Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC)
Description
Discusses several strategies: improve the economic and social well-being of Aboriginal people, develop healthier, more self-sufficient communities, and participate in Canada’s political, social and economic development.
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference ; 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wilfrid Greaves
Description
Compares how organizations representing the two peoples have characterized security in the North. The Inuit have emphasized environmental protection, preservation of cultural identity and maintenance of political autonomy. The Sami, when dealing with the same sorts of issues, tend not to frame arguments in terms of security.
Health Reports, vol. 26, no. 8, August 2015, pp. 10-16
Description
Longitudinal analysis compares statistics for First Nations adults to those for non-Aboriginals. Uses data from the 1991-2005 Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study.
This file contains Barron's typed notes: Background Notes Bill C-31: An Act to Amend the Indian Act. An excellent overview of the act and the people in the First Nations community who were affected by it. It also has statistics, dates and the specific laws changed by the Bill.
History of Education, vol. 44, no. 4, 2015, pp. 480-502
Description
Looks at differences in Canadian and American education policies between 1930 and 1970. Covers topics on Canadian residential schools in B.C., American boarding schools in Washington State, and the role of churches in Canadian policy.
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Description
Submitted to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 55 Pre-Sessional Working Group Consideration of List of Issues, Sixth Periodic Report, Canada.
[The Tsilhqot’in Decision and Canada’s First Nations Termination Policies, pt. 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Russell Diabo
Shiri Pasternak
Description
Brief discussion of Canada's Comprehensive Land Claims policy in response to the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision in the case Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia.
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 12, February 1985, p. 8
Description
Discussion on Canadian land rights, self-government including the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, constitutional initiatives and possible future directions.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, September 2015, pp. 27-56
Description
Argues there isn't a clear idea of what truth and reconciliation should mean to the residential school survivors and Aboriginal people in general. Includes articles from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation report From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools.
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 243-270
Description
Article investigates how the forces of United States government and corporate interests worked together to entrench imperialist social relations and conditions. Refers to both the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Occupy Oakland movement.
File contains 3 negatives of the Crutwell, Saskatchewan Local of AMNSIS (no. 66) recieving $33000 from the federal government for the building of a ball diamond in the community. One scanned image shows members of AMNSIS local at the ceremony.
A book containing Indian Agent's ledgers from the Duck Lake agency for 1885-1889, and 1921-1929. The first half of this ledger is "Issues to Destitute Settlers" (Mrs. Gabriel Dumont and others connected to the 1885 Uprising are included); the second half is a calendar of outgoing correspondence.
Historical note:
Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 187, no. 16, November 3, 2015, pp. E469-E470
Description
Reports on the health disparity that exists in Canada between Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals and the ramifications going into the October 2015 federal election.