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Cree Indians in North-Eastern Saskatchewan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Cutt Thompson
Saskatchewan History, vol. 11, no. 2, Spring, 1958, pp. 41-58
An account of the social and cultural characteristics of the Cree or Nehiyawak people, and the effects of colonization thereon as described by an Indian Health Services Nurse stationed with the Carlton Agency. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 41.
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The Criminal Code of Canada: A Review Based on the Minister's Reference

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. Archibald Kaiser
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Edition: Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 41-146
Lengthy review (100 pages), is a background study for the Law Reform Commission of Canada's report on Aboriginal Peoples and Criminal Justice; covers wide range of topics, both historical and contemporary, concerning the Canadian justice system's treatment of Aboriginal peoples.
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Crisis on Tap: First Nations Water for Life

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Documentary takes a critical look at the environmental public health challenge as expressed by First Nations peoples living in Canada. Duration: 30:15.
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A Critical Examination of Canada's Obligations Under the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Government's Actions and Omissions in Relation to the Investigation of the Hundreds of Missing Aboriginal Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew P. