languages Board , the Aboriginal Languages Revitalization Board and the Languages Commissioner.
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Reburial Ethics: The Neiden and Rounala Cases

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kjell-Åke Aronsson
Norwegian Archaeological Review, vol. 46, no. 2, 2013, pp. 223-225
Description
Discusses reburial case where 21 skulla and skeletons were dug up and taken to the University of Uppsala.
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Rebutting the Mabo Myth

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Tickner
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 11-12
Description
Historic decision by the High Court of Australia recognizes ownership of traditional territory that is has been continually occupied by Aboriginal people. Explains ten misconceptions surrounding the decision.
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[Recensions/Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jean Rousseau
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. [546]-549
Description
Book review of Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec and Labrador edited by Colin H. Scott. Review in French.
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Recensions I Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Francis Abele
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 23, no. 3, September 1990, pp. 591-592
Description
Book review of: Indian Government: Its Meaning in Practice by Frank Cassidy and Robert L. Bish.
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Recent Experience with Indigenous-Led Assessments: A BC Perspective

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Energy and Mining Council
Description
Discusses general characteristics of Indigenous-led assessments and highlights two projects: the Stk’emlupsemc te Secwepemc Nation's Review of KGHM-Ajax-Abacus Mine proposal and the Squamish Nation's Assessment of Woodfibre LNG Plant.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium]: Part Three: Native American History and Mythology

Alternate Title
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ginger R. Davis
Carlon Andre
Carole McAllister
Description
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration. Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.
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Reclaiming Our Roots: Accomplishments and Challenges

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet King
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 43, no. 4, Growing Roots: Native American Evidence-Based Practices, October-December 2011, pp. 297-301
Description
Looks at the Mental Health Services Act and challenges involved in getting funding for cultural intervention programming.
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Recognising Rangatiratanga: Sharing Power with Māori through Co-management

Alternate Title
Recognizing Rangatiratanga: Sharing Power with Maori through Co-mangement
Theses
Author/Creator
Samuel George Wevers
Description
Explores the issues surrounding treaty and co-management structures for the shared administration of natural resources in traditional territories. Bachelor of Laws (Honours) dissertation.
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Recognition

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
American Studies, vol. 46, no. 3-4, Indigeneity at the Crossroads of American Studies, Fall/Winter, 2005, pp. 133-161
Description

Looks at anit-Native sovereignty movements calling for the repeal of treaty and federal Indian laws. 

Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.

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Recognition, Reconciliation and Healing

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Giokas
Description
Discusses both the technical and common meanings of the term “recognition”, and examines a number of ways in which the existence, history and contributions of the Aboriginal people of Manitoba could be recognized by the Manitoba government.
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Recognizing and Including Indigenous Cultural Heritage in B.C.: Policy Paper

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Aird
Gretchen Fox
Angie Bain
Description
Presents the case for establishing an Indigenous-led organization that can address gaps in legislation and policy, and support initiatives in Indigenous communities which will achieve measurable goals which would ensure that cultural heritage can be managed, protected and revitalized in meaningful and substantive ways.
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