Chief and Council Salaries Fodder for Discussion
Discussion on whether chief and council members are being compensated too much for the work they do.
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Discussion on whether chief and council members are being compensated too much for the work they do.
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Discusses controversy over the use of Chief Illiniwek as a mascot at the University of Illinois. Chapter from book: Native Chicago edited by Terry Straus.
Highlights the different views the Minister of Indian Affairs and the Assembly of First Nations national chief have in regards to what constitutes First Nations' major and pressing issues.
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Reports on the varied reasons why First Nations chiefs rejected the Indian Affairs Minister’s proposed joint governance consultation process to change the Indian Act.
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Comments on issues of treaty rights and fair revenues from reserve resources, and discusses a contract between Onion Lake Cree Nation and an Asian government to build a refinery on Cree land.
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Looks at the underfunding of First Nations education and the necessity of involving First Nations people in any discussion regarding educational reform.
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Discusses whether the federal government will choose to initiate alternative dispute resolution as opposed to litigation in resolving the 700 Indian Residential school lawsuits in British Columbia.
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Focuses on the residential school survivors conference theme of pressure strategies for improved claim resolution
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Discusses the Métis Nation of Alberta's push to identify its' citizens, despite opposition from some Alberta Métis.
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