Quantitative Analysis and Socio-demographic Research
Finance and Professional Services
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Annual reference report on the demographic, social and economic conditions of First Nations people on and off-reserve. Topics include population, education, health and social conditions, housing, self-government and economic and labour force activity.
Discusses the creation and accomplishments of the Kitsaki Development Corporation, an economic development and investment arm of the La Ronge Indian Band.
Summarizes findings from a prototype study of the feasibility of obtaining crime statistics for reserves policed by the RCMP and converting those statistics into Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) format and discusses the difficulty in studying crime within the context of socio-economic conditions.
Analyzes the rationale and various financing options for debt financing of infrastructure projects on First Nations.
Revision of paper prepared for Westbank Indian Band-Taxation Workshop on Public Financing for First Nations Governments January, 1993.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Coutreille
Jeffrey Rath
Description
This file contains a presentation by Lawrence Coutreille and Jeffrey Rath relating to broken treaties. They state that Fort McKay is 20 kilometers from the two biggest oil-sands in Canada, yet half the community does not have water and sewer, adequate roads and infrastructure. The speakers say that treaty promises have been broken and cite a number of Canadian court cases that favored Aboriginals. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 7, no. 2, Autumn, 1991, pp. 34-48
Description
Comments on Native American people in the United States being the poorest of the poor, where collective unemployment exceeds 65% and are what has been called the "Third World at home".