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Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. Manitoba’s Metis Settlement Scheme of 1870 (Saskatoon. University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre, 1991
Chartrand, Paul L.A. H. ed. Who Are Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples? Recognition, Definition, and Jurisdiction (Saskatoon, Purich Publishing Ltd. 2002) (contributing editor)
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Our Metis National Anthem: The Michif Version: A commentary on Falcon’s Song, Michif language and nationalism, with Michif translations of Falcon’s other songs.” (Saskatoon, Gabriel Dumont Institute) 2009.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Aboriginal Identity should be confirmed before applications reach universities”, Response letter to Chris Andersen, “The fix for pretendianism in academia requires Indigenous involvement”. Letters: Policy Options IRPP. June 2025
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/june-2025/pretendians-aboriginal-confirmation/
Paul L.A,H, Chartrand, “Bill C53: An Ill-Advised Adventure of State Interference in the Constitutional Evolution of the State-Aboriginal Relationship”, 2025 (23:3) Constitutional Forum 43.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, ‘The Metis cases: Rethinking the Doctrine of Aboriginal Rights’ 2021 (57:1) Osgoode Hall L.J. 173-194.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, The Constitutional Status and Rights of the Metis People in Canada. Vol 6, No 2, (2017) Aboriginal Policy Studies, https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/aps/index.php/aps
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Commentary: Understanding the Daniels Case on s.91(24) Constitution Act 1867. Aboriginal Policy Studies Vol.3, no.3, 2014, pp. 115-131. E journal http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/aps/article/view/22231
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Negotiating Constitutional Reconciliation, Recognition and Legitimacy in Canada: (2011) 19:2 Waikato Law Review, 14-28.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, IPC, ‘Reconciling Indigenous Peoples’ Sovereignty and State Sovereignty’ AIATSIS Research Discussion Paper No 26, September 2009. Australia.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “R v. Marshall; R v. Bernard: The Return of the Native” (2006) 55 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 135-145
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal People & the Criminal Justice System in Saskatchewan: What Next? (2005) 68(2) Saskatchewan Law Review 253-292
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. and Albert Peeling, ‘Sovereignty, liberty, and the legal order of the Freemen (Otipahemsu’uk): Towards a constitutional theory of Metis self-government’ (2004) 67:1 Saskatchewan Law Review, 339-357.
Chartrand, P.L.A.H., “The Hard Case of Defining the Metis People and Their
Rights: A note on R. v. Powley” (2003) 12:3 Constitutional Forum 87.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Rights: The Dispossession of the Metis” (1991) 29 Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 457-482.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Terms of Division: Problems of ‘Outside-Naming’ For Aboriginal People in Canada” (1991) 2 Journal of Indigenous Studies/La Revue des etudes indigenes 1-22.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Certificates of Possession, Wills and the Indian Act: Can an allottee devise his interest to his spouse for life with remainders to his children?” (1983) 3 Canadian Native Law Reporter, 1 -56.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, Foreword in Christoph B. Graber, Karolina Kuprecht and Jessica C. Lai, ed. International Trade in Indigenous Cultural Heritage Legal and Policy Issues (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA, 2012)
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Aboriginal Rights: The ‘race’ for recognition in Canada” in Louis Knafla and Haijo Westra, editors, Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples: Comparative Essays on Canada, Australia and New Zealand (Vancouver, UBC Press 2011)
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Citizenship Rights and Aboriginal Rights in Canada. From ‘Citizens Plus’ to ‘Citizens Plural’ in John E. Fossum, Johanne Poirier and Paul Magnette, ed. The Ties That Bind: Accommodating Diversity in Canada and the European Union (Bruxelles, P.I.E. Peter Lang, 2009)
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Defining the ‘Metis’ of Canada: A principled approach to Crown-Aboriginal Relations’, chapter 2 in Frederica Wilson and Melanie Mallet, ed. Metis-Crown Relations: Rights, Identify, Jurisdiction, and Governance (Toronto, Irwin Law Ltd. 2008)
