Property (Real, Intellectual, Cultural)

Outlines the inception and history of the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) and how it has gained credibility as an independent, neutral body conducting inquiries into specific claim disputes. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include: Cold Lake and Canoe Lake (Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range) Inquiries, Interim Ruling: Athabasca Denesuline, Treaty Harvesting Rights Inquiry, Related Materials on Specific Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Outstanding Business: A Native Claims Policy - Specific Claims, First Nations Submission on Claims, Response of Minister Siddon, March 21, 1991. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include the Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry, Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band Inquiry, Young Chipeewayan Inquiry, Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Inquiry, Chippewas of the Thames Inquiry and responses from the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Report include Treaty Land Entitlement reports for Fort McKay, Kawacatoose, Lac La Ronge Indian Band and a short history of Treaty Land Entitlement by Donna Gordon. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include 'Namgis and Nak'azdli First Nations and the Mamaleleqala Qwe'Qwa'Sot'Enox Band McKenna-McBride Applications Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include the Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Inquiry, Duncan's First Nation Inquiry, Long Plain First Nation Inquiry and the Bigstone Cree Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Inquiry, the Peguis First Nation Inquiry and the Cowessess First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include the Esketemc First Nation Inquiry, the Fishing Lake First Nation, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Inquiry and the Mistawasis First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reports include Kahkewistahaw First Nation 1907 Surrender Claim (Mediation), Alexis First Nation Inquiry, Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Inquiry and the Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Includes the reports on Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry, Lower Similkameen Indian Band Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway Right of Way Inquiry, Fort Pelly Agency Pelly Haylands Claim (Mediation), Lucky Man Cree Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Phase II Inquiry, Muskoday First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement (Mediation), Metepenagiag Mi’kmaq Nation Hosford Lot and Indian Reserve 7 (Mediation), George Gordon First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement (Mediation), Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement (Mediation) and the Esketemc First Nation Wright’s Meadow P

Includes the following reports: Carry the Kettle First Nation 1905 Surrender Inquiry, Neskonlith, Adams Lake and Little Shuswap Indian Bands, Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry, Nadleh Whut'en First Nation Lejac School Inquiry, Sturgeon Lake First Nation 1913 Surrender Inquiry, Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations Quality of Reserve Lands Inquiry, Muskowekwan First Nation 1910 and 1920 Surrender Inquiry and the Michipicoten First Nation Pilot Project (Mediation).[This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down

Argues that a consistent, fair, and equitable policy of land restoration, in the United States, is the only way to resolve Indigenous land claims.

Discussion on organized Native response formed to force a judicial decision on land claims and protect Aboriginal rights.

Examines the principles and finances of the Indian Specific Claims Commission (ISCC) operations and presents the Departmental Performance Report. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Alberta, 2004.

Discusses divorce settlements involving real property on-reserve, issues arising from the Constitution and Indian Act that prevent application of provincial law and focuses on the impact of policy on women.

Reviews, compares and analyzes the rights held in the past and up to 1988 in the three jurisdictions.

Author examines the neocolonial practice of cultural appropriation as “theft of cultural property” and notes its connection to the erasure of history and language performed by colonial states.

Traces the various legislations which dealt with the imposition of taxes both by the government and the Indian bands. The article also discusses how the issue of the right to vote became entangled with that of taxation.

Examines the past and present relationship between academics and the Aboriginal community, and discusses the issue of repatriation of cultural property and human remains.

Addresses the question of involving anthropologists in political and legal matters between the First Nations and the government of Canada, as in the Delgamuukw case.

Deals with transferring ownership of land, collection of debts, exemption from taxes, statutory labour on roads passing through reserves, and prohibition of pawning or exchanging goods for liquor.

Author asserts that self-determination is a liberal principle better suited to founding Indigeneity's political significance.

Lists readings grouped around five themes: Indigenizing research, traditional ecological knowledge, research ethics, intellectual property, and the Doctrine of Discovery and the framework of dominance.

Author examines the colonial nature of historic and contemporary archaeological practice, offers a post-colonial critique of the methods and values of the field, and suggests strategies for decolonizing the field and upholding the rights and sovereignties of Indigenous peoples.

Overview of the industry-led voluntary code of conduct that aims to ensure fair and ethical trade between art dealers and Indigenous visual artists.

[Museum Studies Project (MMSt)--Kansas University, 2019.]

Members of the Indigenous artistic community discuss issues such as cultural appropriation, respectful engagement, and the importance of relationships and reciprocity. Duration: 10:07. Transcript.

Topics discussed were collecting and collections management, and repatriation and initiatives for reconciliation; includes case studies, witness reflections and link to the webinar Museum Perspectives on the Task Force on Museums & First Peoples and the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Overview of the social and economic significance of Aboriginal art, the problems of misuse, and strategies to address these issues.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Denver, 2020.

Article examines the data inequities of Indigenous communities and how that affects those communities in contemporary, data centric contexts; argues for returning authority over Indigenous data back to Indigenous peoples.

Discusses the right of Indigenous peoples to govern data about communities, nations, lands, and resources, regardless of where it is held and by whom. Duration: 1:02:09.

Discusses issues relating to ownership, representation, and control of open data, the individual and collective right to access and privacy, and current approaches to ownership, licensing and use.Chapterr 21 in The State of Open Data: Histories and Horizons edited by Tim Davies, Stephen B. Walker, Mor Rubinstein, and Fernando Perini.

Article describes the development of the online digital repository of wise food practices that is grounded within Indigenous knowledges (IK) and in Indigenous Data Sovereignty (IDS). Authors stress the need for IDS given the effects it can have on policy creation and the well-being of Indigenous peoples. Done in collaboration with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux community.

Discusses some of the key issues in the areas where the library and information services sector intersect with Indigenous knowledge. The article also highlights the efforts of the Northern Territory Library (Australia).

Archaeology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 2015. Includes four cases studies: Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Royal British Columbia Museum, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.

Series of eight brief videos created by Kwantlen Polytechnic University's library to give guidance to their students about: locating Indigenous authors in the library's collection; conducting research in both a good way and in accordance with current Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS2) guidelines; source evaluation; engaging respectfully with Elders and Knowledge Keepers; and citing Elders when using the APA, Chicago, and MLA styles. Related Material: Book.

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