Sharing our Stories of Survival: Native women Surviving Violence
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Author/Creator
Jacqueline Agtuca
Description
Chapter 1 of : Sharing Our Stories of Survival: Native Women Surviving Violence edited by Sara Deer.
Discusses protection of American Indian women eroded by court actions.
Revised edition of handbook originally published in 1997, provides guidelines for development of programming, roles and responsibilities of agencies, and evaluation tools.
Indian Claims Commission: Carry the Kettle First Nation: 1905 Surrender Inquiry
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Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Results of the 1988 claim under the Federal Specific Claims Policy which challenged the validity of the 1905 surrender of 5,760 acres of land from the Assiniboine Reserve No. 76. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Indian Claims Commission: Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry
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Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 103
Description
At issue is the pre-emption of a meadow used by the Esketemc First Nation or as it was then known the Alkali Lake Band. The inquiry found that Canada breached its fiduciary duty by not protecting the meadow, which was clearly in the band's settlement lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Report submitted to Parliament for the Indian Specific Claims Commission (ISCC) and its mandate to conduct inquiries and provide mediation and facilitation services. Includes a list of all ISCC concluded inquiries and Canada's response. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Found that Canada owes an outstanding lawful obligation to provide land to the Lucky Man First Nation under terms of Treaty 6 and recommended that the treaty land entitlement claim be accepted for negotiation under Canada's Specific Claim Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Claim submitted to the Specific Claims Branch of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1992, alleging there was a failure to meet the statutory requirements regarding the taking of reserve lands for school purposes. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Indian Claims Commission: Neskonlith, Adams Lake, and Little Shuswap Indian Bands Neskonlith Douglas Reserve Inquiry
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Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Indian Claims Commission: Report of the Mediation of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 19
Description
Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
George Gordon First Nation: Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations Mediation
Indian Claims Commission: Report on the Mediation of the George Gordon First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submission of treaty land entitlement claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a shortfall of entitlement lands based on additions to band membership after the first survey. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Ratified on June 2007 and proposed a settlement of $1.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 300 acres of replacement land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Report on the Mediation of the Muskoday First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement NegotiationsFowlerThu, 04/16/2009 - 00:00
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Resulted in a ratified proposed settlement of ten million in compensation with authorization to purchase up to 38,014 acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Summary of discussions, during May and June of 2005, between the Department of Canadian Heritage and Aboriginal people to develop practical strategies for working in areas where the mandate, expertise and experience of the Department coincide with Aboriginal aspirations.