Paul L.A.H.Chartrand and Gina Cosentino, “Dream-Catching Mulroney Style: Aboriginal Policy and Politics in the Mulroney Era”, in Transforming the Nation: Canada and Brian Mulroney (Montreal and Kingston, McGill-Queen’s U. Press, 2007) ch.12, pp.294-338.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H., “Towards justice and reconciliation: Treaty recommendations of Canada’s Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996)’ in Marcia Langton, Maureen Tehan, Lisa Palmer and Kathryn Shain, ed. Honour Among Nations? Treaties and Agreements with Indigenous People (Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne University Press, 2004) at 120-132.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H., ‘Foreword’ in Catherine Bell and David Kahane, ed. Intercultural Dispute Resolution in Aboriginal Contexts: Canadian and International Perspectives, ( Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press, 2004)at vii-xi.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H., “Canada and the Aboriginal Peoples: From Dominion to Condominium” in F. Leslie Seidle and David C. Docherty ed., Reforming Parliamentary Democracy (Montreal and Kingston, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2003) at 99-127.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “An Absolutely Uncritical Look at what has been written about the Metis”, A banquet speech given at a conference in Saskatoon in 1985, published in Roger Neil, ed. Voice of the Drum (Brandon, Canada. Kingfisher Publications, 2000.) 227-235.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Building the Momentum: A Keynote Address on Implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples” delivered at a conference of the Canadian Bar Association and Indigenous Bar Association, in Toronto, Ontario, April 1999, in Roger Neil, ed. Voice of the Drum (Brandon, Canada, Kingfisher Publications, 2000) 236-244. ISBN 0-9686756-0-3
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “On the Canadian Aboriginal Rights Dialogue” in Joseph F. Fletcher, ed. Ideas in Action: Essays on Politics and Law in Honour of Peter Russell (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1999) at 75-85.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Aspects for Distributive Justice as Distinct Peoples” An Interview, in Paul Havemann, ed. Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia, Canada and New Zealand (Auckland, Oxford University Press,1999) at 88- 107.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Self-Government: Towards a Vision of Canada as a North American Multinational Country”, in Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe, ed., Issues in the North, Occasional publication Number 41, (Winnipeg. Canadian Circumpolar Institute and Department of Native Studies, University of Manitoba, 1997) ISBN 1-896445-04-07 (v.2)
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. ‘Self-Determination Without a Discrete Land Base?’ in D. Clark and R. Williamson, ed. Self-Determination: International Perspectives (London, Macmillan, 1996)
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and Renewal of the Federation” in K. Knop, S. Ostry, R. Simeon and K. Swinton, ed., Rethinking Federalism: Citizens, Markets and Governments in a Changing World (Vancouver, University of British Columbia Press. 1995) at 119-134.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Issues facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples”, in R.Gosse, J.Y. Henderson, R. Carter, ed. Continuing Poundmaker and Riel’s Quest: Presentations made at a conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice (Saskatoon, College of Law, University of Saskatchewan, and Purich Publishing Ltd. 1994.) at 357-362.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Self-Government: The Two Sides of Legitimacy” in Susan D. Phillips, ed. How Ottawa Spends: A More Democratic Canada..? 1993-1994 (Ottawa. Carleton University Press,1993) at 231-256.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Pursuing Aboriginal Land Rights”, in Y.G. Lithman, R.R. Riewe, R.E. Wiest, R.E. Wrigley, ed. People and Land in Northern Manitoba (Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Anthropology Papers 32, 1992) at 119-126.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Aboriginal Identity and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”, in The Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canadian Society: 1982-2007, in Fall 2007, Canadian Issues, (Association of Canadian Studies, Montreal, 2007) 109-112.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “On further thought: reflections on the last two decades” Keynote address at a Canadian Studies conference at the Centre of Canadian Studies, U of Edinburgh, Scotland, 6 May, 2005.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H., “Aboriginal Peoples: Is there room in Canada?”, an invited address at the conference “Constructing Tomorrow’s Federalism: New Routes to Effective Governance” sponsored by the Saskatchewan Institute on Public Policy, U of Regina, March 2004, abstract published in magazine distributed by SIPP and Centre for Research and Information on Canada, 2004, at 31-32. ISBN: 0-7731-0478-X.
