Indian Act

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding eight reserve surrenders, IR 151 and 151B-151H, under section 51, 1927 Indian Act. ICC determined Canada breached its fiduciary obligations regarding IR 151E and the claim be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contents consist of historical documents, maps, reports, legal documents, transcripts, correspondence/letters, submissions and the Inquiry Report in English and French versions. [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.]

Looks at the problems encountered when discussing resource co-management and self-government with non-status and Métis Indians.

Comments on the necessity of having a will and where to find information on how to write a will. Article located by scrolling to page 9.

Discusses the relationship between "earth system governance" and indigenous rights.

Descriptive study traces the changes of both collective and private land control on a British Columbia reserve over the past 50 years.

Concludes the real reserve GDP growth rates for the five year period was estimated to be 7.1 per cent, while GDP for Canada grew by 13.4 per cent.

Reviews the Constitutional and statutory basis for the education of Aboriginal Canadians, related case law, and control of curriculum content. Chapter five in: Educational Administration for Canadian Teachers.

Looks at the scope of social inequity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations as well as within the Métis and Inuit populations over a five year period.

Folder containing information on the integration of indigenous schools, a copy of St. Paul's School's yearbook, Correspondence relating to the Indian Act, indigenous schools, the opening of Pointe-Bleue School, the construction of new school on the Moose Woods Reserve at Dundurn and a 200 bed residential school for the Squamish Band. Also Correspondence regarding the Assumption Indian Residential School, and quality of education.

Public Administration Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2017.

Book review of: Elder Brother and the Law of the People by Robert Alexander Innes.

Focuses on the Band's approach to governance, land use and cultural development. Paper from Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange.

Writer and community organizer challenges several young Native men to organize their reserve communities in an effort to change the Indian Act. Duration: 32:06.

Workshop designed to educate and mobilize individuals to take a public stand and public action against violence against women. Background information including definitions,facts and key things to remember to accompany workshop.

Book review of Enough is Enough, by Janet Silman and Spider Woman's Granddaughters, edited by Paula Gunn Allen.

Historical background, submissions, and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine if Canada breached its obligations in taking an invalid surrender and in its subsequent disposition of the land. ICC found that James Smith Cree Nation was not owed any lawful obligations, but recommended that Canada's obligations dealing with the disposition of IR100A be negotiated with Cumberland House Cree Nation. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C.

Final Report regarding the James Smith Cree Nation's claim challenging the validity of the surrender and sale of the Chakastaypasin Band's Indian Reserve (IR) 98. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis 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.]

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) on whether a 1909 surrender vote was improperly conducted and therefore invalid. ICC concluded a valid surrender occurred; but recommended consideration be given to existence of burial grounds. (French language version) Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Sheila G. Purdy. [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.]

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding eight reserve surrenders, IR 151 and 151B-151H, under section 51, 1927 Indian Act. ICC determined Canada breached its fiduciary obligations regarding IR 151E and the claim be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine. [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.]

Historical background and issues involved in Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine the validity of the 1907 surrender. (French language version) Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice and Roger J. Augustine. [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.]

Historical background, submissions and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine if surrender was valid, complied with the provisions of the Indian Act and whether Canada's fiduciary obligations were met. ICC found that although the surrender was valid and unconditional, Canada had breached its pre-surrender fiduciary obligations in allowing it to take place. (French language version) Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice and Roger J.

Final Report examines whether the claim of the Key Lake First Nations discloses a breach of Canada's "lawful obligations" to the First Nation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, and Roger J. Augustine. [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.]

Final report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether the Crown breached its fiduciary obligation by allocating reserve land (IR 81) to people outside of the Band. ICC found Canada breached its obligations and recommended the claim be a negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Alan C. Holman, Renee Dupuis, and Sheila G. Purdy. [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.]

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether the surrender was valid; whether Canada breached its fiduciary obligations. ICC found the surrender valid; that Canada breached its fiduciary duties; and the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine and Daniel J. Bellegarde. [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.]

Teacher resource developed in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Case studies are supplemented by articles from the newspaper. Unit of study for First Nations 12 students in British Columbia.

Traces history of discrimination in the Act and gives timeline for the Bill. Proposed amendments came about as a result of the Quebec Superior Court's ruling in the Descheneault case.

An examination of the sexist ideology present in the Indian Act and its impact on missing and murdered Indigenous women.

Focuses on the forced relocation of the Kitsilano Reserve, originally located near the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver. (For illustrations, see EBSCOhost version)

Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.

Presents a case about oil and gas royalties and discusses whether the Crown has a fiduciary obligation to invest.

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University Of Northern British Columbia, 2007.

Talks about governance and not losing any of the privileges and rights from the Royal Proclamation to the Indian Act and getting out from its legacy. Answers questions about what will happen to Indian Affairs funding of initiatives already in place. (7 minutes).

Looks at the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi with an unemployment rate of zero percent and a language retention rate of 90 %. It describes how things could change in Eskasoni and looks at the process of economic development. Duration: 9:00.

Looks at capable Governing Institutions, stable government and the legacy of Indian Affairs and the Indian Act. Duration: 8:00.

Uses a combination data from 2001 and 2006 Censuses, 2011 National Household Survey, and the Indian Register to calculate incidence and demographics for the two groups. Comments on implications of the high rates for young First Nations men, which could result in distortion of the male-female gender ratio and affect the continued legal existence of Status First Nations.

Looks at methodologies used to correct data from the Indian Register to get reliable fertility rates and the impact of amendments to the Indian Act in 1985 to get this information.

Subject matter: Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Indian Act). (elimination of sex-based inequities in registration). Proposed legislation in response to the Descheneaux c. Canada decision.

Presenter speaks on the importance of the evidentiary record in proof of aboriginal title and non-title rights in Tsilhqot'in Nation and British Columbia. Duration: 35:24.

Findings suggest that media coverage perpetuated stereotyping. Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in Environment, Sustainability, and Society--Dalhousie University, 2014.

Analyses of current Provincial and Federal legislation because there is no regulatory framework that applies to drinking water and wastewater on reserves.

Describes the amendments, the additions necessary to the Indian Act to accomplish the changes and the impacts of the proposed amendments.

Traces the Lubicon's fight to become registered as Indians, be granted a land base and assert control over resource development on the promised reserve.

Provides links to information submitted by the twenty national and regional First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations in their reports.

Explores Indigenous values, practices and observations, and the relation to the social economy in the community.

Attempts to explore institutions associated with water in First Nation communities and their effects on water governance and management.