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.
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 24, no. 1, 1989, pp. 190-209
Description
Discussion of the conflict between the provincial government understanding of 'spirit and intent' of Treaty and the inflexible Federal Office of Native Claims' preoccupation with "lawful obligation."
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.
Prairie Forum, vol. 2, no. 2, November 1977, pp. 127-151
Description
Overview of the Canadian Indian policy from 1896-1905, when Clifford Sifton and the Laurier government attempted to overhaul the Indian administration, and assimilate the Aboriginal peoples.
Prairie Forum, vol. 14, no. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 1-7
Description
Examines the confrontation in 1871 at Rivières aux Ilets de Bois regarding land granted to the Métis under the Manitoba Act of 1870. This land was originally given without title property and than later given in concession to new immigrants from Ontario.
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.
The Georgia Historical Quarterly, vol. 73, no. 3, Special Issue Commemorating The Sesquicentennial of Cherokee Removal 1838-1939 , Fall, 1989, pp. 519-539
Description
Looks at the plight of the Cherokee Nation during this period ending with their removal to Oklahoma.
Research Report (Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation)
Research Report. External Research Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Randy Pecarski
Margaret Eberle
David Hulchanski
Description
Consists of literature review, review of federal policies and programs, demographic analysis and case study of Lytton First Nation's senior citizen complex.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 187-213
Description
Discusses the decentralization strategies of the health care system by the government, and the implications of the policy for the health of Aboriginal people.
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 1, no. 3, September 1977, pp. 33-34
Description
Brief article describes the provision of a home-delivered meal program for seniors in the isolated community in the Western Australian Central Desert area.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, March 1985, pp. 3-5
Description
Message from the Secretary, (Australian) Department of Aboriginal Affairs discussing the expansion of Aboriginal health workers in delivering health care.
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 33-45
Description
Examines the challenges associated with individuals attempting, as intermediaries, to represent the interests of both government and Native populations.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 2, 1989, pp. 107-138
Description
Book reviews of:
A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians by Joan Mark.
Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots and Affixes by D. G. Frantz and N. J. Russell.
The Indians' New World: Catawbas and Their Neighbors From European Contact Through the Era of Removal by James H. Merrell.
American Women Writing Fiction edited by Mickey Pearlman.
New Voices From the Longhouse: An Anthology of Contemporary Iroquois Writing edited by Joseph Bruchac.
Spirit of the New England Tribes: Indian History and Folklore, 1620-1984 by William S.
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 1989, pp. 200-202
Description
Book review of: Special Issue: American Indian Governments in the Reagan Era, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 10, No. 2, 1986. Guest editor, Joseph Jorgensen.
Journal of American History , vol. 76, no. 1, June 1989, pp. 172-180
Description
Author comments on his historical research into the impact of the 1908 statute on the Cheyenne River Sioux and an opportunity to examine everyday life of American Indian communities.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Parks and People, Spring, 1985
Description
Suggests that Parks Canada should follow similar guidelines to other nations, such as Australia, where a national park is created in conjunction with the settlement of an aboriginal land claim.