Resources
Anishnaabe-Kwe, Traditional Knowledge, and Water Protection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah McGregor
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 26-30
Description
Discusses the importance of women's roles in determining outcomes of water issues.
Anthropology, Tsilhqot’in Nation, and Decolonization
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Pinkoski
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 2, 2011, pp. 51-89
Description
Study of Tsilhqot’in Nation v. B.C. in terms of anthropological testimony and its interpretation by the courts. Case involved forestry practices and resource extraction.
Applying a UNDRIP Lens to the CBD: A More Comprehensive Understanding of Benefit-Sharing
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Federica Cittadino
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, Developments and Challenges of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Five Years On, Spring, 2014, pp. 1-18
Description
Contends that the UNDRIP will impact on the respect for the fundamental rights of indigenous people.
Arizona Supreme Court designates Reservations as Permanent Homelands and Adopts a Balancing Approach to Quantifying Reserved Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debbie Shosteck
Ecology Law Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, August 2002, pp. 449-455
Description
Clarifies the purposes of reservations and raises issues in relation to water rights and usage by reservations on the Gila River system.
Arizona vs. California, et al.
Alternate Title
Research Note: Arizona vs. California, et al.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Al Logan Slagle
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, January 1983, pp. 87-90
Description
Describes the legal dispute, which began in 1952, involving water rights of Native Americans situated on the Colorado River basin.
As Long as the Rivers Run: The Impacts of Corporate Water Development on Native Communities in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Quinn
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 11, no. 1, 1991, pp. 137-154
Description
Investigates hydroelectric, forestry and energy corporations' relationship with Aboriginal peoples; case law provides some examples of exploitation.
Asking The Minerals Question: Rights In Minerals As An Incident of Native Title
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary D Meyers
Chloë M Piper
Hilary E Rumley
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 2, no. 2, April 1997
Description
Argues that Native title rights in minerals, including rights to commercially exploit those minerals, may exist.
Asserting Mino Pimàdiziwin on Unceded Algonquin Territory: Experiences of a Canadian "Non-status" First Nation in Re-establishing its Traditional Land Ethic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Miguel Sioui
Robert McLeman
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 4, 2014, pp. 354-375
Description
Research project sought to comprehend the Ardoch Algonquin First Nation's (AAFN) traditional spiritual ecology and compare it to Ontario government resource development strategy.
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Damage to IR 201, Public Edition July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains submissions, reports, studies, correspondence/letters and video in regards to inquiry which was trying to determine whether the Crown owes compensation in relation to the dam construction. Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry: WAC Bennett Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 [Inquiry Report, English Language Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding Canada breaching its fiduciary obligations to the Band for environmental damages to Reserve 201 caused by construction and operation of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. ICC found Canada has a lawful obligation and recommends the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include : P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Athabasca Denesuline Special Report on the Treaty Harvesting Rights of the Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER.
Final, special report examines the legal review of the Athabasca Denesuline claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners were Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.
[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.]
Augustine Yellow Sun and Joe Poor Eagle Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Augustine Yellow Sun
Joe Poor Eagle
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
Description
A discussion of Land rights under Treaty #7; trade of furs for goods; and the dispersal of the Blackfoot people and eventual return to the Blackfoot Reserve under Crowfoot.
The B.C. Indian Position Paper (Draft Copy) [before August 14, 1970]
Alternate Title
[The Brown Paper]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)]
Description
Presents a record of the principles and policies which First Nations believe should be included in new and revised legislation.
The Battle over Termination on the Colville Indian Reservation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. Dahl
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 29-53
Description
Sums up the liquidation of reservation resources and argues that, for the Colville Confederated Tribes, sovereignty is the only path to follow.
Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Description
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
Between Law and Action: Assessing the State of Knowledge on Indigenous Law, UNDRIP, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent with Reference to Fresh Water Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hannah Askew
Corey Snelgrove
Kelsey R. Wrightson
Don Courturier
Alisa Koebel … [et al.]
Description
Brief discussion of context and implications of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples followed by results of literature review based on research findings and academic literature, primary sources, grey literature, and Indigenous legal orders and case studies of their applications.
"Beyond All Age": Indigenous Water Rights in Linda Hogan's Fiction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lindsey Claire Smith
Trever Lee Holland
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2016, pp. 56-79
Description
Discusses the connection between the Chickasaw people's relationship with water and efforts at resource management and themes in the novels Mean Spirit, Power, Solar Storms, and People of the Whale.
Beyond the Blue and Green: The Need to Consider Aboriginal Peoples' Relationships to Resource Development in Labor-Environment Campaigns
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne E. Mills
Labor Studies Journal, vol. 36, no. 1, March 2011, p. 104–121
Description
Discusses the need for labor researchers to engage with Indigenous studies to advance social and environmental justice.
Big Brother's Hunger
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 2
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the second of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Halifax.
Talaga's second lecture focuses on the effects for Indigenous peoples of displacement from their traditional territories and of ongoing contemporary extractive resource economies.
Duration: 53:59
Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sarah Nickel
BC Studies, no. 191, Autumn, 2016, pp. 165-167
Description
Book review of: Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State edited by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 165.
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) about whether a clerical error by the federal government resulted in 440 acres of mineral-rich land being taken without consent or compensation. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Carole T. Corcoran. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.
Blueberry River First Nation, Doig River First Nation: Highway Right of Way IR 172 Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and issues involved in Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing regarding 1995 claim that the Crown transferred land to province of British Columbia without notification or compensation. No determination by the ICC as Canada accepted the specific claim for negotiation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Blueberry River Indian Band v. Canada (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), [1995] 4 S.C.R. 344
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court Report
Description
Looks at the validity of surrender of reserve land and the nature of the duty of the Crown prior to surrender. Supreme Court Reports at page 344 to 409. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Various authors
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 18, no. 2, 1998, pp. 375-385
Description
Book reviews of 5 books:
Myths and Legends of the Pacific Northwest edited by Katharine Berry Judson.
Trading Beyond the Mountains: The British Fur Trade on the Pacific, 1793-1843 by Richard S. Mackie.
Tribal Boundaries in the Nass Watershed by Neil J. Sterrit et al.
The Spirit of the Land: Statements of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en Chiefs in the Supreme Court of British Columbia 1987-1990 by Wa Gisday and Elgam Uukw.
Flowers on My Grave: How an Ojibwa Boy's Death Helped Break the Silence on Child Abuse by Ruth Teichroeb.