Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Discusses several strategies: improve the economic and social well-being of Aboriginal people, develop healthier, more self-sufficient communities, and participate in Canada’s political, social and economic development.
Aboriginal Cultural Tourism Blueprint Strategy for BC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Tourism Association of British Columbia
Description
Looks at a plan of action to strengthen the Aboriginal tourism industry and to tackle concerns with the goal of developing a comprehensive “Blueprint” for Aboriginal cultural tourism development over the short, medium and long-term.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the federal Crown's granting of three rights of way to Calgary Power on Alexis IR133 during 1950s and 1960s. ICC concluded no effort was made to provide annual payments to the Band and recommended the claim be accepted for negotiation under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, 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.]
Native Studies Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1991, pp. 53-80
Description
Discusses the Development Indicators Project, detailing a system that was developed to assist Indian communities with managing their own socio-economic and cultural revitalization.
Provides a summary and recommendations of smart practices to the BC government regarding an Aboriginal Businesses Directory, and discusses current initiatives regarding Aboriginal procurement in Canadian government and non-government organizations.
A Guide to the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "File History Cards", 1872-c1980
Guide pour les Fiches sur l'historique de dossiers des Affaires Indiennes et du Nord Canada, 1872-c1980
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Lists subject file blocks and subsections, and contains guide to various fiches used by Indian Affairs and its predecessors to track files created in headquarters central registry.
English guide follows French version.
States that First Nations are increasingly developing plans for commercial and industrial development projects, and that the FNCIDA will fill the regulatory gap and provide benefits.
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 1-45
Description
Paper attempts to provide an overview of Indian policy
developments in context of recent policy initiatives of the Minister of Indian Affairs, Concludes with with observations on the current status of policy reforms.Part I appeared in NSR, Vol.2, no.1
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND)
Description
Federal government review of Aboriginal life in the prairie provinces, covering areas such as pre-contact, explorers and traders, introduction of the horse, colonization, treaties, missionaries, the Northwest Resistance and education.
Inquiry into the Claim of the Nikaneet First Nation
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding compensation under Treaty 4 for agricultural benefits, programs and services, annual payments, and failure to provide a reserve in 1874 when Treaty was concluded. ICC suspended its inquiry when the Crown agreed to negotiate the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1988, pp. 59-72
Description
Discusses severe restrictions pressed for by environmentalists concerning use of the Lake after the Ontario First Nation established a viable tourist industry.
Ethnohistory, vol. 55, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 87-118
Description
Analyzes Indian Agents' responses in 1897 about administrative decisions and confrontations about fishing places, gear, licences and "closed-season" fishing by First Nations; argues Agents conserved fish for settlers and assimilated First Nation fishers into state management practices and extending so-called privileges.
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)
State Committee on Northern Affairs of the Russian Federation
Description
Agreement between Canada and Russia that acknowledges common interests and issues that pertain to the Arctic and northern regions of both countries, including sustainable development and environmental protection.
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, February 1999, pp. 65-85
Description
Looks at the employment of Aboriginal workers in Alberta during the 1950's and 1960's and describes migrant labour policies as well as public welfare programs.