Readings

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

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Lecture Amie

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REQUIRED READINGS

Assigned text to read in full, Working Effectively with Aboriginal People by Bob Joseph. It will take an average reader about 4-6 hours to finish and should be read by the second week of classes.Working Effectively with Aboriginal People

 

  1. Preamble to the William Decision (pages 5-11)

http://www.fns.bc.ca/pdf/William_en_%28SCC-2014%29.pdf

  1. The Lax Kw’alaams First Nation overwhelmingly rejected a more than $1-billion offer in money and Crown land in exchange for supporting a natural gas terminal.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/no-lng-project-without-environmental-guarantees-bc-grand-chief-vows/article24471901/

  1. Globe and Mail, May 2015: “C. pushing ahead with LNG proposal despite objections from First Nations “

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-pushing-ahead-with-lng-proposal-despite-objections-from-first-nations/article24533325/

  1. Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation, prepared for the New Relationship Trust by MNP:

http://www.newrelationshiptrust.ca/downloads/consultation-and-accomodation-report.pdf

  1. The Provincial Government’s position on negotiating land claims:

http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/treaty/negotiating/why.html

  1. The Tyee, Ian Gill, May 2015, “No Wealth, No Justice in $1 Billion LNG Offer to First Nation Band”

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/05/09/No-Wealth-No-Justice-Billion-LNG-Offer/

  1. Monte Paulsen, “A Gentle Revolution” in the Walrus:  http://thewalrus.ca/2006-01-politics/
  1. Michael Pond Resilience of Aboriginal People about the legacy of residential schools and the resilience of First Nations people.

 

SUGGESTED READINGS

  1.  Union of BC Indian Chiefs: http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/Resources/#axzz2eKPVr6tZ
  2. Xwixwa Library at UBC about native land claims, produced by a First Nations film organization:  http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=4123037
  3. Reading Recommended by the Dean: The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King
  4. A news article that discusses a study linking a Metlakatla woman with DNA that is at least 5500 years old:http://o.canada.com/news/breakthrough-dna-study-links-b-c-woman-5500-year-old-grandmother/
  5. Helen Haig-Brown writes about the experience of her ancestors since contact with Europeans in 1862: http://www.legacyinteractive.ca/legacy-articles/view/11/renewing-healing-honouring-and-transforming-the-legacy-by-helen-haig-brown
    1. A trailer for her film is here:  https://vimeo.com/85854539