Chartrand, Paul “Prospects for Equality for Aboriginal Persons and Nations in Canada: Reflections on the Work of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples” in Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) Human Rights in the 21st Century/Les droits de la personne au 21eme siecle p.129-13.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Implementing the treaties in Saskatchewan: the approach of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996) Conference hosted by Saskatchewan Institute for Public Policy, Regina, 10 April 2003
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Contemporary Metis Rights and Issues in Canada” published conference proceedings. Aboriginal Law in Canada (Vancouver, Native Investment and Trade Association. 1995)
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Peoples and Justice: A Canadian Perspective and Developments”, Proceedings of First National QUT Conference on ‘Perspectives on Justice’ (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Law, Justice Studies, March, 1993)
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Aboriginal Peoples, Racism and Education in Canada: A few comments”, Racism and Education: Different Perspectives and Experiences (Ottawa, Canadian Teachers’ Federation, October 1992) 7-14. ISBN 0 88989 261 X
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “The Metis of Canada” in Edward T.K. Douglas, ed. Hui Manawhenua: Proceedings of the conference Hui Manawhenua (Rotorua, Aotearoa/New Zealand. April 9-12, 1990) 45-49.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Propos sur la jurisprudence recente et les droits des Metis aux termes de la loi sur le Manitoba”, Riel et les Metis Canadiens (St. Boniface, Canada, La Societe Historique de Saint-Boniface, 1990)
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Land Claims and Self-Determination: Assessing the Past and Looking to the Future” (1989-1990) Societe suisse des Americanistes/Schweizerische Amerikanisten-Gesellschaft (1989-1990) Bulletin 53-54 (Musee d’Ethnographie, 65-67, boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH-1205, Geneve, Suisse)11-16.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Sisyphus is Smiling: defining the Metis people for purposes of s.35” (A paper prepared for and presented at the conference of the National Judicial Institute in Saskatoon, SK 31 March 2001) 52 pp.
“Les Metis: Foi dans la loi?” A Closing Address given at ACFAS 2014, Penser la francophonie canadienne au prisme de la resilience, de la resistance et des alliances, Conference of Francophone researchers, Concordia University Montreal 14 May 2014.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Niwāhkōmākanak (“All My Relations”) Metis-First Nations Relations” (Vancouver, National Centre for First Nations Governance 2009).
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “The MDGs, Indigenous participation and good governance” An invited paper written for the Meeting of Experts on “Millennium Development Goals and Indigenous Peoples: Redefining the Goals” held in New York at UN headquarters, 11-13 January, 2006: United Nations, ECOSOC, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. UN Doc. PFII/2006/WS.3/4 (2006)
Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) Report of the Panel on Judicial Appointments in Canada, June, 2005. Chair of the CALT committee on judicial appointments and co-author of the report.
Metis National Council, “Protecting Metis Traditional Knowledge within Self-Government Agreements: A discussion paper on a sui generis approach to the protection of intellectual products of the Metis people” (Ottawa, Metis National Council May 2004) prepared under auspices of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
Paul Chartrand, “Canada and the Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere: Putting Principles Into Action in Trade and Investment” (Ottawa, Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development, 2000.)
Manitoba, Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission, Final Report of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission, (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. June 2001)I was one of two Commissioners appointed by provincial order-in-council.
Report on the Inter-American Indian Institute, Mexico City, Mexico, for the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, under auspices of Assembly of First Nations, April, 2000.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 5 vols. (Ottawa. Minister of Supply and Services, 1996) ISBN 0-660-16413-2. I was one of seven commissioners appointed by federal Order-in-Council.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Choosing Life: Special Report on Suicide Among Aboriginal People, (Ottawa, Minister of Supply and Services. 1995) ISBN0-0660-15801-9. I have a dissenting opinion.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H., Metis People and the Justice System (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Public Inquiry into the Administration of Justice and Aboriginal People, June 1985.)
Michif Language Committee, Report of the Michif Languages Conference (Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1985)
Thomas Flanagan, Metis Lands in Manitoba (University of Calgary Press, 1991), “A questionable approach to Metis land claims”, The National, (Ottawa, Canadian Bar Association, June 1992) at 19.
