Land Rights

Links to five brief articles in a series developed by the Office of the Treaty Commissioner in 1991.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of New Brunswick, 2002.

Biographical sketch as well as description of his efforts to free Geronimo and his followers from imprisonment at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and ensure they received their just allotments. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 291.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2014.

Book review of, Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M. Carlson.

Description of the rights that indigenous peoples worldwide seek to gain.

Film depicts the ongoing struggle of two brothers to settle negotiations and crown obligations from an 1899 treaty. Duration: 47:39.

Examines the benefit of incorporating the knowledge of Aboriginal peoples in protected areas establishment and management, for both ecological and cultural survival.

Examines six court cases that deal with section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the profound impact that these decisions will have in future judicial decisions and claims.

Comments on the implications of the First Nations Property Ownership Act

Interview takes place after the funeral of Dudley George, who was killed during the confrontation at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Chief says that a new method must be found to deal with disputes. Includes synopsis. Duration: 6:46.

Natural Resource Management Thesis (M.N.R.M.)--Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba, 2010.

Describes meeting about Saskatchewan land claims with Indian Affairs Minister Warren Allmand, Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and provincial officials in Ottawa.

International Development Thesis (Masters)--University of Vienna, 2014.

Film comments on the social and technological changes that are confronting the traditional hunting culture of the Innu. Accompanying material: Hunters and Bombers [Study Guide]. Duration: 53:31.

Guide to accompany film, Hunters and Bombers. Contains information about the Innu society and discussion questions.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000. Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.

Describes negotiation process involving several parties, including the Cree communities of Easterville and South Indian Lakes, as it developed during the Grand Rapids and Churchill-Nelson River projects.

Argues that Western governments are faced with two choices: meaningful engagement with the principle free, prior and informed consent or facing large-scale shutdowns from alliances of Indigenous peoples, environmentalists and concerned citizens.

Book review of: I have Lived Here Since the World Began by Arthur J. Ray.

Book review of: I Have Lived Here Since the World Began by Arthur J. Ray.

Looks at the history of obtaining land rights for Tasmanian Aborigines.

Examines how the traditional activities of the Yukaghirs are determined by the landscape they inhabit and how their identity has managed to survive because of these traditional activities.

Meant for communities considering entering into a contract with a Canadian mining company, but many of the issues and processes are also relevant to other industry sectors and contexts. Contains information on: project analysis; preparing for negotiations and establishing negotiating position; conducting negotiations; reaching and implementing agreements; and maintaining relationships. "Summer 2015 edition."

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Includes maps, reports, historical documents, transcripts, correspondence, and oral and written submissions in regards to the 1906 Cowessess Surrender Claim. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Looks at Inuit identity and the transforming relationship with the land.

Contains links to websites reporting and commenting on the movement.

Examines governmental correspondence and newspaper articles from 1933-1946 to describe history and illustrate prevalent attitudes of the day.

Webinar provides an overview of agreements between mineral resource developers and Aboriginal communities with limited government interference. Also leads a discussion with participants about Aboriginal community signatories’ expectations, community consent, and the possibility of standardizing IBA negotiations. Duration: 1:01:00.

Looks at agreements signed between mining companies and First Nation communities in Canada in order to establish formal relationships between them, to reduce the predicted impact of a mine, and to secure economic benefist for affected communities.

Looks at increasing prejudice and discrimination towards the Pygmy people living in the high altitude forests of Central Africa.

Data and information collected and shared by indigenous communities in 11 countries.

General discussion of the issue of Aboriginal tenure, and through an examination of treaties between the Micmaq, Wabenaki Confederacy and the British Crown asserts that Aboriginal title has not been extinguished in Atlantic Canada. Excerpted from Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision.

Papers, presentations and proceedings from the conference Impact of NAFTA on Aboriginal Business in North America held in Saskatoon, Sk., May 28-29, 2001.

Assesses impact of a land use study. Interview method used to gather site specific data from Elders and current land users to gain an understanding of the community's relationship to the land.

Study uses relational research methodologies to examine the way that colonial structures and environmental policies interact and work to suppress Indigenous rights and sovereignties in the Laitu Khyeng Indigenous community in Chittagong Hill Tract in Bangladesh.

Discusses First Nations land use planning; and looks at how the Lil’wat Nation is implementing aspects of its land use plan by taking advantage of provincial strategic planning initiatives.

Looks at a public policy tool, UNDRIP, for developing national policy to support resource and land management consultations that are based on free, prior and informed consent.

Discusses how First Nation members remain concerned that their traditional territories are susceptible to the interests of others.

Book review of Imprints by John N. Low.

A discussion of the attempted sale of lands from the terminated Menominee reservation to the large- scale recreational vacation property development and resistance by the Determination of Rights and Unity for Menominee Stockholders or DRUMS to stop the sale and restore tribal status. The U.S. government's withdrawal of tribal status and federal support had created economic issues for the group and the sale of land was looked upon as a means to rectify that issue.

Background and history of the movement, explanation of the Acts involved, and discussion questions. For use in Grades 10, 11, and 12 classrooms.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2004.

Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.

Author examines the failure of the United States government to recognize the tribal status of the Samish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Steilacoob, Cowlitz, and Chinook Nations of western Washington, and consequently their rights to their ancestral lands.

Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--Dalhousie University, 1999.