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Aboriginal Peoples and Politics: The Indian Land Question in British Columbia, 1849-1989
The Aboriginal Role in the Development of Albertan Oil and Gas Reserves
An Act to Amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 14th May, 1953.]
An Act to amend the Indian Act. [Assented to 4th May, 1910.]
The B.C. Indian Position Paper (Draft Copy) [before August 14, 1970]
Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights
Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights
Bill C-6: The Specific Claims Resolution Act
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.
Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples on Bill C-6"The Specific Claims Resolution Act"
Canadian Developments
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Inquiry Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim - Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, memos, reports, correspondence/letters, maps and submissions regarding validity of the 1909 surrender claim. Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Sheila G. Purdy. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Carry The Kettle - 1905 Surrender - Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, reports, legal submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, and maps regarding the specific land claim, concerning the surrender of reserve land, by Carry the Kettle First Nation. Commissioners include : Sheila Purdy, Alan Holman, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
A Case Study of the Surrendered Pheasant's Rump Reserve Land: 1901-1971
Chiefs Turn Up the Heat on Treaty Rights
Comments on issues of treaty rights and fair revenues from reserve resources, and discusses a contract between Onion Lake Cree Nation and an Asian government to build a refinery on Cree land.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Comparative Governance Structures Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
The Cote, Key and Keeseekoose First Nations Pelly Haylands Settlement Agreement
The Crown as Fiduciary and the Conflict of Interest Inherent in its Use of Indian Lands for Public Purposes
Dependent Independence: Application of the Nunavut Model to Native Hawaiian Sovereignty and Self-Determination Claims
Duncan’s First Nation Inquiry: 1928 Surrender Claim
Duncan's First Nation Wrongful Surrender Claim, Public Edition, September 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contents consist of historical documents, maps, reports, legal documents, transcripts, correspondence/letters, submissions and the Inquiry Report in English and French versions. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Dynamics of Aboriginal Land Use Institutions: The Rise and Fall of Community Control Over Reserve Systems in the Lil'Wat Nation, Canada
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Nation Crie de James Smith Relative à la RI 100A
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Nation Crie de James Smith Relative à la RI 98 de Chakastaypasin
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation Dakota de Canupawakpa Relative à la Cession des Collines Turtle
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Duncan Relative à la Cession de 1928
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Fishing Lake Relativement à la Cession de 1907
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Kahkewistahaw Relative à la Cession de Terres de Réserve en 1907
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Key Relativement à la Cession de 1909
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation de Peepeekisis Relative à la Colonie de File Hills
Enquête sur la Revendication de la Première Nation des Chippewas de Kettle et Stony Point Relativement à la Cession de 1927
The Fiduciary Obligation of the Crown to the Indians
File Hills Colony: A Breach of Treaty, Indian Act, and Canada's Fiduciary Responsibility
First Nation Land Surrenders on the Prairies 1896-1911
Comprehensive study of the extensive occurrence of reserve surrender drawing attention to patterns revealed through policies and practices of the Crown.
First Nations and Aboriginal Rights
First Peoples Law 2016
Fishing Lake First Nation, 1907 Surrender Claim
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, bulletins, legal documents, transcripts, submissions and the English and French versions of the Final Report. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
From I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada
Genealogies of the Land: Aboriginality, Law, and Territory in Vancouver's Stanley Park
Historical Development of the Tax Regimes of Maori Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand and First Nations in Canada
Idle No More
Indian Act and Treaties
Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.
Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.