Sovereignty

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 2009.

Authors examine disaster risk reduction (DRR) strategies and agreements which include Indigenous peoples and communities in their planning processes. Article advocates for respecting Indigenous approaches, knowledges, and land use practices; accurate, appropriate, and ethical data collection.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2000.

Discusses two works of importance to critical indigenous studies. Book review essay: The White Possessive: Property, Power and Indigenous Sovereignty by Aileen Moreton-Robinson. Mohawk Interrruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States by Audra Simpson.

Interpretation of Closing the Gaps policy and implementation by the New Zealand and responsibilities of the Crown under the Treaty.

Describes Miranda’s tribal memoir as an act of resistance which disrupts archival and mainstream narratives around Indigenous nations, dispossession, and human-land relationships. Focuses of female voices and perspectives, and on narrative sovereignty.

Abbott interviews film producer and director Sandra Sunrising Osawa about her work and how it relates to her family's history, her identity and her sense of place, and the larger cultural survivance and resurgence movements.

Author and West discuss the ideas and practices that the NMAI is founded on and is responding to: survivance vs genocide, diversity, and perspective.

Article introduces the special issue Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage; uses Sámi and global Indigenous perspectives to explore factors central to Indigenous understandings of cultural heritage, and advocates for a wholistic approach to research and use of culturally appropriate research methodologies.

Introduction to special issue, Aboriginal Peoples and Canada. Scroll down to page 5 to read article.

Introduction to this volume of the Native Studies Review, which focuses on research strategies that support Native rights and claims.

Editorial introduction to the issue on Northern resource development, discusses history of Northern resource extraction practices and Indigenous perspectives around those practices. Examines contemporary discourses surrounding extractive resource practices in the North and ties issue articles to this discussion.

Introduction to the special issue “Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water,” discusses water as a fundamental piece in decolonization and as central to autonomy, sovereignty, resistance, and to the survival of Indigenous nations.

Introduction to the articles in this specially themed issue.

Introduces this issue of the journal; stresses the issue’s focus on settler colonial discourses which racialize, regulate and dismiss Indigenous cultures, ontologies, social/spiritual practices, and bodies. Notes the resulting effect of dispossession and depoliticization of Indigenous peoples.

Introduction to special issue on Nicaragua. Looks challenges, rights, sovereignty and safeguarding human rights of Indigenous women.

Introduction and five archival documents chronicle Chief Levi General's attempts to have his petition regarding Iroquois nationalism heard at the Assembly of the League of Nations, the predecessor to the United Nations.

Essays focus on four categories, in this specially themed issue, including social issues and traditional knowledge.

Introduction to special issue celebrating Indigenous film in North America with examples of key films and filmmakers, approaches to studying and writing and interviews with filmmakers in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Author discusses the challenges of Arctic sovereignty, and suggests that the development of an integrated Arctic strategy must include federal, provincial and territorial governments and Aboriginal organizations to improve the lives of the Inuit.

Comments on the economic, social and environmental changes in the circumpolar Arctic.

Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ed.D.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2015.

Bibliography.

Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2013.

Duration: 20:35. Companion book: Nilliajut: Inuit Perspectives on Security, Patriotism and Sovereignty

Compares the terms of the Cree-negotiated James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuit-negotiated Inuvialuit Agreement in the areas of provision of social services, economic development, employment and self-government.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montreal, 2011.

Article analyzes the narrative presented on the Homeland Security t-shirt [Graphic tee which has the words “Homeland Security” emblazoned above an image of Geronimo with three fellow Apache warriors and the words “Fighting Terrorism since 1492” located below the photograph]. Discusses how this narrative forms a rhetoric of critique and resistance.

Article explores the liminal position of mixed race Indigenous/non-Indigenous people in the Canadian context, discusses the polarity of Identity and the ways in which identity can be and is used to surveil and police Indigenous people in a settler society.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1993.

Looks at the use of language across three different countries and the struggle for self-determination and elimiation of racism.

Essay focuses on Slash, a young adult novel that traces the struggles, pain and alienation of a young man who is searching for truth and meaning in his life.

Rusco responds to the article "Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy"; argues that Barsh’s thesis creates confusion about the Indian New Deal and is contrary to current evidence.

A discussion of the Indian Agent's formation and use of a police force and court system in Arizona and the bureaucratic politics of the time.

Examines the self-determination, governance, and development issues facing Indian Country, including building effective governments, developing strong economies, solving difficult social problems, and balancing cultural integrity and change. Duration: 1:02:39. Includes textual transcript. Requires creation of free account to access materials.

History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of New Mexico, 2011.

A discussion about jurisdictional issues and some of the typical partnerships with Indigenous communities used to address the situation. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 71.

Examines whether the Canadian judiciary system is capable of furthering reconciliation through interpretation of legal rights and duties. Chapter eight in: The Politics of Reconciliation in Multicultural Societies edited by Will Kymlicka and Bashir Bashir.

Discusses the assumptions made by the Supreme Court in the United States, when reaching its decisions regarding the powers of Tribal courts, and the views of Native Americans on reservations about those assumptions.

Honourable Justice Ian Binnie, Supreme Court of Canada, speaks at the Symposium on Reconciliation in Toronto, Ontario, February, 2011. Duration: 5:59. Part 3 of 5.

Edited papers from three conferences held at McGill University, Faculty of Law in 1990, 1991, and 1992

Discusses a demographic shift in international academic feminist organizations and how it has affected these organizations’ view of conflict in Palestine and of the Israeli settler state. Examines global factors that contributed to a historic lack of support for the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign in support of Palestinian sovereignty.

Indigenous Governance Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2014

Kinesiology and Health Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--Queen's University, 2019.

Response, by the Aboriginals, to the issues of statehood and governance in the Northern Territory of Australia. This statement was produced in Kalkaringi in August 1998.

Discusses Jacques Derrida's concept of aporias, the symbolism of Kahswenhtha, a belt of two purple rows of wampum, and the 1990 Oka crisis.

Discusses the innovative radio series on the rights of Indigenous people, and the Kannada language interactive program that converts global issues into local issues.

Discusses priorities and challenges of tribal, state and local governments including exercising effective sovereignty and achieving nation-building goals. Duration: 39:00.