Geography Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1997.

Describes First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) and their mandate to ensure indigenous peoples have their basic human rights respected by national governments.

Presents some of the history and current ramifications of this landmark case.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1992.

Tony Wood was an employee of the Saskatchewan government and was associated with the school for prospectors. He was a friend of Norris and Brady.

Tony Wood was an employee of the Saskatchewan government and was associated with the school for prospectors. He was a friend of Norris and Brady.

Discusses the evolving relationship between the industry and Indigenous peoples, gives examples of successful initiatives, and makes recommendations to the Government of Canada for facilitating future development.

Report draws on the findings of 28 knowledge synthesis reports, and insights from exchanges between researchers and leaders from Indigenous communities and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Results are listed under six themes: Indigenous research; arts, language and culture; teaching and learning; community and social well-being; economic self-determination and business; self-governance, Indigenous law and resource rights.

Discusses position regarding lands taken up for settlement by the Crown, the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, reconciliation, infringements, traditional territories, legal principles and compensation.

Presents an analytical tool that contains a series of criteria and related questions organized around five good governance principles that are based on work done by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

Discusses five traditional leadership principles: the will of the people, leadership training, protection of the land, leading by example, and continuously validated authority.

Canadian Studies and Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2007.

Discusses the debate over traditional knowledge in terms of ownership and control of resources, and the clash of cultures between developed and developing countries. The uses neem, basmati rice and turmeric are used as specific examples.

Looks at water and land rights of the San people. To access this article, scroll down to page 36.

Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.

Looks at the failure of governments in tribal regions and the need for constitutional and statutory reforms for tribal autonomy.

Environmental Sciences and Policy Thesis (M.Sc.)--Northern Arizona University, 2005.

Documentary focuses on Treaty 9 (James Bay Treaty), First Nations' fight to see that treaty rights and obligations are respected, and their lands and resources are protected. Duration: 84:51. Related material: Mini-Lesson.

History of sharing forest resources, including agreements, opportunities, problems, case studies and exceptions, and recommendations.

Book review of: Trust in the Land by Beth Rose Middleton.

A discussion between the two authors on the impact of a recent court decisions that acknowledged Tslihgot'in Indigenous rights to their land and to negotiate treaties.

Outlines two projects that focused on establishing mechanisms to apply Aboriginal knowledge to industrial forest management by providing community training and involvement.

Discusses territorial rights and the need for increased community based control of forest resources.

Examines a cross-cultural mediation process that could influence negotiations where conflict exist.

Topics covered include: overview of the duty, cumulative effects, accommodation, roles of tribunals, strength of claim, and industry's role in consultation. Duration: 53:43.

Discusses UNDRIP's origins and evolution and how its key articles might interact with Canadian laws and policies. Looks at a selection of 46 articles.

Discusses concerns about the management and protection of World Heritage sites, and Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination and sovereignty.

Argues that while the initial case resulted in a broad interpretation of tribal entitlement, subsequent rulings have moved in the direction of limiting water rights.

Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.

Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2011.

Looks at the Federal Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal Judgments in the Samson Cree Nation case and the Victor Buffalo v. Her Majesty the Queen case.

Report summarizes the major findings from a workshop on the challenges and solutions relating to water governance in First Nations communities.

Examines three issues: need to establish stronger legal and ethical frameworks, need to raise biodiversity/water security profile, need to improve cross-cultural understanding.

Discusses Ortiz’s essay in the context of contemporary concerns surrounding water and environmental damage as forms of oppression of marginalized peoples. Calls for Indigenous led resistance to government and corporate control, and for dismantling systemic factors of oppression which sacrifice peoples and lands in favour of neocolonial and corporate interests.

Discusses some of the sociopolitical issues and topics addressed in special issue including #NoDAPL, the cuts to the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), water sovereignty, regulation and distribution, and extractive practices.

Article analyzes the existence and nature of Aboriginal water rights, and argues that Aboriginals should be fully involved as the government of Alberta reviews water management policies.

Examines unsafe water and related health problems in Black Tickle, Labrador.

Discusses the legal and political fights for water in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community, and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, and looks at the impact of water-rights in those communities.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.) University of Oklahoma, 2019.

Narrative review of 112 documents (articles, book chapters, proceedings papers, etc.), identifies two main categories of factors affecting water vulnerability in Arctic communities: Biophysical: climate change, extreme weather, etc.; Anthropogenic: infrastructure, economics, governance, etc. Discusses the need to consider the range of factors in policy frameworks.

Explores the Pala Indians' relationship with the river and traces the history of the litigation.

Discusses emerging authority of Aboriginal people over natural resources and the largest infrastructure project in recent Canadian history, the Northern Gateway pipeline project.

Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.

Literary criticism essay that uses Hogan’s novel Solar Storms and the incidents Standing Rock, ND to illustrate a connection between the violence enacted on Indigenous bodies and the social discourses surrounding extractive resource practices. Argues that conscious storytelling could help to reshape the discourse surrounding trauma, the more than human community and environmental/climate justice.

Geomatics Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 2005.

Analyzes whether protest can be explained by resource mobilization, political opportunities or the construction of PanAboriginal collective identity.