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Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on

Aboriginal Peoples: People to People, Nation to Nation

Alternate Title
Canada. Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples : People to People, Nation to Nation: Highlights from the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Introduction to some of the main themes and conclusions in the final report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
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Highlights of the Marshall Decision

Alternate Title
SRSF Factsheet ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Social Research for Sustainable Fisheries
Focuses on direct quotations from the Supreme Court's decision respecting the case which dealt with the treaty right to fish for commercial purposes. The Mi'kmaw man had been charged with several offences under the Fisheries Act: fishing eels out of season, without a license and with an illegal net.
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Historic Signing Ceremony

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rodney Gopher
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 4, 1993, p. 2
Saulteaux First Nation of Saskatchewan celebrated the ratification of their Treaty Land Entitlement settlement with the federal and provincial governments.
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Historical Indian Treaties

Alternate Title
[Atlas of Canada, 6th Edition]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Map of treaties negotiated between 1725 and 1930.
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History of Canadian Indians: 1840-1867

Alternate Title
Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. V
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Duncan C. Scott

Overview of the history of First Nations people, with special attention given to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Topics covered include: education, legal status and the Indian Affairs Department. Excerpt from: Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. V, edited by Adam Shortt and Arthur Doughty.

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History of Canadian Indians: 1867-1912

Alternate Title
Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. VII
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Duncan C. Scott

Overview of the history of First Nations, dealt with by area: North-West, South Saskatchewan, Eastern Canada, British Columbia and Yukon. The author also has sections to discuss Sioux and Eskimo (Inuit)) issues. Excerpt from: Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. VII, edited by Adam Shortt and Arthur G. Doughty.

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The History of Fort St Joseph

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Wesley B. Turner
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 82, no. 3, September 2001, pp. 565-566
Book review of: The History of Fort St. Joseph by John Abbott, Graeme S. Mount and Michael J. Mulloy.
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History of Indian Policy

Alternate Title
Background Paper (Indian and Eskimo Affairs) ; no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Indian and Northern Canada
Policy Planning and Research
This paper covers subjects such as early administration of Aboriginals in Canada, the development of an Indian Policy by Confederation in 1867, the 1951 Indian Act, and the implementation of the White Paper in 1969.
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History of Modern Aboriginal Law

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Atkin
Sacha Paul
Highlights significant court decisions which established the principles of current law. Duration: 11:38.
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How the Prairie Chicken Society Originated

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
One Gun
Rufus Goodstriker
Indian History Film Project
Includes an inverview with One Gun who tells the story of the origins of the Prairie Chicken Society and who also tells of the breaking of the terms of an unspecified treaty (treaty #7?).
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Howard Contin (Meskiash) Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Howard Contin
Alex Cywink
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview where he briefly mentions "bear-walking" (curse by an evil medicine man).
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Human Rights and the Native Peoples of Canada - K. Lysyk. - Reprint. - 1968.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lysyk
The author, a member of the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, acknowledges serious violations of the human rights of Canada's Aboriginal and Inuit peoples and hopes the proposed Canadian Government's Indian Claims legislation will improve their quality of life.
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Human Rights Complaints

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Schulze
Dionne Schulze
Report for the PBLI Canadian Aboriginal Law 2013 Forum, held November 25 and 27, 2013 in Ottawa. Explains the Canadian Human Rights Act, sec. 67 and Aboriginal inequality.
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[Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples]: Study on Treaties, Agreements, and Other Constructive Arrangements between States and Indigenous Populations: July 1997, Reported to the UN for the "Working Group on Indigenous Peoples": Final Report

Alternate Title
Commission on Human Rights: Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities; Fifty-first Session: Item 7 of the Provisional Agenda
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miguel Alfonso Martínez
[United Nations Economic and Social Council]
Examination of the various aspects surrounding treaties or agreements between Indigenous peoples and the nation states.
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Hunting Rights Disrupted

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 12, December 1972, p. 2
Leaders from Keeseekoose Cote, Cowessess, Kahkewistahaw and Nut Lake draw up a resolution in support of First Nation's being able to hunt for food at any time of the year .
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The Impact of Delgamuukw Guidelines in Atlantic Canada

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James [Sákéj] Youngblood Henderson
General discussion of the issue of Aboriginal tenure, and through an examination of treaties between the Micmaq, Wabenaki Confederacy and the British Crown asserts that Aboriginal title has not been extinguished in Atlantic Canada. Excerpted from Beyond the Nass Valley: National Implications of the Supreme Court's Delgamuukw Decision.
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Impact of NAFTA on Aboriginal Business in North America [Session 2]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Valerie Phillips
W. Thomas Molloy
Claude Carriére
Lic Francisco Lopez Barcenas
Michael A. Speck ... [et al.]
Papers, presentations and proceedings from the conference Impact of NAFTA on Aboriginal Business in North America held in Saskatoon, Sk., May 28-29, 2001.
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Implementing the Treaty Order

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Youngblood Henderson
pp. 52-62
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, considers the authority and role federal, provincial and Treaty orders play in Canada and these three orders must work together for positive change to occur. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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The Implications of Indian Claims for Canada

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Lloyd I. Barber
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.
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Implications of the Recent Supreme Court of Canada Decision in: R. v. Marshall; R. v. Bernard

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith B. Bergner
Report prepared for Insight Information's conference Aboriginal Oil and Gas: Preparing and Planning for the Next Wave of Resource Development Projects, April 24-25, 2006, Edmonton, Alberta. With additional comments on: Haida Nation v. British Columbia and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia
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In Defence of Rakgo Mapu: Building a Case for Mapuche Self-Determination

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ben Morton
ĆELÁNEN: a Journal of Indigenous Governance, vol. 1, no. 1, 2004, p. [?]
Discusses recommendations that should be made to address the conflict between the Chilean state and Mapuche Nation including establishing an exchange program between the Indigenous Institute in Temuco and the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria, B.C.
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In the Matter of Bill C-6, An Act to establish the Canadian Centre for the Independent Resolution of First Nations Specific Claims to provide for the filing, negotiation and resolution of specific claims and to make related amendments to other Acts: "The Specific Claims Resolution Act"

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak
Commentary on Bill's shortcomings regarding the lack of a joint dispute and claims resolution process.
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In the Time of the Making of Treaties

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret R. Stobie
Manitoba History, no. 10, Autumn, 1985, p. [?]
Describes context and events surrounding the negotiation of Treaty No. 6.
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The Indian Act - 1876.

Documents & Presentations
Documents relating to the Indian Act, established in 1876; includes index. Excerpt from bound volume of Canadian Government annual reports.

Historical note:

In 1876, the first consolidated Indian Act reflected the Canadian government's preoccupation with land management, First Nations membership and local government, and the ultimate goal of assimilation of Canada's Aboriginal population.
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Indian Act and Treaties

Web Sites
Author/Creator
Agriculture in the Classroom

Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.

Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.

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The Indian Act of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard H. Bartlett
Buffalo Law Review, vol. 27, 1977-1978, pp. 581-615
Argues that Canadian Federal policy, via the Indian Act has failed to keep obligations that were made during treaty negotiations.
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