Alternate Names
Lubicon Lake First Nation
Latitude
56.44839909
Longitude
-116.1173854
Province
Alberta
Region
Alberta
Type
First Nation Location
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Adhesion to Canadian Indian Treaties and the Lubicon Lake Dispute

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Flanagan
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 7, 1992, pp. 185-206
Description
Discusses the dispute as to whether Lubicons are included in Treaty Eight or live on unceded land and are therefore entitled to an external adhesion. A commentary on this article appears in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 7, 1992, pp. 207-212.
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Canada - The Lubicon Lake Cree

Alternate Title
The Lubicon Lake Cree
Articles » General
Author/Creator
James G. E. Smith
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Militarization and Indigenous Peoples: Part 1 The Americas and the Pacific, Fall, 1987
Description
Discussion of the opposition to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary by the Lubicon Lake Cree.
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Document One: The Fulton Report

Alternate Title
Lubicon Lake Land Claim "Discussion Paper"
Archival » Archival Items
Native Studies Review, vol. 4, no. 1 & 2, pp. 181-201
Description

Edited version of a discussion paper prepared by E. Davie Fulton to assist in the resolution of the Lubicon Lake Band's struggle for tradition lands. The Lubicon Cree were missing from the original signing and negotiations of Treaty 8. Introduction by Peter Kulchyski.

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[Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peggy Brizinski
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 1, 1992, pp. 105-107
Description
Book review of:Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree by John Goddard.
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Lubicon Indian Protest Hits Saskatchewan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ivan Morin
Saskatchewan Indian, February 1988, pp. 7-9
Description
Alberta's Lubicon Lake Cree Band publicizes its land claims by following the Olympic Torch Relay across the country.
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Lubicon Land Claim Talks Back on Track

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ivan Morin
Saskatchewan Indian, December 1988, p. 6
Description
Federal Government of Canada and the Lubicon Lake Indian Band of Northern Alberta have resumed land claim negotiations.
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Lubicons Pressured to Give Up Self-Determination

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker , vol. 24, no. 12, March 2007, p. 10
Description

Questions the federal governments' push to regionalize sewer, water and education on unceded lands, thereby hindering Lubicon self-determination.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles

Alternate Title
Métis Settlements and First Nations in Alberta: Community Profiles
Profiles: Métis Settlements and First Nations
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
[Ministry of Indigenous Relations
Government of Alberta]
Description
Basic information about Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine settlements and each First Nation in Alberta including population, land base, location and community contacts. Contains links to both superseded and current versions published between 2010 and April 2022.
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Oil and Lubicons Don't Mix: A Land Claim in Northern Alberta in Historical Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darlene Abreu Ferreira
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1-35
Description
History of the Lubicon, and their struggle for recognition as a people, with discussion about the changing positions of the Federal and Provincial governments regarding the right of the Lubicon to determine their own membership.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Father Jacques Johnson, Jennifer Klimek, Rev. Menno Wiebe and Sandy Day, Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lubicon Land Settlement Commission of Review
Description
This file contains a presentation by four members of the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review. The Commission of Review was organized in [1992] and launched by Ray Martin, Leader of the Opposition, Government of Alberta. Their mandate was to investigate, compare, assess and report on the presentation of the Lubicons to the two levels of government and to report to the three parties and to the public. The Commission of Review in March 1993 tabled their report before the public with the Lubicons present. Both levels of government were not present despite repeated invitations.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Phyllis Fisher, Canadian Friends Service Committee

Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Phyllis Fisher relating to the use of violence towards Canada's First Peoples, historical and present day. The Canadian Friends Service Committee, a Quakers committee, have previously assisted the Innu in Labrador, the Lubicon in Alberta and were present at the Oka Crisis. The presenters make numerous recommendations, including the establishment of an environmental process that will adequately protect the land, environment and wildlife; and that public policy and funding must give preference to renewable resource development over non-renewable resources.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Regena Crowchild, Sharon Venne and Eric Tootoosis, Indian Association of Alberta

Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by four members of the Indian Association of Alberta. The first speaker, Regena Crowchild, expresses disappointment with the Royal Commission's recommendation that "the right to self-determination is to 'pursue self-government within the structure of Confederation to join in the process of building a country that derives its strength from the contributions of all its peoples' is to misconstrue the meaning of the right of self-determination." Chowchild believes that "states have a duty to accommodate the aspirations of Indigenous peoples.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Rosemary Brown, Committee Against Racism

Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a presentation by Rosemary Brown focusing on education, the First Nations Chartered Lands Act and the Lubicon Lake Cree land claim. Education funding cutbacks are threatening to close the Plains Indian Cultural Survival School, an important facility for Aboriginal youth education in Calgary. The Lands Act will empower Chiefs and Council to request that reserve lands by privatized and available for mortgages, and Brown requests that the Act be scrapped.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Sharon Venne, Lubicon Cree First Nation

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Sharon Venne, Lubicon Cree First Nation. Venne discusses the history of the Lubicon Cree, how they were left out of Treaty Number Eight, and the negative impact the oil industry has had on their community. Venne discusses the Lubicon land claim and the standoff between the Cree and the government of Canada. Following the presentation is a discussion between Venne and Commissioners Chartrand and Blakeney on these issues.
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We Need to Return to the Principles of Wahkotowin

Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 11, November 2007, p. 5
Description
Looks at the importance of honoring and respecting relationships with humans and animals and the good that will come of this. Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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