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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.
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.
Bande de Betsiamites: Enquêtes Relatives à la Route 138 et au Pont de la Rivière Betsiamites
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 Consists of bilingual annotated index, historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, Band Council documents and final reports relating to the Band's claims alleging that reserve lands taken for highway use were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.]
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa - The Big Claim
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents include Treaties, correspondence/letters, reports, submissions, maps and other related historical materials regarding The Big Claim by the Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde 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.]
Brief Respecting Social Housing in Nunavik
Buffalo River Band, Flying Dust No. 105, Joseph Bighead Band, and Waterhen Lake First Nations - Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry II - Public Release
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of reports, maps, correspondence/letters, legal documents, submissions, oral transcripts, and the French and English versions of the Final Report. [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.]
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.]
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Inquiry Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim
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.]
Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry: Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Mnjikaning (Rama) First Nation: Coldwater-Narrows Reservation Surrender Claim
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 of the Thames First Nation Inquiry: Clench Defalcation Claim
Chippewas Tri-Council Coldwater-Narrows Reservation, July 2008
Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create 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.]
Cumberland House Cree Nation: IR 100A Inquiry
Department Rejection Can Still Be Fought
Duncan’s First Nation Inquiry: 1928 Surrender Claim
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.]
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Nation Crie de Cumberland House Relative à la RI 100A
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Nation Crie de James Smith Relative à la RI 98 de Chakastaypasin
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation Dakota de Canupawakpa Relative à la Cession des Collines Turtle
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Duncan Relative à la Cession de 1928
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Fishing Lake Relativement à la Cession de 1907
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Kahkewistahaw Relative à la Cession de Terres de Réserve en 1907
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Key Relativement à la Cession de 1909
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Peepeekisis Relative à la Colonie de File Hills
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation des Chippewas de Kettle et Stony Point Relativement à la Cession de 1927
Enquête sur la Revendication du Conseil Tripartite des Chippewas: Première Nation de Beausoleil, Première Nation de Chippewas de Georgina Island, Première Nation des Chippewas de Mnjikaning (Rama): Concernant la Cession de la Réserve de Coldwater-Narrows
The Facts on Claims: What is the Indian Claims Commission?
Feds to Abandon 30 Negotiation Tables: Minister Robert Nault Encourages Lively Debate on Proposed Legislation
Focuses on Minister of Indian Affairs’ decision to end ongoing negotiations with First Nations leaders largely due to time already spent and the inability to reach an agreement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.
Fishing Lake First Nation, 1907 Surrender Claim
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, bulletins, legal documents, transcripts, submissions and the English and French versions of the Final Report. [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.]
Former National Chief Leads Court Challenge [Bill C-61]
Looks at Federation of Saskatchewan Nations chairman of the executive council of the senate, David Ahenakew, who talked about legal action against the Crown, claiming Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault breached their fiduciary duty by increasing their control and power over the affairs and government of First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
Foundational Document, Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969 (The White Paper, 1969)
Gov't Stonewalling on Child Welfare Case
Indian Act Colonialism: A Century of Dishonour, 1869-1969
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC): Delivering Inequity to First Nations Children and Families Receiving Child Welfare Services
Comments on the inability for INAC to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children according to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.