[The Tsilhqot’in Decision and Canada’s First Nations Termination Policies, pt. 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Russell Diabo
Shiri Pasternak
Description
Brief discussion of Canada's Comprehensive Land Claims policy in response to the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision in the case Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia.
Saskatchewan First nations and the Province s's Resource Future
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Perry Bellegarde
Description
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations discusses Saskatchewan's current resource-based boom, necessity for collaboration, and impact and benefit agreements with governments and companies.
Duration: 2:00:34.
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc.
Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
Minutes of Proceedings of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government
Penner Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Penner
Stan Schellenberger
Warren Allmand
Jim Manly
Frank Oberle ... [et al.]
Description
Committee investigated numerous issues related to self-government including: social conditions, need for a new Canadian/Aboriginal relationship, structures and powers of First Nations governments, fiscal arrangements, land and resources, and trust relationship with the Crown.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 245-275
Description
Reviews the establishment of reserves in Ontario, differences in mineral rights and the implications of the 1924 Canada-Ontario Indian Reserve Lands Agreement.
Website has links to: community businesses, information on duty to consult, economic development, tax programs and bulletins, initiatives, directory, federal benefits and rights, and treaty land.
Reviews legal events from the January 1980 - Fall 1982 period, including the failure of Aboriginal efforts to prevent the passage of the Canada Act in English Courts.