Treaties
Sturgeon Lake First Nation Signs TLE Deal
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 7, July 2007, p. 2
Description
Looks at the economic benefits the Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement, approximately $10.4 million, will bring to Sturgeon Lake First Nation and surrounding communities.
Article located by scrolling to page 2.
Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Regarding the 5th Periodic Report of Canada
Documents & Presentations
Description
Outlines the economic, social and cultural rights of First Nations peoples and the measures adopted by the government of Canada regarding the rights to self-determination, equal rights of men and women, right to work, right to social security, protection of the family, protection of mother and child, right to an adequate standard of living, right to physical and mental health,and the right to education.
Summary of Conference Reporter: The Honourable Richard Scott
Alternate Title
Between Keewatin and Tsilhqot'in: Reflections from the Centre of Turtle Island
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Richard Scott
Description
Presented by Former Chief Justice of Manitoba, Distinguished Jurist in Residence, University of Manitoba.
Duration: 27:28.
Summary of Elders' Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
John Smith
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviewer John Smith gives his summary and conclusions regarding a series of interviews he had with a number of Elders.
Summary of Elders' Interviews
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Land and Land Surrenders
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
Summary of Elders Interviews -- Mineral and Other Resource Rights
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.
Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Support from Anthropological Sources
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
Summary of Elders' Interviews, Treaty 6
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynn Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.
The Supreme Court of Canada and the 'Legal and Political Struggle' Over Indigenous Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Sanders
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 22, no. 3, Special Issue: First Nations: The Politics of Change and Survival, 1990, pp. 122-129
Description
Looks at the changed direction the Supreme Court of Canada has taken on issues of treaty and aboriginal rights.
Survey of Documents Prepared by the Claims and Historical Research Centre
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claims and Historical Research Centre
Claims Research and Assessment Directorate
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Lists items held in the Centre's library. Categorized by topic and indexed by author and title. Most entries are annotated.
Sustaining Momentum: The Government of Canada's Fourth and Final Report in Response to the Kelowna Accord Implementation Act 2011-12
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Comments on actions taken in five priority areas: Education, Reconciliation, governance and self-government, Economic development, Empowering citizens and protecting the vulnerable, and Resolution of land issues.
A Syllabus for History after the TRC
Alternate Title
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Description
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history".
Current as of 2019.
T.A.R.R. Workshop -- Allan Wolfleg Oral Report
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses facts that have come to light in his interviews regarding Indian religion, land ownership, and attitudes to natives.
T.A.R.R. Workshop -- Louis Rain Oral Report
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Louis Rain
Indian History Film Project
Description
This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area wereanxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.
T.A.R.R. Workshop -- Richard Lightning Oral Report
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
The speaker tells of the difficulties he has encountered in meeting with other Indians to discuss violations of Treaty #8.
Tache McKay
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Tache McKay
Margaret Stobie
Indian History Film Project
Description
Tache McKay discusses his life and how he acted as interpreter for the Indian agents and doctors. No date given, probably in the 1970's.
Taku River Tlingit First Nation Wenah Specific Claim Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) on whether the Crown breached its fiduciary duty to the First Nation prior to reserve creation. ICC concluded Indian Agent failed in his duty to represent the First Nation's interests; and the claim should be resolved through negotiation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Talking Treaty in the Classroom
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather A. (Andrews) Miller
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 8, December 2002, p. 24
Description
Relates how the Office of the Treaty Commissioner have compiled a treaty resource kit that to aid Saskatchewan students in their study of treaties and treaty relationships.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.28.
Tar Sands: Environmental Justice, Treaty Rights and Indigenous Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Clayton Thomas-Müller
Canadian Dimension, vol. 42, no. 2, March/April 2008, p. [?]
Description
Looks at long term negative effects on Dene and Cree First Nations and Métis communities living near or on the tar-sand deposits in northern Alberta.
Taxation on the Little Portage Reserve: An Issue for First Nation Governance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Medd
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 17-22
Description
Fictional case study. Debates the merits of First Nations imposing taxes on Non-Aboriginals and/or Aboriginals.
Teaching Treaties as (Un)Usual Narratives: Disrupting the Curricular Commonsense
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Tupper
Michael Cappello
Curriculum Inquiry, vol. 38, no. 5, December 2008, pp. 559-577
Description
Examines the importance of treaty education by looking at what students know and understand about treaties and the historical relationship between First Nations and non-First Nations peoples.
Teaching Treaty Relationships: A Timeline Activity for Students
Alternate Title
Treaty Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba
Description
Uses date and relationship cards to educate students about First Nations and Newcomer interactions leading up to the signing of Treaty 1 in 1871.
Test Your Knowledge! It's Our Annual National Aboriginal Day Quiz
Alternate Title
It's Our Annual National Aboriginal Day Quiz
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 6, June 2008, p. 20
Description
Presents a 20 question trivia quiz, with answers, to test readers on their Aboriginal Knowledge.
Quiz located by scrolling to page 20, answers by scrolling to page 28.