National Centre for First Nations Governance Research Staff
Description
Highlights provisions made in treaties and agreements ranging from the Peace and Friendship Treaties to the Charlottetown Accord and lists important court cases in chronological order.
Presents a guide that enables real property practitioners and managers to make decisions on policy objectives and legal and statutory obligations related to Aboriginal rights.
Nine indicators were used: recognition of land/title, self-government, customary law, and culture; legal affirmation of distinct status, support/ratification for international indigenous rights instruments, affirmative action, upholding and/or signing new treaties, and guarantees of representation/consultation in central government.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines the shift towards equal partnership between federal, provincial and First Nations governments in British Columbia regarding health care services and implications for the rest of Canada.
Looks at "modern approach" to interpretation, reviews last three decades of judicial interpretation, and discusses an alternate procedure based on Anishinabe legal principles and Indigenous understandings.
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Speaker discusses the initial relationship between Aboriginals and Europeans, the motives behind the numbered treaties, the two parties' differing interpretations of the agreements, and the modern situation.
Lecture given at the University of Victoria.
Duration: 40:16.
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations traces history of treaty-making in Canada, with particular reference to Ontario.
Lecture given at the University of Waterloo.
Duration: 44:36.
Discusses discrepancies between what had been promised in the agreement and what was later published by the Canadian government, and the government's actions after it was signed. Focuses on education, fishing, hunting, mineral, forestry, and wild plant rights, assistance for agriculture, and self-government.