Secret document giving Associate Deputy Minister's approval to draft a memorandum to Cabinet seeking both mandate and funding to consult First Nations peoples regarding the consolidation and redesign of support programs for core Indian government operations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, 2008, pp. 57-81
Description
Explores the political, social, and cultural significance the Chief raising ceremony had on the identity of the Oneida in 1925, as seen through the eyes of media.
Indian Claims Commission: Report of the Mediation of the Sturgeon Lake First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 19
Description
Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
George Gordon First Nation: Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations Mediation
Indian Claims Commission: Report on the Mediation of the George Gordon First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Negotiations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Submission of treaty land entitlement claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a shortfall of entitlement lands based on additions to band membership after the 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.]
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 41, Representations of First Nations and Métis / Les représentations des Premiéres Nations et des Métis, 2010, pp. 99-135
Description
Looks at strategies Indigenous peoples use to deal with state power and suggests an alternative way.
Lists books and articles in the fields of history, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, health, literature, law, education, and the arts.
Argues that the First Nations Market Housing Fund (FNMHF), athough it may help alleviate some housing concerns, is inadequate due to overly optimistic household financial assumptions.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, Proceedings of the 2010 Western Social Science Association American Indian Studies Section, Summer, 2010, pp. 1-40
Description
Comments about the on going process of tribal government development in the Navajo Nation.
Michael Fredericks discusses her company's philosophy and first project using a participate design concept at the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Facility at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Duration: 47:37.
Explores difficulties involved in reconciling First Nations women's human rights with the right to self-government, which may result in discrimination against women in areas such as band membership.
The CFSA Section 4 Report into the Death of Gage Guimond, July 21, 2005-July 22, 2007.
Warrior For Change ... Gage Guimond
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Andrew Koster
Alice McEwen Morris
Tara Petti
Robert Allec
Sylvia McKay ... et al.]
Description
Outlines the legislative framework for provision of First Nations child and family services in Manitoba, assesses the actions and procedures of Sagkeeng Child and Family Services, and examines the circumstances surrounding toddler's death, which took place while in the care of his great aunt.
Public release version.