Legislation, Bills, Treaties, Agreements

Discusses the implications for the Aboriginal majority in Northern Quebec should the province separate from the rest of Canada.

Discusses on-reserve and off-reserve jurisdiction, as well as advising the Aboriginal accused of their rights and other procedural matters.

Looks at the failures of the Bill and Aboriginal rights versus wildlife welfare.

Assesses whether current legislative initiatives will be sufficient to accommodate Aboriginal peoples' goals and aspirations.

Second edition.

3rd edition updated and expanded.

Timeline of significant events from pre-contact to 2015.

Seeks to clarify the special fiduciary relationship and its implications for rights.

Dispute Resolution Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2002.

Examination of differences in equality rights, due to the Indian Act, as to why Aboriginal women do not have the same rights as Aboriginal men living on-reserve and non-Aboriginal women living off-reserve.

Discusses strategies to address barriers and achieve systemic institutional change for Aboriginal students. Related material: 2013 Progress Report. 2014 Progress Report.

Reviews changes that have taken place since the signing of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement using various indicators such as income, education, and life expectancy.

Webinar discusses the history of Aboriginal rights and identifies current trends, focusing on the 1970s to the present. Duration: 4:37.

Article outlines one possible legal response to the imminent export of a scared object under the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

Fact sheet on legal issues and case law concerning issues of access, control, ownership and management of natural resources.

Book review of Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History by Arthur J. Ray.

Overview of cases considered, and an explanation of the importance of R. v. Van der Peet which lays down the test for determining the existence of an Aboriginal right.

Topics covered include history, treaties, land claims, Indian Act, self-government, demographic/socio-economic profile, rights, and labour issues.

Brief plain language descriptions of cases and the significance of the decisions.

Explores rights regarding movable cultural property.

Discusses incorporating individual experiences and circumstances into discussions of collective self-determination and what strategies are needed to move forward.

Summary of the background, analysis and federal processes related to self-government. Based on the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).

Highlights the differences between American and Canadian concepts of identity and the effects on the Nisga'a Treaty process.

Covers arrangements under the Indian Act, the Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act, the Cree/Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, and the Kativik Act.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Alberta, 1996.

Focuses on material written in the 1970s and 1980s.

Discusses factors Aboriginal people consider as crucial for attaining self-government.

Looks at the background of Aboriginal and Treaty rights and inherent right to self-government.

Looks at the divide between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal legal and constitutional traditions.

Discusses the cultural diversity of enlistees, racism which underpinned the enlistment of Aboriginal men and their relationships within the Australian Imperial Force, and post-war treatment of veterans.

Brief overview of the experiences of veterans both during and after the war.

Argues that Aboriginal spirituality is legally constructed outside of the boundaries of religious freedom and discusses problems faced by religious minorities in a Christian dominated society.

Discusses the tests used by the Supreme Court of Canada to determine whether Aboriginal title exists. Uses the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia case as example of the principle of first occupancy. Duration: 7:17.

Chapter from: Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2008 edited by Todd L. Archibald, Randall Scott Echlin. Looks at Aboriginal title, rights and legal obligations.

Argues that British Columbia had been violating Aboriginal title in an illegal and unconstitutional fashion ever since it joined Canada in 1871.

Case study focuses on the relationship between the forest industry and First Nations' interests in land and natural resource in British Columbia.

Produced as a result of dissatisfaction with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' engagement process for the development of proposed legislative framework for drinking water in First Nation communities. Looks at three types of water-related rights: water, self-government, and adequate levels of environment protection.

Purpose of act was to eliminate sexual discrimination within the Indian Act and make it congruent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Came about because of United Nations Human Rights Commission's ruling that First Nations women were being discriminated against due to loss of status through marriage to non-First Nations men.

Brief document outlines issues around application of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to governments created by the Indian Act i.e. individual versus collective rights.

Only issue published.

Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.

Rejection of the Tasmanian Government's Land Rights Bill in the Upper House and the weak efforts at redress the issue of land rights.

Book review of: Aborigines and the Law by John McCorquodale.

Book review of: Aborigines in White Australia edited by Sharman Stone. To access review, scroll down to page 174.