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Cowessess First Nation: 1907 Surrender Phase II Inquiry

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Historical background, analysis and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether the federal government breached its fiduciary obligation when it conducted a surrender of part Reserve 73. ICC ruled 2 to 1 that a settlement should be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy. [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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Cree Elders Workshop 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jim Kanipitetew
Eli Bear
Pius Dustyhorn
Daniel Ochapooways
Andrew King
Norman Frank
Indian History Film Project
Wide-ranging discussion among elders touching on many topics including kinship; illegitimate children; ceremonialism; therole of the elder; financing the elder who incurs some costs associated with the organization of a ceremony.
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Cree Nations In Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jana Ustrnulová
Comments on the way of life of the Cree Nations before and after encountering European settlers. English and American Studies Thesis (B.A.)--Univerzity Palackého, 2013.
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[Crime Report re Little Pine Reserve Indians ... Alleged Sun Dance]; [Re: Indian Sundance, Rocky Mountain House District, Alberta]

Alternate Title
[Selected RCMP Documents Regarding the Sun Dance]
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
W. Kingston
A. H. McCormack
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 93-95

First document is a report written by Kingston, dated July 6, 1928, asks for instructions regarding whether or not participants should be charged given the fact that the event did not appear to violate the Indian Act. Second document is a letter by McCormack, describing ceremonies which took place at Rocky Mountain House and Hobbema, Alberta.

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Crooked Lake Agency - Pay Lists 1914

Documents & Presentations
An Indian Affairs book containing the annuity pay lists for the reserves of the Crooked Lake Agency for the year 1914. The book is signed by Indian Agent Arthur Boyer of Broadview, Saskatchewan. The Crooked Lake Agency was composed of four reserves: Sakimay Indian Reserve #74, Cowessess Indian Reserve #73, Kahkewistahaw Indian Reserve #72, and Ochapowace Indian Reserve #71. Included in the book are annuity figures for the Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw, and Sakimary First Nations for the year 1914.

Historical note:

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Cultivating Ignorance of Aboriginal Realities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Godlewska
Jackie Moore
C. Drew Bednasek
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 417-440
Looks at Canadian and world studies at an Ontario secondary school and the need for more inclusive perceptions of Aboriginal People within geography related curriculums.
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David Laboucan Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
David Laboucan
Ernest Crane
Indian History Film Project
Tells of his loss of treaty status when his mother married a non-treaty man following the death of his father.
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Descheneaux Information Session--PTMA Toolkit

Alternate Title
Descheneaux Information Session Toolkit
Backgrounder: Descheneaux and Bill S-3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Court case involved sex-based discrimination in the Indian Act with respect to status entitlement. Includes chronological list of federal legislation concerning Indian status and summary of issues in the case.
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Descheneaux v. Canada, 2015 QCCS 3555 – Case Summary

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mandell Pinder
Court considered whether registration provisions, which determine eligibility for status, in the Indian Act continued to discriminate against women and their descendants and limited their ability to pass on status, as compared to men. Found that several sections infringed on rights found in section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, declared those sections inoperative, and gave Canadian government 18 months to enact new legislation.
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Desperately Seeking Absolution: Responses and a Reply

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Cole
J. R. Miller
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 76, no. 4, December 1995, pp. 628-643
Critical commentary on the article "Desperately Seeking Absolution: Native Agency as Colonist Alibi?" by Robin Brownlie and Mary-Ellen Kelm, published in Canadian Historical Review Vol. 75, No. 4, December 1994, pp. 543-557.
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Discussion Notes on the Indian Act

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Indian Affairs Branch

Written prior to a review of the Act, document explains various sections of the Act and discusses objections and suggestions for amendment.

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Domestic Laws versus Aboriginal Visions: An Analysis of the Delgamuukw Decision

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Candice Metallic
Patricia Monture-Angus
Borderlands E-Journal: New Spaces in the Humanities, vol. 1, no. 2, 2002, p. [?]
Examines significant court decisions from an Aboriginal perspective to illustrate the problems facing First Nations when dealing with the Canadian judicial system's inherent legal colonialism.
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Don't You Hear the Red Man Calling?

E-Books
Author/Creator
[Samuel Hume Blake]

Includes correspondence and quotes from a range of public and private individuals including Hume, Frank Pedley, John Hines, church officials, a Report of Special Indian Committee (1908) on policies, the state of health, death, and education in industrial and residential schools.

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Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider [Amendments to Indian Act]

Alternate Title
Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 8, December 2001, p. 8

Viewpoint of National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he lobbies to have Assembly of First Nations issues included in the federal government's First Nations Governance draft agreement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29

Documents & Presentations
A book containing Indian Agent's ledgers from the Duck Lake agency for 1885-1889, and 1921-1929. The first half of this ledger is "Issues to Destitute Settlers" (Mrs. Gabriel Dumont and others connected to the 1885 Uprising are included); the second half is a calendar of outgoing correspondence.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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