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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Derek Whitehouse
Past Imperfect, vol. 3, 1994, pp. [25]-45
Description
Argues that Aboriginals of the North-West Territories entered the treaty making process seeking to ensure cultural survival, while the government had the goal of assimilation.
Objections of the Chickasaw Nation to H.R. 3444 Entitled: "A Bill to Quiet Land Titles in the State of Mississippi", Before Sub-Committee on Judiciary, December 31, 1883
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Halbert E. Paine
Ojibwa and Ottawa Fisheries around Manitoulin Island: Historical and Geographical Perspectives on Aboriginal and Treaty Fishing Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Victor P. Lytwyn
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 1990, pp. 1-30
Description
Outlines the importance of fishing by examining economic, political and other factors that lead to the demise of most Native fisheries in the region.
On Reserve Status Indian Voter Participation in the Maritimes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Bedford
Sidney Pobihushchy
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 15, no. 2, 1995, pp. 255-278
Description
Reviews First Nation voter turnout for federal, provincial and First Nation elections and compares patterns to those of other voters.
On the "Indianness" of Bingo: Gambling and the Native American Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Pasquaretta
Critical Inquiry, vol. 20, no. 4, Summer, 1994, pp. 694-714
Description
Debates the issue of how reservation gambling affects Native American identity and community life.
[Operation Water Spirit Thematic Units]: Grade Nine: Introduction and Directions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Organizational Change and Conflict: A Case Study of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Duane Champagne
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 3-28
Description
Evaluates the effects of several reform movements that challenged Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) domination over Native American reservation communities in the 1970's.
Our Betrayed Wards: A Story of "Chicanery, Infidelity and the Prostitution of Trust"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R. N. Wilson
Chris Willmore
Description
Originally published in 1921. This version transcribed, curated and with additions. The author was the Indian Agent for the "Blood and Peigan" Indians from 1898 to 1911.
Our Homes are Bleeding: A Short History of Indian Reserves
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruben Ware
Description
Looks a definitions for reserve, the Indian land policy, the Indian Reserves Commission, the McKenna-McBride Commission, what is a Cut-off, the Cut-off lands, and the first Cut-off.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Gender, Indigenous Rights, and Energy Development in Northeast British Columbia, Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International
Description
Report makes recommendations to: the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, to the RCMP, to local governments in Northeast British Columbia, and to private industry.
Pastoral Leases in the Northern Territory and the Reservation of Aboriginal Rights, 1863-1931
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie Dalziel
University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 22, no. 2, 1999
Description
Looks at the effect a pastoral lease has on native title rights and interests.
Paul First Nation Kapasiwin Townsite Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines the Paul First Nation's alleging mismanagement of the sales of surrendered lands. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, 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.]
Paul Indian Band Inquiry - Kapasawin Townsite Claim - Public Release - June 2007
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, correspondence/letters, reports, legal papers, maps, field notes, transcripts, submissions and the Final Report in French and English. [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.]
Peepeekisis First Nation Inquiry: File Hills Colony Claim (English)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether the Crown breached its fiduciary obligation by allocating reserve land (IR 81) to people outside of the Band. ICC found Canada breached its obligations and recommended the claim be a negotiated under Canada's Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: Alan C. Holman, Renee Dupuis, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Polygone de Tir Aérien de Primrose Lake II - Rapport D'Enquête: Joseph Bighead, Buffalo River, Waterhen Lake, Flying Dust
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Tue, 02/23/2010 - 00:00
Alternate Title
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E.
Power Struggles: Hydro Development and First Nations in Manitoba and Quebec
E-Books
Author/Creator
Thibault Martin
Steven M. Hoffman
John Bonner
Thibault Martin
Gabrielle A. Slowey ... [et al.]
Preliminary Analysis of Elders' Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Rick Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
Brief summary and evaluation of the references to mineral rights in the Treaty 8 interviews.
Preliminary Impacts and Concerns Flowing from the Implementation of Bill C-31
Alternate Title
NWAC Submission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Description
Bill was supposed to remedy the sexually discriminatory section 12(1)(b) of the Indian Act; deals with who is entitled to Status. Document covers issues such as reinstatement backlog and priorities, registration documentation, identification of father/illegitimate children, and funding issues (health, education, housing, child welfare) resulting from increase in status population.
