Aboriginal Peoples and the Land: Ownership, Understanding and Development
Aboriginal Peoples, British Columbia & Canada: The Constitutional Division of Land Interests & Legislative Powers
Aboriginal Rights to Fish in British Columbia
Aboriginal Title and Rights: Foundational Principles and Recent Developments
Aboriginal Title in British Columbia: Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia
Aboriginal Treaties
Acknowledging the Past to Heal the Future: the Role of Reparations for Native Nations
The Ahousaht v. Canada (Attorney General), 2008 BCSC 769: Ruling on Admissibility of Oral History Given by Victoria Christine Wells, a Plaintiff Witness
Alberta Authorized Resource List and Annotated Bibliography: Aboriginal Studies 10-20-30
Alexis First Nation, TransAlta Utilities - Right of Way, Public Edition
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains statements of claim, correspondence/letters, maps and transcripts in regards to Calgary Power's (now TransAlta) access to electrical transmission right of way granted in the 1950s and 1960s. The Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy.
The Arctic: Northern Aboriginal Peoples
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.
Backgrounder - Aboriginal Title in Canada's Courts: Aboriginal Title is Based on History
Betsiamites Band Council, Route 138 and the Betsiamites Reserve, Public Edition, July 2008
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 Consists of bilingual annotated index, historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, Band Council documents and final reports relating to the Band's claims alleging that reserve lands taken for highway use were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.]
Bigstone Cree First Nation, TLE Claim Inquiry, Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains interviews, presentations, statements, reports, correspondence/letters and documents regarding the Treaty Land Entitlement process for the Alberta First Nation. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P.E. James Prentice, and Carole T. Corcoran.
Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry
Blood Tribe / Kainaiwa Big Claim Inquiry - Final Report
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.
Book reviews
Canada's Accommodating Judiciary: How the Supreme Court of Canada can Actively Encourage Negotiations in Aboriginal Rights and Treaty Claims
Canada's Experiment with Aboriginal Self-Determination in Nunavut: From Vision to Illusion
Canny Indian Leaders Cover All Election Bases
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim - Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, memos, reports, correspondence/letters, maps and submissions regarding validity of the 1909 surrender claim. Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Sheila G. Purdy. [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.]
Carry the Kettle First Nation: 1905 Surrender Inquiry
Chippewas of Kettle & Stoney Point First Nation Inquiry, 1927 Surrender Claim, Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, transcripts, correspondence/letters, reports, exhibits, minutes, and submissions regarding the surrender of some of the reserve lands in 1927, 100 years after the treaty was signed. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine and Daniel J. Bellegarde.
Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, Clench Defalcation Claim, Public Edition, July 2008
Chippewas Tri-Council Coldwater-Narrows Reservation, July 2008
Christine Quintasket
Chronicles the life and works of the novelist and advocate of Aboriginal land rights.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.
Claiming Indigenous Land Rights from the Bottom Up: Dispossession of the Ogiek in Mau Forest, Kenya
Common Table Report: Based upon Discussions among Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Participating at the Common Table
Competing Land Claims and Racial Hierarchies in the Works of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Alexander Posey, Helen Hunt Jackson, and Charles Lummis
Consolidated Mandate
The Continuous Process of Recognition and Implementation of the Sami People's Right to Self-Determination
Cook v. British Columbia (Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation) 2007 BCSC 1722
Courts Poor Venue to Resolve Treaty Land Claims
Courts Should Not Rule Over Land Claims
Cultural Renaissance or Economic Emancipation? Predictors of Support for Devolution in Nunavut
Cumberland House Cree Nation, Cumberland Reserve 100A Claim, Public Edition, July 2008
USE FIREFOX FOR BEST VIEWING AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THIS RECORD. Consists of historical documents, submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, treaties, legal documents and the Final Report in English and French. [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.]
Deal? Or No Deal? Explaining Comprehensive Land Claims Negotiation Outcomes in Canada
Death of Jailed Elder Brings Call for Inquiry
Supporters of Harriet Nahanee are calling for a public inquiry as to why the elder was jailed even though she was in a weakened physical state.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Department Rejection Can Still Be Fought
Duncan's First Nation Wrongful Surrender Claim, Public Edition, September 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contents consist of historical documents, maps, reports, legal documents, transcripts, correspondence/letters, submissions and the Inquiry Report in English and French versions. [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.]