Land Rights

Commission appointed to make recommendations as to reserved and to be reserved for Indians. Links to detailed reports for each agency and four volume final report.

Chapter eight deals with specific problems faced by Indigenous peoples.

Examines how urban reserves can offer many benefits for improving the social and economic conditions for Aboriginal people.

Looks at effects of outside colonists on the local populations regarding deforestation and devastation of natural resources.

Topics include: centralized administration, compensation for land surrendered to settlers, surveying reserve land, provision of livestock and agricultural implements and instruction in European faming methods, and using education as method of assimilation.

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the surrender of land by the Band in 1908 and the unsuitable replacement / relocation lands, IR 115B. ICC assisted the parties in reaching a settlement agreement. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1998.

Reports on how Indigenous land claims in Australia are portrayed in the mainstream non-Indigenous media.

"This paper argues that there has been a mildly positive trend in the recognition of Aboriginal land rights in Australia, along with an ever-increasing demand for sovereignty, as demonstrated by the proclamation of the Republic of Murrawarri."

Documentary about the Federal government's seizure of the Young Chippewayan Band's land and the subsequent sale of it to settlers and the relationship which develops between the Band and the people of Laird, Saskatchewan as they work together to resolve the issue. Duration: 32:33.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1979.

Resource Management and Environmental Studies Thesis (M.S.)--The University of British Columbia, 2007.

Transcription of radio program about the United Church. Tape 1 - Apology given by the United Church of Canada in 1986; Tape 2 - Residential Schools: The Past and Present; Tape 3A - WBAI Interview - Economics and Politics (2/15/98); Tape 3B - WBAI Interview: 6/18/98.

The author explores the contradictions in the different narratives about place—Indigenous and Mormon—surrounding the town of Lā'ie on O’ahu. Works to problematize the oppositional relationship between Indigeneity and modernity. Explores sites of resistance occupied by Kanaka Maoli members of the Church of Latter-day Saints (LDS).

Brief look at the WAI 262 claim (also known as the Native or Indigenous Flora and Fauna Claim) and the Tribunal Report.

Law Thesis (LLM)--McGill University, 1994.

Assists United Nations Country Teams to engage with and incorporate Indigenous perspectives in the development processes. Includes information on international agreements and legal frameworks.

Discusses appropriate measurement of costs and benefits of resource development, Aboriginal self-determination over economic development, and the potential of revenue sharing to producing viable Aboriginal economies. Looks at four case studies: hydro-electric projects in Northern Manitoba; military use of land in Nunavik; oil and gas development in Alberta; and resource development in Saskatchewan.

Website has links to: community businesses, information on duty to consult, economic development, tax programs and bulletins, initiatives, directory, federal benefits and rights, and treaty land.

Looks at how the State Government was not bound by its own Health Act, and the ramifications that had for the Aboriginal peoples of Western Australia.

Article focuses on contemporary non-Indigenous essay writers from the Great Plains who are working to shift the narrative surrounding the historical destruction of the grasslands and the coinciding violence directed towards Indigenous nations.

Volume 2 of Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Discusses the Mushkegowuk people’s relationship to water and how it has been ruptured in the interests of extractive industries and economic development. Also discusses efforts to reconnect with and protect waterways.

Discusses Indigenous inequality relating to their way of life being under attack.

Discusses the terms "native" and "indigenous" and their acceptability around the globe.

Introductory article to the oil and gas issue that chronicles past development and states current proposals in relation to unresolved land and governance issues.

Book reviews of: Beyond the Reach of Time and Change: Native American Reflections on the Frank A. Rinehart Photograph Collection edited by Simon J. Ortiz. Bringing Indians to the Book by Albert Furtwangler. A Broken Flute: The Native Experience in Books for Children edited by Doris Seale and Beverly Slapin. Children of Coyote, Missionaries of Saint Francis: Indian-Spanish Relations in Colonial California, 1769–1850 by Steven W.

Book reviews of: The View From Officers' Row: Army Perceptions of Western Indians by Sherry L. Smith. Indians of the Northwest Coast by Maximilien Bruggmann and Peter R. Gerber. Oklahoma Seminoles, Medicine, Magic, and Religion by James H. Howard in collaboration with Willie Lena. American Indian Identities: Today's Changing Perspectives edited by Clifford E. Trafzer. Oil Age Eskimos by Joseph G. Jorgensen. The Western Abenakis of Vermont, 1600-1800: War, Migration, and the Survival of an Indian People by Colin G.

Discusses the failure of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) in 1927 to consider the perspectives of the Inuit, Innut, and Algonquian peoples when resolving the question of the border between Newfoundland and Quebec in the Labrador region. Highlights this practice as a reflection of Canada’s colonial past and how the inclusion of Indigenous knowledge would have changed the process.

Focuses on Commission's recommendations for dealing with, "The Indian people in the North of Ontario" and suggests circumstances and time may have eliminated any impact the recommendations could have achieved.

Assess the impact, implication and application of two traditional land use and occupancy studies that have been conducted in First Nation communities over the last decade.

Looks at the value of indigenous knowledge and climate change.

Describes a community exchange between Guatemala and Belize that seeks to raise awareness and understanding of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent.

Historical overview of land management, ownership and programs for villages and discusses new opportunities for pastoral communities arising from land policy and legislation. To access this article, scroll down to page 38.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Discusses methodology used and initial findings from land use and occupancy study undertaken by the Whitefish Lake First Nation. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 59.

A tribal matriarch discusses the turbulent river history, and the impending hydroelectric development, Patuca III.

Comments on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation and expansion of the city of Calgary upon the reserve, and a 1960s road through the reserve.

Personal stories from the 1990 Oka crisis including the Kahnawake evacuation of women, children and elderly over the Mercier Bridge. Duration: 105:45.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2013.

Discusses the history of the American Indian Movement, it's focus on Indian identity, nationalism, and sovereignty, and the protest activities it has engaged in.

Suggests that an Indigenous groups ability to effectively participate in the planning process is important for achieving land justice and community goals.

Discusses the allocation and management of lands and resources as it affects Aboriginal peoples and as seen in the case law that deals with Aboriginal rights.