“Manitoba’s Aboriginal Justice Inquiry 1988-1990” (1990) 2 Aboriginal Law Bulletin (Sydney, NSW, University of New South Wales, Australia)
Maclean’s Magazine, “Moving from talk to action on Indigenous affairs, Former RCAP commissioner Paul Chartrand on how Justin Trudeau’s move to split the Indigenous affairs department in two falls short”. Paul Chartrand, September 20, 2017
https://macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/moving-from-talk-to-action-on-indigenous-affairs/
This land is my land Sep 14th 2006 Ottawa The Economist print edition.
Paul Chartrand, Winnipeg Free Press print edition March 12, 2013 A9. The other side of the Métis story. [A comment on the Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Manitoba Metis Federation case]
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, “Should Supreme Court pluralism extend to Aboriginal representation?” The Lawyers Weekly Vol. 24, No. 47 April 22, 2005 FOCUS ON ABORIGINAL LAW.
Presentation at the Special Dialogue on Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia (Residential Schools History & Dialogue Centre, UBC, 11 October, 2018)
‘When I speak my language I am understood’ A keynote address at the 9th Annual Indigenous Language Institute Symposium, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, October 2018. (Video online)
The Katherine Graham Lecture, School of Public Administration, Carleton U, Ottawa, June 2016.
‘The Constitutional Status & rights of the Metis people” An opening address at a conference on Metis Treaties at the U of Ottawa law school, 23 October 2015.
‘Resistance, resilience and alliance: whither the Metis people? A conference closing address at Concordia U in Montreal, P.Q. on 14 May 2014.
First World Conference of Indigenous Lawyers held in Hamilton, New Zealand, at U of Waikato. Three invited presentations at the conference held 7-9 Sept 2012.
Invited presentations on aspects of the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement (NRTA) 1930 and current constitutional and political implications and issues, at Aski Puku, a conference for Chiefs hosted by the Prince Albert Grand Council, Prince Albert Saskatchewan, July 2012.
Presentation on the constitutional implications of a proposal to establish fee simple lands on Indian reserves in Canada: First Nations Taxation Advisory Board, Vancouver, October 2010.
Presentation on Aboriginal Governance principles, at an international conference hosted by the B.C. First Nations Health Institute, Vancouver, BC 03 November, 2009.
Presentation on Michif language at a conference sponsored by the University of Regina, North Battleford, Saskatchewan, September 2009
“Charting A Path Forward” Address at the Metis Aboriginal Governance Conference at the University of Winnipeg, March 26, 2009.
Keynote address: “Reconciling Indigenous Peoples’ Sovereignty and State Sovereignty” Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Biennial conference, Canberra, Australia, 9 November 2007
Keynote address, “Examining Solutions to Declining Status Numbers Within First Nations Communities” A conference hosted by the Ogemahj Tribal Council, Rama Ontario, at the Eaton’s Downtown conference Centre, Toronto, Ontario, 17 April, 2007.
Keynote address: “From the RCAP to the Future” Aboriginal Policy in Canada” Delivered on the 20th October at the conference presented by the Indigenous Bar Association of Canada and the College of Law, U of Sask., “Making Aboriginal Policy: A Conference Ten Years After the Final Report of the RCAP” held on 18-21 October, 2006, in Saskatoon, SK.
International Law Association Biennial Conference, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, 08 June 2006, Panel presentation in “Indigenous Peoples in Canada: A Case Study in Legal Rights and Institutional Responses”
Law Commission of Canada, Invited presentation and paper at the conference on Crown Metis Relations held in Winnipeg, 6-7 February, 2006.
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, European Network of Canadian Studies Conference, “Ties That Bind: Accommodating Diversity in Canada and the European Union”, Paper presentation and participation on round table. 18-20 November, 2005.
“On further thought: reflections on the last two decades” Keynote address at a Canadian Studies conference at the Centre of Canadian Studies, U of Edinburgh, Scotland, 6 May, 2005.
Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Department of Law and Political Studies, invited guest speaker at private colloquim, Monday, 24 October, 2005, 4:00- 6:00 pm.
Organisation of American States, International Law Conference, University of Ottawa, 24 October, 2005, Panel on the OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. 12:30-1:15 p.m.
