Historical background and submissions to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding Canada breaching its fiduciary obligations to the Band for environmental damages to Reserve 201 caused by construction and operation of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam. ICC found Canada has a lawful obligation and recommends the claim be negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include : P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Description
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 40-3-C24-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Gauthier
Tonina Simeone
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the proposed Bill, which would amend the First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act to enable participating communities to request that the government make regulations involving establishment and operation of a system replicating the provincial land title or registry system.
Identical to Bill C-63 which died on the Order Paper when Parliament was prorogued.
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry: WAC Bennett Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 [Inquiry Report, French Language Version]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Indian Claims Commission Final Report which examines whether the Crown has obligations relating to damages sustained by the construction of the dam, French language version. Commissioners include : P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.
Historical background and submissions to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding Canada breaching its fiduciary obligations to the Band for environmental damages to Reserve 201 caused by construction and operation of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam.
Film about conflict between the Ts’il Kaz Koh First Nation (Burns Lake Band) and the Village of Burns Lake. In 2000 the municipality cut off water and sewage services to the reserve, which led in turn to the Band taking the Village to the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine whether has an outstanding reserve land debt to the First Nation (formerly Fort Ellice) under the terms of Treaty 4. ICC recommended that calculation of the amount of land owed, be based on 1877 date of first survey. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Report and responses for: Sturgeon Lake First Nation Inquiry, Red Deer Holdings Agricultural Lease Claim; Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry, Chippewas of Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Collins Treaty Claim; Friends of the Michel Society Inquiry, 1958 Enfranchisement Claim; and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennet Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 Claim. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P. E. James Prentice, Roger J. Augustine, and Carole T. Corcoran.
Discusses the role the Oblates played in British Columbia's Native land claims based on cultural conceptions of property and the government policies that provided a framework.
A submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Reports Canadian government policy is in breach of basic fundamental rights and is keeping Aboriginal people living in poverty.
Looks at how the Province of British Columbia handles duty to consult and accommodate First Nations when activities impose on treaty rights or aboriginal title. Based on case law as of April 2010. To be used in conjunction with Guide to Involving Proponents When Consulting First Nations.