Resources from UBCIC’s Library and Archives

The UBCIC Library is a specialized research library and archives focusing on BC land rights research. We serve the information needs of the UBCIC staff, member communities and all researchers who have a Band Council Resolution (BCR) to conduct research on behalf of a First Nation. Scholars, students, and other researchers may also use the Library and Archives with permission and after agreeing to abide by our Ethical Research Policy. 

Further information, including the library catalogue and various online resources, can be found on the library website: https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/library. Researchers are always welcome, but please call ahead so reference staff and equipment times can be booked for you. We are a non-lending library, except for UBCIC staff and by special agreement.

Indigenous Law/Legal Traditions

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Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism by John Borrows; published 2016. UBCIC call number: GC B67 2016

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Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law by John Borrows; published 2002.
UBCIC call number: JT B67 2002

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Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws / Yerí7 re Stsqʼeyʼs-kucw by Marianne Ignace and Ronald E. Ignace with contributions by Mike K. Rousseau, Nancy J. Turner, Kenneth Favrholdt, and many Secweìpemc storytellers, past and present; published 2017. UBCIC call number: BBM I36 2017

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Indigenous Legal Traditions edited by the Law Commission of Canada; published 2007.
UBCIC call number: JT L333 2007

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Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing Nêhiyaw Legal Systems by Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum); published 2015.
UBCIC call number: JT S29 2015

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Eagle Down is Our Law: The Witsuwit'en Law, Feasts and Land Claims by Antonia Mills; published 1994.
UBCIC call number: MCD M55 1994

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Revitalizing Indigenous Law and Changing the Lawscape of Canada by University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit, Indigenous Bar Association, Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; illustrated by Val Napoleon; published 2014. UBCIC call number: JT U953 2014

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The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson; published 2017.
UBCIC call number: GNC M36 2017

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Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call by Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson with a foreword by Naomi Klein; published 2015.
UBCIC call number: HS M36 2015.

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Lifeblood of the Land: Aboriginal Peoples' Water Rights in British Columbia, Ardith Walkem et al., editors; published 2004. UBCIC call number: MRW W35 2004

Specific Claims

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By Law or In Justice: the Indian Specific Claims Commission and the Struggle for Indigenous Justice by Jane Dickson; published 2018. UBCIC call number: MBA C533 D53 2018


Reports from the BC Specific Claims Working Group

“‘ON A HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION’: Creating a Nation-to-Nation, Rights-Based Approach for Addressing Indigenous Nations’ Historical Losses.” The BC Specific Claims Working Group Submission to the AFN-INAC Joint Technical Working Group on Specific Claims July 24, 2017 [PDF]

“THE WORK AHEAD: Eliminating Canada’s Conflict of Interest to Create a Fair, Legitimate Process for Resolving Specific Claims. BC Specific Claims Working Group Submission to the AFN Engagement Session on an Independent Process. December 18, 2019. [PDF]


To learn more about the research and reports of the BC Specific Claims Working Group, please visit the working group’s website.