Land Rights

Author discusses testimony he has given in treaty rights harvesting cases and land claims cases he has testified for and the outcomes.

Looks at the development of Russian regional legislation pertaining to Indigenous small-numbered peoples in the Russian North, Siberia and Far East.

Studies the Sámi solution to addressing the political imbalance that exists in Scandinavia.

Polar Law Thesis (M.LL.)--University of Akureyri, 2013

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2002.

Looks at how the fall of the Soviet Union has affected Indigenous people in Eastern Siberia. To access this article, scroll down to page 68.

Presenter speaks on the importance of the evidentiary record in proof of aboriginal title and non-title rights in Tsilhqot'in Nation and British Columbia. Duration: 35:24.

Article examines Australian policies around the land rights of Aboriginal Peoples considering the benefits and downsides of individual programs; considers how successful the these initiatives are in moving towards implementing the rights set out in United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Systematically examines the theoretical underpinnings of historical trauma among Native Americans.

Environmental Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.

Explores the Crown's obligations to a First Nation claimant leading up to and following the settlement of a specific claim.

Examines the influence that archaeologist have regarding Indigenous rights and claims in judicial cases.

Traces the Lubicon's fight to become registered as Indians, be granted a land base and assert control over resource development on the promised reserve.

Culture and Media Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Umeå University, 2017.

Argues that judges' interpretations of history, which cannot be separated from the context from which it arises, does indeed become "fact" because of the nature of the legal process.

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.Pl.)--University of Ottawa, 1986.

Article located by scrolling part way down document.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Kansas State University, 2012.

Explores the lack of consultation of Bill 191 beginning in 2009 and concludes that minimum standards and protocols are not being met and there has been little improvement in process.

Author highlights the ways that the United States’ Legal System has been used by the colonial state government to remove the land and rights of Indigenous peoples.

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

Describes how this project, which included 6 dams, destroyed over 550 square miles of tribal land and displaced more than 900 Native American families.

Questions the role direct federalism plays in enacting policy change.

Argues that the federal doctrine of tenure continues to endure as the foundation of Australian land law despite its social and historical irrelevance.

Discusses the history of the Rapa Nui peoples and the ongoing struggle to recover their ancestral lands.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Book review of: Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Volume One by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 167.

Examines current provincial policies and identifies changes needed to improve relations between municipalities and Aboriginal communities.

Presentation by the Director of the African Studies Centre, University of Michigan, at the Global Solidarity symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016. Duration: 44:22.

Film about conflict between the Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation (Burns Lake Band) and the Village of Burns Lake. In 2000 the municipality cut off water and sewage services to the reserve, which led in turn to the Band taking the Village to the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Legal Studies (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2012.

Explores the history, process and implications of the Finnmark Act, a new land management agreement of previously state owned land.

Analyses key findings of report submitted in 2012 by the Finnmark Commission who investigated the extent of land rights held by Sámi and other groups.

Replaces the Government of Saskatchewan Interim Guide for Consultation with First Nations and Métis People.

Looks at the initiative of government and First Nations to reconcile Crown and Aboriginal titles cooperatively while building a positive relationship and developing a common business perspective.

Agreement concerning Aboriginal rights and title and settlement lands.

Detailed lesson plan (two class periods) for intermediate/senior level.

Discusses Federal land claim policy and Indian title.

Provides information on land and carbon rights, carbon offset regimes, Indigenous carbon rights, and land-based carbon accounting from a broad international perspective.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2001.

Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.

Looks at a case study of forestry participation in a community in Quebec, and discusses Aboriginal consultation and involvement with the process.

Classroom lesson plan to accompany segment on DVD News in Review: January 2015.

Website looks at First Nation relationships with the land, natural resource and development. Provides links to First Nations Bands - Tribes, Councils, Alliances, education centres and First Nations organizations in British Columbia.

Looks at the structure and function of grassland ecosystems in British Columbia from pre-European contact through the present; and discusses grassland restoration ecology from a First Nations perspective.

70 images (15 scanned here) of First Nations and government officials signing a land treaty agreement in Prince Albert on May 26 1981.