Property (Real, Intellectual, Cultural)
Reading for Land Susan Hill's The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 149-156
Description
Literary criticism article, discusses how in this narrative “the ethics of land” is the central focus of The Clay We Are Made Of: Haudenosaunee Land Tenure on the Grand River; notes that this focus on land and ethics presents a different historical narrative than we are generally taught about Six Nations
The Reality of the Regularisation of Agricultural Land Titles: The Titling Process For the Monte Verde Indigenous Territory
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Leonardo Tamburini
Ana Cecilia Betancur
Indigenous Affairs, no. 2, Bolivia, June 2002, pp. 18-26
Description
Discusses developments in granting land title to indigenous peoples in Bolivia.
To access this article, scroll down to page 18.
Recapturing the History and Rights of First Nations Peoples of British Columbia: A Political Analysis of Past and Present Relationships with the Dominion of Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Anita Pascoe
Description
Describes historical evolution of aboriginal title via provincial and federal policies and the impacts on current political environments.
Indigenous Governance Project towards (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2008?.
Reclaiming Our Way of Being: Matrimonial Real Property Solutions Position Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Describes how the Matrimonial Real Property (MRP) Solutions initiative created a safe environment where First Nations women could share their concerns, experiences, ideas, and possible solutions.
Reclaiming the Land: Aboriginal Title, Treaty Rights and Land Claims in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter J. Usher
Frank J. Tough
Robert M. Galois
Applied Geography, vol. 12, no. 2, April 1992, pp. 109-132
Description
Examines Aboriginal title in terms of socio-territorial organization, property and management systems.
Reclaiming the Reservation: The Geopolitics of Wisconsin Anishinaabe Resource Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven E. Silvern
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 131-153
Description
Provides background and potential resolution to struggles of the Anishinaabe of Wisconsin which emerged in 1910-1953 and have continued over rights and control their lands and resources.
[The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws]
Alternate Title
[Report (Australian Law Refrom Commission) ; 31]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Xavier Connor
J.R. Crawford
M. Chesterman
A.E-S. Tay
Murry Wilcox ... [et al.]
Description
Reports on whether to apply customary laws to Aboriginals and whether Aboriginal communities should have the power to apply customary laws for punishment and rehabilitation of Aboriginals. Recommends Aboriginal people have the final say in the recognition of customary law.
Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English-Settler Colonialism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Arthur J. Ray
BC Studies, no. 154, Summer, 2007, pp. 137-139
Description
Book review of: Recognizing Aboriginal Title: The Mabo Case and Indigenous Resistance to English-Settler Colonialism by Peter Russell.
To access this review, scroll to page 137.
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.
Recommendations for Decolonizing British Columbia’s Heritage-Related Processes and Legislation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David M. Schaepe
George Nicholas
Kierstin Dolata
Description
Study consisted of reviewing province's Heritage Branch policies, programs, guidelines and laws, research on the handling of Indigenous cultural heritage in other juristictions and development of a set of recommendations.
Reconciliation through Revitalization
Alternate Title
The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation!
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meredith Rusk
Description
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Reconsidering the Canadian Environmental Impact Assessment Act A Place for Traditional Environmental Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Paci
Ann Tobin
Peter Robb
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 22, no. 2, March 2002, pp. 111-127
Description
Examines the legal recognition of Indigenous title as it relates to Canadian environmental policy.
Recovering from Globalization: New Models for First Nations Economic Development
Alternate Title
Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference ; 24th, 2003
CCSBE Annual Conference ; 24th, 2003
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ronald K. Mitchell
J. Robert Mitchell
Description
Looks at an economic model needed to enhance on-reserve economic development with attention to property rights, and adjusting or transforming native governance structures to minimize transaction costs.
Red Earth and Shoal Lake Cree Nations Quality of Reserve Lands Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 206
Description
Examines outstanding obligations, and treaty documents, in respect of farming lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
The Red Man’s Burden: Creating Symbolic Boundaries in the Age of Technology
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 3rd, 1999
Native American Symposium ; 4th, 2001
Stealing/Steeling the Spirit: American Indian Identities ; and Smoke Screens/Smoke Signals: Looking Through Worlds: Proceedings of the Third and Fourth Native American Symposiums
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerald D. Waite
Description
Examines the effects of cultural theft that infringes upon religious rituals and ceremonies within Native American cultures.
Reduce Transaction Costs? Yes. Strengthen Property Rights? Maybe: The First Nations Land Management Act and Economic Development on Canadian Indian Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Alcantara
Public Choice, vol. 132, no. 3-4, September 2007, pp. 421-432
Description
Looks at property rights and effective use of land codes for administering reserve lands in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
Remembering the Children Educator's Guide 2022
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jacqueline Cleave]
[Adrian French]
[Shannon Williams]
[Meredith Rusk]
Description
Topics include: teacher reflections, preparing for difficult conversations, the role of media coverage, daily life in residential schools, reconciliation through revitalization, and making reconciliation real.
