Examines performance in relation to priorities in the 2005-2006 Report on Plans and Priorities which outlined three components: quality-of-life issues, regulatory frameworks of support for programs, and treaty land entitlements.
Comments on the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) which was created in response to the Oka Crisis and was to make recommendations in two specific areas: "1. To assess the validity of a specific claim that has been rejected by the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; and 2.
Presentation of the 2006-2007 Departmental Performance Report based on the reporting principles contained in the Guide for the Preparation of Part III of the 2006–2007 Estimates: Reports on Plans and Priorities and Departmental Performance Reports. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Reports include:
Cold Lake and Canoe Lake (Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range) Inquiries, Interim Ruling: Athabasca Denesuline,
Treaty Harvesting Rights Inquiry, Related Materials on Specific Claims, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada / Outstanding Business: A Native Claims Policy - Specific Claims, First Nations Submission on Claims, Response of Minister Siddon, March 21, 1991. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Presents the fifth report of the Committee which was authorized to examine and report on the general concerns of First Nations in Canada related to the claims process.
Historical background and report on mediation by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) to resolve dispute over 192 acres wrongfully alienated in 1831. Proposed Settlement Agreement was negotiated and ratified. Chief Commissioner : Harry LaForme. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC)regarding Horse Island. ICC recommends that the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) write to all the First Nations whose claims were rejected because of the policy against the pre-Confederation claims so they can be reconsidered. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background and submission to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding what lands the Bands occupied around Missioner Creek and Williams Lake in 1861 and if Canada had an obligation to protect the settlement. ICC held that the village sites should have been set aside for the Band and that Canada should accept the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background, analyses and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of their reserve. ICC recommended further research be conducted on their membership. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]