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Beyond Theory

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda Celesta
English Practice, vol. 57, no. 1, Starting a Circle: Exploring Aboriginal Education, Fall, 2015, pp. 24-[27]
Description
Looks at how the Residential School Apology, the Idle No More movement, and other current events impact teaching practices. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 24.
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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.

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Bigstone Cree Nation Inquiry: Treaty Land Entitlement Claim

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report examines historical background, analyses, and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearings on the claim by the First Nation that the amount of acreage allotted was less than they were entitled to under the provisions of Treaty 8. Due to new Treaty Land Entitlement policy, the two parties agreed to negotiate a settlement and no determination was made by the ICC. Commissioners include : Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.
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Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry - Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Examines whether the rejected claim was properly resolved. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman. [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.]
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Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) about whether a clerical error by the federal government resulted in 440 acres of mineral-rich land being taken without consent or compensation. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Carole T. Corcoran. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.

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Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa - The Big Claim

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents include Treaties, correspondence/letters, reports, submissions, maps and other related historical materials regarding The Big Claim by the Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and Alan C. Holman. [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.]

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Boundaries of Person, Boundaries of Place: Wilderness, "Indians" and the Mapping of Canada's Northwest Interior in 1857

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabina Trimble
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, Review 2, December 2014, pp. 1-12
Description
Discusses document produced by the British Parliament in 1857 about the land, inhabitants and Hudson Bay activities between the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountains in order to see what lands should be ceded from HBC to Canada for settlement.
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Breaking the Silence: International Conference on the Indian Residential Schools Commission of Canada

Alternate Title
Breaking the Silence: International Conference on the Indian Residential Schools Commission of Canada ; Part 2, Reconciliation: An International Perspective
Breaking the Silence: International Conference on the Indian Residential Schools Commission of Canada ; Part 4, The Ethical Challenges of Reconciliation
Breaking the Silence: International Conference on the Indian Residential Schools Commission of Canada ; Part 6, Media, Ethics and Reconciliation
Breaking the Silence: International Conference on the Indian Residential Schools Commission of Canada ; Part 9, Memory, Truth and Reconciliation
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Presents an 11 part audio recording of conference held September 26-27, 2008 at the University of Montreal. Participants include: Peter Dietsch, Jeff Corntassel, Paige Arthur, Cynthia Milton, Daniel Weinstock, Perre Noreau, Christian Nadeau, Val Napoleon, Dale Turner, Maxime St-Hilaire, Lance Delisle, Ellen Gabriel, Matt James, Renée Dupuis, Phil Fontaine, Marianne Stenbaek, Sue Campbell, Roger Simon, Robina Thomas, Paulette Regan, Caludette-Dumon-Smith, Delbert Sampson, Eduardo Gonzalez, Mike Standup.
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A Bridge to Reconciliation: A Critique of the Indian Residential School Truth Commission

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc A. Flisfeder
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, May 2010, pp. 1-25
Description
Gives a brief history of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, explains how it differs from a courtroom adjudicative model, and explains why it has the potential to be an effective form of alternative dispute resolution regarding residential schools.
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Bringing Them Home

Alternate Title
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Description
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
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Bringing Them Home

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
Description
Documentary from the report, Bringing Them Home: Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children From Their Families. Survivors speak about their experiences. Duration: 32:29.
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Bringing Them Home and the Contemporary Criminalisation of Indigenous Young People

Alternate Title
Bringing Them Home and the Contemporary Criminalization of Indigenous Young People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Cunneen
AILR, vol. 12, Special Edition, pp. [46]-54
Description
Overview of juvenile justice over the past ten years in Australia and discussion about lack of action on reforms to the system as suggested in the report Bringing Them Home.
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Bringing Them Home: Implementation Progress Report

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 4, no. 3, 1999, p. 67
Description
Follow up on the progress of Australian Governments’ responses to recommendations made by National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families in its Bringing Them Home Report (1997).
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Buffalo River Band, Flying Dust No. 105, Joseph Bighead Band, and Waterhen Lake First Nations - Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry II - Public Release

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of reports, maps, correspondence/letters, legal documents, submissions, oral transcripts, and the French and English versions of the Final Report. [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.]

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Building Bridges

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples. Duration: 1:11:22.
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Building On Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada

Alternate Title
Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada: [Final Report]
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Final Report of the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Romanow Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Roy J. Romanow
Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada
Description
Commission provides analysis of medicare issues, recommendations to improve quality, and sustainability of the system. Often referred to as the The Romanow Report.
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Business of Inclusion of Métis Still Undone

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 11
Description

Looks at the need to include Métis boarding schools and day schools in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement in order for survivors to claim compensation.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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Calls to Action Accountability: A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation

Alternate Title
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2019 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2020 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2023 Status Update on Reconciliation
Calls to Action Accountability: A 2022 Status Update on Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eva Jewell
Ian Mosby
Description

Looks at which of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call2 to Action have been completed. 2023 Report, 2022 Report,  2020 Report.

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Canada and Colonial Genocide [Introduction]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Jeff Benvenuto
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 373-390
Description
Introduction to special issue on genocide and settler colonialism.
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Canada and the Atrocious Indian Act

Alternate Title
CERS Working Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christa Jonathan
Description
Focuses on how Canada has developed as a racialized state, with special focus on the Indian Act.
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Canada and the Legacy of the Indian Residential Schools: Transitional Justice for Indigenous People in a Non-Transitional Society

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Courtney Jung
Description
Expands on a previously published research brief. Outlines three areas in which the interests and goals of government and Aboriginals may differ: scope of injustices, government's attempt to draw a line through the past and legitimate current policies, and government's use of the process as an attempt to assert authority.
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The Canada Problem in Aboriginal Politics

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Description
Chronicles significant developments in the relationship between the Federal government and First Peoples. Chapter from Visions of the Heart: Canadian Aboriginal Issues (3rd ed.) edited by Olive Patricia Dickason and David Long.
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Canada's History Wars: Indigenous Genocide and Public Memory in the United Sates, Australia, and Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 411-431
Description
Introduction to the history of the Indian Residential School system, analysis of the history wars in the United States and Australia over indigenous genocide, and debates about genocide in Canada.
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Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous People and the Imperative for a More Inclusive Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John G. Hansen
Emeka E. Dim
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, January 2019, p. Article 2
Description
Explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry (MMIWG), and questions the exclusion of Indigenous males. Discusses the need for a more comprehensive and holistic model of inquiry that honours the voices of Indigenous communities.
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