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.
Final report examines historical background, analyses, and recommendation from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearings on the claim by the First Nation that the amount of acreage allotted was less than they were entitled to under the provisions of Treaty 8. Due to new Treaty Land Entitlement policy, the two parties agreed to negotiate a settlement and no determination was made by the ICC. Commissioners include : Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.
Indian Claims Commission: Carry the Kettle First Nation: 1905 Surrender Inquiry
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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.]
Historical background, analysis and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearings regarding claim that the First Nation was entitled to a reserve surveyed in the Cypress Hills. ICC concluded that no reserve had been created, but recommended that the Government of Canada acquire the site of the Cypress Hills Massacre and recognize its historical significance. [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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Indian Claims Commission
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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.]
Presents background, issues, analysis (validity, compliance, membership, and the question of fiduciary obligations), and concludes with the recommendation that the surrender portion of IR 65 not be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims 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.]
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine, if "loss of use" of entitlement lands fell within Canada's lawful obligations under the Specific Claims Policy. ICC recommended that the claim for loss of use be negotiated under the Specific Claims 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.]
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.]