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An Act for Conferring Certain Privileges on the More Advanced Bands of Indians in Canada (April 19, 1884)

Alternate Title
Chap. 28. An Act for Conferring Certain Privileges on the More Advanced Bands of Indians in Canada, With the View of Training Them for the Exercise of Municipal Powers. [Assented to 19th April, 1884.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Chapter 28 amendments regard issues surrounding Band Councils. Scroll down through Chapter 27 to display Chapter 28.
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Addressing First Nations Governance Issues through Incremental Reform: Briefing Presentation - Draft

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Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Although Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has made progress in areas regarding empowerment, education, economic development, specific land claims, and reconciliation, governance and self-government, the issues of leadership selection, Indian Government Support programs, and registration and membership are issues the government intends to work on incrementally in 2008-09.
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Bill C-7: The First Nations Governance Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Law and Government Division, Library of Parliament) ; LS-435E
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Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Legislative summary concerning the Act meant to reform the Indian Act.
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Debt Finance For First Nations: Revised Edition

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Author/Creator
Robert L. Bish
Analyzes the rationale and various financing options for debt financing of infrastructure projects on First Nations. Revision of paper prepared for Westbank Indian Band-Taxation Workshop on Public Financing for First Nations Governments January, 1993.
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Government Setting a Trap, Says Professor [First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 2

Analyses of the federal government's draft proposal of an act, seen by some, as an attempt to fore-go some fiduciary responsibilities by giving First Nations governments the right to employ taxation to their members.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.

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I Heard the Band Office Call My Name: Louie V. Louie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Louie
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 201-226

Examines the case of Wayne Louie, who sued the chief and council of the Lower Kootenay Band over fiduciary responsibilities.

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Indian Lobbyists: Cherokee Opposition to the Allotment of Tribal Lands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Holm
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-134
An examination into the introduction of land allotments into Indian Territory and the efforts of Cherokee lobbyists to prevent its implementation in the late nineteenth century.
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The Legacy of Inadequate Housing

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Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003

Uses federal legal ownership of on-reserve housing plus local band level politics as reasons why housing projects continue to be inferior in comparison to off-reserve housing.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Redesign of Indian Government Support

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Secret document giving Associate Deputy Minister's approval to draft a memorandum to Cabinet seeking both mandate and funding to consult First Nations peoples regarding the consolidation and redesign of support programs for core Indian government operations.
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Rules and Regulations of the Mississaguas of the Credit

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Author/Creator
Mississaguas of the Credit
Contains bylaws of the Mississaguas of the Credit and is a certified copy of a report of a Committee of the Privy Council, which was approved by the Governor General in Council on the 24th of October, 1884.
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Taking Action on Governance: First Nation Government Support Program Re-design

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Author/Creator
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Secret Memorandum to Cabinet (Draft 3-9-8) discusses whether and how to implement the Aboriginal Agenda priority of governance through the redesign of Indian Government Support programs which will then achieve more effective, responsible and accountable First Nation governments.
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Unproductive to Re-invent Wheel on Health Care

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Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, August 1, 2008, p. A15
Contends that to improve overall health an integration of knowledge about environmental and lifestyle issues into the health care field's scarce resources is necessary.
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