Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.
Includes case studies of the Community Council Project, Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto and the Hollow Water First Nation's Community Holistic Circle Healing Project.
Focuses on integrated resource management throughout comprehensive claim territories in the Arctic and Subarctic, with special attention on the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Inuvialuit Final Agreement.
Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 29, Special Issue, April 1996, pp. 619-621
Description
Focuses on two approaches to Aboriginal property rights and governance rights; conclusions are similar in relation to property and diverge regarding governance.
Mr. Sheridan worked in the Dept. of Natural Resources in northern Saskatchewan He was associated with the school for prospectors and with other government agencies. He was a socialist and a close friend of Norris.
Concludes that four problems must be addressed: level of commitment to self-government by other governments, clear policy and process to achieve recognition for the purpose of negotiations, issues related to funding and other resources, and the need for mechanisms for longer term relations.
Explains that the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec wished to stay in Canada in the event that Quebec seperated from Canada and questions how the Quebecers could deny the First Nations the very thing that they insist is theirs, self-determination.
Mr. Read lived in northern Saskatchewan for many years. He worked for the provincial government in the fur marketing area. He compares the personalities and approaches to work of Tomkins, Brady and Norris.
John H. Brockelbank was minister in the Dept. of Natural Resources from 1948-56 in the Saskatchewan NDP government. This interview reviews his years in office in relation to the development of the north, development of marketing agencies and cooperatives as well as his impressions of Malcolm Norris.
Mr. Phelps was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Saskatchewan CCF government from 1944 to 1948. He speaks of attempts to replace welfare in the north with programs for fish and fur marketing.
[A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Dennis Madill]
no. Second Edition
Description
Discusses background to the report and responses to the recommendations contained in it.
Actual title of the report: A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies.