Political Process

Comparative Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2006.

Describes the gradual process involving the transition of Sami citizenship in Norway.

Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates.

Speculation on the outcome for the position of Chief and three Vice-Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (FSIN) elections.

Comments on the candidates running for the 2002 Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations' (FSIN) elections.

Discusses how the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations is attempting to gain complete jurisdiction over gaming in Saskatchewan.

Explains why the First Nations University (FNUC) must be made independent.

Advocates that the proposed changes to the Indian Act are irrelevant compared to ensuring the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Reports on the failure of the Kelowna Accord, talk of privatizing Indian land, and the cancellation of a tobacco control program as disturbing trends under the new Conservative government.

States that the First Nations are taking all the risks while the Province only issues a permit in exchange for 37.5% of the profits.

Examines possibilities and pitfalls of technological enterprises within Aboriginal cultures.

Discusses the Canadian government's perspective on equality and its failure to achieve it, both for women in general and First Nations women in particular.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Describes understandings of how gift giving was interpreted diplomatically, socially and economically by both Native Americans and Europeans.

Discusses the Lubicon boycott of The Spirit Sings exhibition which raised issues such as repatriation, political sponsorship and the political involvement of museums. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.

Book reviews of: Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by J.R. Miller. Home is the Hunter: The James Bay Cree and Their Land by Hans M.

Comments on a visit from a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer to a protest organizer with the intent to hopefully silence critical commentaries against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) at the People's Summit in Québec City.

Social and Cultural Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2004.

Discusses how the settlement (pop. 125) has sought to introduce community planning in an effort to transform itself into a more "developed" western-style town.

Looks at the colonial history of New Zealand and compares it with what happened in the United States.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006.

Canadian Heritage and Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1996.

Commentary on the reaction to an earlier column reporting on a possible move by Indian and Northern Affairs out of Ottawa to Regina.

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Social Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lapland, 2015.

Examines the development and administration of guardian and trust relations between Tribal government and the United States government.

Examines the potential and likelihood for resource development, impact of existing government policies and implications with respect to economic development on reserves.

Profiles the ongoing refusal of Canada to accept the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

White River First Nation, located in the Yukon, suggest the Federal Conservative government is thwarting their efforts to become fiscally responsible.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

Discussion of the 1933 removal of the Timbisha Shoshone from Death Valley and then the 1994 legal requirement of the Department of Interior to study the ancestral lands within and outside of Death Valley National Park with the purpose of identifying lands suitable for a reservation.

Looks at the attempts by Six Nations' leader Deskahed to establish international recognition for his nation and its connection to the Grand River Cayuga treaty case.

Report on AFN national chief hopeful, Joe Nolan, whose campaign focuses on revamping First Nation political systems, such as universal voting practices for AFN elections, First Nation leadership accountability policy, and replacing Indian Affairs with sovereign governing structures.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

Looks at strategies employed by the National Congress of American Indians, the National Indian Youth Council, and the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium in their efforts to combat racial stereotypes.

Suggests that the situation in the province, where both Quebecers and the First Nations/Inuit were declaring the right to self-determination, has parallels to other ethnic nationalisms.

Mr. MacDonald worked with the CCF government to help organize the commercial fishing industry in Saskatchewan.

Lays out the Land Use Agreement intended to address the recommendation outcomes of the Haida Gwaii land use planning process.

Looks at the unique nature of governmental-tribal relationships and provides a framework for opportunities of cooperation.

Argues that chiefs should be leaders and not administrators, further arguing that by governments turning things over for bands to deal with, chiefs become like Indian agents.

Humorous commentary on First Nation politics and customs.

Discusses the Hawaii Supreme Court decision to subject all the state's fresh water regulation to a wide range of public interest concerns regarding in water.

Discussion of the cost difference between Northern communities and the rest of Canada plus the First Minister's accord on health care renewal in February, 2003.

Helen and Joe Wheaton lived in Prince Albert where Joe worked for the Saskatchewan government. They were active in the CCF party and became friends of Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady.

Helga Reydon worked for many years for the Department of Natural Resources in Prince Albert. She knew Malcolm Norris, Jim Brady and Pete Tomkins.

Theology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 1998.

Brief article describes the activities of independence activists. To access this article scroll down to page 32.

Investigates the history behind the Black Hills land dispute between the residents of South Dakota, the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Article details the formation of the Western Shoshone National Council and their role in resisting the ruling of the Indian Claims Commission that the Indian title on their traditional territories was extinguished in the late 19th century.

Op-ed piece republished from The Tyee, discusses what the BC Legislature passing Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, might mean for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and communities in the province.