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Aboriginal Rights: The Dispossession of the Métis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul L. A. H. Chartrand
Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol. 29, Fall, 1991, pp. 457-482
Examines Section 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870 and the provisions for a land settlement scheme for the benefit of Métis people and the extinguishment of Aboriginal, or as it was then, Indian title.
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Aboriginal Sites, Rights and Resource Development

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sandra Bowdler
Aboriginal History, vol. 7, no. 2, 1983, pp. 222-224
Book review of: Aboriginal Sites, Rights and Resource Development edited by R.M. Berndt. Review located by scrolling to page 222.
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Aboriginal Title

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lisa Fainstein
Discusses the tests used by the Supreme Court of Canada to determine whether Aboriginal title exists. Uses the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia case as example of the principle of first occupancy. Duration: 7:17.
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Aboriginal Title and Rights: Foundational Principles and Recent Developments

Alternate Title
Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2008
Constitutional and Human Rights Conference ; 2009
The McLachlin Court's First Decade: Reflections on the Past and Projections for the Future
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Maria Morellato
Mandell Pinder
Chapter from: Annual Review of Civil Litigation 2008 edited by Todd L. Archibald, Randall Scott Echlin. Looks at Aboriginal title, rights and legal obligations.
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Aboriginal Title Implementation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)
Looks at the significant difference between "Original Title" and "Aboriginal Title"
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[Aboriginal Treaty Rights: One Paddle at a Time]

Alternate Title
As It Happens ; March 27, 1990
[Matthew Coon Come Paddles to New York]
[One Paddle at a Time]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Matthew Coon Come
Speech given to protest the second phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project, also known as the Great Whale. . Duration 4:05.
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Aboriginality and the Violence of Colonialism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Irene Watson
Borderlands E - Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1-8
Explores the dichotomy between cultural relativism and universalism and examines how these tensions are used to legitimize assimilation by the Australian colonial state.
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Aborigines in the Defence of Australia

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan Powell
Aboriginal History, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 130-131
Book review of: Aborigines in the Defence of Australia edited by Desmond Ball. Review located by scrolling to page 130.
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Accepting Reality Will Be Major Theme of 2003

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, December 27, 2002, p. A17
2002 overview focusing on First Nations concerns with self-government, responsible leadership and generation of business opportunities
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Access to Forest Lands and Resources: The Case of Aboriginal Peoples in Alberta

Alternate Title
CIRL Occasional Paper ; no. 23
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monique Passelac-Ross
CIRL Occasional Paper
Looks at the critical analysis and legal context pertaining to Aboriginal rights over lands and resources; and implications of these findings for the forest tenure system and for cooperative management arrangements in Alberta.
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An Act to amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 4th May, 1910.]

Alternate Title
9-10 Edward VII. Chap. 28. An Act to Amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 4th May, 1910.]
National Aboriginal Document Database
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Changes include : section 37, Recovery of Possession of Reserves; Section 87, any contract or agreement had to be approved by the Superintendent General; and section 105 about how presents or moneys, appropriated by Parliament and held for a band, should be not subject to any judical process for debt or other reason.
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Activism is in the Blood, Says Tar Sands Warrior

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 8

Comments on an activist leading her Indigenous community in a battle against Shell's oil sands expansion project.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Acts of Defiance

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alec MacLeod
Mohawks of Kanehsatake and their supporters from Kahnawake, stand-off against the Quebec police and the Canadian military in defense of a sacred burial ground.This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. Duration: 104:34.
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Additional Funding Not the Answer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, December 12, 2005, p. B1
Advocates greater self-reliance and independence in order to improve the reserve housing situation.
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Addressing Aboriginal Land and Treaty Rights in Ontario:

An Analysis of Past Policies and Options for the Future

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Coyle
Discusses the historic approach of governments and the courts in addressing Aboriginal rights relating to land, and some of the key historical circumstances that have prevented resolution of the issues in the past. The article also looks at the current federal and provincial land claims policies in Ontario.
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Aesthetics of Indigenous Affinity: Traveling from Chiapas to Palestine in the Murals of Gustavo Chávez Pavón

Alternate Title
Aesthetics of Indigenous Affinity: Traveling from Chiapas to Palestine in the Murals of Gustavo Chavez Pavon
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amal Eqeiq
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 152-165
Essay in which the author summarizes a series of interviews they conducted with Zapatista cultural promoter and artist Gustavo Chávez Pavón; considers how the murals speak to Indigenous solidarity between Mexico and Palestine, and to similarities across the Global South.
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After Bernard and Marshall

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret McCallum
University of New Brunswick Law Journal, vol. 55, 2006, pp. 73-85
Issues of land rights and resources litigated in these two important law cases.
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After Chiapas: Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America

Alternate Title
After Chiapas Aboriginal Land and Resistance in the New North America
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Simmons
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 19, no. 1, 1999, pp. 119-148
Analysis the relationship between economic restructuring and Aboriginal land rights in light of the 1994 conflict in Chiapas, Mexico and suggests that fundamental differences can provide directions for finding solutions.
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After John Marshall's Decision: Worcester v. Georgia and the Nullification Crisis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edwin A. Miles
The Journal of Southern History, vol. 39, no. 4, November 1973, pp. 519-544
Discuss the case of two missionaries, Samuel Austin Worcester and Dr. Elizur Butler, arrested for violating Georgian law and the court ruling by Chief Justice John Marshall that Georgia had no right over Cherokee lands within the state.
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Ahiarmiut Relocations and the Search for Justice: The Life and Work of David Serkoak

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karine Duhamel
Warren Bernauer
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. 1, Redefining the Northern Research Landscape, July 2018, pp. 62-65
Article discusses the multiple forced relocations that the Inuit Elder experienced in his youth, the consequences for his people, and his work to publicize the story of the relocations and to advance a claim for compensation and an apology on behalf of his community.
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The Ahousaht v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 BCSC 769: Ruling on Admissibility of Oral History Given by Victoria Christine Wells, a Plaintiff Witness

Alternate Title
The Ahousaht, Ehattesaht, Hesquiaht, Hupacasath, Ka:'yu”k't'h/Che:k'tles7e'h', The Ahousaht, Ehattesaht, Hesquiaht, Hupacasath, Ka:'yu”k't'h/Che:k'tles7e'h'.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of British Columbia
Dispute over testimony given in a case involving the traditional territory of the Ehattesaht.
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Alberta First Nations Consultation & Accommodation Handbook

Alternate Title
CIRL Occasional Paper ; 44
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Laidlaw
Monique Passelac-Ross
CIRL Occasional Paper
Outlines other Canadian jurisdictions' best practices for integrating economic development and First Nations interests.
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Alexis First Nation, TransAlta Utilities - Right of Way, Public Edition

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains statements of claim, correspondence/letters, maps and transcripts in regards to Calgary Power's (now TransAlta) access to electrical transmission right of way granted in the 1950s and 1960s. The Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy.

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Algonquian Land Tenure and State Structures in the North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrian Tanner
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 311-320
Describes differences in the hunting territory between the Eastern James Bay Area and Southern Labrador and also notes distinctions regarding land tenure and rights.
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