Journal of Nutrition, vol. 125, no. 10, October 1995, pp. 2501-2510
Description
Examines the exposure of Arctic Indigenous women, living in two communities of the Canadian Arctic, to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides via their diet.
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 103, no. 7/8, July-August 1995, pp. 740-746
Description
Reports the levels of cadmium, lead, and mercury in traditional foods from Qikiqtarjuaq, Baffin Island and the related health risks and benefits of eating these foods.
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Final, special report examines the legal review of the Athabasca Denesuline claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners were Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.
[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.]
Argues that Treaty-making has conformed to a uni-dimensional pattern of avoidance and inaction, but suggests recent Supreme Court of Canada cases will increase pressure on the Crown to live up to its promises.
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 12, December 1972, p. 2
Description
Leaders from Keeseekoose Cote, Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw and Nut Lake draw up a resolution in support of First Nation's being able to hunt for food at any time of the year .
Looks at institutional arrangements created by the Agreement and how they affect harvesting rights, management of wildlife and habitat, wildlife research, and assessment of environmental impacts of development. Gives special attention to wildlife co-management mechanisms which represent interests of both government and the Inuvialuit.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 40-41
Description
Exhibition review at the Royal Ontario Museum, Gallery of Indigenous Peoples, Toronto, Ontario, 1995.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 40.
Includes reports for Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry, the Fond du Lac claim, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations; Lax Kw'alaams Indian Band Inquiry and claim, Young Chipeewayan Inquiry, claim regarding Stoney Knoll Indian Reserve No. 107, Micmacs of Gesgapegiag Inquiry, claim to Horse Island, Chippewas of the Thames Inquiry, Muney Land Claim.
Indian Treaty Number Five and the Pas Agency, Saskatchewan, N.W.T.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
S. Raby
Saskatchewan History, vol. 25, no. 3, Autumn, 1972, pp. [92]-113
Description
Describes the conditions of Treaty 5 and the adhesion of several different First Nations. Discusses the process and difficulties of moving to an agriculture or farming-based lifestyle, traditional economies, and the enfranchisement of the Métis through the scrip process.
Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 92.
[Document Four]: Legal Opinion by W. Stuart Edwards
[Document One[: Memorandum by C.P. Paxton for W. Stuart Edwards
[Document Three]: Letter by W. S. Gray to Harold W. McGill
[Document Two]: Legal Opinion By W. Stuart Edwards
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank Tough
C. P. Paxton
W. Stuart Edwards
W. S. Gray
Native Studies Review , vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 121-167
Description
Introduction and Documents regarding controversial Indian hunting rights stemming from the transfer of natural resources from the Dominion to the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.
Native Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 2, 1995, pp. 1-34
Description
Examines the Indian Agent's efforts to manage failures and contradictions of Indian administration and the Secwepemc resistance to departmental intervention.
Discusses rights and benefits under the agreement, compares intended to actual implementation, identifies key issues, and makes recommendations for future agreements.
Agreement between Canada, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Hydro, and Northern Flood Committee reached as a result of hydro-electric mega project.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 17-21
Description
Comments on a group of women who knit with qiviut (muskox hair), a fiber which is eight times warmer than sheep's wool.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 17.
Presents a visual impression of Indigenous life and customs through use of original sketches and paintings by the 19th-century Canadian painter.
Duration: 14:28.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 3-11
Description
These selections from the Duck Lake Indian Agency records illustrate a pattern of negative government attitudes and oppressive fiscal policies of austerity towards First Nations peoples and communities. Introduction and commentary by J.R. Miller.
Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 3.