Joint initiative of Province, Manitoba Metis Federation, Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and Manitoba Keewatinook Ininew Okimowin about development and implementation of an improved child welfare system in Manitoba.
Study monitored water quality and flow during the summer of 2004 and winters of 2004 and 2005 in order to: contribute to a long-term data base of water quality, examine how natural watershed features and natural disturbances affect water quality and compare this to the impacts of human activities.
Claim involving the illegal expropriation of reserve land had been accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. This report summarizes the mediation process involved in reaching a settlement after Indian Claims Commission (ICC) was asked to assist in negotiations. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) in respect to the Crown deducting payments for medical aid from 1909-1934 from the Band's interest trust account. ICC recommended that the claim be accepted for negotiation and that the subject of medical aid is worthy of a comprehensive study to clarify the intentions of the various treaties. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 26-33
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Study's goals were to define social capital, create culturally-appropriate ways of quantifying it, and determine its relationshp with health in the community.