Land Rights

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Letter to the editor commenting on the article Native Settlements and Native Rights: A Comparison of the Alaska Native Settlement, the James Bay Indian/Inuit Settlement, and the Western Canadian Inuit Settlement. by J. S. Frideres (vol. 1, no. 1, p. 59).

Includes definitions, schedules and articles.

Looks at traditional Maori systems of governance, effects of colonization, responses and political activism, and ramifications of The Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975.

Focuses on health and access to healthcare, participation and consultation, access to information, livelihoods, territories, land and resources, and access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Under each topic lists promising practices and key actions for States and other stakeholders.

Argues that numerous legal and policy decisions are setting the stage for massive confrontations over approval of developments unless appropriate consultation processes are put in place.

Paper combines interviews and legal scholarship to discuss the outcomes of oil extraction in Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation (MHA) territory while considering past appropriations of tribal land, environmental consequences, and Indigenous sovereignty.

Explores land-based education through interviews with six Swampy Cree Elders from Northern Manitoba. Five themes emerged: counseling from the Elders, traditional teachings, ceremonies, and a connection to the land.

Chief explains reasons for opposition to the James Bay Project. Duration: 2:26.

Article discusses philosophical underpinnings of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) noting that the Declaration favours Western cultures, hierarchical rankings of rights, and focuses on the rights of individuals rather than communities and fails to consider the rights of the land itself.

Examines the use of physical occupation and civil disobedience by Aboriginal peoples to accomplish their objectives relating to land, treaty, and other rights; and examines the impact of the Nu-Chah-Nulth First Nations’ blockade on forest practices in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1994.

Analyzes and identifies tangible gaps and deficits in the consultation and accommodation policies in various jurisdictions across Canada.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Saskatchewan, 1994.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1977.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 1993.

Authors explore the principles of cultural landscapes, traditional cultural properties, and consider different social and political factors that contribute to the effectiveness of these concepts in protecting Indigenous artifacts and significant places.

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.Pl.)--Queen's University, 2008.

Examines three court cases in 2002 that discuss provincial authority in relation to Aboriginal culture: Kitkatla Band v. British Columbia (Minister of Small Business, Tourism and Culture), Ross River Dena Council Band v. Canada and Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada.

Education Thesis (Ed.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 1998.

USE FIREFOX FOR BEST VIEWING AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS RECORD. Consists of historical documents, submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, treaties, legal documents and the Final Report in English and French. [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.]

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of 22,080 acres of reserve land. ICC concluded that Canada is responsible for the loss of use of the land since 1891, breach of Treaty and fiduciary duty, and recommends negotiation of settlement under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Looks at reforms to the 1992 Canada National Forest Strategy proposed by Aboriginal Forest Strategy in the areas of legislation, policies and management practices.

Anthropology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--St. Francis Xavier University, 2011.

Discusses customary law’s contribution to addressing areas where ordinary criminal or civil laws have failed particularly in reference to mass violence . To access this article, scroll down to page 16.

Gives historic background to forced relocations/exterminations of Native Americans, response of EuroAmericans to a march which commemorated the relocation of Dakota women and children in1862 and the author's personal reflections on the march.

Book review of: A Dangerous Idea by Peter Metcalfe and Kathy Kolkhorst Ruddy.

Argues that despite government rhetoric, Australia has failed to confront the racism shown in its past and current treatment of Aboriginals, and little progress has been made toward creating a new relationship.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.

Looks at the allotment policy, the decline of agricultural productivity, and the implication of land privatisation.

Book review of: Deadliest Enemies by Thomas Biolsi

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2008.

Book review of: A Death Feast in Dimla-Hamid by Terry Glavin.

Book review of: A Death Feast in Dimlahamid by Terry Glavin.

Review of book: A Death Feast in Dimlahamid by Terry Glavin

Describes the land-based university program and its role in resisting settler colonial capitalism, particularly the oil-based extractive resource economy that has defined the relationship between the Dene and the Canadian nation state.

Features activist who is trying to get claim settled before construction begins on the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 8:40.

Document signed by 16 chiefs and sent to both the federal and provincial governments protests the treatment received with respect to ownership of land

Looks at the Finnmark Act in 2005, the establishment of Finnmark Estate and contemporary Sami nature practices. Follows two local women and their families.

Uses the Mohawk artist's video art installation to highlight differences in settler and Indigenous attitudes towards water in general and the Grand River in particular; explores contested agreements, and considers possibilities for a decolonized relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations.

Looks at methods used in treaty negotiations between Indigenous peoples and the United States.

Looks at the intellectual, structural and political attributes of the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) process in order to see why it failed. Provides recommendations for future collaboration between governments and Indigenous Nations. Paper from Indigenous Peoples in the International Sphere.

Investigates U.S. Federal Government Indian strategy of removing tribal resources, particularly water, from Native control.

Discussion focuses on the impact of the 19th century Alberta treaties, the 1894 North-west Irrigation Act (NWIA) and the 1930 Natural Resources Transfer Agreement (NRTA) and its amendments on Aboriginal water rights.