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After Delgamuukw: The Legal and Political Landscape
BC Treaty Commission Examines the potential impact of the landmark decision by the Supreme Court confirming Aboriginal title in British Columbia. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Alberta's Enoch Band Sues for Millions
Newsday, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Chief Jerome Morin of the Enoch band announces a series of lawsuits against the Federal government. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Backgrounder - Aboriginal Title in Canada's Courts: Aboriginal Title is Based on History
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Presents an introduction to Aboriginal title and how it is a collective right by an Aboriginal group for the exclusive use of occupation of land which may, or may not, be traditional use. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Changes to the Indian Act Affecting Indian Registration and Band Membership McIvor v. Canada
Indian Affairs and Northern Development States that changes are needed due to the ruling in the case of McIvor v. Canada (BC Court of Appeal). The ruling states that registration provisions in the Indian Act were unconstitutional as they violated the equality provision of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Changes to the Indian Act Affecting Indian Registration and Band Membership: McIvor v. Canada
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Discusses changes based on the ruling from the McIvor case that found parts of the Indian Act not compliant with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Frequently Asked Questions - Engagement Process - Amendments to the Registration Provisions of the Indian Act As per the Court of Appeal for British Columbia's Decision in the Sharon McIvor Litigation
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Answers questions regarding new amendments to the Indian Act in the wake of the ruling of McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs). More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indian Claims Commission: History of the ICC and of Specific Claims in Canada: Recent Developments
Indian Claims Commission Brief history of the ICC (Indian Claims Commission) from 1995 and the Apsassin case to the year 2004. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.] More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 3, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat: The Independent Assessment Process
Indian and North Affairs Canada Looks at the three main functions of Schedule D, and the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) Document. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
A Lay Person's Guide to Delgamuukw
BC Treaty Commission Simplified explanation why Delgamuukw was a turning point in Treaty negotiations, having confirmed Aboriginal title exists in British Columbia, establishes rights to land, resources, and places a duty on the Crown to consult First Nations for actions effecting such rights. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Loggers Confront Haida Blockade
Georges Tremel, Saturday Report, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Discusses a confrontation between the Haida and loggers in British Columbia. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Mowatt v. Clarke
British Columbia Courts 1999 BCSC [British Columbia Supreme Court] 1341Docket 7838. Judgement regarding St. George's Indian Residential School (Anglican Church of Canada) and the sexual abuse of children. Findings of liability made in relation to federal Crown and Anglican Church for actions of dorm supervisor Derek Clarke. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Musqueam Indian Band v. Glass, 2000 SCC 52, [2000] 2 S.C.R. 633
Supreme Court of Canada Examines the meaning of the phrase "current land value" used in leases for reserve land. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
Overfishing, Out of Season
As It Happens, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation After effects of ruling in the Donald Marshall, Jr. case and concerns about aggressive lobster fishing. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites
R. v. Maczynski
Lambert, Newbury, Proudfoot (Justices of the British Columbia Court of Appeal) Appeal of numerous sentences imposed for offences committed by the supervisor, Jerzy George Maczynski, against young boys at an Indian Residential School, on the Yukon-BC border, from 1952 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1967. More information... (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 1, Reviews: 0) Reviews | Rate It | Add to Favourites |
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