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Aboriginal Experiences in Canada: Parks and Protected Areas
Aboriginal-Held Forest Tenures In Canada: 2002-2003
Aboriginal Perspectives Unit Guide for the Theme Sovereignty and Resistance
Lesson plan for Grades 7-12 uses excerpts from four documentaries: You Are on Indian Land, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Our Nationhood, and Dancing Around the Table, Part 1.
Aboriginal Rights and Title in Context of the British Columbia Forestry Regime (2005)
Aboriginal Rights Position Paper [1978]
Aboriginal Rights Position Paper [1980]
Aboriginal Rights Resource Kit
The Aboriginal Role in the Development of Albertan Oil and Gas Reserves
Aboriginal Title Implementation
Aboriginal Title in British Columbia: Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia
Access to Forest Lands and Resources: The Case of Aboriginal Peoples in Alberta
Accommodation of Aboriginal Rights: The Need for an Aboriginal Forest Tenure (Synthesis Report)
Advancing an Indigenous Framework for Consultation and Accommodation in BC: Report on Key Findings of the BC First Nations Consultation and Accommodation Working Group
Alberta First Nations Consultation & Accommodation Handbook
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Damage to IR 201, Public Edition July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains submissions, reports, studies, correspondence/letters and video in regards to inquiry which was trying to determine whether the Crown owes compensation in relation to the dam construction. Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry: WAC Bennett Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 [Inquiry Report, English Language Version]
Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Athabasca Denesuline Special Report on the Treaty Harvesting Rights of the Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations
The B.C. Indian Position Paper (Draft Copy) [before August 14, 1970]
BC First Nations Land, Title, and Governance: Teacher Resource Guide: Elementary / Seondary
Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.
Canada's Tibet: The Killing of the Innu
Canadian Land Reform: An Overview of Aboriginal Rights and Land Claim Settlements
Canoe Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry I, Public Release
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents consist of documents, correspondence/letters, claim submissions, and the final report in regards to the inquiry, which examined the seizure of 4,500 square miles of land for the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [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.]
Carry The Kettle - 1905 Surrender - Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, reports, legal submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, and maps regarding the specific land claim, concerning the surrender of reserve land, by Carry the Kettle First Nation. Commissioners include : Sheila Purdy, Alan Holman, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [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.]
Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
Closing the Gap: Seeking Reconciliation, Advancing First Nations Well Being and Human Rights: Submission to Canada's Premiers
Closing the Implementation Gap: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights in Canada
Co-management of Aboriginal Resources
Co-Management of Natural Resources in Canada: A Review of Concepts and Case Studies
Comparative Governance Structures Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Consultation with First Nations and Accommodation Obligations
Crown and Aboriginal Occupations of Land: A History & Comparison
Current Developments in Aboriginal Forestry: Provincial Forest Policy and Aboriginal Participation in Forestry in Ontario, Canada
Defining Aboriginal Rights to Water in Alberta: Do They Still "Exist"? How Extensive are They?
Devolution and Resource Revenue Sharing in the Canadian North: Achieving Fairness Across Generations
Devolution of Lands and Resources in the Northwest Territories
Diversifying Identity, Diversifying Strategy: Revisiting the Sami of Sweden
The Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal Groups in Canada
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation des Chipewyans D'Athabasca: Revendication Concernant le Barrage WAC Bennett et les Dommages Causés à la Réserve No 201
Environmental Governance in First Nation Communities
Finding Our Way: Discussion Guide
First Nation and Métis Consultation Policy Framework
First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Final Agreement Between the Government of Canada, The First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun and the Government of the Yukon
First Nation's Involvement in the War of 1812: Cause and Consequence: Part 2
First Nations Carbon Collaborative—Indigenous Peoples and Carbon Markets: An Annotated Bibliography
First Nations Right to Timber With Respect to the Management of Lands for Hunting, Fishing & Livelihood, and Housing: Case Law Summary
Case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and an outline of the resulting forest and range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.