Indigenous Affairs, no. 2-3, Arctic Oil and Gas Development, 2006, pp. 30-39
Description
Examines oilsands expansion, the impacts on Aboriginal rights and policy determinants for assessing these impacts.
To access this article, scroll down to page 30.
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
Examines the use of physical occupation and civil disobedience by Aboriginal peoples to accomplish their objectives relating to land, treaty, and other rights; and examines the impact of the Nu-Chah-Nulth First Nations’ blockade on forest practices in Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 47, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 27-35
Description
Describes the adhesion of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation to Treaty #6, and a number of the issues surrounding land, farming implements and instruction, and livestock that followed.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 27.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 38, no. 3, May/June 2004, pp. 24-39
Description
Describes the hydroelectric development that, due to planned flooding, relocated the entire non-reserve community of South Indian Lake. The article argues that having concluded Treaty 5, left the Cree community in no position to negotiate Aboriginal title.
The file contains a presentation Chief Bernadette Unka of the Deninu Kue First Nation. Chief Unka discusses the history of her people who reside at Fort Resolution, NWT. Chief Unka discusses how Treaty, Metis, and Euro-Canadian people were at one time united in one government at the community, but how her people re-established band governance in 1990 due to their Treaty rights being slowly eroded.
The file contains a presentation by Irvin Norn of the Deninu Kue First Nation. Norn, the Band Administrator, discusses the historical background, the concerns, and the day-to-day issues that his band experiences with respect to membership. Norn discusses Treaty Eight, social services, education, justice, housing, health, renewable and non-renewable resources, and taxation. Following the presentation Commissioners Georges Erasmus and Paul Chartrand discuss some of the issues raised with Norn.
Returning Men to Honour: A Guidebook for Developing Intervention and Education Programs for Men Who Batter in Native Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Behn
Description
File contains a presentation by Grand Chief George Behn, Fort Nelson First Nation. Behn relays the history of his people from the time they signed Treaty 8 until the present. Behn discusses problems with the government and resource companies, and the settlement which his First Nation made for oil royalty revenue. Following the presentation Commissioner Erasmus discusses resource use and pollution issues with Behn.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Larry Derrickson
Micha Menczer
Gary Swite
Description
The file contains a presentation on behalf of the Westbank Indian Band by Larry Derrickson, Micha Menczer, and Gary Swite. Derrickson, a Band Councillor, gives a demographic overview and brief history of the First Nation, its three reserves, economic activities, by-laws, motions towards self-governance, justice issues, B.C. treaty making, resources and funding concerns. Micha Menczer, Legal Advisor to the Band, discusses self-government and land issues, jurisdictional confusion in social services, the Constitution, and the B.C. treaty making process.
File contains a presentation by London District Chiefs, Chief Phil Maness. Maness, Chief of Chippewas of Sarnia, London District, discusses three elements he views as neccessary for self-government: land, jurisdiction, and resources. Chief Maness also discusses the Treaty of Amherstburg, and the Indian Act. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the ideas raised with Chief Maness.