Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding settlement of unlawful taking by Canada of 440 acres of mineral-rich land without consent or compensation. The parties settled, the agreement was ratified; Canada paid out compensation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Prairie Forum, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 1996, pp. 149-176
Description
Describes the link between federal First Nations health care, in the period 1890 to 1930, and the social reform goals and values of that same time period.
Looks at a community survey of the Little Red River Cree Nation, and several socio-economic barriers that impede the ability to engage in subsistence harvesting.