First Nations & Reserves

Historical backround and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of 22,080 acres of reserve land. ICC concluded that Canada is responsible for the loss of use of the land since 1891, breach of Treaty and fiduciary duty, and recommends negotiation of settlement under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. (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, 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) 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.]

Historical background of claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the validity of the surrender of the reserve to the Crown. No inquiry was conducted as the claim was accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French version) Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis. [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.]

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1983.

Provides overview of the implementation of Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy and development of Sioux Christianity.

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

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives his opinion of the education of Indian people, the role of Indians in the Canadian military and in the Canadian constitution. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who gives an account of his experiences during and after World War II and his travels around Canada and the United States. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

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

American Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2000.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1985.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 2007.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

Discusses the historical and cultural importance of Pueblo pottery. Honors Thesis, Ball State University,1994.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1973.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1987.

Consists of an interview where she gives a lengthy discourse on Indian medicines. She also gives a description of basket making and an account of being lost in the woods.

Consists of an interview where she mentions certain stories told to her as a child.

Discusses her participation in the Walpole Island fair.

General reminiscences of her life.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Denver, 2001.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of California, San Diego, 1999.

History Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York College at Buffalo, 2016.

Gives overview of missionaries interactions with Huron and Iroquois peoples. History Honours Paper (B.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2002.

Documentation of the Sioux Nation litigation process outlined in a timeline dated from 1920 to 1985.

Examines some causes for the Commission's failure to resolve the issue of assigning reserve lands.

Book review of: Exiled in the Land of the Free by Oren Lyons and Peter Matthiessen; foreword by Peter Matthiessen; preface by Daniel K. Inouye

Explores the Crown's obligations to a First Nation claimant leading up to and following the settlement of a specific claim.

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.

History of the fur trade and Hudson's Bay Company to the present. Includes links to personalities, timeline, maps, and teachers' resources.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2002.

Examines the history behind factions and questions whether they are a post-contact phenomenon.

An investigation into south western American Indigenous group's agricultural practices prior to the arrival of the Spanish explorers.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University, 1983.

Questions why the Canadian government would want to eliminate an entire culture and what role did the residential schools serve in this policy.

Examines other aspects of the Sioux-Métis relationship other than the Northern Plains Métis families.

Book review of: A Fateful Day in 1698 by Deni J. Seymour.