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Aboriginal Title in British Columbia: Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British Columbia
The Alberta Dis-Advantage: Métis Issues and the Public Discourse in Wild Rose Country
Amerindians and Inuit of Québec: Interim Guide for Consulting the Aboriginal Communities: Updated in 2008
Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia
Beatty's Move to Join Grits Not Hard to Fathom
Betsiamites Band Council, Route 138 and the Betsiamites Reserve, Public Edition, July 2008
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of bilingual annotated index, historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, Band Council documents and final reports relating to the Band's claims alleging that reserve lands taken for highway use were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include: Sheila G. Purdy and Alan C. Holman. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]
Caring Across Boundaries: Is This Our Canada?
Carrying the Burden of Peace: The Mohawks, the Canadian Forces, and the Oka Crisis
Common Table Report: Based upon Discussions among Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Participating at the Common Table
Comparative Governance Structures Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
Discusses the self-government issues of legitimacy, power and resources, by using examples of current agreements. The article breaks the areas down in terms of: basic principles, rights through treaties, federal-provincial division of power, status of lands, legislative powers, and funding.
Related Material: Fact Sheet.
“Do Not Take Them from Myself and My Children for Ever”: Aboriginal Water Rights in Treaty 7 Territories and the Duty to Consult
The Economic Urgency of Water Rights
Brief article discusses the issues surrounding water allocation to First Nations and the difficulties in resolving the problem due to conflicting jurisdictions.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.
Final Report of the Honorable Jean-Jacques Croteau Retired Judge of the Superior Court Regarding the Allegations Concerning the Slaughter of Inuit Sled Dogs in Nunavik (1950-1970)
Finding Solutions for the Legislative Gaps in Determining Rights to the Family Home on Colonially Defined Indigenous Lands
First Nation and Métis Consultation Policy Framework
First Nations Post-Secondary Education and Training Literature Review and Best Practices: Leading Towards Recommendations for Comprehensive Post-Secondary Planning and Evaluation Framework for Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey
Government of Saskatchewan Interim Guide for Consultation with First Nations and Métis People
History and Politics of the 'New Relationship'
How Well is Co-management Working?: Perspectives, Partnerships and Power Sharing Along the Way to an Indigenous Protected Area on Girringun Country
The Kahnawà:ke Standoff and Reflections on Fascism
'KI Six' Jailed in Fght for Land Rights
Land Rights: A Global Solution for the Six Nations of the Grand River
Living Conditions of the Elders of the First Nations of Quebec: Condensed Version
Navigating Neoliberalism: Self-Determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation
"Not the Almighty": Evaluating Aboriginal Influence in Northern Land-Claim Boards
Oka: A Convergence of Cultures and the Canadian Forces
Plan for 2009-10: Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations
Reconciliation and Third-Party Interests: Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia
Responses of Canada to the List of Issues and Questions with Regard to the Consideration of Canada's Sixth and Seventh Reports on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Seeking Common Ground: Roundtable Conference on First Nations and Métis Consultation and Accommodation
Shame to Jail Band Members for Defending Rights
The Social Economy of Canada's Aboriginal North
Tar Sands: Environmental Justice, Treaty Rights and Indigenous Peoples
[To Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Premier of the Dominion of Canada: From the Chiefs of the Shuswap, Okanagan and Couteau Tribes of British Columbia, Presented at Kamloops, B.C. August 25, 1910]
Text of letter protesting the misappropriation of land, failure to create treaties, and the policies of the B.C. government. Site also includes information on laws and customs, historical and political context, and timeline from 1763 to 2009.