1994 Report of the Auditor General of Canada [to the House Commons]: Chapter 23: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada--Social Assistance
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[L. Denis Desautels]
Looks at the lack of acknowledgment of Riel being a Métis by English-speaking nor French-speaking writers.
Relates how a non-Aboriginal parent's right to harvest organs and cremate an adoptive son superseded a Cree biological mother's right to bury her adult son according to First Nation spiritual and cultural beliefs.
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Argues that determining the "extent to which title-holders have control over Aboriginal title lands," requires that the fiduciary responsibility of the Crown be considered as well.