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Aboriginal Forestry: Community Management as Opportunity and Imperative
The Aboriginal Role in the Development of Albertan Oil and Gas Reserves
Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.
Athabasca Denesuline Special Report on the Treaty Harvesting Rights of the Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations
The B.C. Indian Position Paper (Draft Copy) [before August 14, 1970]
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.
Canada - The Nisga'a Final Agreement in Brief
Canoe Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry I, Public Release
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Documents consist of documents, correspondence/letters, claim submissions, and the final report in regards to the inquiry, which examined the seizure of 4,500 square miles of land for the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice. [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 Contains historical documents, reports, legal submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, and maps regarding the specific land claim, concerning the surrender of reserve land, by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.]
Changing the Culture of Forestry in Canada: Building Effective Institutions for Aboriginal Engagement in Sustainable Forest Management
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.
Compensation in Cases of Infringement to Aboriginal and Treaty Rights
Confederation Debates, 1865-1949: Intermediate/Senior Mini Unit: Manitoba Provincial Edition
After reading background information, brief biographies and primary materials, students engage in a debate between the pro- and anti-Confederation factions. Activities align with Manitoba curriculum guides for Grade 6 Social Studies and Grade 11 History of Canada.
Earth, Water, Air and Fire: Studies in Canadian Ethnohistory
Federal/Provincial Disputes, Natural Resources and the Treaty No. 3 Ojibway, 1867-1924
Finding Common Ground: A Critical Review of Land Use and Resource Management Policies in Ontario, Canada and their Intersection with First Nations
First Nations Right to Timber With Respect to the Management of Lands for Hunting, Fishing & Livelihood, and Housing: Case Law Summary
Case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and an outline of the resulting forest and range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.
Full Circle: First Nations, Métis, Inuit Ways of Knowing: A Common Threads Resource
The Government of Alberta's Policy on Consultation with First Nations on Land and Natural Resource Management, 2013
History of Modern Aboriginal Law
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.
Introduction: Advocacy Research and Native Studies
Introduction: The Marriage of History and Law in R. v. Sioui
[Jacinta Ruru Marori [sic] Scholar and Indigenous Law and Rights]
Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation: Mining, Consulting, Reconciliation and Law
Marshall and Bernard: Treaty Rights and Treaty Table
Modern Land Claim Agreements: Through the Nisga'a Looking Glass
Modern Treaties in Canada
Links to six one-hour courses on comprehensive land claims agreements. Themes include general overview, modern treaties and land, self-government, and regional economics, modern treaty governments, and environment protection, regulation and assessment.
Native People in Areas of Internal National Expansion
Northern Studies 10: Module 4: Living Together
The Plight of Ainu, Indigenous People of Japan
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report: Cold Lake First Nations Rejected Claim Inquiry, Canoe Lake Cree Nation Rejected Claim Inquiry
Rapport sur L'Enquête Relative aux Revendications de Cold Lake Polygone de Tir Aérien de Primrose Lake
Reconciliation and Third-Party Interests: Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia
Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Based on the article Living Well Together by Aimée Craft and the special issue of Canada's History magazine Treaties and the Treaty Relationship Suitable for Grades 7 to 12.
The Rise of Aboriginal Forestry: Changing Political, Legal and Social Landscapes of Mainstream Society
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Clarence Apsassin, Blueberry River Reserve
Saskatchewan First Nations and the Province's Resource Future: The Path to Economic Certainty
Stolen Lands, Broken Promises: Researching the Indian Land Question in British Columbia
Toward the Reconciliation of Interests and Ambitions: Participating Treaty No. 6 First Nations Position Paper Regarding the Duty to Consult and Accommodate and Sharing Wealth and Benefits of Resources
Treaty Federalism: Building a Foundation For Duty to Consult in Saskatchewan
Trick or Treaty?
Understanding the Definition and Scope of the Duty to Consult and Accommodate Today and How It Impacts You
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Aboriginal Title Curriculum Project
We Are All Treaty People
Special themed issue of Canada's History's children's magazine Kayak (September 2018). Suitable for ages 7-12.