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Recognition and Erasure of Indigenous Oceanic Rights and Title

Michaela M. McGuire - Jaad Gudgihljiwah / July 15, 2025

Canada continues to treat the ocean as void of Indigenous presence or rights, using the fiction of “mare nullius” to justify offshore development without needed Indigenous consent. In this Brief, Michaela McGuire and Rosanna Carver discuss the impacts of resource development infrastructure in the ocean and the Crown’s limited interpretation of Indigenous oceanic rights and title.

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Renegotiating Sovereignty? Māori Resistance in the Face of Colonial Erasure

Ashley Kyne / November 21, 2024

Last week, on November 14th, Māori Member of Parliament Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke rose in the Aotearoa (New Zealand) Parliament to vote on a proposed Treaty Principles Bill. Opposing the proposed law, she tore the bill in half and led a haka alongside members of her party, Te Pāti Māori. The haka, a traditional Māori expression of

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Colonizers Being Colonizers: Lobster Fishing & the Continued Oppression of L’nu’k in Mi’kma’ki

Melkita'n / March 30, 2021

Months after the fisheries conflict in Nova Scotia, the Dept. of Fisheries and Ocean’s has imposed a decision on the “moderate livelihood fishery” and l’nu’k fishers continue to be charged and harassed by the RCMP. This Brief assesses the current state of affairs and asks where we go from here.

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Peace, Friendship and Fishing in Mi’kma’ki

Hannah Martin / October 7, 2020

For the past three weeks Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia have been pursuing a “moderate livelihood fishery” while facing harassment and intimidation. Hannah Martin looks at the roots of the conflict and argues that a better understanding of Mi’kmaw rights and the treaty relationship generally could help resolve the conflict.

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Recognition and Erasure of Indigenous Oceanic Rights and Title

Renegotiating Sovereignty? Māori Resistance in the Face of Colonial Erasure

Colonizers Being Colonizers: Lobster Fishing & the Continued Oppression of L’nu’k in Mi’kma’ki

Peace, Friendship and Fishing in Mi’kma’ki

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