Indian Claims Commission (ICC) considered whether Canada wrongly denied Treaty rights north of the 60th parallel, beyond Treaty 8 and Treaty 10 boundaries. ICC concluded Treaty boundaries did not extend into the traditional lands north of 60; however harvesting rights do extend beyond Treaty boundaries. Recommended the parties negotiate resolution. [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: 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.]
Indian Claims Commission: Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry
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Indian Claims Commission
p. 103
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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.]
Submission of a specific claim alleging inadequate compensation for the taking of a right of way in 1905 through Reserves 2, 7, and 8 for the railway use and because this has now been abandoned, the right of way should have been reverted to reserve status. [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.]
Found that the Crown breached its pre-surrender fiduciary obligations to the Muskowekwan First Nation regarding both surrenders. [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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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.]
Examines outstanding obligations, and treaty documents, in respect of farming 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.]
Indian Claims Commission: Report of the Mediation of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
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Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 19
Description
Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
George Gordon First Nation: Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations Mediation
Indian Claims Commission: Report on the Mediation of the George Gordon First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
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Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submission of treaty land entitlement claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a shortfall of entitlement lands based on additions to band membership after the first survey. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Ratified on June 2007 and proposed a settlement of $1.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 300 acres of replacement land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Resulted in a ratified proposed settlement of ten million in compensation with authorization to purchase up to 38,014 acres of land. [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: Report on the Pilot Project of the Michipicoten First Nation
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Indian Claims Commission
p. 61
Description
Negotiations for 11 years of a pilot project brought about settlement of claims and grievances regarding expropriation of land for hydro and railway lines. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement Part 1
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Indian and Northern Affairs
Description
Claims Agreement signed in Fort Norman, Northwest Territories, on September 6, 1993 between Canada and the Dene of Colville Lake, Deline, Fort Good Hope and Fort Norman, and Metis of Fort Good Hope, Fort Norman and Norman Wells.
Examines the validity of a surrender given that a majority of the eligible voters had not been present at the 1913 surrender meeting. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]