Annotated Bibliography: Research Proposal on Indigenous Relations

This annotated bibliography examines the complex relationship between Indigenous and settler communities in Canada. It begins with an analysis of the Wet'suwet'en struggle, exploring issues of land ownership and consultation. The bibliography then delves into the scope of transitional justice and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, assessing its potential for decolonization and its limitations. Finally, it considers Canada's position in terms of cooperation and conflict, highlighting the potential for catastrophic hostility. The research proposal focuses on the underlying unresolved issues at the root of the conflicts and proposes a two-course concept for government interaction with both indigenous and settler communities, using journals, books, and news to support the arguments. The author argues for a restructuring of the relationship and suggests that similar colonial situations generate both settler and native nationalism, which should open up the possibility of exploiting the differences of settler culture.

Annotated Bibliography
Kestler-d'amours, Jillian " Understanding the wet'suwet'en struggle in canada ". Aljazeera.
2020: 1-10. Soft. 6 march 2020.The purpose of the article is to understand the struggle
of Wet'suwet'en (dispute between two communities in western area) in Canada. The
article is based on the argument in the news. Thesis statement is about the struggle of
the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who raised an essential question of ownership and
consultation of land and aboriginal title with first nations. Here aboriginal title
denotes the intrinsic rights of the indigenous people to occupy and use the lands. The
land was occupied from the last thousands of years before the arrival of European
settlers. Hence, the source of argument is different in it. The major point of the article
is about the heredity chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en nation who came out in the against of
the Coastal GasLink pipeline, this pipeline seeks to transfer the liquid natural gas
from northeast BC to a terminal on the coast which is near the Kitimat town. The
author is trying to say about the indigenous-settler fault line in western Canada.
Hence, it is being concluded that the government holds a duty to accommodate and
consult with both communities about their rights.
Nagy, Rosemary l. " The scope and bounds of transitional justice and the canadian truth and
reconciliation commission. " The international journal of transitional justice. 7.1.
(2012):52–73. Web. 6 march 2020. <
https://academic.oup.com/ijtj/article/7/1/52/942966 >. The purpose of the article is to
elaborate the bounds of the transitional justice in Canada and the truth with
reconciliation commission. The article is based on the argument in the journal. Thesis
statement is about the settler decolonization on the reconciliation path. The major
point of the article is that it analyses the decolonizing potential of the TRC for
invoking the social accountability. The method of the investigation reflects the
approach of truth and its grassroots potentials. The author is trying to say that
although, the TRC has some potential for advancing the decolonization, and its
progress is hampered by the weak public and its conservative political background.
Bland, Douglas L Canada and the first nations. 2nd. Canada: A macdonald-laurier institute
publication, 2013. < https://www.macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/2013.01.05-MLI-
Canada_FirstNations_BLAND_vWEB.pdf >. The purpose of the article is to
elaborate Canada as the first nation in terms of cooperation and the conflict. The

article is based on the argument in the book. Thesis statement is about the possibility
of a catastrophic hostility between the Canada’s settler and Aboriginal societies. The
major point of the article is to address one possible outcome of the current
controversies in between the indigenous and settlers. The method of the investigation
reflects the research into the economic features of civil conflicts. The author is trying
to say that for mostly Canadians, Canada is secure due to the first nation’s
communities which could never competently manage such risky, daring and the
complicated enterprise.
Proposal
The working title of the research proposal is to restage the relationship between the
indigenous and settlers communities. In my research proposal, I argue about the underlying
issues which remain unresolved and in my opinion, these issues are at the root of these
circumstances. These issues are related to getting the opinion of from both the societies. In
this research proposal, I am using the two course concept. This is the concept by which the
government should get opinion from the indigenous and settlers for resolving the issues. In
the western-liberal tradition, the dominant conception of society is that of an aggregate of
individuals, each with their own self-interest. The concept is somehow critical but it is a
medicine for the issues in between the indigenous and the settlers. I am using indigenous-
settler fault line for western Canada. I will use the material as journals, book and news for the
research. I am choosing the issue and region due to its structure which can be managed by
changing the view regarding the native and settler cultures, so it is quite interesting for this
reason. The paper is managed as firstly by describing the current condition by using the
recent news blogs and then the journals shows the truth of reconciliation commission in
Canada and lastly by justifying the Canada as the first nation in terms of cooperation or the
conflict. However, the structures of native and the settler culture are different but in my
opinion it differs in the way that makes one culture the mirror image of the other. Hence, it
should not be surprising that the similar colonial situation generates both settler and native
nationalism. It is probable to open up the possibility of exploiting the differences of settler
culture. Settlement did not continue successively westward from an Atlantic commencement.
Permanent settlement based on the agricultural land, which in Canada occurs in patches,
detached by physical fences. Different coverings have established by people from numerous

European nations, so that a variety of cultures and settlement patterns established across the
nation. Aboriginal peoples are deliberated as one establishing state of Canada. Formerly
European settlers arrived, Aboriginal immigrates already had domination arrangements and
legal systems. Aboriginal immigrates had two selections: either familiarize or integrate to the
foreign ethos and system, or to save its own and disregard the settlers, which finished up in
dispute. The connection between Aboriginal peoples and the settlers started over the mark of
agreements.