President of the Native Women's Association of Canada and two representatives from the Community Holistic Circle Healing, Hollow Water First Nation appeared before the Committee.
Article examines Australian policies around the land rights of Aboriginal Peoples considering the benefits and downsides of individual programs; considers how successful the these initiatives are in moving towards implementing the rights set out in United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 51-80
Description
Discusses the ongoing evolution of the Artic Council which formed in 1996 and includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United States; notes that despite increasing capacity through funding and creation of a permanent secretariat, institutional powers remain limited.
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Otto B. Buell
Description
Image of Lieutenant Governor Edgar Dewdney, Piapot, and the Montreal Garrison Artillery.
From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Folder containing correspondence relating to financial difficulties, organization of activities, Diefenbaker's visits in the area, Diefenbaker's becoming an honorary chief of the Blood tribe, ceremonies, specifically the Kainai Chieftainship Ceremony, and communications relating to the organization of that ceremony.
Folder containing correspondence regarding the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia's Annual Convention (Prince Rupert) and Diefenbaker's honorary Chieftainship.
This file contains documents (itineraries, correspondence, requests for audience) related to Diefenbaker's visit to Winnipeg and NWT, including a meeting with Indigenous and Inuit representatives. An issue of The Catholic Voice which includes information on their involvement with the Nahanni people. A letter regarding the attendance of indigenous students and an Indian and Northern Health Services hospital.
Correspondence Relating to Diefenbaker's leadership in regards to Indigenous people, as well as restricted information relating to the situation at John Smith Reserve, and Chief Andrew Bear.
Correspondence relating to the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission, a report from the North American Indian Brotherhood dealing with land claims and an Indian Claims Commission, and more correspondence relating to conditions on reserves in BC.
Correspondence relating to a book entitled The "Caughnawaga Indians and the St. Lawrence Seaway", the expropriation of land for same seaway, financial difficulties, a stone quarry on the reserve, and voting rights.
File containing correspondence relating to the formation and potential effects of the Indian Claims Commission, especially on the claims of British Columbian indigenous persons. Also, information on the Indian Claims Commission, and several cross reference sheets pertaining to the same.
Correspondence between the Poundmaker Reserve and the federal cabinet. Includes acknowledgment of receipt of a list of problems on the Poundmaker Reserve from 1963, the acknowledgment of receipt of a complaint against an Indian Agent in the area from 1962, and a request from John Tootoosis for copies of Hansard "dealing with questions on Indian Affairs and information on government plans that may affect Indians, particularly those in Saskatchewan."
File containing cross reference sheet referring to a birch bark box made by Mrs. Laura Simon for Diefenbaker and his wife and return letter commending her handicraft.
File containing correspondence about a public relations brochure from the Tyendinaga reserve, entitled "Tyendinaga Indian Reserve: Royally-deeded Land of the Mohawks".
File containing correspondence from Chief Dreaver correcting a mistaken reply from Diefenbaker's staff referencing a letter Dreaver had never written, regarding a communist gathering.
File contains 2 negatives from a Federation of Saskatchewan Indians Conference held at the old Coronet Hotel in Prince Albert, SK, on November 14, 1967. The two images show conference participants posing.
File contains 2 negatives of a guest speaker and two other unidentified inviduals at a meeting of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on October 28, 1969.