Land Rights

Looks at the colonial history of New Zealand and compares it with what happened in the United States.

Brief discussion the plans to increase building and industry on native lands in British Columbia which have created opposition on the part of ecological groups.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1996.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Summarizes issues most problematic with territories of the Amazonian Indigenous peoples in the Andean area. To access this article, scroll to page 8.

Gives a history of the occupation of Alcatraz Island, with a vacant federal penitentiary, including how Native Americans claimed title to the island under the doctrine of “right of discovery”.

Discusses general characteristics allowed Indigenous people to be vulnerable to corruption.

Discusses the legal and constitutional duty to consult First Nations and accommodate their interests when Crown land and natural resource management decisions may adversely impact Treaty rights protected under the Constitution Act, 1982.

Comments on the governments commitment to helping Aboriginal Canadians achieve their full potential as productive members of the Canadian economy and society.

Graph from print version in The Historical Atlas of Canada, v. 2 edited by R. Louis Gentilcore ; Geoffrey J. Matthews, cartographer and designer.

Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.

Discusses what the Supreme Court of Canada has meant by interpreting aboriginal title as sui generis.

Discusses the United States government’s relocation of the Kickapoo people in Kansas to a 768,000 acre reservation as a result of the 1832 Treaty of Castor Hill and the subsequent reductions and loss of that land through a combination of corrupt government agents, pressure from railroad companies and settler interests.

Discusses dispute over title to lands occupied by the Mohawk and the implications for larger land claim resolution processes across Canada.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2016.

Presents a guide that enables real property practitioners and managers to make decisions on policy objectives and legal and statutory obligations related to Aboriginal rights.

Information about the Specific Claims Tribunal Act and the Political Agreement between the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs and the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Relation to Specific Claims Reform.

Law Thesis (LLM)--University of Saskatchewan, 2013.

Book review of: Haa Aaní, Our Landedited by Walter R. Goldschmidt, Theodore H. Haas and Thomas F. Thornton. Scroll down to page 97 to read review.

Map depicting the existing protected and newly protected areas on the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia.

Lays out the Land Use Agreement intended to address the recommendation outcomes of the Haida Gwaii land use planning process.

Discusses implications for the oil and gas industry resulting from the Supreme court decisions on the two cases.

Historical review of the Iroquois and the continuing dispute over inherent sovereign rights from the signing, in 1784, up to the appeal at the United Nations in 1945.

Book review of: A Handful of Sand by Charlie Russell Ward.

Book review of: "Hang Onto these Words": Johnny David's Delgamuukw Evidence edited by Antonia Mills.

Book review of: 'Hang Onto These Words': Johnny David's Delgamuukw Evidence edited by Antonia Mills. Scroll to page 516 to read review.

Focuses on the First Nation's relationship with the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Author describes a process of research and discovery during the making of a short PSA film in which they discover historical family ties, and serendipitous implications for the present.

Canadian Plains Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 1998.

Discusses a community referendum for Indigenous people to voice their right to consent to development.

Discusses disarmament activities in the Native American community and how their philosophy differs from the non-Native Americans.

At issue is whether Métis located in southern Labrador have rights which compel the Crown to engage in consultation regarding areas affected by Phase III of the Trans-Labrador Highway.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1998.

Describes the process of a rediscovery program for Hesquiaht people of Vancouver Island.

Discusses the issue of Aboriginal fishing & trading practices and how it relates to the present-day controversy on whether Native people should have commercial rights to fishing resources.

Explores the Huu-ay-aht First Nation's worldview of current forestry practices in British Columbia.

Investigates the history behind the Black Hills land dispute between the residents of South Dakota, the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Article details the formation of the Western Shoshone National Council and their role in resisting the ruling of the Indian Claims Commission that the Indian title on their traditional territories was extinguished in the late 19th century.

Op-ed piece republished from The Tyee, discusses what the BC Legislature passing Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, might mean for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and communities in the province.

Looks at historical aboriginal property relations between two Tsimshian villages, pre-contact use of land and resources and Tsimshian social structure.

"This article compares the post-colonial development of the Maori Authority tax regime in Aotearoa New Zealand and the taxation of Indian Bands as First Nations on reserve lands in Canada". Entire journal on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 29.

Comments on the changes in Western Indian history and the shift of perspective that has given value to to the region's unique past.

Three presentations: "Métis Archaeology, Land, and Rights in Alberta", "Families on the Move: Scrip and Stories of Migration", and "Métis Scrip and the Edmonton River Lot Inhabitants". Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:39:37.

Two presentations: "An Alternative to Scrip: Saint-Paul-des-Métis" and "The Moccasin Flats Evictions: Métis Home, Forced Relocation, and Resilience in Fort McMurray, Alberta" followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:16:26.

Discusses the protest actions of the Gitksan and the Wet'suwet'en Nation and their appeal to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.