Sovereignty

Looks at state sovereignty, climate change, political activity and Inuit influence.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2010.

"This article explores the complex connections between alcohol and the construction of Indigenous status and space in two seemingly disparate colonial contexts, eastern North America and northern Fennoscandia".

Looks at the Senaca's resisting the Indian Removal Act by requesting aid through the US government. However, as this article discusses, these requests served to both fight against their own displacement and strengthen their own claims of sovereignty.

Proceedings of a conference held May 12-14, 1994, in Bkejwanong, Ontario.

Discusses the role that Indigenous knowledge can and should play in protecting and preserving ecosystems and Aboriginal communities.

Introductory editorial to themed issue on citizenship and Indigenous sovereignty.

Introduction to journal issue featuring articles on developmental aid from a cultural point of view and examples of rights-based approaches. To access this article, scroll down to page 4.

Introduction to journal issue bringing together perspectives on development, self-determination and the role of customary law. To access this article, scroll to page 4.

Introduction to journal issue highlighting the organizations' work done for Indigenous people in different parts of the world.

Editorial comments on the various interpretations and uses of the phrases, "self-determination", "self-government" and "autonomy". To access this article scroll down to page 4.

Comments on the repressive tactics employed by national governments in the name of "National Unity" in order to control indigenous lands and people. To access this article scroll down to page 4.

Author argues that efforts to balance the federal budget are affecting the quality of education.

Discusses using Inuit Quajimajatuqangit (IQ) philosophy in curricula, learning resources and teaching material to assist teachers in teaching two ways of seeing.

Studies the varying degrees of success experienced by local northern communities seeking to strengthen their administrative processes.

Author investigates the colonial violence and race laws in El Salvador in the 1930s, and considers them as a form of terror employed by governing institutions for social control.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)-- Concordia University, 2003.

Discusses some concerns by Aboriginal communities with the duty to consult policy framework in Saskatchewan.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Reprinted from unsettling Canada: A national Wake-up Call; Chapter 17 Article advocates for a fundamental restructuring of Canadian policy, programs, and services that is built on the recognition of Indigenous title to land and territories and the Indigenous right to self-determination.

Examines the discourse around two different contested pipeline projects; discusses rhetorical elements including the difference between “claimed” and “government sanctioned” spaces, and whether the perspectives are consistent with or counter to mainstream perspectives. Highlights the differences in worldviews, understandings of cause and effect, and conceptualizations of time and space and the role these differences play.

The author argues for engagement with Indigenous communities in developing housing policy that can properly address the needs of their growing urban populations.

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

Teacher resource developed in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Case studies are supplemented by articles from the newspaper. Unit of study for First Nations 12 students in British Columbia.

Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University Of Northern British Columbia, 2007.

Book review of: The Erotics of Sovereignty by Mark Rifkin. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 106.

Looks at Keys to Success and a governance system that works on the Mi'kmaw system. Duration: 5:00.

Looks at capable Governing Institutions, stable government and the legacy of Indian Affairs and the Indian Act. Duration: 8:00.

Examines the way in which racialized ethnic immigrants were able to gain access to land, state support, and upward mobility by participating in the colonial agenda of Indigenous suppression through voluntary military service.

Geography Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Guelph, 2015.

Looks the impacts of continuing colonialism on Indigenous rights.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1985.

Analyzes the relationship between ethnicity and gender in two peripheral contexts, among Basotho women of Lesotho and Navajo women of the American Southwest.

Studies the Sámi solution to addressing the political imbalance that exists in Scandinavia.

Uses Elizabeth Archuleta’s (Yaqui) “ethos of responsibility” as a framework for considering the #NoDAPL Movement; discusses the relationships between Indigenous women water protectors, Indigenous feminisms, Indigenous rhetorics, and Dakota/Lakota/Nakota history and worldviews.

Polar Law Thesis (M.LL.)--University of Akureyri, 2013

Challenges the stereotype of static Indigenous political organization with an investigation of the historical adaptability of Indigenous leadership on the Great Plains.

Article examines Australian policies around the land rights of Aboriginal Peoples considering the benefits and downsides of individual programs; considers how successful the these initiatives are in moving towards implementing the rights set out in United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Nationalism Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Central European University, 2012

Examines the right of self determination in the United Nations Declaration and outlines two types of constitutive processes that should sharply reduce the human rights violations experienced by indigenous peoples.

Findings suggest that media coverage perpetuated stereotyping. Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Environment, Sustainability, and Society--Dalhousie University, 2014.

Overview of workshop discussing Native American traditional justice practices and the federal efforts needed as support. Lists goals and discussions from four panels.

Looks at the decision making process for the Gwichyaa Gwich's shift from a reliance on fossil fuels to more traditional knowledge based wood-to-energy project and how this change contributes their goal of self-determination.

Looks at the 1994 Mohegan case for tribal recognition and the link to Samson Occom's scholarly works. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 24.