There are many resources dealing with these issues. The following sites may be particularly useful (please note that the opinions expressed in these sites/documents are not necessarily shared by Aboriginal Legal Services).
Circle Sentencing: Part of the Restorative Justice Continuum
From Punishment to Healing by Jonathan Rudin
Justice as Healing (Newsletter)
University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre
Native Law Centre
University of Saskatchewan Native Law Centre
The Centre for Restorative Justice
Simon Frasier University
Restorative Justice Hamilton
Centre for Justice & Reconciliation
Restorative Justice in Urban Aboriginal Communities
by Irene Plett (1999)
RE-THINKING ACCESS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CANADA: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF NEEDS, RESPONSES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES
by Patricia Hughes and Mary Jane Mossman (2001)
Transforming Relationships Through Participatory Justice
Law Commission of Canada (2003)
With or Without You: First Nations Law (in Canada)
by John Borrows int the McGill Law Journal