Sovereignty

Examines the Miccosukees' struggle for self determination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Department of the Interior.

Highlights initiatives undertaken for provision and operation of internet infrastructures which enhance economic development and sovereignty by keeping power and data within the community. Initiatives are: Red Spectrum Communications, Nez Perce Department of Technology Services, Aaniin Fiber Services, and Mohawk Networks.

Literary criticism article which explores the way that Indigenous bodies appear and are used to articulate the struggles between Indigenous and Euro-American cultures in the novels Winter in the Blood and Bearhear.

Conceptual article argues that Indigenous sovereignty remains valid throughout the Americas and that the settler colonial laws are therefore illegitimate and illegal; all systems that function on the assumption of settler colonial sovereignty must be re-centered around Indigenous laws and ethics.

Author uses the frameworks created in Vizenor’s two 2006 poetry collections to discuss Anishinaabe concepts of belonging and citizenship separate from colonial discourses and dichotomies.

Argues that jurisdiction over matters which affect children and families is part of the right to self-determination.

Report looks at the real possibility of a confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities based on five determinants.

Expands on a previously published research brief. Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.

Chronicles significant developments in the relationship between the Federal government and First Peoples. Chapter from Visions of the Heart: Canadian Aboriginal Issues (3rd ed.) edited by Olive Patricia Dickason and David Long.

Discusses the origins of the movement, reviews its philosophy, and explains historical factors which contributed to the almost universal support it received.

Prepared as part of research program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Suggests the intersection of Asian and Canadian interests in the arctic are convergent and makes recommendations for Canada to safeguard its interests to enhance cooperation and sustainable development.

Survival International report criticizing governments' treatment of the Aboriginal group from Labrador and Quebec.

Social Justice Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2015.

Examines social and political context of policy development by the territorial government when dealing First Nations issues.

Tells the story of Canada's First Nations peoples by dividing history sections using date timeframes.

Outlines trends and challenges of Indigenous governance in Canada.

Introduction to the statement Native Rights and Self Determination by Justice Thomas R. Berger. Originally presented at the conference "The Voices of Native People" in London, Ontario in 1983.

Law Thesis (L.L.M.) -- University of Saskatchewan, 1970.

Talk by Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau on Canada's paternalistic Indian Act. (About 5 minutes.)

Chapter nine in COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation.

Designed to complement the FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) principles of the open data movement as means to use Indigenous data in ways determined by Indigenous peoples and for their benefit. Principles are related to collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility, and ethics.

Chronicles the history and circumstances leading up to the Crisis, including issues with governments, the rise of the Mohawk War Society (Rotishkenhrakete), and the provincial and federal governments' response in terms of police and military presence during the conflict.

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

Website for the University of Victoria Indigenous Governance Program.

Argues there isn't a clear idea of what truth and reconciliation should mean to the residential school survivors and Aboriginal people in general. Includes articles from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation report From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools.

Law Thesis (L.L.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2009.

Discusses concerns by Native American communities of the impacts of science, research and information on nation building and the protection of their rights and culture.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1996.

On behalf of Inuit in Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Chukotka.

Book review of: Citizens Plus by Alan C. Cairns.

Book review of: Citizens Plus by Alan C. Cairns.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2000.

Looks at research pertaining to impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation in the areas of sovereignty and self-determination, culture and cultural identity, Indigenous community health indicators, and economies and livelihoods.

Journalism and Communication Thesis (M.J.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Lists proposed commitments to address issues.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2002.

Book review of: Colonial Georgia and the Creeks by John T. Juricek. Review located by scrolling to page 174.

Examines the legal and political basis of sovereignty and ongoing colonial relations in Australia.

Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens. Scroll down to read paper. Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt. Scroll down to read paper.

Authors examine colonial traumas—Indigenous separation from land, culture, and relations—which occur as a result of ongoing and neo-colonial practices, as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ physical and mental health.

Discusses colonization and the Hawaiian Native people.

Presentation, by the Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, at the Global Solidarity Symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016. Duration: 37:07.

Looks at the Colombian health care system and Anas Wayúu a non-profit health care insurance company operating in Colombia.

Book review essay on: Exemplar of Liberty: Native America and the Evolution of Democracy by Donald A. Grinde and Bruce E. Johansen.

Comments on the unacceptability of the high rate of food insecurity, the lack of safe drinking water, the need for healthy, and other necessary infrastructure for healthy living.

Examines issues such as models, relationships, and activities surrounding self-government and explores examples of local governmental operations and organization.