Political Process

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2007.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2008.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 1997.

Discusses the protest actions of the Gitksan and the Wet'suwet'en Nation and their appeal to the British Columbia Court of Appeal.

Website's 11 catagories convey information on languages, politics, traditional life, arts, crafts, and much more.

Explores the well-being and health of First Nation's communities and suggests an holistic healing approach to counter pressures brought on by colonization.

Book review of: Home and Native Land by Michael Asch.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 2014.

Description of the rights that indigenous peoples worldwide seek to gain.

Film depicts the ongoing struggle of two brothers to settle negotiations and crown obligations from an 1899 treaty. Duration: 47:39.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2015.

Examines six court cases that deal with section 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982 and the profound impact that these decisions will have in future judicial decisions and claims.

Highlights the process of political change in an attempt to recognize the legitimacy of indigenous knowledge in resource management.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1984.

Howard Adams, the first Metis in Canada to obtain a Ph.D., was at one time the president of the Metis Association of Saskatchewan. He was impressed by the political awareness of the people and attributes this to the work of Malcolm Norris.

Describes meeting about Saskatchewan land claims with Indian Affairs Minister Warren Allmand, Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and provincial officials in Ottawa.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Brunswick, 1999.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000. Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.

Describes negotiation process involving several parties, including the Cree communities of Easterville and South Indian Lakes, as it developed during the Grand Rapids and Churchill-Nelson River projects.

Discusses the negative impact several major dams have had on aboriginal communities in western Canada.

Argues that Western governments are faced with two choices: meaningful engagement with the principle free, prior and informed consent or facing large-scale shutdowns from alliances of Indigenous peoples, environmentalists and concerned citizens.

Discussion of the issues of 'Indian status' and blood. In this way the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawake examines who should belong, be a member and have citizenship.

In a ruling of 2-1, the ICC found that Canada did not breach it's fiduciary obligation, with one Commissioner recommending Canada negotiate the claim.

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Includes maps, reports, historical documents, transcripts, correspondence, and oral and written submissions in regards to the 1906 Cowessess Surrender Claim. [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.]

Article studies the struggle for Aboriginal identity in co-existance with Quebec's assertiveness for ethnocultural distinctiveness.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2006.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2012.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Southern California, 1999.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2006.

History and Classics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1999.

Examines the American Indian Movement (AIM) leading up to the occupation, the political economy, and ceremonial practices on the reservation.

Discusses the impact of the ongoing warfare and oppression on the Pygmy people. To access this article scroll down to page 18.

Assesses impact of a land use study. Interview method used to gather site specific data from Elders and current land users to gain an understanding of the community's relationship to the land.

Study uses relational research methodologies to examine the way that colonial structures and environmental policies interact and work to suppress Indigenous rights and sovereignties in the Laitu Khyeng Indigenous community in Chittagong Hill Tract in Bangladesh.

Discusses the evolution of self-determination from a principle to a right. To access this article scroll down to page 6.

Discusses changes and struggles Aboriginal women have experienced regarding their rights in Bill C-31 and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Discusses First Nations land use planning; and looks at how the Lil’wat Nation is implementing aspects of its land use plan by taking advantage of provincial strategic planning initiatives.

Discusses four aspects of rights and political participation: negative, positive, procedural, and institutional. Excerpt from Restoring Indigenous Self-Determination: Theoretical and Practical Approaches edited by Marc Woons. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 80.

Describes an Agreement that provides for off-reserve members to attend on-reserve schools.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.

Focuses on the Supreme Court of the Navajo Nation's decision to remove a candidate from the ballot because of lack of language fluency. Argues that while Diné sovereignty regarding identity is necessary to secure a vision of the future, this same sovereignty can be used to exclude people and contribute to settler colonial goals of erasure of Indigenous people and culture.

Focuses on the political struggle of Aboriginal women to attain parity with other Canadians.

Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.

Discusses how a once marginalized indigenous group grows and develops into an Arctic political authority.

Argues for reform and parallelling that reform with the right for Aboriginal people to develop their own systems of justice.

Author examines the failure of the United States government to recognize the tribal status of the Samish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Duwamish, Steilacoob, Cowlitz, and Chinook Nations of western Washington, and consequently their rights to their ancestral lands.

Commentary on Bill's shortcomings regarding the lack of a joint dispute and claims resolution process.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2016.