Looks at two important legal issues in the development of a model of First Nations education: recognition of the inherent jurisdiction and protection of that jurisdiction.
Revised June 1998.
Includes extensive appendices of statements from chiefs and religious representatives attached to the letter expressing expressing concerns about a wide range of issues including government policy application, conduct and breach of promises by Indian Agents, relationship between missionaries, government and Indian Agents, potlatch law, survey of First Nations lands, Commission and other matters.
Three articles on missionary life, the first describing events of Christmas 1888 in Bella Bella, BC. The second article is a letter from Rev. John Nelson, dated 7 March 1889, discussing the Mountain Stoney Aboriginal population present in the Saskatchewan District. The third article is a letter from Rev. A.E. Green, dated 11 February 1889, concerning the frustration relating to the land issue in the Naas River, BC, area.