Land Claims

Ocean Man - Pheasant Rump Agreement in Principle is signed by Department of Indian Affairs and Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

Saulteaux First Nation of Saskatchewan celebrated the ratification of their Treaty Land Entitlement settlement with the federal and provincial governments.

Historical overview of government responses to claims and discussion of the recognition of Métis rights and interest in land.

Focuses on two issues: authority over child welfare and control over land and resources by examining several flash-point issues in British Columbia's history.

Provides brief overview of treaty process over the past 300 years.

Book review of: Home and Native Land by Michael Asch.

Presents a policy that ensures that modern treaties are implemented to protect the rights of Aboriginal signatories, ensure their continuity as peoples, and provide for their political, social, economic and cultural development.

Interview takes place after the funeral of Dudley George, who was killed during the confrontation at Ipperwash Provincial Park. Chief says that a new method must be found to deal with disputes. Includes synopsis. Duration: 6:46.

Discusses how pretext of enforcing British law was used to force the Cowichan to submit to British authority and gain access to their land without an agreement.

Describes meeting about Saskatchewan land claims with Indian Affairs Minister Warren Allmand, Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and provincial officials in Ottawa.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Johns Hopkins University, 2000. Argues that the efforts to empower First Nation people by granting them a significant role in the governance of their own lands and people comes as a mixed blessing.

Discussion on the Canadian government's new land claims policy and how it fails to fix the land claims process. Scroll down to access article.

In a reversal from the 1969 White Paper, the Federal Government now says that it wants the Provinces to work along side the Federal Government to settle land claims.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2005.

Looks at agreements signed between mining companies and First Nation communities in Canada in order to establish formal relationships between them, to reduce the predicted impact of a mine, and to secure economic benefist for affected communities.

Discusses how the Meadowbank gold mine has impacted Inuit people. Related material: Quantitative Assessment.

Book review of: Imperfect Victories: The Legal Tenacity of the Omaha Tribe, 1945-1995 by Mark R. Scherer.

Overview of colonization and the protests by the Indigenous people in Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia.

Address given by Lloyd I. Barber, Vice-President, University of Saskatchewan and Indian Claims Commissioner, at the Banff School of Advanced Management. It addresses the general background of Aboriginal grievances and provides some thoughts on the implications of their settlement. Item found in folder Indian Land Claims, 1973, 1974.

Looks at the issue of equitable remedies into the field of Native American land claims.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1997.

Book review of: The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King.

Book review of: The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King.

Lays out amendments to the Indian Act that prohibited anyone from soliciting funds for claims, unless they had a special licence from the Superintendent General.

File containing series of newspaper articles regarding the Indian Act and revisions thereof, issues regarding reserve land, anger among the Six Nations, research into indigenous living conditions and discrimination, control of mineral rights, integration into the public school system and society at large, the "Indian Council of Canada", the Indian Claims Commission, community development, the National Indian Council of Canada, Indigenous press,law enforcement on reserves, citizenship rights and treaty rights, band mergers, the Inuit, education, services (and provincial control thereof) represe

This issue focuses on settling the Alaskan Native land claims issue with the United States government.

Historical note:

The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was signed into law in 1971, giving Natives rights to about one tenth of Alaska's land and nearly $1 billion and creating Native village and regional corporations.

Correspondence between the Diefenbaker office and John Brundle, who has spent time on the Snake Island Reserve, with enclosed booklet entitled "The Rape of Snake Island Indian Reserve by the Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, and the Township of North Gwillimbury, Ontario."

Press release relating to the first Joint General Assembly of the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories and Metis and Non-Status Native Association of the Northwest Territories. Ten resolutions were passed concerning land claims, economic development, local government and education.

The author states in the preface: "In presenting this volume to the public, the writer has three objects in view. First, to give a concise description of the character of the aborigines of British North America; their superiority over many other pagan nations in intellect, oratory and generosity. Also, their increasing desires when brought under the influence of civilization, to abandon the wandering habits of the savage, and become agriculturists and citizens, and cultivate the habits of industry and frugality.

Chronology of the events leading the establishment ot the Indian Claims Commission in 1991. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Intended for research purposes, report provides access to summaries of each inquiry and mediation report and indexes key words for searching.

Reports include the Esketemc First Nation Inquiry, the Fishing Lake First Nation, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Inquiry and the Mistawasis First Nation Inquiry. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Northwest Territories Court of Appeal denied land claims based on Treaty 8 and 11.

Report by Lloyd I. Barber, Vice-President, University of Saskatchewan and Indian Claims Commissioner, discussing his role as commissioner, structures and approaches to settling land claims, and the role of the federal government to provide proper settlement based on the history of the Treaties. Item found in folder Indian Land Claims, 1973, 1974.

Book review of: Indian Country by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

Material gathered from a random selection of 500 items making reference to "Indians" during a nine month period.

This speech, given by L.I. Barber, Indian Claims Commissioner for Canada, at a Royal Society of Canada symposium on Amerindians, outlines the history of land claims in Canada and the negotiations occurring to settle the backlog of grievances relating to land claims. He also notes that Eskimo / Inuit concerns are only being recognized as a genuine concern in the early 1970s.

At Chiefs' conference in Prince Albert, Indian Land Claims Commissioner, Dr. Lloyd Barber, advises on the research and procedures for effective land claims.

Discusses the Soldier Settlement Act of 1917 and its impact on First Nations lands.

Extensive list of resources dealing with Canada and United States.

File contains a copy of the newsletter "Moose Call" distributed by the Indian & Metis Service Council of Prince Albert, September to October issue, 1965. The letter has a job posting for the Canadian Indian Centre of Toronto, a letter from a Kahnawake Iroquois Chief to the Indian Claims Commission, and a letter on moral issues and science. Also mentioned are counselling sessions, Native Brotherhood activities and A. A. meetings, among other things.