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Aboriginal Policy Reform and the Subsidiarity Principle: A Case Study of the Division of Matrimonial Real Property on Canadian Indian Reserves
Aboriginal Women in Canada: On the Choice to Renounce or Reclaim Aboriginal Identity
Addressing First Nations Governance Issues through Incremental Reform: Briefing Presentation - Draft
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.
Bridging the Gap: Taxation and First Nation Governance
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 Contains historical documents, memos, reports, correspondence/letters, maps and submissions regarding validity of the 1909 surrender claim.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.]
CAP - On Canada's Indian Act
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 Contains historical documents, reports, legal submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, and maps regarding the specific land claim, concerning the surrender of reserve land, by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.]
Carry the Kettle First Nation: 1905 Surrender Inquiry
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 Cost of Doing Nothing: Implications for the Manitoba Health Care System
Duck Lake Agency - Ledger 1885-89, 1921-29
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.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.]
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Fiduciary Obligations and Aboriginal Peoples
Finding Solutions for the Legislative Gaps in Determining Rights to the Family Home on Colonially Defined Indigenous Lands
Genocide, Assimilation, or Incorporation: Indigenous Identity and Modes of Resistance
'In the Eyes of the State': Memories of Indian Agents Agency and Resistance in Kahnawake
The Indian Act and the Future of Aboriginal Governance in Canada
Indian Act Colonialism: A Century of Dishonour, 1869-1969
The Indian Act: Historical Overview
The Indian Act of 1876 Was Not Part of Treaty: A Treaty Resource Guide for Grade 4
The Key Band, 1909 Surrender Inquiry - Public Release, August 2008
Legacy of Residential Schools: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
"A Liberal and Paternal Spirit": Indian Agents and Native Fisheries in Canada
Lucky Man Cree Nation: Treaty Land Entitlement Phase II Inquiry
Making Sober Citizens: The Legacy of Indigenous Alcohol Regulation in Canada, 1777-1985
Matrimonial Real Property Reform Overdue
Author examines the discrepancies between the Human Rights Act and the Indian Act regarding matrimonial property laws and reserve land.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.