Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 5, no. 13, November / December 2001, p. 76
Description
Establishment of a Manitoba commission, to review the report and recommendations of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, in order to determine what the province was responisble for implimenting in the recommendations. The report contained over 400 recommendations.
Aboriginal Labour Market Integration and the 2009 Saskatchewan Labour Market Strategy: An Application of John Kingdon's Policy Stream Theory
Theses
Author/Creator
Ellen C. Williams
Description
Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2015.
Aboriginal Policing in Manitoba: A Report to the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rick Linden
Donald Clairmont
Chris Murphy
Artistic Displacements: An Interview with Edgar Heap of Birds
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nick Blomley
Edgar Heap of Birds
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, vol. 22, 2004, pp. 799-807
Description
Artist discusses the political aspect of his work.
Bande de Betsiamites: Enquêtes Relatives à la Route 138 et au Pont de la Rivière Betsiamites
Alternate Title
Betsiamites Band Highways 138 and Riviere Betsaimites Bridge Inquiries - Final Report (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
BC First Peoples 12: Teacher Resource Guide
Alternate Title
British Columbia First Peoples: Teacher Resource Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association
Betsiamites Band Council, Route 138 and the Betsiamites Reserve, Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of bilingual annotated index, historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, Band Council documents and final reports relating to the Band's claims alleging that reserve lands taken for highway use were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include: Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman. [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.]
Betsiamites Band: Highway 138 and Rivière Betsiamites Bridge Inquiries - Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
Between Justice and Certainty: The British Columbia Treaty Process
Alternate Title
Law and Society Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
Law and Society Series
Canadian Representation and Aboriginal Peoples: A Survey of the Issues
Alternate Title
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Milen
Description
Looks at options for participation in legal and political institutions, including examples from New Zealand and Scandinavia, and initiatives at the provincial level.
Child Welfare
Alternate Title
The Justice System and Aboriginal People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Justice Inquiry
Description
Chapter 14, vol. 1 of the Report of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba.
Common Table Report: Based upon Discussions among Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Participating at the Common Table
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia (BC) Treaty Commission
Description
Discusses the following identified topics: recognition/certainty, constitutional status of lands, governance, co-management throughout traditional territories, fiscal relations, and fisheries.
Creating a Healthy, Just, Prosperous and Safe Saskatchewan: A Response to the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform
Alternate Title
Creating a Healthy, Just, Prosperous and Safe Saskatchewan: A Response to the JRC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Province believes JRC contributed to understanding justice from First Nation and Métis perspectives, and factors contributing to the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the mainstream justice system. Province's action plan will address socioeconomic issues, crime reduction and victimization.
A Decade of Aboriginal Justice Reform Policy in Manitoba: The Intricacies of Providing Equitable Justice
Theses
Author/Creator
Rosie Parmar
Description
Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2005.
Deconstructing the British Columbia Treaty Process
Alternate Title
Indigenous Peoples in the International Sphere
[Balayi Culture, Law and Colonialism ; vol. 3]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Description
Looks at the intellectual, structural and political attributes of the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) process in order to see why it failed. Provides recommendations for future collaboration between governments and Indigenous Nations.
Paper from Indigenous Peoples in the International Sphere.
Final Report of the Honorable Jean-Jacques Croteau Retired Judge of the Superior Court Regarding the Allegations Concerning the Slaughter of Inuit Sled Dogs in Nunavik (1950-1970)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean-Jacques Crotueau
Description
Inquiry found that harmful consequences occurred due to the actions of individuals acting on behalf of both the Canadian and Quebec governments.
Final Submission to the Ipperwash Inquiry Part 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Summary of 141 recommendations.
First Follow-Up Report on the Viens Commission: Assessment of the Implementation of the 142 Call for Action of the Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Genocide, Reconciliation, and the Residential Schools: A Survey of Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Attitudes among Elected Officials in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Mark Mitchell
Canadian Political Science Review, vol. 6, no. 2, 2012, pp. 117-130
Description
Survey results show that Canadian elected officials are divided over Aboriginal issues, with left of centre parties the most in favour of promoting reconciliation and right of the centre parties least inclined to see the residential school system as genocidal.
