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Understanding Aboriginal Rights

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian Slattery
The Canadian Bar Review, vol. 66, no. 4, December 1987, pp. 727-783
Looks at Aboriginal rights and common law principles that operate uniformly across Canada.
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Understanding Canadian Aboriginal Law

Alternate Title
Self-Government
What are Aboriginal Rights?
What are Métis Rights?
What is a Fiduciary Duty?
What is a Land Claim?
What is a Treaty?
What is the Duty to Consult?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Human Rights Research
University of Manitoba
Seven fact sheets on the following topics: treaties, land claims, Aboriginal rights, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, and self-government. Originally produced for the Truth and Reconciliation national event in Winnipeg.
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Understanding the Definition and Scope of the Duty to Consult and Accommodate Today and How It Impacts You

Alternate Title
Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation, and Accommodation ; 6th
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Daniel Pagowski
Sandra Gogal
Christopher Devlin
Topics covered include: overview of the duty, cumulative effects, accommodation, roles of tribunals, strength of claim, and industry's role in consultation. Duration: 53:43.
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Understanding the Indian Act

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Roger Jones
Douglas Sanderson

Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.

Duration: 1:09:15.

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UNESCO: (Dis)honoring Indigenous Rights

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mililani Trask
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, From the Heart of the Earth, March 2014, p. [?]
Discusses concerns about the management and protection of World Heritage sites, and Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and sovereignty.
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Unfinished Justice: Completing the Restoration and Acknowledgement of California Indian Tribes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allogan Slagle
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 325-345
Looks at the creation of the US Acknowledgement and Research Branch to investigate California Indigenous tribes seeking federal recognition. Also includes a list of California tribes seeking federal recognition during the 1980s.
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Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Aboriginal Title Curriculum Project

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Law Foundation of British Columbia
Covers topics such as Indigenous perceptions of land ownership, relationship with newcomers, Federal responsibilities, Douglas Treaties, and significant court decisions. For use with secondary school students.
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Uno Native Film Festival

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brady DeSanti
Michele M. Desmarais
Beth R. Ritter
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
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Unsettling Canadian Heritage: Decolonial Aesthetics in Canadian Video and Performance Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E.K. Smith
Carla Taunton
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 306-341
Article examines the work of contemporary artists Leah Decter, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, and Caroline Monnet. Discusses the artists’ engagement with current discourse surrounding settler colonialism and their use of the arts to disrupt conceptualization of the Canadian state as inclusive and benevolent.
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The Use of Traditional Knowledge in Cree Hunting Strategies

Alternate Title
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network) ; 1999-14
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cynthia D. Pyc
Working Paper (Sustainable Forest Management Network)
Presents a portion of the traditional ecological knowledge gathered during the 1997 moose harvest survey in Garden River, Alberta.
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The Validity of Tribal Checkpoints in South Dakota to Curb the Spread of COVID-19

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ann E.Tweedy
Looks at the question of whether, in a time of a public health emergency, tribal governments can enact stronger protection measures than the state in which the reservation is located. Cites the United States Supreme Court's decision in Montana v. United States, which involved tribal civil jurisdiction over nonmembers, as confirmation that they do have that right.
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The Victor Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Process: A Critical First Nations Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Graham S. Whitelaw
Daniel D. McCarthy
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 27, no. 3, September 2009, pp. 205-215
Examines whether the restrictive scoping applied in this process which led to the approval of a mine addressed the needs of First Nations located southeast of the mine.
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Views of Aboriginal People in Northern Ontario on Ontario's Approach to Aboriginal Values in Forest Management Planning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tomislav Sapic
Ulf Runesson
M.A. (Peggy) Smith
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 85, no. 5, October 2009, pp. 789-801
Presents a study where interviews were conducted with members of 6 northern Ontario Aboriginal communities to obtain their views on how to define and protect Aboriginal values during forest management.
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WA Pastoralists and Aboriginal People Hold Historic Talks

Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, p. 35
Working group established by representatives of the Kimberley Land Council and Aboriginal pastoralists to look at a voluntary code of conduct to access pastoral properties.
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Wabanaki "Family Hunting Territories"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dean R. Snow
American Anthropologist, vol. 70, no. 6, December 1968, pp. 1143-1151
Explores the unique nature of Wabanaki territoriality and argues that this concept existed before the introduction of the fur trade. [alt. sp. Wabenaki]
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Walking With Us

Alternate Title
Guardian Culture
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dylan Coleman
Mark Anderson
South Australian Film Corporation
[National] Indigenous Television
Australian Elders speak about cultural protocols. Duration: 6:41.
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War, Wampum, and Recognition: Algonquin Transborder Political Activism during the Early Twentieth Century, 1919-1931

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Leo Fisher
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 1, Winter, 2021, pp. [56]-79
Discusses the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg's push for recognition of their traditional lands and treaty rights following the First World War in Eastern Canada through collaborations with Chief Richard and the Tuscaroras of New York.
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Washington Irving and the American Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel F. Littlefield
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1979, pp. 135-154
A look at Washington Irving's portrayal of Indigenous people during the nineteenth century and how his stories reflected his own attitudes towards Indigenous populations.
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Water, History, and Sovereignty in Simon J. Ortiz’s “Our Homeland, a National Sacrifice Area”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Riley Fast
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 36-53
Discusses Ortiz’s essay in the context of contemporary concerns surrounding water and environmental damage as forms of oppression of marginalized peoples. Calls for Indigenous led resistance to government and corporate control, and for dismantling systemic factors of oppression which sacrifice peoples and lands in favour of neocolonial and corporate interests.
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Water Is Life: Ecologies of Writing and Indigeneity

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Boyles
Hilary E. Wyss
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 1-9
Discusses some of the sociopolitical issues and topics addressed in special issue including #NoDAPL, the cuts to the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), water sovereignty, regulation and distribution, and extractive practices.
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Watershed Planning in Clayoquot Sound, Volume 5: Hesquiaht Watershed Plan

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clayoquot Sound Technical Planning Committee
Volume 5 states that the purpose of the plan is to map and designate the areas that will be set aside as reserves to protect a range of forest values. The plan will also map and designate the harvested areas and the land that is outside of reserves, but where sustainable forest harvesting can take place.
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A Way of Life Lost: The Legacy of Residential Schools

Alternate Title
Nation2Nation Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Stephen Augustine
Speaker talks about social life and customs of the Mik'maq and how residential schools interrupted their way of life. Duration: 51:20.
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We Are a Riverine People: The Penobscot Nation of Maine

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Chavaree
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, We are Still Here: Tribes in New England Stand Their Ground, June 2014, p. [?]
Chronicle of the last 34 years of struggle to settle claims between the Penobscot Nation and the State of Maine.
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We Are All Treaty People

Alternate Title
Kayak ; no. 65, 2018
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Canada's History
Kayak, no. 65, September 2018

Special themed issue of Canada's History's children's magazine Kayak (September 2018). Suitable for ages 7-12.

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