Property (Real, Intellectual, Cultural)

Book review of: The Sioux in South Dakota History by Richmond L. Clow.

Outlines the history of the Six Nations in Ontario including the relationship with the Crown, outstanding First Nations land claims, and the Grand River Notification Agreement.

Book review of: ...So They Understand: Cultural Issues in Oral History by William Schneider.

Argues that judicial analyses of the St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen case rarely take into account the historical context and contemporary attitudes towards Aboriginal people at the time.

General reminiscences of his life and he talks about a smallpox epidemic before he was born.

Chapter four in book: CODE: Collective Ownership and the Economy edited by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh.

Response to Goldstein and Kintigh’s 1990 article "Ethics and the Reburial Controversy;" argues that repatriation results in the destruction of archaeological collections and presents a serious conflict between religion and science. Asserts that archaeologists must maintain their rights and duties as scholars.

Author addresses how contemporary mining law is rooted colonial legislation dealing with "free entry", which negates Indigenous presence on the land. Includes discussion of: The Gold Fields Act, 1859; Oregon Treaty of 1846; Treaty of Niagara Royal Proclamation, 1763; and the Mineral Tenure Act, 1996.

Analysis of how reservations in USA were formerly held in trust by the Federal Government, however title has become progressively more complicated due to state and local jurisdiction.

Brief overview of claims, the process, and issues related to failure to deal with claims and fulfil obligations.

Speech given by Joseph Gosnell about the Nisga'a Treaty.

Book review of:The Spirit in the Land by Gisday Wa and Delgam Uukw. Scroll down to page 92 to read review.

Argues that globalization has resulted in inclusion of Indigenous knowledge.

Guide developed for individuals and groups requesting return of things such as human remains, funerary and sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony from the collections housed in the National Museum of the American Indian.

Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.

Second edition.

Argues that the issue of theft of cultural property must first be addressed through tribal laws, which are informed by cultural context.

Examines the validity of a surrender given that a majority of the eligible voters had not been present at the 1913 surrender meeting. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Lists 11 pieces of legislation and explains why they are of concern to First Nations.

This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.

Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.

A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.

Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.

A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.

Discusses a project to create a state-wide system for site identification and documentation of American Indian sacred sites.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1995.

Book review of: Switchbacks by Jennifer Kramer.

Arts and Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2003.

Discusses facts that have come to light in his interviews regarding Indian religion, land ownership, and attitudes to natives.

This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area wereanxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.

Signed on January 13th, 2002; providing multiparty agreement on aspects of matters relating to: land, reserves, management of settlement lands, land use palnning, water, wildlife, resource royalty sharing

Discussion of the determination of wealth and inequality based on cultural and material values; includes commentary on Creek and Muskogee land seized and sold by the United States.

Uses excerpts from primary documents to illustrate the various viewpoints

Discusses tax laws focusing on the Indian Act tax exemption, section 87.

Examines the history behind the taxation status issue and how it affected Thurston County finances and the amount of land held by Native Americans.

In webinar, lawyer discusses ways that Canadian Indigenous peoples have used intellectual property law to promote their cultural heritage and protect it from appropriation and negative stereotypes. Duration: 44:28.

Discusses the reasons for the failure of the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA), which brought into effect policies designed to devolve federal responsibility for tribes and transfer it to the state governments. This in turn was used as a method to force integration and assimilation into the dominant culture.

Discusses an act respecting Crown lands in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Guelph, 1999.

Sale of Saddle Lake Reserve lands ; fate of the Washatanow Reserve.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2008.

Looks at cases to demonstrate how the Federal courts in Australia deal with proof of Aboriginal title.