Première Nation Anishinabée de Roseau River Enquête sur la Cession de 1903
Alternate Title
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. (French language version). Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, 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.]
Première Nation de Paul Enquête sur le Lotissement Urbain de Kapasiwin
Alternate Title
Paul First Nation Kapasiwin Townsite Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines the Paul First Nation's alleging mismanagement of the sales of surrendered lands. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, 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.]
Première Nation de Saulteau Enquête Relative aux Droits Fonciers Issus de Traité et aux Terres Individuelles
Alternate Title
Saulteau First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement and Lands in Severality Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final report examines an alleged shortfall of land and a claim for land under the provisions of Treaty 8. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, 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.]
Première Nation Ojibway de Sandy Bay Enquête sur les Droits Fonciers Issus de Traité
Alternate Title
Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement Inquiry (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Focuses on the outstanding treaty land entitlement claim and examines the history including the 1913 and 1930 Order in Councils and problems regarding historical population counts. (French language version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Alan C. Holman.
[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.]
Preservation as Perpetuation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Pablo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 18-20
Description
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, in northwestern Montana, and how their land is protected by the State Historic Preservation Office.
Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Report II: Joseph Bighead First Nation Inquiry, Buffalo River First Nation Inquiry, Waterhen Lake First Nation Inquiry, Flying Dust First Nation Inquiry
Fowler
Tue, 07/25/2006 - 00:00
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report examines historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding loss of traditional land use when Canada created the bombing range; breach of Treaty by the Crown and failure to provide economic compensation. ICC recommended the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy except for the Joseph Bighead First Nation whose claim had been properly rejected by the Minister. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice.
Prince Albert- Indians
Archival » Archival Items
Description
File contains the publication "Native Press" from June 20th, 1973 and various articles such as: "Warriors Hold Indian Affairs Office," "Position Paper of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Respecting Aboriginal Title," "A Position Paper on the Youth Liaison Program," "The Day Indian Affairs was run by Indian Youth," "Indians of North Defend their Ownership of Land in Court," "Funding Proposal Native Youth Program," "Legality of Traditional Native Marriage Challenged," "Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians: Statement Issued by the Board of Directors," "Indian Culture Revived,"
Prince Albert - Indians
Archival » Archival Items
Description
File contains information on activism, agriculture, reserve life, medical services, drug prescriptions, land claims, the Indian Act, Metis, Indigenous rights, chiefs, sterilization of indigenous women, the "Red Paper", discrimination, treaties 8 and 11, recreation, Liquor Act, provincial law, housing, Local Initiatives Programs, utilities on reserves, and poverty.
Producing North and South: A Political Geography of Hydro Development in Québec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Desbiens
Canadian Geographer, vol. 48, no. 2, Summer, 2004, pp. 101-118
Description
Describes how the Cree have managed to achieve co-management of local resources through the James Bay Agreement.
Protecting Women's Rights to the Family Home on Reserve: Important Changes for Both Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women
Alternate Title
Family Law Education for Women (FLEW)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tamar Witelson
Emily Hill
Description
Webinar looks at family law in Ontario and changes that allow for more safety for women and children and access to the family home when the relationship ends.
Duration: 1:14:15.
Providing Land and Resources for Aboriginal Peoples
Alternate Title
[Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Reform. Background Paper]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Description
Explores legal mechanisms for implementing the transfer of land and the range of options for the way in which legal title can be held.
Reclaiming Our Identity: Band Membership, Citizenship and the Inherent Right
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Centre for First Nations Governance
Description
Outlines how the Indian Act has defined "Indian" and developments that have taken place since First Nations have been given the power to regulate which individuals are considered members.
Reclaiming the Reservation: The Geopolitics of Wisconsin Anishinaabe Resource Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven E. Silvern
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 131-153
Description
Provides background and potential resolution to struggles of the Anishinaabe of Wisconsin which emerged in 1910-1953 and have continued over rights and control their lands and resources.
Reimagining History: "Righting" Treaty Wrongs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leia Laing
Fortier-Fréçon
Description
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.
Report of a Trip Made in Behalf of the Indian Rights Association to Some Indian Reservations of the Southwest
E-Books
Author/Creator
S. C. Armstrong
Report of the Ministerial Representative Matrimonial Real Property Issues on Reserves
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wendy Grant-John
Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Alternate Title
McKenna-McBride Final Report
McKenna-McBride Royal Commission: Minutes of Decision 1913-1916
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Description
Commission appointed to make recommendations as to reserved and to be reserved for Indians.
