Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the federal Crown's granting of three rights of way to Calgary Power on Alexis IR133 during 1950s and 1960s. ICC concluded no effort was made to provide annual payments to the Band and recommended the claim be accepted for negotiation under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, Review 2, December 2014, pp. 1-12
Description
Discusses document produced by the British Parliament in 1857 about the land, inhabitants and Hudson Bay activities between the Great Lakes and Rocky Mountains in order to see what lands should be ceded from HBC to Canada for settlement.
Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada speaks about the Commission's mandate and activities, and what Canadian society must do to achieve true reconciliation with Aboriginal peoples.
Duration: 1:11:22.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) on whether a 1909 surrender vote was improperly conducted and therefore invalid. ICC concluded a valid surrender occurred; but recommended consideration be given to existence of burial grounds.
Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Denise K. Lajimodiere
Andrea Carmen
Description
Looks at the purposes of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.
Chapter 17 from Indigenous Peoples' Access to Justice, Including Truth and Reconciliation Processes edited by Wilton Littlechild and Elsa Stamatopoulou.
Historical background of claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the validity of the surrender of the reserve to the Crown. No inquiry was conducted as the claim was accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy.
Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, 2003, pp. 91-117
Description
Examines the controversy of the 1862 Dakota Conflict in Minnesota, followed by the execution of 38 Sioux men, and questions whether military tribunals can balance civil liberties and state necessities.
Looks at Canadian government response towards inquiry, how public inquiry should be addressed and prevention of further disappearances.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2014.
Inquiry Report for the Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation - Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) on whether a 1909 surrender vote was improperly conducted and therefore invalid. ICC concluded a valid surrender occurred; but recommended consideration be given to existence of burial grounds. (French language version)
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.]
Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry: Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Mnjikaning (Rams) First Nation: Coldwater-Narrows Reservation Surrender Claim (French version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background of claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the validity of the surrender of the reserve to the Crown. No inquiry was conducted as the claim was accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French version)
Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis.
[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.]
Canadian Review of Social Policy, vol. 51, Spring/Summer, 2003, pp. 49-66
Description
Outlines development process for the expansion of authority to First Nations Child and Family Services agencies off reserve, and to start a Métis Child Welfare agency.
Looks at whether the residential school system was genocidal and suggests ways to move forward with reconciliation if it is recognized as such.
Chapter 14 from Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 10-14
Description
Presents thoughts from Chairperson of Australian Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities.
Examines colonization of Canada, historical trauma, the criminal justice system and community healing programs.
Duration: 37:21.
Related material: Discussion Guide.
Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, vol. 27, no. 1, January 2014, pp. 213-223
Description
Looks at different evaluations of the idea of reconciliation that mask assimilation or governmental efforts to look good and why the real concept should not be abandoned.
Mediation process as it was before the Indian Claims Commission was shut down. "As directed by Order in Council P.C. 2007-1789, the Commission must cease all its activities, including those related to mediation, by March 31, 2009." [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
LawNow, vol. 38, no. 6, Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape, July/Aug. 2014, p. [?]
Description
Presents timeline beginning at 1755 leading up to the inception of the residential school system and ending at 2014 with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings wrap up.
Aboriginal Concepts of Justice: Understanding Legal Concepts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Chartrand
Wendy Whitecloud
Eva McKay
Doris Young
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 3, 2014, p. 8
Description
Comments on the misunderstandings that arise from the translation of terms from one language to another.
Excerpts from Chapter 2 of the Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission. Final Report by Paul Chartrand, Wendy Whitecloud, Eva McKay and Doris Young.
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 8.
Discusses Commission's annual report, reviews Alexis First Nation claim with federal Crown's grants of three rights of way and the acceptance of Coldwater Narrows land claim. Complete issue on one pdf.
Discusses Toronto Purchase land claim negotiation, settlement for Kahkewistahaw land surrender claim and the history of numbered treaties. Interview with Robert Reid reviews his years as mediator. Complete issue on one pdf.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 28-31
Description
Co-chair of Reconciliation Australia stresses that gatherings such as health conferences should be action driven in order to improve health and social outcomes.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast speaks about issues surrounding the records including access to the records, five restrictions on the records, protocols, and the independent assessment process.
Duration: unknown.
Alexis First Nation Inquiry - TransAlta Utilities Rights of Way Claim Final Report (French language version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission final report dated March 2003, French language version. Commissioners include : Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Sheila G. Purdy.
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the federal Crown's granting of three rights of way to Calgary Power on Alexis IR133 during 1950s and 1960s.
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Karen Busby
Description
Podcast presents an overview of the "Critical Conversations Series" and outlines some of the key features of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA)
Duration unknown.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Discusses ways to reconcile.
Duration: 27:04.
Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society.
Speaker discusses the "real" history of Canada including residential schools and the head tax.
Duration: 12:00.
Compares delivery of secondary education to Indigenous young people to other states in Australia and outcomes being achieved by remote and urban students.