Indian Claims Commission (ICC) was to determine if moneys owed by Crown from the sale of surrendered land had been wrongfully appropriated by an officer of the Indian Dept. No inquiry was conducted as after several planning sessions, Canada accepted the claim for negotiation. Commissioners include: Phil Fontaine and Daniel J. Bellegarde. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
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Indian Claims Commission
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Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. (French language version). Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.
[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.]
Access to: Vol. 1: Investigation and Findings; Vol. 2: Policy Analysis; Vol. 3: Inquiry Process; Vol. 4: Executive Summary. Purpose of the Inquiry was to investigate the death of Dudley George and make recommendations to prevent such violence occuring in the future.
Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Issue on Sustainability, Summer, 2002, pp. 18-20
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Description the Walpole Island Heritage Centre, or Nin.da.waab.jig, which acts as the research arm of the First Nation.
[One or more images have been omitted from this article due to copyright restrictions. These images are accessible in the print version of this journal.]