Scroll down to view article.
"Improving the Treaty Process" : Report of the Tripartite Working Group
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Description
Contains suggestions for change to current approaches of the process to enable the original intent of be realized.
The Ipperwash Inquiry
Alternate Title
Landmark Case (Ontario Justice Education Network)
[Ontario Justice Education Network Courts and Classrooms Resource
Documents & Presentations
Description
Background to the protest, synopsis of events of which lead to the death of Dudley George, and key recommendations from the report.
Accompanied by discussion questions for use in Grade 11 and 12 classrooms.
Last Resort
Alternate Title
APTN Investigates ; season 10
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Christopher Read
Holly Moore
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN)
Description
Investigative report on the physical and mental abuse suffered by young male offenders, most of whom were Indigenous, at a northern Saskatchewan wilderness camp run by the Ranch Ehrlo organization during the 1970s. The wilderness experience was thought to address behavioural Issues.
Duration: 23:50.
Making Aboriginal Issues Matter in the Government of Manitoba: Some Organizational and Procedural Options
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Paul G. Thomas
Description
Researches the creation of a continuing government capacity to focus on Aboriginal issues, the establishment of institutions or structures to facilitate change in policies, and programs affecting Aboriginal peoples.
McBride of McKenna-McBride: Premier Richard McBride and the Indian Question in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia E. Roy
BC Studies, no. 172, Winter, 2011/2012, pp. 35-76
Description
Examines the attitudes of co-author of Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia (popularly known as the McKenna-McBride Report) with particular attention to the question of lands and reserves.
Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women and Girls in British Columbia, Canada: Follow-up Briefing Paper, June 22, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic
Description
"Follow-up to Thematic Hearing Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, 144th Period of Sessions, March 28, 2012."
The Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry
Alternate Title
The F Word
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Laura Wood
Jeannette Corbiere Lavell
Description
President of the Native Women's Association of Canada discusses the validity of British Columbia's inquiry, the reasons for the organization's withdrawal from the process, and the need for a national inquiry.
Duration: 44:31.
Nishnawbe-Aski Nation: Part 1
Alternate Title
Confrontations Over Resources Development: Ipperwash Inquiry
Part 1: Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wally M. McKay
Description
Discusses resource development, blockades and social problems.
Our Homes are Bleeding: A Short History of Indian Reserves
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruben Ware
Description
Looks a definitions for reserve, the Indian land policy, the Indian Reserves Commission, the McKenna-McBride Commission, what is a Cut-off, the Cut-off lands, and the first Cut-off.
Presentation to the Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatchewan Children's Advocate Office
Description
Discusses observations relating to advocacy work and concerns voiced to Children's Advocate Office by youth in custody.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Reconciliation in Canadian Law: The Three Faces of Reconciliation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tony Knox
Description
Looks at the differences and the commonalities between individual, legal, and social reconciliation.
A Reference Guide to the Establishment of Indian Reserves In British Columba, 1849-1911
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy I.D. Kennedy
A Reference Guide to the Establishment of Indian Reserves in British Columbia 1849-1911
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dorothy I.D Kennedy
Report Card on Government Follow-up to Reclaiming Power and Place: Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
[NWAC Report Card]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Rates governments' actions in terms of the right to culture, health, security and justice.
Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Alternate Title
McKenna-McBride Final Report
McKenna-McBride Royal Commission: Minutes of Decision 1913-1916
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Description
Commission appointed to make recommendations as to reserved and to be reserved for Indians.
Links to detailed reports for each agency and four volume final report.
Report of the Task Force on Aboriginal Issues
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gérard La Forest
Graydon Nicholas
Description
Mandate was to address Aboriginal issues and a way to negotiate a long term harvesting arrangement.
