Land Claims

Audit addressed programs and activities of the selected federal departments between 2004 and 2009. Certain tests relied on information dating back as far as 2000.

Looks at how the issue of land has effected relationships with Aboriginal people across Canada, citing the James Bay Agreement as an example. Duration: 45:15.

System developed for mapping Aboriginal communities and information on potential or established rights.

Brief document gives context to current disputes over treaty and land rights.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1993.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2010.

Looks at the links between foreign policy, Indigenous peoples and Quebec. Scroll down to page 107 to read article.

Discusses federal laws, court decisions and specific land claims commissions in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia.

Links include sites about land claims, Treaty, case law, business, media, First Nations, Inuit, Metis organizations, and a gateway to many Native American sites.

Summary from the paper entitled a New Beginnings: How Canada's Natural Resource Wealth Could Re-shape Relations With Aboriginal People. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 8.

Discusses Aboriginal dispossession from their lands and attempts to redefine their position in contemporary society.

Information on the Beothuks, Innu, Mi'kmaq and Inuit of Newfoundland and Labrador. Topics include history, culture, land use, land claims and impact of non-Aboriginal activities.

Case studies from across Canada dealing with creation and management of protected areas.

Argues that traditional environmental knowledge has a role in land claims and resource management.

Webinar discusses the history of Aboriginal rights and identifies current trends, focusing on the 1970s to the present. Duration: 4:37.

Discusses various legal decisions relating to Aboriginal rights.

Outlines the transfer of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory to the Dominion of Canada, and compares the Hudson Bay Company's claim versus the Aboriginal claim.

Examines Aboriginal issues pertinent to the development of oil and gas reserves within Alberta, such as unresolved First Nations Treaty and land claim issues and federal and provincial requirements for consultation on treaty and fiduciary obligations.

Discusses views of self-government, management models, issues and changing relationships using one provincial and one federal example. Excerpt from: Visions of the Heart: Aboriginal Issues in Canada edited by D. Long and O.P. Dickason.

Book review of three books: Aboriginal Workers edited by Ann McGrath and Kay Saunders, with Jackie Huggins. Aboriginal Labour and the Cattle Industry by Dawn May. Indians at Work by Rolf Knight. To read review, scroll down to page 75.

A background report prepared by officials from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Department of Justice. It describes the treaty principles and court decisions upon which previous land claims settlements were built, and the importance of "certainty" when defining the rights of Aboriginal people with respect to land and resources. The report argues that certainty is crucial for the future economic wellbeing of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Discusses framework of reparations to include the emotional, spiritual, political and social realms all within the context of the particular history of Native peoples. Chapter in book: Reparations: Interdisciplinary Inquiries edited by Jon Miller and Rahul Kumar.

Discusses importance of cultural resiliency for preservation of Northern identity and values.

Highlights issues of the process for converting land to reserve status and provides recommendations.

This address deals with three aspects of the Canadian Branch of Indian Affairs: the history and role of the Indian Affairs Branch, the special position of the Indian Canadian relating to treaties and the Indian Act, and with Indians and Indian Affairs in Saskatchewan.

Discusses the historic approach of governments and the courts in addressing Aboriginal rights relating to land, and some of the key historical circumstances that have prevented resolution of the issues in the past. The article also looks at the current federal and provincial land claims policies in Ontario.

Looks at the Wishbone Hill Health Impact Assessment in Alaska and the Impact and Benefit Agreement signed for the Meadowbank Mine in Nunavut.

Discusses the dispute as to whether Lubicons are included in Treaty Eight or live on unceded land and are therefore entitled to an external adhesion. A commentary on this article appears in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 7, 1992, pp. 207-212.

Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.

Environmental and Resource Studies Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2012.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2012.

Discusses act which grants Aboriginal groups title to federal and public land in Alaska and $962.5 million dollars, formation of 12 Aboriginal regional profit corporations, and 220 village corporations.

Overview of settlement which transferred title to lands to for-profit corporations, changing communal lands into corporate property and ending Aboriginal fishing and hunting rights.

Land Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1998.

Book review of: Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of the Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971 by Donald Craig Mitchell.

This website features reports, historic photographs, newspaper articles, personal accounts, tools for teachers and resources about Alaska and its inhabitants, and links to other useful sites.

Draft. Primary intended audience is teachers.

"On 1 November 1990, the government of Alberta enacted legislation to enable Metis ownership and government of Alberta's Metis settlement lands. This book explores the legislative history of the Metis settlements and constitutional issues arising from Alberta's initiative."

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Georgia, 2004.

Discusses a gathering of Kainai, Pikuni and Siksika Nations for a political convention conducted under the surveillance by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Indian Affairs Minister informs the Medicine Wheel Ranch Company band members that they must wait for the settlement of their land claim of the Harold Lees ranch until the legitimacy of the surrender of that land by the Ocean Man and Pheasant Rump reserves in 1902 is decided in court.

Looks at racism and negative stereotypes found in media coverage.

Suggests that land tenure or other institutional problems, not managerial deficiencies underlie Native American challenges in equalling non-Native operating efficiencies.

Compares Yukon Aboriginal government employment and wages to data from across Canada, Northwest Territories and Alaska.

Discusses difficulties encountered when using testimony from anthropologists in land claims cases.