Legislation, Bills, Treaties, Agreements

Reviews the existing agreements and stresses the need to reassess the hunting bans in northern Canada.

Discusses the 35 recommendations accepted by the government to address the lasting effects on children, families and communities caused by the forced removal of children under the Aborigines Protection Act 1909.

Book review of: Unfinished Business by Andrew Gunstone. Review located by scrolling to page 247.

Examines issues and implications related to the transfer of political authority to the governments of the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Issues include autonomy, integration, responsibility, accountability and capacity.

Covers topics such as Indigenous perceptions of land ownership, relationship with newcomers, Federal responsibilities, Douglas Treaties, and significant court decisions. For use with secondary school students.

Describes issues such as missing and murdered women, education, health care, and over-representation in the criminal justice system and gives statement of action required by Canada to address each problem.

Adopted by the General Assembly on September 13, 2007.

Presents the Declaration for young audience by explaining rights of protection by governments around the world.

Discusses a framework to assist the UN system to integrate Indigenous peoples' issues into country policies and programmes.

Scrutinised the drafting process of the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Examines past policies of the two governments and looks at proposed social actions directed towards tribal people in each country.

[American Studies] Thesis--The Eccles Centre for American Studies, 1996.

Looks at lawsuit filed by the Colville Indian Reservation in 1951 against the United Sates government regarding lands used for the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. History Capstone Thesis--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.

Argues that while the initial case resulted in a broad interpretation of tribal entitlement, subsequent rulings have moved in the direction of limiting water rights.

Looks at policy documents and legislation that could block future planning and development by communities.

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2006.

Discusses how the government might balance self-governance rights with anti-discrimination laws.

Discusses the effectiveness of the reconciliation processes, and the equitable reconciliatory practices needed for the healing process.

Looks at the Residential School Settlement and the development of the legal system when dealing with mass harms.

Indigenous Governance Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Book review of: Unsettling the Settler Within by Paulette Regan. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 132.

Discusses a series of events that took place between May and November of 1995 leading up to the eviction of Oscar Lathlin, a Cree member of the opposition from the Manitoba's Legislative Assembly.

Discusses debate regarding conscription in Native communities and the issue of Indian administration and land ownership.

Looks at criminal jurisdictional hurdles that are being addressed with the Tribal Law and Order Act and Violence Against Women Act and the need for enforcement of legislation by Native government.

[Arts and Social Sciences] Thesis (Ph.D.)--[University of Technology Sydney], 2016.

Discussion of indigenous political issues in Canada including Meech Lake Accord and the Oka standoff.

Looks at how the Province of British Columbia handles duty to consult and accommodate First Nations when activities impose on treaty rights or aboriginal title. Based on case law as of April 2010. To be used in conjunction with Guide to Involving Proponents When Consulting First Nations.

Analyzes the evolution of and the differences between two Native American communities.

Study based on positive and negative experiences of women during marital breakdown.

Chapter eight from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

Plan supports the social, cultural and economic well being of urban Aboriginal youth and makes 19 recommendations.

Topics examined in report are: demographics, data sources, health status, determinants of health, jurisdictional issues, trends in research, and suggested topics for future research.

Book review of: Urban Indian Reserves edited by F. Laurie Barron and Joseph Garcea.

Covers topics relating to urban reserves as vehicles for economic development. The paper also explores routes available to establish urban reserves and existing works which discuss negotiating with municipalities.

Interviews survivors of the 1952 relocation program whereby American Indians were encouraged to leave their home and move to urban centers across the United States. Duration: 56:46.

Discusses how competing interpretations of history have influenced arguments used, and decisions rendered, in court cases. Excerpt from Dynamics of Canada: Studying Canada's Past and Current Realities edited by Keith Battarbee and Mélanie Buchart. Entire volume on one pdf. To access this paper scroll to p. 99.

Law Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Sussex, 2012.

Examines pre-emptive use of the words America and American by mainstream, effects of denial of right of Indigenous peoples to use the name of their own land and resulting terms like "Native American" and "American Indian."

Discusses Treaty 7: events leading up to it; promises made and broken.

Description of the HERB (Bibliographical Datatbase on Hertiage Law) database which contains information relating to legal and administrative issues in the field of cultural property, with citations drawn from international literature including books, journal articles, law reports, conference proceedings and government documents.

Looks at different ways to understand Ontario First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Policy Framework (2007) using Foucauldian theoretical perspectives.

A study of Mississippi students was used to develop school programs to prepare the students for occupations that met their interests.

Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.Phil.)--University of Tromsø, 2012.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2008.

Looks at some of the groups trying to obtain legal status as Indian tribes and the barriers involved in the federal recognition process.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2003.