Activism
'Colossal Failure' by Police Left Pickton Free to Kill
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013, p. 8,23
Description
Comments on a commissioners final report from a missing women inquiry and a rally call for a national investigation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Columbus, Indians, and the Black Legend Hocus Pocus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wilbur R. Jacobs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, 1993, pp. 175-187
Description
Discussion, told in a personal narrative style, about fighting for rights and the contributions of Aboriginal culture.
[The Comeback]
Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ; February 10, 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Paul Kennedy
John Ralston Saul
Hayden King
Description
Discussion centred around Saul's latest book The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power And Influence.
Duration: 53:59.
Commentary: "Inside Looking Out, Outside Looking In"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Koptie
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 59-61
Description
Comments regarding two articles; Margaret Wente's article in the Globe and Mail of October 13, 2007 Section A27 titled "White Guilt, dead children in the name of political correctness" and the response to this article in the next day of the Globe and Mail by Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux' titled "Inside Looking Out, Outside Looking In".
La communauté comme sujet et objet du droit: implications
pour les Métis du Canada = The Law of the Community and Community Rights: Implications for the Métis in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natacha Gagné
Claudie Larcher
Sébastien Grammond
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
A Comparison of CVM Survey Response Rates, Protests and Willingness-to-Pay of Native Americans and General Population for Fuels Reduction Polices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Armando González-Cabán
John B. Loomis
Andrea Rodriguez
Hayley Hesslen
Journal of Forest Economics, vol. 13, no. 1, May 15, 2007, pp. 49-71
Description
Findings did not reflect a statistical difference between Native Americans and Montana's general population initially, but in-depth interviews later revealed variations.
Competing Ideologies of Land Ownership and Usage: American Indian Resistance in the Southwest, 1850-2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Grace McClain
Description
Comments on the persistent and ongoing resistance that has been employed by Native Americans in the southwest including Tohono O'odham, Colorado Ute, Jicarilla Apache, Hopi and Navajo.
Sociology Bachelors Thesis (BA)--University of Arizona, 2014.
Conceiving Kakipitatapitmok: The Political Landscape of Anishinaabe Anticlearcutting Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna J. Willow
American Anthropologist, vol. 113, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 262-276
Description
Looks at landscape anthropology and how anti-clearcutting activism at the Grassy Narrows First Nation has changed the vantage point from which activists conceive their experiences with the landscape.
Confluence: Water as an Analytic of Indigenous Feminisms
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.
Confronting Power: Aboriginal Women and Justice Reform
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia A. Monture
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 25, no. 3/4, Canadian Feminism in Action, Summer, 2006, pp. 25--33
Description
States that power, control and isolation are key components in maintaining "good order" and are also key components of colonialism.
Constituent Assembly: Bolivias's Third Constitutional Moment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Carlos Romero Bonifaz
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, 2007, pp. 50-56
Description
Committee structure is centred around four themes: country vision, structure of public power, land-territory and natural resources, and development model.
To access this article, scroll down to page 50.
The Constitution Express Revisited
Alternate Title
Introduction: The Constitution Express Revisited
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma Feltes
Glen Coulthard
BC Studies, vol. 212, The Constitution Express: A 40-Year Retrospective, Winter, 2021/2022, pp. 13-32
Description
An introduction of the articles featured in this special edition issue about Section 35 of Constitution Act and the creation of Constitution Express.
The Constitutional Battle
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deanna Wuttunee
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 11, no. 5, May 1981, pp. 4-5
Description
Debate at Chiefs Conference in Saskatoon over government's failure to accept their amendments to Indian Treaty and Aboriginal rights protection.
Constructing "the Other" across Cultures and Agendas
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Philips Valentine
Allan K. McDougall
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 55-88
Description
Discusses the language used in arguments by the various actors in the Great Whale (James Bay phase two) controversy.
Contradictions and Celebrations: A Hawaiian Reflection on the Opening of the NMAI
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
(J. Kehaulani Kauanui)
(J. Kehaulani Kauanui)
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 496-504
Description
Author discusses their political concerns and the realities of attending the celebrations of the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian as a member of the Kanaka Maoli (Indigenous Hawaiian) independence movement.
"Contrary to Our Way of Thinking": The Struggle for an American Indian Center in Chicago, 1946-1953
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Grant Arndt
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, 1998, pp. 117-134
Description
Historical look at how those individuals seeking to create Native American urban organizations, such as the American Indian Center, encountered rejection.
Convergence and Conflict: An Abstract
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa K. Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 99-100
Description
Brief abstract explores the similarities and differences between Indigenous and contemporary science for scholar-activists.
Converting the Rosebud Sicangu Lakota Catholicism in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Harvey Markowitz
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Winter, 2012, pp. 3-23
Description
Looks at features of Native American Catholicism and the differences between traditional religious customs and strategies used to cope with the requirement of ecclesial exclusivity.
The Corporation and the Tribe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 243-270
Description
Article investigates how the forces of United States government and corporate interests worked together to entrench imperialist social relations and conditions. Refers to both the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Occupy Oakland movement.
"Creative Resistance" Continues Battle With "Dangerous" Policies
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013, pp. 10-11
Description
Comments on social activist, Sylvia McAdam, one of the founders of the Idle No More grassroots movement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
[Cree gain powerful allies in New York]
Alternate Title
The National ; Aug. 8, 1991
[James Bay Project: Crees Gain Powerful Allies in New York]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Neil MacDonald
Mario Cuomo
Jeff Wollock
Description
Brief news clip about the campaign aimed at the buyers of electricity in New York State. The video discusses the consequences of buying power from northern Canada, including the environmental and cultural costs. Includes synopsis.
Duration: 2:37.
The Cree Position
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Coon Come
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, Aboriginal Peoples and National Rights Issues in Quebec, 1999, pp. 115-120
Description
Grand Chief of the Grand Council of Crees discusses the stance of the James Bay Cree with respect to the right to determine their own political future whether or not Quebec decides to separate.
Crossing the River: Attitudes of Invasion in the Revolutionary Ohio Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Oliver Zeltner
Indigenous Nations Studies Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 51-72
Description
Looks at how perceptions and propaganda fueled Indian-hating attitudes towards the Shawnee, Delaware, Ottawa, Wyandol, Miami, and Mingos.