Treaties
Are the Métis Treaty People?
Alternate Title
Weweni Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Adam Gaudry
Description
Speaker argues that negotiations between the Red River Métis and the Canadian government prior to passage of The Manitoba Act constituted treaty-making.
Duration: 1:04:03.
Areas of Initiation in the Political Geography of Aboriginal Minorities - Stewart Raby. - Article. - [1974?].
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stewart Raby
Description
Abstract: The territorial aspirations and achievements of Aboriginal minorities in the common-law jurisdictions of North America, Australia and New Zealand can be divided according to three varieties of political-legal situations; those in areas of initiation, enhancement and omission. In the first of these, to which attention is here confined, there has been no legally defined and protected land-base, and Aboriginal land claims are or have been the subject of recent litigation, negotiation and settlement.
Arnot Finishes Mandate As Treaty Commissioner
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Shield
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 4, April 2007, p. 8
Description
Looks at Arnot's accomplishments during his term as Treaty Commissioner including the creation of educational treaty kits for every classroom in Saskatchewan.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Assessing the Benefits of Status Indians Working On or Off the Reserve for Saskatchewan Boards of Education
Alternate Title
Research Report (Saskatchewan School Boards Association) ; no. 09-07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Bellegarde
Description
Looks at historical reasons behind the tax exempt status provided through the Indian Act, and the applications and impacts on recruitment of First Nations teachers and other staff.
Assiniboine Elders Workshop 4
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Charles W. Ryder
Indian History Film Project
Description
Charles Ryder tells the story of the settlement of the Carry the Kettle (Assiniboine) Reserve. Also gives a detailed description of old agricultural practices. No date given, probably early 1970's.
Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Augustine Yellow Sun and Joe Poor Eagle Interview 1
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Augustine Yellow Sun
Joe Poor Eagle
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
Description
Detailed description of what happened at Blackfoot Crossing when Treaty 7 was negotiated; and CPR right of way through the Blackfoot Reserve.
Augustine Yellow Sun and Joe Poor Eagle Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Augustine Yellow Sun
Joe Poor Eagle
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
Description
A discussion of Land rights under Treaty #7; trade of furs for goods; and the dispersal of the Blackfoot people and eventual return to the Blackfoot Reserve under Crowfoot.
B.C. First Nations Studies [Textbook]
Alternate Title
BC First Nations Studies [Textbook]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kenneth Campbell
Charles Menzies
Brent Peacock
Carrie J. Reid
John Borrows
Description
Accompanying material:
Teacher's Guide.
Integrated Resource Package.
The B.C. Indian Position Paper (Draft Copy) [before August 14, 1970]
Alternate Title
[The Brown Paper]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)]
Description
Presents a record of the principles and policies which First Nations believe should be included in new and revised legislation.
Bad Man Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Bad Man
Harry Shade
Indian History Film Project
Description
Bad Man gives an account of the arrival of white men, acceptance of treaty by Bloods, and subsequent lease of land by Mormons.
BC Treaty Commission
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website includes resources, information, publications and reports on issues that are integral to modern treaty making in British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal rights, self government, land and resources, fishing, forestry and financial.
Bearing and Sharing the Duty to Consult and Accommodate in the Grey Areas in Consultation: Municipalities, Crown Corporations and Agents, Commissions, and the Like
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nancy Kleer
Lorraine Land
Judith Rae
Description
Looks at role of tribunals in reference to Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. et al. v. Carrier Sekani Tribal Council and the implication of this decision on roles of various commissions.
Paper from the Canadian Institute Conference held February 24, 2011.
Behind the Scenes, Progress is Being Made, Said Bellegarde
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 10
Description
Comments on the federal government commitment to work with Aboriginal leaders to improve First Nations issues including job creation and economic growth.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
Being Indigenous: Resurgences Against Contemporary Colonialism
Alternate Title
Politics of Identity [Series] - IX
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Jeff Corntassel
Government and Opposition, vol. 40, no. 4, Autumn, 2005, pp. 597-614
Description
Looks at ways Indigenous communities can renew themselves and withstand further assaults on their identity from corporations, settler societies and states.
Bernice Granger Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mrs. Bernice Granger
Dan McLean
Indian History Film Project
Description
A brief interview recounting how the interviewee (age 38 at time of interview) lost her treaty status at the age of 14.
Beyond Cultural Differences: Interpreting a Treaty Between the Mi'kmaq and British at Belcher's Farm, 1761.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Powers
Atlantis, vol. 29, no. 2, [Indigenous Women: The State of Our Nations], 2005, pp. 47-54
Description
Argues that historic treaty rights must be understood within the context of relationships instead of individual or collective rights.
Big Brother's Hunger
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 2
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the second of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Halifax.
Talaga's second lecture focuses on the effects for Indigenous peoples of displacement from their traditional territories and of ongoing contemporary extractive resource economies.
Duration: 53:59
Billy Simpson Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Billy Simpson
J. Deranger
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewee recounts stories told to him by his father about the signing of Treaty #8;denial of Indian requests for reserve; and traditional lifestyle.
Billy Simpson Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Billy Simpson
J. Deranger
Indian History Film Project
Description
A brief account of the treaty negotiations at Fort MacKay and of the subsequent failure to obtain a reserve at Peace Point.
The Blakeney Government and the Settlement of Treaty Indian Land Entitlements in Saskatchewan, 1975-1982
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Pitsula
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 24, no. 1, 1989, pp. 190-209
Description
Discussion of the conflict between the provincial government understanding of 'spirit and intent' of Treaty and the inflexible Federal Office of Native Claims' preoccupation with "lawful obligation."
[Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Edward Hedican
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 243-245
Description
Book review of: Blockades or Breakthroughs? Aboriginal Peoples Confront the Canadian State edited by Yale D. Belanger and P. Whitney Lackenbauer.
BNA Act To Remain In Westminster
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 9, no. 7, July 1979, pp. 3-4
Description
Excluded from the Constitutional discussions in Canada, First Nations travel to England to plead that the British Parliament ask the Canadian government to entrench Indian Treaty and Aboriginal rights when the Constitution is brought to Canada.
Book Review - A Question of Honour? Labour and the Treaty 1984-1989 by Jane Kelsey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annie Mikaere
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 48, February 1991, p. 8
Description
A look at the Labour government and its promise to honour the Treaty of Waitangi and extend the Waitangi Tribunal's jurisdiction back to 1840.
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rob Nestor
Prairie Forum, vol. 26, no. 2, Fall, 2001, pp. 266-269
Description
Book review of 3 books:
Treaty Elders of Saskatchewan: Our Dream Is That Our Peoples Will One Day be Clearly Recognized as Nations by Harold Cardinal and Walter Hildebrandt.
Bounty and Benevolence: A History of Saskatchewan Treaties by Arthur Ray and Jim Miller.
Indian Treaty-Making Policy in the United States and Canada, 1867-1877 by Jill St. Germain.