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Transsystemic Criminal Law - LAW 102I

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Indigenous Criminal Law

Sentenced to Sovereignty: Sentencing, Sovereignty, and Identity in the Nunavut Court of Justice by Jeanette Gevikoglu
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2011
Justice as Healing: A Newsletter on Aboriginal Concepts of Justice by University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre
Call Number: KF8210 C69J87
Publication Date: 1995-
The print version has issues from 1995-2014.
Revitalizing Indigenous Law and Changing the Lawscape of Canada by UVic, ILRU, TRC, Law Foundation of Ontario
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2014
Accessing Justice and Reconciliation by Hadley Friedland
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2014
Report on the Relationship Between Restorative Justice and Indigenous Legal Traditions in Canada by Larry Chartrand
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Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2016
Not Just the Peace Pipe but also the Lance: Exploring Different Possibilities for Indigenous Control over Criminal Justice by David Milward
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2008

Gender and Violence: Drawing on Indigenous Legal Resources by Emily Snyder, Val Napoleon, & John Borrows
An article in the UBC Law Review.
Criminal Justice
A presentation from the Indigenous Legal Orders Conference 2021.
See the "presentation content" tab for the slides.
Available on CLEBC for law students and faculty only.
Criminal Law Approaches Under Indigenous Laws
A presentation from the Indigenous Laws Conference 2018.
Available on CLEBC for law students and faculty only.

Aboriginal justice and the Charter : realizing a culturally sensitive interpretation of legal rights by David Milward
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Call Number: KIB2424 M55 2012
ISBN: 9780774824569
Publication Date: 2012
Click on Blue Book icon for electronic copy.

Cree/Nehiyaw Law

The Wetiko Legal Principles: Cree and Anishinabek Responses to Violence and Victimization by Hadley Friedland
Call Number: Law Reserve KIB422 F74 2017
ISBN: 9781487522025
Publication Date: 2017
Cree restorative justice : from the ancient to the present by John George Hansen
Call Number: KID7860.5 A9H35 2009
Publication Date: 2009
Swampy Cree Justice: Researching the Ways of the People, 3rd ed by John George Hanson
Call Number: KID8191 H36 2019
Publication Date: 2019

Cree Legal Summary
A report created as part of the Accessing Justice and Reconciliation project.
Envisioning an Indigenous Jurisdiction Process: A nehiyaw (Cree) Law Approach
An article published on LawNow, a law blog created by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta.
Cree Nation Government: Community Justice

Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing Nehiyaw Legal Systems by Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum)
Call Number: Law Reserve KID7860.5 M38 2015
Publication Date: 2015
Gender, Power, and Representations of Cree Law by Emily Snyder
Call Number: KID7860.5 A85G46 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Kinêhiyâwiwininaw nêhiyawêwin = The Cree language is our identity : the La Ronge lectures of Sarah Whitecalf by Sarah Whitecalf
Call Number: PM989 W475 McPherson
Publication Date: 1993
kihcitwâw kîkway meskocipayiwin (sacred changes ) : Transforming Gendered Protocols in Cree Ceremonies through Cree Law by Darcy Lindberg
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2017

Reclaiming the Language of Law: The Contemporary Articulation and Application of Cree Legal Principles in Canada by Hadley Friedland
PhD dissertation by Hadley Friedland.

Mikomosis and the Wetiko by Val Napoleon, Jim Henshaw, Ken Steacy, Janine Johnston, Simon Roy.
Call Number: KIC4750 M55 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Mikomosis and the Wetiko : a teaching guide for youth, community, and post-secondary educators by Jicollaboratively prepared by Emily Snyder, Lindsay Borrows, and Val Napoleon, with significant contributions from Hadley Friedland.
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Call Number: Law Library KIC4750 M552 2013
Publication Date: 2013
Electronic copy available - click on the blue book icon.
Nehiyaw iskwew kiskinowâtasinahikewina -- paminisowin namôya tipeyimisowin [electronic resource] : Cree women learning self determination through sacred teachings of the Creator by wahpimaskwasis (Little White Bear) Janice Alison Makokis
Call Number: Electronic
Publication Date: 2008
MA thesis
Cree narrative memory : from treaties to contemporary times by Neal McLeod
Call Number: E99 C88M38
ISBN: 9781895830316
Publication Date: 2007

Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge - resources

Cree Narratives

Swampy Cree Legends, 2nd ed by Kuskapatchees & Charles Clay
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88C53 1978
Publication Date: 1978
Sacred Legends of the Sandy Lake Cree by James R. Stevens
Call Number: KIC3255.9 S74 1971
Publication Date: 1971
Kôhkominawak otâcimowiniwâwa = Our grandmothers' lives, as told in their own words by Glecia Bear, edited and translated by Freda Ahenakew & H.C. Wolfart
Call Number: E99 C88K65
Publication Date: 1992
Sacred Stories of the Sweet Grass Cree by Leonard Bloomfield
Call Number: McPherson E98 F6B56
Publication Date: 1930
Legends from the Forest told by Chief Thomas Fiddler by Thomas Fiddler & James R. Stevens
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88F54
Publication Date: 1985
Āca?oōhkīwina and Ācimōwina : traditional narratives of the Rock Cree Indians by Robert A. Brightman
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88B77
Publication Date: 1989
Cree Narrative Memory: From Treaties to Contemporary Times by Neal McLeod
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88M38
Publication Date: 2007
Where the Chill Came From: Cree Windigo Tales and Journeys by Howard Norman
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88N67
Publication Date: 1982
Âtalôhkâna nêsta tipâcimôwina = Cree legends and narratives : from the west coast of James Bay by Simeon Scott & C. D. Ellis
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88A83
Publication Date: 1995
A Ghost Story: Cree Story from Hobbema by Joe Little Chief
Call Number: Electronic DA16
Publication Date: 1913
The Wishing Bone Cycle: Narrative Poems from the Swampy Cree Indians by Howard Norman
Call Number: McPherson PS8235.5 I6W5 1982
Publication Date: 1982
Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy = They knew both sides of medicine : Cree tales of curing and cursing by Freda Ahenakew & HC Wolfart
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Call Number: McPherson PM989 A445A74
Publication Date: 2000
Ebook available - click on the blue book icon.
Medicine boy and other Cree tales by Eleanor Brass
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88B74
Publication Date: 1979
Voices of the Plains Cree by Edward Ahenakew
Call Number: McPherson E99 C88A43
Publication Date: 1973
Nīhithaw ācimowina = Woods Cree stories by Solomon Ratt
Call Number: McPherson PM989 A2R38 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Stories of the Cree by Xavier Kataquapit
Call Number: KIC4750 K38 2010
ISBN: 9781926582504
Publication Date: 2010
Wawiyatacimoqinisa: Funny Little Stories by Arok Wolvengrey
Call Number: McPherson PM989 W39
Publication Date: 2007
The Spirit Lives in the Mind: Omushkego stories, lives, and dreams by Louis Bird
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 9780773532090
Publication Date: 2007
Cree narrative: expressing the personal meanings of events, 2nd ed by Richard J Preston
Call Number: Electronic
ISBN: 0773523618
Publication Date: 2002

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