Links to detailed reports for each agency and four volume final report.
Report on the Inquiry into the Claim of the Chippewas of the Thames: Muncey Land Claim
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and report on mediation by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) to resolve dispute over 192 acres wrongfully alienated in 1831. Proposed Settlement Agreement was negotiated and ratified. Chief Commissioner : Harry LaForme. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Report on the Mediation of the Thunderchild First Nation 1908 Surrender Claim
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the surrender of land by the Band in 1908 and the unsuitable replacement / relocation lands, IR 115B. ICC assisted the parties in reaching a settlement agreement. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rebel Sky Media
Brad Leitch
Adrienne Leitch
Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan
St. John's Lutheran Church
Description
Documentary about the Federal government's seizure of the Young Chippewayan Band's land and the subsequent sale of it to settlers and the relationship which develops between the Band and the people of Laird, Saskatchewan as they work together to resolve the issue.
Duration: 32:33.
Revisiting the RCNE: An Evaluation of the Recommendations Made by the Royal Commission of the Northern Environment Concerning the Native People in Northern Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Driben
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 1986, pp. 45-67
Description
Focuses on Commission's recommendations for dealing with, "The Indian people in the North of Ontario" and suggests circumstances and time may have eliminated any impact the recommendations could have achieved.
Rights and Tragedy: A Look at Human Rights Discourse in the Context of Indigenous/Settler Relations in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Caitlin Patricia Johnston
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2009.
A Road Runs Through It: Aboriginal Citizenship at the Edge of Urban
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia K. Wood
Citizenship Studies, vol. 7, no. 4, December 2003, p. 464
Description
Comments on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation and expansion of the city of Calgary upon the reserve, and a 1960s road through the reserve.
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation 1903 Surrender Inquiry
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 148: Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 148 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Westbury Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Subjects discussed include community policing, substance abuse, Metis and Non-Status rights, the arts, the environment. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 60: West Ballroom, Inn of the South, Cranbrook, British Columbia
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 60 contains files from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the West Ballroom, Inn of the South, Cranbrook, British Columbia. This sitting of the Commission contains presentations including a variety of First Nations politicians, a veterans organization, the United Church, and individuals. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bernard Gordon
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a portion of a transcript of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Hotel Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan. This portion of the Commission includes a presentation by Bernard Gordon concerning the provision of Treaty Rights to the Aboriginal Community on and off reserves. Questions from the assembled commissioners are also present.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Eric Robinson, President, Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Eric Robinson, President of the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg. Robinson discusses his organizations purpose, and mainly focuses on the problems facing the urban Status and Treaty people in Winnipeg, and across Canada. He stresses the need for the Federal government to take action on behalf of Treaty people who live off reserve to alleviate poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to services. Following the presentation, Robinson introduces Mary Guilbeault's (also fo the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg) presentation.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Grace Meconse, Vice-President, Native Mediation Inc.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grace Menconse
Description
File contains a presentation by Grace Menconse, Vice-President of Native Mediation Inc. Menconse, a Bill C-31 person, discusses her groups problems with an undefined self-government, jurisdictional issues, with lack of accountability and transparency in Band politics, and the need to apply the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to Status Indians. Menconse also discusses electoral fraud and serious human rights abuses which she accuses Aboriginal leadership of being complicit in.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Grand Falls Band, Exploits Native Band Council
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by the Grand Falls Band, Exploits Native Band Council. Rosemary Francis Williams and Board of Directors, Ignatius Paul. Williams delivers the first half of the presentation which covers concerns facing the Band including recognition by the Federal and Provincial governments, justice concerns, financial concerns, self-governance, cultural concerns, and Indian Act concerns. Paul relates a personal story to highlight the treatment his people have received from government and to ask that their Aboriginal rights with regard to economic pursuits be recognized.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jack Smith
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Jack Smith. Smith is a sessional lecturer with the department of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. Smith discusses off reserve and urban status Indian's concerns, primarily with regard to Treaty Land Entitlement and participation in Band politics. Smith also discusses Aboriginal input into the University of Saskatchewan's policies.