Treaties

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether the surrender was valid; whether Canada breached its fiduciary obligations. ICC found the surrender valid; that Canada breached its fiduciary duties; and the claim be negotiated under the Specific Claims Policy. (French language version) Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine and Daniel J. Bellegarde. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Historical background of claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the validity of the surrender of the reserve to the Crown. No inquiry was conducted as the claim was accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. (French version) Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

Examines how geographers have contributed to the authorization and execution of land claims.

Comments on how the Kitsumkalum people regulate and limit salmon fishing.

An interview with Ernest Debassigae who recounts the history of the Manitoulin Island Indians and problems with Indian agents. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

Retelling of concluding treaties in trickster style about how the First peoples of British Columbia lost their land, languages, fishing and hunting rights. Print version published by Talonbooks, 2005.

Book review of: Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life by James Daschuk.

Author discusses testimony he has given in treaty rights harvesting cases and land claims cases he has testified for and the outcomes.

Presenter speaks on the importance of the evidentiary record in proof of aboriginal title and non-title rights in Tsilhqot'in Nation and British Columbia. Duration: 35:24.

Comments on the treaty which involves signatories from five First Nations, the Province of British Columbia and Canada.

Qualitative study involved nine participants drawn from both public and Catholic school divisions, and a First Nations controlled system. Themes which emerged are grouped under strategies, alignments, opportunities and challenges.

Produced in reaction to Malcolm Colin Cameron's accusations of immorality and incompetency on the part of Indian Affairs officials. Large part of document is spent rebutting "misstatements" and "inaccuracies" about the quality and quantity of farm implements, clothing, and food. Also responds to allegations that Indian agents are purchasing or "living in adultery" with Indigenous women. Language and attitude indicative of Department's racism.

Brief introduction to history of treaties in Canada. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Brief introduction to claims which arise from the government's failure to set aside land as promised in a Treaty. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Contends that United States has failed to meet treaty obligations to Native nations or meet international obligations of human rights within the context of Native women's health.

Book review of: Fate of a Free People by Henry Reynolds. Review located by scrolling to page 211.

Comments on the concern and discontent the Oblates felt about the treaty process.

Discussion on federal accountability laws, related policies and procedures, and the Tsawwassen Final Agreement.

Reviews the proposal that Aboriginal and Treaty rights need to be recognized in the Canadian body of law.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1991.

Discusses Indian Affairs Branch decision to advocate for limited exemption from overseas combat service in cases where verbal agreements had been reached concerning military participation during the course of negotiations for Treaties 3,6,8, and 11.

Summary of 141 recommendations.

Assessment of the costs and benefits associated with the conclusion of the Nisga'a Final Agreement, the implications of the terms of that Agreement for future negotiations, as well as impacts of treaty settlements and self-government generally in the province.

Compares studies on the costs and benefits of the treaty settlement process, looks at the settlement model, and impacts of finances, economics and pace of settlement process.

Examines current provincial policies and identifies changes needed to improve relations between municipalities and Aboriginal communities.

Book review of Finding Kluskap by Jennifer Reid.

Detailed lesson plan (two class periods) for intermediate/senior level.

Field test draft.

Website contains links, some with access to the full text of presentations, from a conference which explores intellectual thought and cultural development of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Many of the presenters were Canadian.

Identifies four goals as the basis for building understanding and nurturing appreciation: treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical contexts of treaties and treaty promises and provisions.

Author's own list of top 10 worst Canadians and why they are on his list.

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, challenges the beliefs held by the mainstream justice system. 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.

Presents a case law summary of the major Aboriginal rights and title litigation, and presents an outline of the resulting Forest and Range agreements that British Columbia has entered into with community members.

Indigenous Governance Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.

Discusses Aboriginal rights and working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities to equitably share in the benefits of resource development. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.

70 images (15 scanned here) of First Nations and government officials signing a land treaty agreement in Prince Albert on May 26 1981.

Field test draft.

Shadow report submitted to the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding Canada's 19th and 20th reports on the United Nations' International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

Topics include the implications of the Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions, duty to consult, provincial treaty obligations, and proposed federal land claims policy.

Focuses on duty to consult and Indigenous rights.

Describes First Rider (Bill Heavy Runner)'s understanding of promises made in Treaty #7 and how they were later broken.

Book review of: Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights compiled by James M. McClurken.

Reviews court cases trying to clarify Indian salmon fishing treaty rights and Judge Boldt's decision in the case of United States v Washington.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.S.)--Wilfred Laurier University, 1998.

Describes the reaction to the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding Mi'kmaq fisherman Donald Marshall and how the media can shape public opinion.

A photograph of five Indian men, 4 standing wearing ceremonial dress, (buckskin with beadwork, headdresses), one seated in western suit and long braid. Probably taken in Carlton at a Treaty celebration.

Looks at characteristics and meaning of Aboriginal fishing rights within context of in Canadian law and goals of effective management and fair distribution.

Describes the resistance of Nekaneet (Foremost Man or Front Man) and those that followed him, to the attempts of the Canadian government to settle the First Nations onto reserves. Argues that Nekaneet’s goal was a reserve in the Cypress Hills. Entire issue on one .pdf scroll to page 94

Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2008.