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Journals
- Aboriginal Policy StudiesFind articles relevant to Métis, non-status Indians and urban Aboriginal peoples in Canada
- AlterNativeA peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal that presents Indigenous worldviews from Indigenous perspectives.
- Canadian Journal of Native StudiesA peer-reviewed journal focusing on the anthropological, historical, sociological, political, legal, educational, and cultural issues affecting First Nations people.
- Indigenous Law JournalA peer-reviewed journal from the University of Toronto.
- International Indigenous Policy JournalIIPJ is a peer-reviewed, policy-relevant research journal addressing issues pertaining to Indigenous Peoples throughout the world.
- Tribal Law JournalA journal on internal indigenous law. Articles are contributed by native peoples, practitioners, and law students. Via the University of New Mexico School of Law.
Canadian treaties, land rights, and claims
- Native-LandIdentify the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples across Canada.
Dish With One Spoon, with Richard Hill. Via the series: Voices from Here
- 1492 Land Back LaneInformation via The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Haldimand Proclamation of 1784A decree issued by Frederich Haldimand, then Governor of the Province of Quebec, that granted land to the Mohawk who had served on the British side during the American Revolution.
- Indian Treaties and Surrenders, from 1680 to 1890Volume 1, 1891
- Indian Treaties and Surrenders, from 1680 to 1890Volume 2, 1891
- Indian Treaties and Surrenders from no. 281 to no. 483 .Volume 3, 1912.
- Land Back CampFounded in 2020. O:se Kenhionhata:tie (land back camp) occupied land in Kitchener, Ontario's Victoria Park and Waterloo, Ontario's Waterloo Park for six months. The group worked with the cities' administrators to waive fees for Indigenous events hosted in public facilities, hire Indigenous people to city positions, and create ceremonial gathering spaces in both parks.
The Clay We Are Made Of by Publication Date: 2017
Compact, Contract, Covenant: Aboriginal Treaty-Making in Canada by Publication Date: 2009
Doodem and Council Fire: Anishinaabe Governance Through Alliance by Publication Date: 2020
Lament for a First Nation by Publication Date: 2008
Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in CanadaPublication Date: 2013
On Being Here to Stay: Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada by Publication Date: 2014
The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of Historical Treaties by Publication Date: 2017
Treaty No. 9: Making the Agreement to Share the Land in Far Northern Ontario in 1905 by Publication Date: 2010
Indigenous - Canada relations
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 2015Report and related documents.
A Reconciliation without Recollection?: An Investigation of the Foundations of Aboriginal Law in CanadaPublication Date: 2020
Key legislation on Indigenous law
Constitution Act, 1982 (UK), Part II, s.35
George R, Proclamation, 7 October 1763 (3 Geo III)
Indigenous Institutes Act, 2017, S.O. 2017, c. 34, Schedule 20
Sources for legislation
Justice Canada website - federal legislation free to access
e-laws Ontario - provincial Ontario laws free to access
Canlii (Canadian legal Information Institute) - legislation and caselaw free to access
Teaching Indigenous content to political science students
- Indigenous Content Syllabus: A Resource for Political Science Instructors in CanadaOpens in a new window. A work in progress by the Canadian Political Science Association Reconciliation Committee, 2019.
"The goal of this pedagogical resource is to encourage instructors to center Indigenous scholarship and perspectives and use Indigenous content materials to teach in a way that:
- engages Indigenous political traditions from an internal perspective (Ladner 2017)
- effectively communicates the significance and complexity of the issues (Gaudry 2017)
- is anti-racist and anti-oppressive (Battiste 2013)
- is critical, reflexive and constructive (Napoleon & Friedland 2015)
- is attentive to gender and other forms of oppression (Altamirano-Jimenez 2011, 2016; Kuokkanen 2015)
- engages Indigenous communities without being overly reliant on Indigenous people to do work that non-Indigenous people can and should be doing (Gaudry 2017; Wildcat et al. 2017)."
- Canadian Political Science Association Reconciliation Committee
Indigenous studies databases
- Iportal: Indigenous Studies PortalArticles, theses, photographs, archival resources, maps, etc. Focusing on Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States.
Coverage: varies - FNIGC Data OnlineAn online service from the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC), it's a source of information about First Nations people living on reserve and in northern communities across Canada.
- Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North AmericaIndexes books, articles, and government documents about Indigenous peoples of North America, covering the 1500s to the present.
Coverage: 1500s - present
- Full list of Indigenous studies databasesCovers scholarly and more popular and primary sources.
... via the UWaterloo Library
Other library guides of interest
- Indigenous Research guideA guide developed jointly at UWaterloo by Indigenous students from the Graduate Students Association, the Office of Research, and the Library.
- Race, racism, and Anti-racism: Critical historiesA guide to scholarly and primary sources
- Data on Racialized PopulationsThis guide consists of a curated list of datasets that include ethnicity and race variables which can be used to facilitate anti-racism research in Canada.
Via Scholars Portal: a service of the Ontario Council of University Libraries.
Coverage: 2000s - present
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