Land Claims

Presentation requests that Canada honour treaty commitments and lawful obligations.

Chief Commissioner Miles Richardson discusses the land issue in British Columbia and identifies governance, revenue sharing, and compensation as critical issues to make treaty negotiations more effective. Duration: 18:53.

This press release expresses the Manitoba Aboriginal organization's "bitterness, frustration and anger" with the Federal Government's "White Paper." Courchene calls for meetings with Aboriginal leaders in Manitoba to present alternatives from the "cultural genocide" he believes will occur if the "White Paper" becomes law.

Historical note:

Remarks of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, made after the publication of his government's "White Paper" in June 1969.

File contains the publication "Native Press" from June 20th, 1973 and various articles such as: "Warriors Hold Indian Affairs Office," "Position Paper of the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Respecting Aboriginal Title," "A Position Paper on the Youth Liaison Program," "The Day Indian Affairs was run by Indian Youth," "Indians of North Defend their Ownership of Land in Court," "Funding Proposal Native Youth Program," "Legality of Traditional Native Marriage Challenged," "Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians: Statement Issued by the Board of Directors," "Indian Culture Revived,"

1 file containing a document with House of Commons Debates (Pages 1301,1305,1306,1308); debate questioning a statement the Prime Minister made about native titles to land.

Political Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 1999.

This submission was written by the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly for inclusion in the Hon. Warren Allmand's Northern Policy Statement. Areas of concern for the NWT Legislative Assembly are constitutional development, land claims and economic development.

Effects of the settlement on land management, political relationships and the Nunavut Government institutions.

Overview of the actions taken by the Government of Canada with respect to Aboriginal issues of education, reconciliation, governance and self-government, economic development, empowering citizens and protecting the vulnerable, and resolution of land issues.

File includes correspondence regarding the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission to deal with outstanding land and treaty entitlements, and a letter detailing promises of Northern development that had been fulfilled by the government.

Argues that since land claims force Aboriginal peoples to deal in the European concept of property, it has the effect of undermining the very principles that claimants are trying preserve.

Comments on the proposed revisions regarding whether First Nations are allowed to "expand their reserve land base to deal with increased population, take advantage of economic opportunities, resolve land claims for insufficient land entitlement under treaties or for past deprivations of their legal entitlement to reserve land, or in extreme cases, to relocate their communities".

Assertion that Aboriginal peoples have legitimate claims for a place in international law to protect them and to help restore lost rights.

Provides an overview and a summary of the Northwest Territories Supreme Court's decision.

Discusses the Constitution, the Restitution of Land Rights (Lands Claims Commission) and the Richtersveld Claim. To access this article, scroll down to page 26.

Four slides of a man and children at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.

Four slides of a two women and a child with an upside down Canadian flag at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.

A slide of male and female protestors, one with a drum, at a protest in Memorial Square, Prince Albert, in solidarity with the Mohawks during the Oka Standoff in Quebec, 1991.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2010.

Article discusses the actions and policies of the United States government during the Bush presidency. Argues that actions like renaming the "Custer Battlefield National Monument" the “Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument,” and policies that supported the resolution of land claims and increased sovereignty of Native Americans indicate a more moderate policy than previous administrations.

Contends that the mental health of Aboriginal communities with more control of local government, renewed cultural practices, and successful land claims, boast overall improved mental health for their constituents. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll to page 10.

Contends that public policy is still principally based on individual accumulation along capitalist lines, enforcing marginalization and conflicts.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the flooding of reserve lands submitted by Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Authority (QVIDA) that represents eight First Nations from the area. ICC recommended that Canada has a lawful obligation to the QVIDA over the flooding of their reserve lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Book review of: Race and Ethnicity: Finding Identities and Equalities by Leo Driedger.

Looks at legislative acts and extinguishment by the Crown of Native title to land.

Documentary investigates the resource boom's effects on the Indigenous people of Peru. Episode of The Nature of Things which aired July 7, 2011. Duration: 1:22:47.

Book review of Aboriginal Autonomy and Development in Northern Quebec and Labrador edited by Colin H. Scott. Review in French.

Book review of: After Native Claims? The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements for Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale.

Discusses : "indivisibility of Ndee[Apache] land and culture, the historical forces that operated unsuccessfully to alienate the Ndee from their land, and how the Ndee are returning elements of their geographical, cultural, and linguistic heritage to a central place of honour while addressing contemporary challenges..."

Looks at the relationship between the Kwakwaka'wakw nations, with British Columbia and Canada, the problems and possible solutions.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2011.

Discusses how policy development can help Inuit reduce their vulnerability to climate change by focusing on the renewable resource harvesting sector.

Collection of audiotapes featuring lectures by historians, researchers or interviews with local First Nations individuals. Some are accompanied by written or visual material.

Discusses the influences of Graham White's works.

Paper focuses on regionalization which is defined as the creation of bounded regional institutions through political processes.

Comments on the cash distribution of Trust and Treaty funds. Originally published in North American Review, March 1, 1907.

Volume 5 of Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Outlines Canada’s approach to treaty negotiations, and also includes a section specifically outlining the British Columbia treaty process.

Looks at a reparations movement among Indigenous Peoples in the United States, and discusses land-based struggles, financial compensation, and the boarding school project.

Urban economic development; different tax treatment of Aboriginal lands; and cost recovery for municipalities has lead to a more complicated relationship. Discusses principles and recommendations for provinces and territories to help local governments and First Nations evade conflicts.

Contains sections on: scope, process, interim measures and public information and education.

Access to: Vol. 1: Investigation and Findings; Vol. 2: Policy Analysis; Vol. 3: Inquiry Process; Vol. 4: Executive Summary. Purpose of the Inquiry was to investigate the death of Dudley George and make recommendations to prevent such violence occuring in the future.

Research shows land issues and language issues are often merged together.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the mediation process that helped bring the negotiations between Canada and the First Nation to a successful conclusion over the 1909 land surrender issues related to IR 112 and 112A. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 1998.

Reports on how Indigenous land claims in Australia are portrayed in the mainstream non-Indigenous media.

Lists books and articles in the fields of history, anthropology, geography, sociology, political science, health, literature, law, education, and the arts.