Treaties

A background report prepared by officials from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Department of Justice. It describes the treaty principles and court decisions upon which previous land claims settlements were built, and the importance of "certainty" when defining the rights of Aboriginal people with respect to land and resources. The report argues that certainty is crucial for the future economic wellbeing of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.

Includes links to laws, regulations, land claims, treaty-making, self-government agreements and rights information system.

Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.

Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.

This is a continuation of an interview with Adam Solway on January 29, 1983 on the Blackfoot Reserve.

Adam Solway talks about treaty rights vis-a- vis the Canadian Constitution.

Discusses Chief Crowfoot and the signing of Treaty #7. Includes native language, drums and singing.

This address deals with three aspects of the Canadian Branch of Indian Affairs: the history and role of the Indian Affairs Branch, the special position of the Indian Canadian relating to treaties and the Indian Act, and with Indians and Indian Affairs in Saskatchewan.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 1970.

Chief Dave Ahenakew's opening remarks at the All Chiefs conference.

Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians warned the delegates of the 17th General Assembly of the dangers of losing Treaty rights by incorporating or signing education agreements. He urged them to press for a single service federal agency.

Book review of: Take My Land, Take My Life: The Story of Congress's Historic Settlement of the Alaska Native Land Claims, 1960-1971 by Donald Craig Mitchell.

Draft. Primary intended audience is teachers.

Interpretation of Treaty #6.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Lakehead University, 1993.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2007.

Describes traditional northern Indian lifestyle; the establishment of Wood Buffalo National Park; and requests for reserve at Garden River.

An interview with Alfred Mishibinijima who recounts the inadequacy of schooling on the reserve, the terms of the Robinson Treaty and the Indian agents of Manitoulin. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood ; interpreter : Ernest Debassigae.

Guide to accompany the virtual exhibit Through the Eyes of the Cree. Organized into four themes containing activities suitable for Kindergarten to Grade 12.

An interview with Antoine Alphonse who gives an account of his life. Interpreter: Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber: Joanne Greenwood.

Interview focuses on this man's loss of treaty status.

Examines essentialist, postmodern and critical identity theories analyzing each to discuss American Indian identity and intellectualism.

Lesson plan for grades 9-12

Discusses the Americanization of naturalized Indian citizens and federal Indian law

Book review of: American Indian Treaties by David H. DeJong.

Book review of American Indian Treaties by David H. DeJong.

Comments on Jay Treaty rights established for free border passage and the scope and application of the term "American Indian born in Canada" in today's context.

Collection includes over 2,300 original photographs, annual reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior from 1851 to 1908 and six Indian Treaties negotiated in 1855. Study questions suitable for use by K-12 teachers.

Viewpoint on Aboriginal and Treaty rights in the Canadian Constitution.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University, 1996.

Interview describes the struggles,over medicare for First Nations peoples, between Andrew Swimmer and the Federal Government.

Interview covers allocation of large areas of land to interviewee's father-in-law, and the subsequent sale of land by her husband.

Asserts that traditional Native American peoples and mainstream Anglo Americans embody different world views, creating problems for Native Americans who practice traditional religions.

Mr. Bear has worked for Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting company for almost 30 years and he talks about the many changes he has witnessed as well as some of his experiences.

Part 2 of Alan Corbiere lecture speaks about war and land ownership. Duration: 25:09. Part 1.

Discusses how the lack of recognition and respect of Aboriginal and treaty rights pose a barrier to maintaining healthy relationships between Anishinabek First Nations, government and police services.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2001.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Interview includes stories about a ghost priest and a non-existent camp. Also included is a story of how a lame boy's skill as a medicine man won him a chieftainship and a wife.

Interview with Antoine Lonesinger, who tells stories of escapes from Blackfoot and the use of spirits and evil powers.

Interview includes a biographical account of Antoine Lonesinger's life that includes stories about farming, trapping, house construction and the making of charcoal and lime. He also tells of the murder of an Indian Agent at the hands of a Blackfoot named Owl Eyes.

Interview relates entirely to the loss of treaty status by this particular family.

Examines the reserve system and the need to abolish this system of segregation within Canada.

Panel discussion between Sharon Venne, Patricia Seed, Harold Cardinal and Frank Tough.

Environmental and Life Science Thesis (M.G.I.S.)--University of Salford, 2004.

The author, a member of the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, examines the Alaskan model of settlement claims and suggests that this model would be useful with Yukon and Northwest Territories claims, but not with southern Canadian claims, because of the dense population and existence of a reserve system. Item found within folder 'XXXII-39'.