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Aboriginal Veterans' Benefits
Explains the reasons why the Saskatchewan Indian Veterans Association (currently known as the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans' Association), the Métis National Council, and other Aboriginal groups are suing the federal government for unfulfilled veterans' benefits.
AFN Restructuring Will be on Agenda in Ottawa
Comments on how cutbacks forced National Chief Matthew Coon Come to reexamine the role of the Assembly of First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.3.
AFN Still Looking for Governance Deal
Compares the different strategies proposed by Assembly of First Nations National Chief Matthew Coom Come and Minister of Indian Affairs, Robert Nault, regarding the First Nations governance deal, a deal to build a successful socio-economic society.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
Anishinabek Political Alliance in the Post-Confederation Period: The Grand General Indian Council of Ontario, 1870-1936
Apartheid Pressures Push Aboriginal Peoples to Edge of Extinction
The Assembly of First Nations: Pressure Group or Intergovernmental Organization?
Big Bear’s Treaty: The Road to Freedom
Building Strong Communities: Tribal Colleges as Engaged Institutions
Chalifoux Educates Fellow Senators with Horror Stories
Senator and Metis leader, Thelma Chalifoux, believes that political lobby groups, like the Assembly of First Nations, should not take over social programs provided for First Nations because, as she argues, politics and patronage distort the system and erode the quality of the service.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.
Chief, Minister Spar Over Throne Speech
Highlights the different views the Minister of Indian Affairs and the Assembly of First Nations national chief have in regards to what constitutes First Nations' major and pressing issues.
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Chiefs Favor "Tinkering" with Act: Dorey
Chief and president Dwight Dorey of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) advocates First Nations return to traditional tribal governing entities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
Chiefs Reject Executive-Negotiated Governance Plan
Reports on the varied reasons why First Nations chiefs rejected the Indian Affairs Minister’s proposed joint governance consultation process to change the Indian Act.
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CityScapes Roundtable: "Approaches to Current Challenges Facing Urban Aboriginal Peoples"
Dividing Alaska: Native Claims, Statehood and Wilderness Preservation
Draft Agreement on Governance Ready for Chiefs to Consider [Amendments to Indian Act]
Viewpoint of National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he lobbies to have Assembly of First Nations issues included in the federal government's First Nations Governance draft agreement.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Environmental Scan of Métis Health Information, Initiatives and Programs
Evaluation of Aboriginal Tourism Team Canada
Former National Chief Leads Court Challenge [Bill C-61]
Looks at Federation of Saskatchewan Nations chairman of the executive council of the senate, David Ahenakew, who talked about legal action against the Crown, claiming Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault breached their fiduciary duty by increasing their control and power over the affairs and government of First Nations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
From Clan to Ḵwaan to Corporation: The Continuing Complex Evolution of Tlingit Political Organization
FSIN Election 2000
FSIN Launches Lawsuit Over C-68
Reports on the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations plan to take the federal government to court to protect the treaty right to hunt.
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Narrative and the Investigation of the Native American Boarding School Experience
I Dream of Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Celebration of the James Bay Cree
Improving Water Quality Remains a Struggle
Advocates having provinces provide First Nations reserves with technical assistance, the testing of drinking water, inspections and water quality enforcement on a cost recovery basis as one option to addressing safe drinking water issues.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.
The Kwajalein Atoll and the New Arms Race: The US Anti-Ballistic Weapons System and Consequences for the Marshall Islands of the Pacific
Letter To The Editor: Response From The Chief of FSIN
Martin Says All the Right Things to Chiefs [AFN Annual General Assembly]
Comments that Paul Martin’s speech in 2002 was met with interest and approval when he hinted at criticism of his own government's approach to issues regarding treaties and self-government, but with far less enthusiasm when he mentioned the First Nations governance act.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.
Native Leaders Must Be Positive Agents of Change
Native Leadership About to Undergo Change
Native Studies and Ethical Guidelines for Research: Dilemmas and Solutions
Negotiating an Identity: Métis Political Organizations, the Canadian Government, and Competing Concepts of Aboriginality
Negotiating Nationhood, Renegotiating Nationhood: Canada's Nunavut and Nunavut's Canada
Notes for a speech delivered by Michael DeGagné, Executive Director, The Aboriginal Healing Foundation: Moving Forward: Reparations for the Stolen Generations Conference: August 15 and 16, 2001, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
NWAC Position Paper: The Social Union Framework Agreement
Old Cowboys, New Indians: Hollywood Frames the American Indian
PM's Committee Ponders $11b Proposal
Describes the strategies employed by First Nations National Chief Matthew Coon Come as he seeks to ensure First Nations issues be included in the federal government's upcoming Throne Speech.
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