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VAL NAPOLEON

Address

Faculty of Law
450 Law Centre
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2H5

Phone: (780) 492-7749

Brief bibliography

Professor Val Napoleon is from northeastern British Columbia and is of Cree, Saulteaux, and Dunneza heritage. She is also an adopted member of the Gitanyow (Gitksan) House of Luuxhon, Ganeda (Frog) clan. Professor Napoleon worked as a community activist and consultant in northwestern B.C. for over twenty-five years, specializing in health, education, and justice issues, and she has served on a number of provincial, regional, and local boards.

Professor Napoleon received her LLB from the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, in April 2001 and was called to the bar in 2002. She is completing a PhD (law and society) at the Faculty of Law, University of Victoria. Her dissertation will explore the consequences of major litigation on aboriginal people's internal social relationships and relationships with the land. Professor Napoleon joined the University of Alberta in January 2005 to teach in the faculties of law and native studies.

Professor Napoleon's current interests are aboriginal legal theory and legal reasoning processes, customary law, cultural property, self-determination and governance, and imagining aboriginal issues that are beyond the confines of the western legal rights framework and reactions to colonialism.

Publications

Chapters in Edited Collections

'By Whom and by What Processes Is Restorative Justice Defined and What Bias Might this Introduce?' in H Zehr & B Toews (eds) Critical Issues in Restorative Justice (Criminal Justice Press New York 2004) 33-45

'Who Gets to Say What Happened? Reconciliation Issues for the Gitxsan' in C Bell & D Kahane (eds) Intercultural Dispute Resolution in Aboriginal Contexts (UBC Press Vancouver 2004) 176-195

'Reintegration: An Aboriginal Model' in P Rafferty (ed) Restorative Justice Coalition Symposium (Pithy Penal Press Victoria 2000) 59-66

'Being Frank's Sister' in S Peters & L Shervill (eds) Creekstones (Creekstone Press Smithers BC 2000) 103-108

(with E Wilson) 'Building Understanding Between First Nations Communities and Schools: A Discussion of the Significance of Culture in Defining Education' in S McLarnon & D Nord (eds) Northern Parallels: Fourth Circumpolar Universities Cooperation Conference (UNBC Prince George 1995) 42-72

Articles in Academic Journals

"Placing AboriginalOral Histories Inside a Legal Straightjacket" (2005) 20(2) Canadian Journal of Law and Society.

'Aboriginal Self Determination: Individual Self and Collective Selves' in B
Lawrence & K Anderson (eds) (2005) 29(2) Atlantis:A Women's Studies Journal 31-46

(with R Daly) 'A Dialogue on the Effects of Anthropological Research and Aboriginal Rights Litigation and Activism on Aboriginal Communities in Northwestern British Columbia' (2004) 47(3) Social Analysis: The International Journal of Cultural and Social Practice 108-129 (paper originally co-presented at the CASCA XXX 30th Annual Conference of the Canadian and American anthropology associations Dalhousie University 2003)

'Raven's Garden: A Discussion About Aboriginal Sexual Orientation and Transgender Issues' (2002) 17(2) Canadian Journal of Law and Society 149-171

'Extinction by Number: Colonialism Made Easy' (2001) 16(1) Canadian Journal of Law and Society 111-145

Book Reviews

Review of C Harris Making Native Space (2004) 141 B.C. Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly 114-118

Forthcoming Works

'Living Together: Gitksan Legal Reasoning as a Foundation for Consent' paper presented at Consent as the Foundation for Political Community Consortium on Democracy and Constitutionalism University of Victoria 2004. The conference papers will be published in an inaugural consortium journal forthcoming in 2005.

'Governance and Conflict: The Impact of Colonialism on Conflict Management in a British Columbian Aboriginal Community' paper to be presented at the Recovering Indian Sovereignty and Governance from Colonial Experience History and Doctrine Panel (with K McNeil & J Promislow) Western History Association Annual Conference October 12-15 2005 Phoenix Arizona.

'What Are We Missing? Exploring Strategies Beyond the Limitations of Western Legal Protection for Aboriginal Cultural Property' in C Bell & R Paterson (eds) Indigenous Perspectives on Protection and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage Vol 2 (UBC Press forthcoming 2006)

Other Publications

"Justice as Healing - Adding to the Discourse" (2005) 10(3) Justice as Healing, A Newsletter on Aboriginal Concepts of Justice 1-3.

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