Subjects covered include: population, education, health and housing conditions, social assistance, political participation and self-government, and labour force activity.
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government and economic and labour force activity.
Prairie Forum, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 125-127
Description
Book reviews of:
Public Administration Questions Relating to Aboriginal Self-Government by C. E. S. Franks.
Future Issues of Jurisdiction and Coordination between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Governments by Ian B. Cowie.
The Political and Legal Inequalities Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Delia Opekokew.
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: A Bibliography 1986 by Evelyn J. Peters.
Canadian Native Law Reporter, vol. 1, 1988, pp. 1-13
Description
Explains that the Constitution Act, 1982 does not diminish any of the the rights of Aboriginal peoples guaranteed by earlier Constitutional declarations or Agreements, but it provides additional guarantees.
First Nations/Metis Human Rights Law: The History of Native Women's Association of Canada's Position and Options for Future Action
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Examines the nature of Aboriginal women's rights, focusing on the Canadian Charter of Rights, and the balance between individual and collective rights.
Discussion paper at the Chiefs Legislative Assembly suggests that the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations refocus efforts on Treaties and Treaty Rights.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-105
Description
How the Sechelt Indian Band of British Columbia, in 1984, became the first to develop its own constitution and to withdraw from the authority of the Indian Act.
Research conducted to provide background information on governance issues related to providing public works, assist First Nations in development of guidelines for processes and structures to enable delivery of services, and determine if further research was required.