A discussion of Land rights under Treaty #7; trade of furs for goods; and the dispersal of the Blackfoot people and eventual return to the Blackfoot Reserve under Crowfoot.
Comments on the Kwakiutl First Nations' objections to the province's decisions to allow a forestry company to remove its private lands from a tree farm licence and to approve a forest stewardship plan. Refers to Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Chartrand v. The District Manager.
Discusses Aboriginal rights and working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to equitably share in the benefits of resource development.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.
Discusses the legal and constitutional duty to consult First Nations and accommodate their interests when Crown land and natural resource management decisions may adversely impact Treaty rights protected under the Constitution Act, 1982.
Overview of project, environmental study and Aboriginal treaty rights, and concerns voiced by the communities of Lac Des Mille Lacs, Lac La Croix, Seine River, Wabigoon and Nigigoosiminikaaning.
Contends that Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) can help to build constructive and mutually beneficial relationships between mining companies and Aboriginal communities.
Part of: Proceedings of the 59th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2013)
An interview discussing various topics: evidence given to the Office of Specific Claims and Research by Jim Black; signing of Treaty #7; an account of the CPR line being taken through Blackfoot Reserveterritory; a description of two murders: Frank Skynner killed by Scrapings, and Charcoal's murder of Medicine Pipe Stem; the surrender of Blackfoot Reserve land; and an understanding of land rights.
Looks at the Treaty settlement known as the "Treelords Deal" and examines the academic and legal definitions, and how the concept is being deliberately misinterpreted by some tribes for their own commercial gain.
Current History, vol. 66, no. 392, 1974, pp. 177-181
Description
This article places the issue of the James Bay Project for the development of hydroelectric power into a historical and political perspective and discusses its effects upon the Aboriginals of Quebec.
A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin, May 2013, pp. [1]-5
Description
Discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Behn v Moulton Contracting Ltd which states that members of an Aboriginal group cannot invoke "self-help" remedies when claiming that the government breached its duty to consult.
Provides evaluation of how forestry-related research involving Aboriginal peoples has responded to shift in Aboriginal research in Canada.
Chapter two from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale, which is vol. 10 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Curriculum Sub-committee of the Shared Standards and Capacity Building Council
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Description
Lists specific expectations for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the subject areas of treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions.
Annual Forum on Aboriginal Law, Consultation, and Accommodation ; 6th
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Daniel Pagowski
Sandra Gogal
Christopher Devlin
Description
Topics covered include: overview of the duty, cumulative effects, accommodation, roles of tribunals, strength of claim, and industry's role in consultation.
Duration: 53:43.