Pamela Palmater

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Pamela Palmater , also Pam Palmater (* 1970 in Eel River Crossing in New Brunswick ), is a Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor and politician from the north of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Palmater has long been a political commentator for Aboriginal Peoples Television Network , InFocus, CTV, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .

life and work

Palmater's family is from Eel River and is part of the Eel River Bar First Nation . Palmater is the descendant of the last traditional chief of her First Nation , Louis Jerome, her great-grandfather. His daughter was the healer Margaret Jerome, who married William Palmater. At that time, children from marriages in which the woman was Indian and the man was non-Indian, were automatically no longer Indians, so they lost their “status”. These descendants are accordingly referred to as Non Status Indians . Her son, a veteran of World War II , was Pamela Palma Marketers father. Pamela grew up with three brothers and eight sisters and is accordingly also Non Status Indian . She herself has two grown sons who, due to the legal situation, which disadvantages the female line, have no right to any state aid. After all, a change in the law in 1985 ensured that her parents were given back Indian status, which she was still denied. This in turn means that if they pursue traditional fishing or hunting, they are punished. In addition, there is no state health or educational obligation for them, as is the case with status Indians.

In 1994 Pamela Palmater obtained her first undergraduate degree from Saint Thomas University in the field of Native Studies and History , her Bachelor of Laws in 1997 , followed by her Master in 1999, and in 2009 Palmater received her doctorate in Aboriginal Law from Dalhousie University . She took part in the negotiations that led to the Kelowna Agreement in 2005 , as well as in the deliberations on changes to the Indian Act in 2010 . She is currently an Associate Professor at Ryerson University's Center for Indigenous Governance in Toronto .

In 2012 she was set up as one of eight candidates for the presidency of the Assembly of First Nations , aiming for the rank of National Chief . In the event of her election she wanted to turn the AFN back into a lobby organization that opposes continued colonization in disregard of the treaties, not a replacement government for all First Nations. Each candidate needs 15 chiefs, which his resp. support their choice. In July 2012 she was defeated by the favored Shawn Atleo as the second strongest of eight candidates, whom she accused of having turned the AFN into an "Assembly of Assimilation". Atleo received 341 or 67% of the vote in the third ballot; A quorum of at least 60% is a condition for election.

Within the AFN, Palmater heads the Center for Indigenous Governance . She is also a professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University . She has also worked as a consultant for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development . She was also Director of Lands and Trusts Services in Amherst , then Director of Government Relations in Halifax, New Scotland . Eventually she investigated human rights abuses in the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission . For a short time she taught at St. Mary's University .

She is a member of the Law Society of New Brunswick , the Canadian Bar Association , the Ontario Bar Association, and the Indigenous Bar Association .

Awards

  • 2012 YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Social Justice .

Publications

  • In the Path of Our Ancestors: The Aboriginal Right to Cross the Canada-United States Border , Master of Laws, 1999, unpublished.
  • Stretched Beyond Human Limits: Death by Poverty in First Nations (for publication in 2012).
  • Beyond Blood: Rethinking Aboriginal Identity and Belonging , PhD, 2009, Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 2011.
  • Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision: First Nation Jurisdiction over First Nation Education for the Chiefs of Ontario
  • In My Brother's Footsteps: Is R. v. Powley the Path to Recognized Aboriginal Identity for Non-Status Indians? in J. Magnet, D. Dorey, eds., Aboriginal Rights Litigation (Markham: LexisNexis, 2003) 149.
  • Stretched Beyond Human Limits: Death by Poverty in First Nations (2012) 65/66 Canadian Review of Social Policy.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Pamela D. Palmater: Beyond Blood: Rethinking Indigenous Identity . UBC Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-895830-71-2 ( google.de [accessed on January 16, 2019]).
  2. ↑ Pamela D. 1970- Palmater: Indigenous nationhood: empowering grassroots citizens / Pamela D. Palmater; foreword by Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair. 2015, accessed on January 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ Canadian Broadcasting System, 8th Fire , archive.org, October 5, 2013.
  4. ^ Assembly of First Nations, Pam Palmater Biography
  5. ↑ AFN runner-up says gender a factor in defeat against Atleo , in: The Globe and Mail, July 18, 2012.
  6. ^ The rest were Joan Jack, then Trans Nelson, the former Chief of Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in Manitoba , the Dene Chief Bill Erasmus, Ellen Gabriel, former director of the Quebec Natives Women's Association , Diane Kelly, the first female Grand Chief of Grand Council Treaty from Ontario
  7. ^ Discontent at First Nations meeting , in: News Canada, July 17, 2012.
  8. ↑ Tasha Kheiriddin: The time is ripe for First Nations land reform in Canada , in: National Post, August 19, 2012th
  9. ↑ Meet the 2012 Recipients. YWCA
personal data
SURNAME Palmater, Pamela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palmater, Pam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian university professor and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Eel River, New Brunswick