Vancouver Island Pre-Confederation Treaties Conference, 2012
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Lutz
Cole Harris
Raymond Frogner
Louise Mandell
Description
Speakers discuss: ambiguity in both oral accounts and written versions of the Douglas Treaties; litigation arising from treaties; archival treatment of colonial documents pertaining to the treaties and the bound register; contradictory views about the issue of treaty annuities versus lump sum payments.
Followed by question and answer period.
Duration: 2:01:00.
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 4, no. 1, Special Edition: Value(s) Added: Sharing Voices on Aboriginal CED, Fall, 2004, pp. 43-58
Description
Looks at a paper presented at the, Value(s) Added: Sharing Voices on Aboriginal Economic Development: A Practitioner/Multidisciplinary Conference, and discusses the impact of law on economic development.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, 2012, pp. 1-23
Description
Explores the lack of consultation of Bill 191 beginning in 2009 and concludes that minimum standards and protocols are not being met and there has been little improvement in process.
First Nations Summit Submission to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Summit
Description
Shadow report submitted to the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding Canada's 19th and 20th reports on the United Nations' International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
Copies of pages in the Register of Land Purchases from Indians and additional pages recording other agreements made by the Hudson's Bay Company in Nanaimo and Fort Rupert, which were also known as the Douglas treaties.
Prominent Métis blogger, lawyer and author of Indigenous Writes covers an extensive list of topics under the headings Specific Myths or Misunderstandings; Identity and Culture; Aboriginal Law and Treaties; Historic and Continuing Injustice; and Indigenous Health and Safety.
Lesson plan involves students negotiating an agreement for two disparate groups to share a territory. To be used with the online exhibition James Bay Treaty Turns 100.
Alberta Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, April 2004, pp. 951-997
Description
Analysis of land entitlement provisions and the federal treaty land entitlement policy in the Lac La Ronge judgment. Concludes there's been a shift away from the historical intentions of the original parties to Treaty 8.
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' Policy: Consultation and Arrangements with Aboriginal Communities at Early Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (MNDM)
Description
Examines the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines' operation policy for implementing section 78 of the Mining Act and its regulations and consultation requirements.
Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
Description
Using case studies provides tips and tools to improve regional level planning and service delivery for First Nations, regional districts, municipalities and electoral area staff where treaties are close to being completed or being achieved. Includes list of resources.
[The 4th Annual Gertler Family Lectureship in Law Honouring the Robert McKercher Family]
[The 4th Annual Gertler Family Lectureship in Law]
[University of Saskatchewan College of Law Guest Speakers Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Shawn Atleo
Description
Video of lecture by Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in which he discusses the future of the relationship between Canada and its Indigenous people.
Duration: 47:48.
Treaty Six Education in Living Sky: Creator-Land-People
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Living Sky School Division
Description
Website contains links to treaty perspectives, leaders, information for teachers, educational games, lesson plans developed by school district teachers, etc.
Royal Society of Canada 2012 Governor General Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jim Miller
Description
Speaker focuses on the history of First Nations-settler relations and treaty-making in British Columbia.
Lecture given at the University of Victoria.
Duration: 38:55.
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 6-19
Description
Reviews scholarship on British Columbia resettlement, examines the Saanichton Marina court case, and discusses ongoing disputes over recognition of the Douglas Treaties.