Land Rights

Includes brief history and description of Nunavut, political description of the territory and the issue of intersection of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal rights.

Book review of: Obliged to be Difficult by Tim Rowse. Review located by scrolling to page 265.

Discusses different cultural models of land and resource ownership by the Salishan, the Nuu-Chah-Nulth, Kwakwaka'waka, Haida, Nisga'a and additional northwest coast peoples.

Social and Political Thought Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017. Refers to works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Kade Twist, Christian Chapman, the Ogimaa Mikana Project, Cheryl L'Hirondelle, Carl Beam, Merritt Johnson, A Tribe Called Red, and Fallon Simard.

Presents Ainu litigation against the mismanagement of property by the Japanese state under the Former Natives Protection Act .

Focus on provincial government's failure to engage with Indigenous concerns about development taking place on their land. Assesses consultation protocols and offers suggestions for regulatory reforms.

Focuses on the social, economic and political issues surrounding the oilfields of Russia. To access this article, scroll down to page 48.

Promotes three measures to resolve existing problems including increasing the transparency of decision-making regarding land allocation.

Looks at controversies surrounding the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean Pipeline and concerns of the Evenki people. To access this article, scroll down to page 58.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Waterloo, 1978

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

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD Best of News in Review: Native Studies.

Book review of: Oka by Harry Swain.

Activist discusses the fight for Indigenous lands and protecting them from harmful resource exploitation. Duration: 57:54.

Examines the impact the 2010 Winter Olympics will have on the First Nations people of British Columbia. To access this article scroll down to page 36.

Book review of On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.

Sheds light on the question of customary law as a factor in the current Aboriginal political strategy.

Looks at the importance of handling claims politically, the challenges of developing appropriate legislation, historical injustices, and the impact of partial self-governance.

Book reviews of: Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native America by Eva Marie Garroutte. Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael Brown.

Examines how economic institutions affect economic performance on agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa, and what forces determine the configuration of property rights for different economic entities.

Article examines the Canandaigua Treaty between the United States government and the Iroquois peoples (including the Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca, Tuscarora, Oneida, and the Onondaga); draws attention to the socio-political context of the time the treaty was made.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Looks at the restrictions of the rule of law within the context of Indigenous land dispute cases with specific examples.

Author examines the ongoing conflicts between Indigenous peoples and state government in Brazil, notes that at the root of the conflict is a profound difference in worldview and what is an appropriate use of resources. Where Indigenous perspective advocate for subsistence use, state governing bodies are tied to extractive practices and focus on growth centered economies.

Argues that common law could help First Nations prove their title by showing occupation of the land when the Crown asserted sovereignty.

Court considered the validity and duratiion of a permit granting right-of-way to a provincial utility company for power lines across a reserve pursuant to Indian Act, s. 28(2)

Influential decision which stated that the Cherokee nation was a "distinct community" with self-government where the laws of Georgia had no force. Established the authority of the federal government, rather than state governments, over Indian Affairs.

Dispute involving reserve land taken for the public purpose of an irrigation canal.

Looks at guidelines, standards and sustainability implications for forest dwelling communities from an Ingenious point of view.

Award-winning documentary about Aboriginal rights and the response to the Australian Federal Government's Northern Territory Intervention which exerts compulsory control over 73 communities. Duration: 1:13:42. Accompanied by Study Guide

To accompany to award-winning film about violations of Aboriginal rights in Australia.

Discusses changing the role of of settler-spectators and changing the relationship with Indigenous people.

Links to historical information, maps, newspaper articles, photographs and video clips documenting Aboriginal title and rights in British Columbia. Includes documents relating to the McKenna McBride Royal Commission (1913-1916).

Publication of the Manitoba Metis Lands Commission, with articles on English / French explorers and fur traders, the Pemmican War, the Battle of Seven Oaks, the Manitoba Lands Act, and a questionnaire relating to the study of Metish Lands Claims.

Paper presents the foundation upon which First Nations in British Columbia are prepared to negotiate a co-existing relationship with Canada.

Looks at the Listuguj Mi'gmaq people and their determination to manage the natural resources of their traditional lands. Duration: 1:36:00.

Comments on corporate and government-led land grabs and other injustices that threaten the survival, dignity, and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples.

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Story of the Tagish, Athapaskan and Inland Tlingit's struggle to regain their traditional life.

Looks at the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

An exploration of Seneca's battle to their assert sovereignty over their lands in the face of challenges, historically by progressive conservatism and now by modern environmentalism.

Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.