Rethinking Place in Planning: Opportunities in Northern and Aboriginal Planning in Nunavut, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erik Borre Nilsen
Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol. 14, no. 1, Supplement, Summer, 2005, pp. 22-37
Description
Looks at the potential of fledgling governance directives aimed at Northern empowerment.
Revisiting the RCNE: An Evaluation of the Recommendations Made by the Royal Commission of the Northern Environment Concerning the Native People in Northern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Driben
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 1986, pp. 45-67
Description
Focuses on Commission's recommendations for dealing with, "The Indian people in the North of Ontario" and suggests circumstances and time may have eliminated any impact the recommendations could have achieved.
Rights and Responsibilities: Discussion Guide About Treaty Negotiations For First Nation Members
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Description
Guide in the six stage process of developing a treaty.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 127: Discussion Paper B by Gay Caswell
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a discussion paper by Gay Caswell, a former MLA and consultant with Caswell Consultants of Saskatoon. Caswell is "here to argue that a very appropriate place for Aboriginal self-government is in the area of social services, in particular child welfare protection." Following Caswell's presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with her.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 143 Open Forum: Presentation by Carol Hopkins
Documents & Presentations
Description
The file contains an open forum presentation by Carol Hopkins. Hopkins, an Anishnabeh woman, discusses adoption issues, jurisdiction over children, and related issues.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 145: Army and Navy Airforce Building, Thompson, Manitoba
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 145 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Army and Navy Airforce Building, on Tuesday, June 1, 1993. The file contains a variety of presentations by First Nations, Aboriginal organizations, government agencies, and community groups.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 35: Edmonton Inn, Edmonton, Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 35 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Edmonton Inn in Edmonton, Alberta. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations from various First Nations and Metis groups, and several from the provincial government of Alberta. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Presentation by Marcel Boivin, Chief of the Weymontachie Council
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Chief Marcel Boivin of the Weymontachie Council. Boivin discusses the Weymontachie community in demographic terms, and social problems facing it. Boivin also discuses relations with the federal and Quebec governments, forestry development, and land claims negotiations. Following the presentation Boivin discusses some of these issues with Robinson and Dussault.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 88a: Presentation by the Attikamek-Montagnais Council, Ernest Ottawa, Vice President
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Vice President Ernest Ottawa of the Attikamek-Montagnais Council. Ottawa discusses the Council which consists of three Attikamek communities in Lac St-Jean, the North Shore, the lower North Shore, and Sheffereville in the North, and its mandate of coming to an agreement with the Governments of Quebec and Canada on the settlement of comprehensive land claims. Following Ottawa's presentation Commissioners Ottawa, Robinson, and Dussault discuss some of the issues raised with him.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 99: L.A.C. Community Hall, La Loche, Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 99 contains files for a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the L.A.C. Community Hall, La Loche, Saskatchewan on Thursday, December 10, 1992. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations by various educational, community, Métis, and government groups. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Leo Rutledge, Elder and Closing Prayer
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Leo Rutledge, one of twelve advisors to the heritage conservation branch of British Columbia. Rutledge invites the days participants to comment to him on potential heritage sites to be designated for provincial protection. Following Rutldege's remarks the Commission adjourns the day's session.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Pierre Chartier
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains an individual presentation by Pierre Chartier relating to the production of wild rice in the Buffalo Narrows area. He expresses frustration with the provincial government's regulations governing wild rice growers and production. Chartier also briefly discusses fishing and hunting regulations. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Tommy Evik (Via Translator)
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an individual presentation by Tommy Evik, resident of Pangnirtung, relating to the difficulty that Inuit people have in dealing with Canadian government documents written in English. He states that the government sought to abolish Inuktitut in the past but "our parents and ourselves have hung on to our own language and we teach it to our children every day." He urges provincial and federal politicians representing Pangnirtung and area to also visit the smaller communities, not just the larger centres.