Indigenous Bar Association of Canada, Panel presentation on Indigenous Collective Rights: Comparative Institutional Models, a conference at Rama, Ontario, 21 October, 2005.
Centre canadien de recherché sur les francophones en milieu minoritaire, CEFCO, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Keynote Address at the conference ‘Resistances et convergences: Strategies identitaires des francophones et des metis de l’ouest canadien”, Regina, 20 October, 2005.
Canadian Bar Association, Saskatchewan Branch. Invited presentation on Aboriginal law update, and litigation ethics, Saskatoon, February 4, 2005.
University of Victoria, B.C. International conference entitled, “Consent as the Foundation for Political Community” (Consortium on Democratic Constitutionalism) Sponsored by Professor Jeremy Webber, Canada Research Chair in Law and Society, Faculty of Law, U of Victoria. 1-3 October, 2004
Association of Law Teachers of Australasia, (ALTA), Invited panel presentation on ‘Teaching in the Law School” with teaching excellence award winners from Australia, July 11, 2004, Darwin, N.T., Australia.
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, invited address “Canada’s Aboriginal rights regime: a ‘race’ for identification and recognition?” Presented at the conference Delgamuukw, Mabo and Ysleta: Native Title in Canada, Australia and the United States, University of Calgary September 18-20, 2003.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. ‘Towards justice and reconciliation: the principles relating to the implementation of the right of self-government of Aboriginal peoples in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996). An invited paper delivered the international conference ‘Governance, Self-Government and Legal Pluralism’, in Hull, Quebec, April 23-24, 2003, sponsored by the Law Commission of Canada, the Assembly of First Nations, and the Indigenous Bar Association of Canada.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Assessing the Treaty Process in Saskatchewan: Perspectives of Justice and Reconciliation”. An invited paper delivered at a conference in Regina, Saskatchewan, sponsored by the Saskatchewan Institute on Public Policy, April 10, 2003.
University of Sydney, School of Law, Sydney, NSW, Australia, an invited seminar on defining the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, September, 2001
University of Tromso, Norway. Seminar on indigenous issues. November 2001.
Oslo, Norway, Conference sponsored by ARENA (Advanced Research on the Europeanisation of the Nation State). Address on self-determination of indigenous peoples and Aboriginal self-government in Canada. November, 2001.
Arhus, Denmark, University of Arhus, Association for Canadian Studies. Address on Canadian Aboriginal issues. November, 2001.
Chartrand, Paul L.A.H. “Sysiphus is Smiling: Defining the Metis People in section 35″ Seminar presentation to the National Judicial Institute, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 10, 2001
Gulkula, North-East Arnhem Land, Gove Peninsula, Australia, Invited panel presentation on Aboriginal Justice, at “The Njarra Legal Forum”, August 2001.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Conference on Aboriginal Philosophy, Thunderbird House. Address on philosophical approaches to relations between Aboriginal peoples and other Canadians. June, 2001
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. CINSA Conference, Invited paper on “Defining the Metis people of Canada” May, 2001.
“Towards a New Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and States”, Conference of the FIRST Foundation, Implementation of Indigenous Rights, Wellington, New Zealand, September 11-12, 2000.
“Law and Policy in the struggle for the Metis Homeland”, Montana Historical Society Conference, Great Falls, Montana, USA. October 9, 1998.
“Aboriginal Constitutional Developments”, Canadian Bar Association Conference, Ottawa, Canada. March 27, 1992.
“Constitutional bases for land claims in Western Canada”, Indigenous Bar Association Conference, “Provincial Role in Land Claims: Blessing or Curse?” Montreal, Province of Quebec, November 1-2, 1991.
“Aboriginal Rights and Aboriginal Justice Systems: A Canadian Perspective in 1991″. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Indigenous Bar Association and Alberta Law Foundation: Indian Justice Symposium, June 27-28, 1991.
“The Ombudsman, the Administration of Justice, and Aboriginal Peoples” Conference of Canadian Ombudsmen, Winnipeg, Canada. September 13, 1991.
“Seeing Red through the blindfold of justice: the Cultural Background Factor in the Sentencing of Indigenous People in Canada”, The Northern Conference, Circuit and Court Justice in the North, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, March 11-16, 1984.