Purich's Aboriginal Issues Series
Gambling with the Future
Many First Nations in Canada run casinos and other gambling enterprises, which have become a visible part of the Canadian landscape and foster economic development. Although early legislation was designed ...
The Duty to Consult
Canada’s Supreme Court has established a new legal framework requiring governments to consult with Aboriginal peoples when contemplating actions that may affect their rights. Professor Newman examines ...
Moving Toward Justice
The struggle to reform Canada’s justice system is nothing short of a cry for justice itself, and the response to this cry is too slow and too narrow. These essays include analyses of the challenges ...
A Breach of Duty
In the 1950s, Indian Affairs concealed the lease terms of more than one-third of the Musqueam’s reserve land to the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club in Vancouver, BC. Justice for the Musqueam was finally ...
Advancing Aboriginal Claims
Can Aboriginal values be reconciled with Canadian jurisprudence, and what is the role of Aboriginal jurisprudences in the development of treaty and Aboriginal rights? The combination of policy, philosophy, ...
Reclaiming Aboriginal Justice, Identity, and Community
In his analysis of justice issues facing urban Aboriginals, Proulx pays particular attention to the situation of Aboriginal peoples in Canada, and how the current justice system has failed them. He looks ...
An Overview of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Compensation for Their Breach
A pressing issue today is how to compensate Aboriginal peoples for the infringement of their rights. Aboriginal rights include more than a title; within the fiduciary relationship between the federal ...
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage
Whether in Canada, the United States, Australia, India, Peru, or Russia, the approximately 500 million Indigenous Peoples in the world have faced a similar fate at the hands of colonizing powers. Assaults ...
Urban Indian Reserves
A new relationship is being forged between First Nations and municipal governments in Saskatchewan, in part due to the Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement, under which First Nations have received ...
Justice in Aboriginal Communities
Combining qualitative research, personal experience, and scholarly literature Ross Green looks at the evolution of the Canadian criminal justice system and the values upon which it is based against the ...