Activism

Discussion of how the beating of a black longshoreman by police in Vancouver affected the emerging human rights community in British Columbia.

Looks at the events leading up to a confrontation between government officials and local villagers harvesting communal land, which resulted in death and injury, and the Nepali government's failure to respond to demands for justice.

Book review of: The Black Eureka by Max Brown. To access review, scroll down to page 179.

Uses content analysis of more than a thousand articles focused on environmental issues from four tribal newspapers in Wisconsin, interviews with Native American journalists, and discussions with focus group to analyze the themes and values attached to sovereignty.

Book review of: The Black Resistance by Fergus Robinson and Barry York. To access review, scroll down to page 160.

Comments on the importance that Aboriginal media has played in Australia over the last twenty years.

Discusses a play which depicts the life work and murder of the American Indian Movement's (AIM) member, Anne Mae Pictou Aquash.

Delves into the protest by Elijah Harper to block the progress of the Meech Lake accord in the Manitoba legislature and the protest by the Mohawk Warrior Society at Oka, Quebec to stop development of a golf course.

Book review of: Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State edited by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer.

Book review of: Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State edited by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 165.

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 1997.

Argues that the occupation of Alcatraz Island started a process of Government repression of Indigenous activists that was without parallel in its virulence and lethal effects.

Book review of: Aboriginal Self-Government in Urban Areas: Proceedings of a Workshop, May 25 and 26, 1994 edited by Evelyn Peters.

Book review of: Indigenous Peoples edited by Henry Minde in collaboration with Harald Gaski, Svein Jentoft, and Georges Midre.

Book review of: The Indian Association of Alberta by Laurie Meijer Drees.

Review of: Viet Cong at Wounded Knee by Woody Kipp.

Book review of: Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah & Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions by Charlotte Coté.

Review of: First Voices: An Aboriginal Women's Reader edited by Patricia A. Monture and Patricia D. McGuire.

Review of Helpless: Caledonia's Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, How the Law Failed All of Us by Christie Blatchford.

Book review of: kwayask-ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik: Their Example Showed Me the Way translated and edited by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas: 1492 to the Present by Ward Churchill. Incorporating the Familiar: An Investigation into Legal Sensibilities in Nunavik by Susan G. Drummond. The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the Whiteman by Wilson Duff.

Review of: Never Without Consent: James Bay Cree's Stand Against Forcible Inclusion Into an Independent Quebec by the Grand Council of Crees (Eeyou Astchee).

Books review of: Spider Woman's Granddaughters: Traditional Tales and Contemporary Writing by Native American Women edited by Paula Gunn Allen. Blood Salt by Doris Seale. Coyote's Journal edited by James Koller, Carroll Arnett, Steve Nemirow, and Peter Blue Cloud. American Indian Autobiography by H. David Brumble.

Book reviews of: The Erotics of Sovereignty: Queer Native Writing in the Era of Self-Determination by Mark Rifkin. Spaces between Us: Queer Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Decolonization by Scott Morgensen. Beyond the Nation: Diasporic Filipino Literature and Queer Reading by Martin Joseph Ponce.

Book reviews of 4 books: Treaties on Trial by Fay G. Cohen. The Canadian Prairies: A History by Gerald Friesen. New Native American Drama: Three Plays by Hanay Geiogamah. The three plays are entitled Foghorn, 49, and Body Indian. A Homeland for the Cree by Richard F. Salisbury.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2001.

Looks at the problem of free movement over international borders for Indigenous nations of North America.

Presents a short story by prolific author.

Provides the historical background and impact of the Constitution Express. The author was an organizer and key strategist in the movement

Book review of Bridging Two Peoples by Allan Sherwin.

Music Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio State University, 2014.

Interview is a general account of Mr. Pocha's life. He describes his involvement in early Metis organizations, and discusses his view on ways to improve the situation of natives.

Film of songwriter, singer, Buffy Sainte-Marie, discusses her inspirations and hopes. Duration: 06:16.

Brief discussion of the documentary Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life directed by Joan Prowse.

Artist discusses her creative process, career and advocacy role. Duration: 12:21.

Discusses the Kazakhs and the Buryat-Mongols movement for rights beginning with the First Russian Revolution.

Commentary on the pivotal case which established that title was a right recognized by Canadian law. Chapter from: Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights edited by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, Jeremy Webber.

Argues that jurisdiction over matters which affect children and families is part of the right to self-determination.

Comments on the history of the Canadian Mining and Energy Corporation (Cameco)

Report looks at the real possibility of a confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities based on five determinants.

Chronicles significant developments in the relationship between the Federal government and First Peoples. Chapter from Visions of the Heart: Canadian Aboriginal Issues (3rd ed.) edited by Olive Patricia Dickason and David Long.

Discusses the origins of the movement, reviews its philosophy, and explains historical factors which contributed to the almost universal support it received.

In-depth news story on issues which precipitated the movement. Duration: 25:00.

Explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG), and questions the exclusion of Indigenous males. Discusses the need for a more comprehensive and holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Queen's University, 2011.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2006.

Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1994.