For use with Remembering the Children: Truth and Reconciliation Week 2022
Repatriation: A Pawnee's Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Riding In
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 238-250
Description
The author, a historian, Pawnee man, and activist discusses his experience and perspective in dealing with the archaeological and museum communities while advocating for the repatriation of human remains and burial offerings.
Repatriation as Social Drama: The Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, 1922-1980
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ira Jacknis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 274-286
Description
Article describes the social and political factors and events that influenced and were a part of the extended process of repatriating potlatch artifacts that had been confiscated in 1922 under an amendment to the Indian Act prohibiting the potlatch ceremony.
Repatriation of Cultural Property and Aboriginal Rights: A Survey of Contemporary Legal Issues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Bell
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 313-335
Description
Discussion of ownership rights with respect to Aboriginal artifacts housed within museums or other government agencies.
Repatriation of Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property to East Greenland
Alternate Title
Inuit Studies Conference ; 17th, 2010
[Inuit People and the Aboriginal World]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aviâja Rosing Jakobsen
Cunera Buijs
Description
Discusses project to connect Greenlanders with two photo collections that are their intellectual property.
Report 6: Legal Review of First Nations' Rights to Carbon Credits
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
Description
Looks at the legal rights First Nations people have in Canada to be able to assert to own and to use carbon in trees, and focuses on how Aboriginal, treaty, and land title rights might be exercised so that they can sell credits to industry or government.
Report by the Native Women’s Association of Canada on the Occasion of the Review of the Sixth and Seventh Reports of Canada on Its Compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Assessment of current situation and progress made by Canadian government, plus recommendations. Covers issues such as violence against women and girls, matrimonial property, band membership and status, and Kelowna Accord.
Report of the Mediation of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Report of the Mediation of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 19
Description
Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [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 of the] North-West Half-Breed Commission
Alternate Title
Canada. House of Commons. Sessional Papers ; 1888, vol. 12, no. 14, pt. V, p. 1-8
North-West Half-Breed Claims Commission
[Royal Commission to Inquire into and Complete the Enumeration of Half-breeds and Claims of White Settlers in the North-West Territories]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Roger Norbert Alexis] Goulet
[Narcisse] Omer Coté
Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Alternate Title
McKenna-McBride Final Report
McKenna-McBride Royal Commission: Minutes of Decision 1913-1916
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Description
Commission appointed to make recommendations as to reserved and to be reserved for Indians.
Links to detailed reports for each agency and four volume final report.
[Report on the Advances in Territorial Property Rights of the Suma-Mayangna Community of Awas Tingni, Nicaragua]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ester Melba McLean Cornelio
AlterNative, vol. 8, no. 4, Special Issue, 2012, pp. 472-480
Description
Looks at effects of outside colonists on the local populations regarding deforestation and devastation of natural resources.
Report on the Mediation of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation 1907 Surrender Claim
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Outlines the Indian Claims Commission's (ICC) role in mediating a settlement summarizes events that led to resolution. [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 on the Pilot Project of the Michipicoten First Nation
Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Report on the Pilot Project of the Michipicoten First Nation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 61
Description
Negotiations for 11 years of a pilot project brought about settlement of claims and grievances regarding expropriation of land for hydro and railway lines. [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 to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia on the Workshop Data Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples: Current Practice and Future Needs (9th-10th July 2015)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Taylor
Tahu Kukutai
Description
Details the proceedings of a two-day workshop held in Australia that brought together scholars and policy practitioners from Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada and the United States in July of 2015. The workshop examined the implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for collection, maintenance, and use of data related to Indigenous peoples and the potential effects for Indigenous sovereignties.
Representing 'Australian Land': Mainstream Media Reporting of Native Title
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clemence Due
Damien W. Riggs
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2010, pp. 26-36
Description
Reports on how Indigenous land claims in Australia are portrayed in the mainstream non-Indigenous media.
Research, Ethics and Indigenous Peoples: An Australian Indigenous Perspective on Three Threshold Considerations for Respectful Engagement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ambelin Kwaymullina
AlterNative, vol. 12, no. 4, 2016, pp. 437-449
Description
Three considerations: should research be conducted?, how does perspective affect research, and need for inclusion of ethical research principles.
Research That Benefits Native People: A Guide for Tribal Leaders: Module 1: Foundations of Research: An Indigenous Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center
Description
Discusses five topics: suggested core values, value and validity of Indigenous knowledge, cultural aspects of research, stewardship of information, sovereignty, and benefits of research.