Includes case studies of the Community Council Project, Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto and the Hollow Water First Nation's Community Holistic Circle Healing Project.
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert leaflet seeking funds to hold a celebration in St. Norbert, MB in [1985]relating to Manitoba entering Confederation in 1870, with Louis Riel and Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot being hailed as Fathers of Confederation because of their roles.
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
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Focuses on two approaches to Aboriginal property rights and governance rights; conclusions are similar in relation to property and diverge regarding governance.
An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
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.
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, April/May 1984, pp. 22-27
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Report prepared by law firm for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations providing insight on questions asked at the Special Committee of the House of Commons on Indian Self- Government.
Saskatchewan Indian, Election Special, October 1984, p. 4
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Excerpts from the speech given by Pope John Paul in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. reaffirming the position of the Church in support of the rights of Aboriginal peoples.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 1984, pp. 39-96
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Discusses the legal source and theoretical basis of the right of autonomy and whether this autonomy can be reconciled with the laws and institutions of the larger state.