We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.
The study of Indigenous law is uniquely interdisciplinary. In addition to legal materials, a researcher must draw upon scholarship and research from many disciplines, including anthropology, sociology, history, political science, and from cultural and artistic works in order to effectively understand and address the legal issues. The Bora Laskin Law Library’s Indigenous Perspectives Collection provides access to books and audio-visual materials representing Indigenous perspectives across a number of disciplines. This broad collection allows scholars to work in one library with both the legal materials and the interdisciplinary scholarship that informs and interprets the legal materials.
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“In this book, Professor D. N. Sprague tells why the Métis did not receive the land that was supposed to be theirs under the Manitoba Act. ...
"The Rez Sisters is the award-winning play by Cree playwright Tomson Highway. Set on the fictional Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, the seven main characters try to beat the odds at the “world's biggest bingo” game.
"In past treaties, the Aboriginal people of Canada surrendered title to their lands in return for guarantees that their traditional ways of life would be protected.
"The front page of the nation's newspapers have never been the same since June, 1987, when the Assembly of First Nations decided upon a confrontational course of direct action.
"Native Law is the leading Canadian publication on Aboriginal law.
"Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing tells another story of the mythical Wasaychigan Hill Indian Reserve, also the setting for Tomson Highway's award winning play The Rez Sisters.
"The relentless expansion of European settlement witnessed over the centuries was accomplished by a corresponding diminution in the territorial rights of the original inhabitants. The dispossession has been dramatic.
"The first economic, military, and diplomatic history of the Plains Cree from contact with the Europeans in the 1670s to the disappearance of the buffalo from Cree lands by the 1870s, focussing on military and trade relations between 1790 and 1870.
"This comprehensive study provides a general theory and explanation of the ownership, power, and responsibility with respect to Indian reserves and other lands set apart for Aboriginal peoples.
"The Ojibwa have lived in Ontario longer than any other ethnic group. Until now, however, their history has never been fully recorded. Peter Schmalz offers a sweeping account of the Ojibwa in which he corrects many long-standing historical errors and fills in numerous gaps in their story.
"In 1941, Angeline Williams, an Anishinaabe elder left her home on an island in the St. Mary’s River between Michigan and Ontario and travelled south to North Caroline to teach the Ojibwe (Chippewa) language.
"In the northern part of Alberta, eight Métis settlements, with a combined area of 1,250,000 acres, constitute the only collective Métis land base in Canada. This is the first study to undertake a broad examination of the contemporary politics of an Aboriginal collectivity.
"When Christopher Columbus first encountered the original inhabitants of the New World, he remarked they were 'So tractable, so peaceable . . . that I swear . . . there is not in the world a better nation." Yet wave after wave of European arrivals sought to wipe those nations from the earth.
"This volume addresses a wide range of topics related to Aboriginal resource use, ranging from the pre-contact period to the present. The papers were originally presented at a conference held in 1988 at the University of Winnipeg.
"For more than fifteen years, Keith Crowe's A History of the Original Peoples of Northern Canada has informed a multitude of residents in and visitors to the Canadian North and has served as a standard text.
"This book explores Metis land rights in relation to the Manitoba Act, 1870. It provides historical research conducted by the Manitoba Metis Foundation, under the direction of Dr. D.N. Sprague in the late 1970s and early 1980s." -- Provided by publisher
"In 1990, Richard Bartlett was appointed to the Chair of Natural Resources Law at The University of Calgary. While holding that position, he undertook a research project with respect to resource development and aboriginal land rights.
Consists of: Letters of Transmittal, Secretary's introduction, Organizational Chart, Programs and other Activity Areas: Lands, Resources and Administration, Indian Economic Development Program, Native Business Development Program, Special Agricultural and Rural Development Agreement, Native Caree
“The legal case Delgamuukw v. The Queen represents a significant moment in the history of British Columbia. The case is about aboriginal title in the province, specifically the claim of the Gitksan and Wet’suwet’en people to ownership and jurisdiction over their traditional territories.
This book is based on papers presented at the Conference on People and Land in Northern Manitoba in May 1990, at the University of Manitoba.