Brief article examines the evolving statutory and common law basis for Aboriginal conduct of, and participation in, land use planning on First Nations reserves, treaty settlement lands and crown lands.
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Contains historical documents, draft reports and both the English and French inquiry reports relating to a claim alleging that the reservation had never been properly surrendered to the Crown. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis.
[These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Rural Poverty and Environment Working Paper Series
Working Paper (International Development Research Centre) ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerett Rusnak
Description
Discusses organizational structure, mandated functions and goals, representation and participation of stakeholders, use of information and analysis and the approach to decision making of these co-management experiences.
Looks at a transfer of jurisdiction and authorities to territorial or Indigenous self governments, from the federal government, and the importance of both power and revenue sharing among governments for promoting sustainable economic development.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
Discussion on Indigenous governance and territorial autonomy in defence of Indigenous rights and the destruction that the Patuca III dam project would cause.
Response, by the Aboriginals, to the issues of statehood and governance in the Northern Territory of Australia. This statement was produced in Kalkaringi in August 1998.
Outlines the historical background to the Final Agreement, selected provisions, issues of concern and judicial proceedings related to the Final Agreement.
Canadian Parliamentary Review, vol. 33, no. 2, Summer, 2010, pp. 2-7
Description
Looks at how the self-government agreements have changed the face of governance in the Yukon and altered the relationship between the governments of First Nations, Yukon and Canada.