Specific Claims: Justice At Last
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
Discusses the US government's wanted treaties in order to gain control of land, the treaties signed within Montana, tribal strategies for survival, and clashes between government troops and Indigenous warriors.
Chapter from Montana: Stories of the Land by Krys Holmes.
Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.
Duration: 1:09:15.
Special themed issue of Canada's History's children's magazine Kayak (September 2018). Suitable for ages 7-12.