Purpose of commission was to investigate methods of consultation which would ensure Indian and Inuit participation in decisions about the health care programs affecting them, and to make a recommendation as to which one should be adopted by the Department of Health and Welfare.
Historical background and report on mediation by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) to resolve dispute over 192 acres wrongfully alienated in 1831. Proposed Settlement Agreement was negotiated and ratified. Chief Commissioner : Harry LaForme. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC)regarding Horse Island. ICC recommends that the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) write to all the First Nations whose claims were rejected because of the policy against the pre-Confederation claims so they can be reconsidered. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 1, March 1994, pp. 21-53
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Discusses Saskatchewan Treaty relations in the context of Prime Minister Trudeau's White Paper also known as Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 14, no. 2, 1994, pp. 391-393
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Review of the video: Sayisi-Dene First Nation: Nu Ho Ni Yeh (Our Story) produced by Alan and Mary Code. This video is about the relocation of the Duck Lake, or Churchill, Band of Caribou-eater Chipewyan (the Sayisi-Dene) from the bush to the port town of Churchill, Manitoba in 1958.
Study focused on public spending as it related to Aboriginal recipients of social assistance, unemployment insurance, pensions, family allowances, worker's compensation, harvester's assistance program, and the homeless.
Looks at Canada's foreign policy and suggests the formation of an Arctic Council which would promote policies and programs for protecting the environment.
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
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Patricia Monture-Okanee
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Article from a 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses how despite some changes, the non-Aboriginal justice system fails Aboriginal Peoples at every turn; justice she concludes is a human problem and the answers are in the women of communities.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Historical background, analyses and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of their reserve. ICC recommended further research be conducted on their membership. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]