Canadian Public Policy, vol. 20, no. 3, September 1994, pp. 297-317
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Recommends ways to keep Aboriginal people in their communities by offering support for sustaining hunting, fishing and trapping through co-management of renewable resources, better use of under utilized resources, training and support for wildlife harvesters and more support for entrepreneurship.
Includes discussion of historical context, contemporary (1994) population and socio-economic conditions, funding arrangements and jurisdictions, and recommendations for facilitating movement towards self-government.
Background Paper (Law and Government Division, Parliamentary Library) ;
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Peter Niemczak
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Briefly looks at efforts made in Maine, Scandinavia, New Zealand and Canada to provide some form of political representation which would increase Aboriginals' ability to influence government operations.
1994 version.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 23, no. 6, July-August 1994, p. 14
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First Nations Justice System provides future opportunity to apply alternative forms of treatment in correcting the behaviour of First Nations people who violate Provincial Wildlife Regulations/Law.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Robert W. Mitchell
pp. 303-314
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Article from 1993 Conference proceeding, discussing justice reform, self-government in the context of inherent rights and facing the challenge of overlapping roles among the levels of government.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Concerns about man-made environmental damage with the undertaking of the James Bay Project is the focus of this booklet. Also mentioned is relocation of 7000 Cree persons and flooding of land.
Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia, [1973] Supreme Court Reports 313
Frank Calder et al., Suing on Their Own Behalf and On Behalf of All Other Members of the Nishga Tribal Council [...]
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Supreme Court of Canada
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Argues that Aboriginal title had never been extinguished in territories around Nass River Valley, Observatory Inlet, Portland Inlet and the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
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Robert A. Milen
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Looks at options for participation in legal and political institutions, including examples from New Zealand and Scandinavia, and initiatives at the provincial level.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Don Avison
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Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, argues to have the confrontational, adversarial and antagonistic conventional justice system change and include control by Aboriginal peoples in select areas.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
The author, a member of the Ogoki (Martin Falls) band in northern Ontario, expresses concern with the Canadian government's plan to dam rivers in Canada and divert the water to the United States. He notes that Aboriginal land will be flooded, according to government proposals.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1994, pp. [189-208]
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Argues that economic analysis does not allow for concepts that are political in nature such as: power, authority, legitimacy and rights and has ignored issues of biological and cultural diversity.
Western Legal History, vol. 7, Winter/Spring, 1994, pp. 113-141
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Analyzes proposals regarding self-government in the Charlottetown Accord, and asses the impact of the defeat of the accord on future relations between aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state.
To see all annual reports between 1945-1992, search 'IHS Annual Report'.
This reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and has not been produced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada. See full reproduction credits
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Gordon Shanks
pp. 102-106
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Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses the federal position on self-government stating it recognizes the need for consultations with First Nations, and flexibility to accommodate diversity.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Comparison made on four bases: constitutional recognition of Indigenous population, provisions for self-government, special arrangements for representation in political institutions, and administrative jurisdictions. Looks at examples from around the world.
Case studies of five sets of negotiations: federal self-government, federal health care transfer, Aboriginal Fishing Strategy, bilateral processes with British Columbia, and with third party stakeholders. Each analyzed in terms of will, policy coherence, mandate, and process.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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John H. Hylton
pp. 150-170
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Article discusses past governmental approaches, and cost-benefit considerations in implementing self-government versus social and economic costs of not moving ahead and doing things differently.
Chapter from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, and Roger Carter.
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
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Author/Creator
Benita Cohen
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Discusses the community's experience with controlling health care delivery beginning with administration of its health centre in 1980 and during the three-year period after signing a health transfer agreement with the federal government.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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J. R. Miller
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Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discussing a range of historical and contemporary events.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 8, September 1973, p. 11
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In a reversal from the 1969 White Paper, the Federal Government now says that it wants the Provinces to work along side the Federal Government to settle land claims.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 1994, pp. 40-58
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Identifies and examines two main discrepancies in the federal government's Indian band governance policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Reports include:
Cold Lake and Canoe Lake (Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range) Inquiries, Interim Ruling: Athabasca Denesuline,
Treaty Harvesting Rights Inquiry, Related Materials on Specific Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Outstanding Business: A Native Claims Policy - Specific Claims, First Nations Submission on Claims, Response of Minister Siddon, March 21, 1991. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record.
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
File contains articles entitled " Indian Magna Carta Urged by Frank Calder" from the Native Voice, "Northern Ontario Indians Face Rising Racism", from the Toronto Star, "BNA Act Battle Looms", "Program to Place Courts, Law in Indian Community" from the Daily Herald, and a booklet from the National Indian Brotherhood. Also contains information relating to reserves, government control of Indigenous affairs, education, employment (esp. in mines), law and law enforcement, and the Indian Act.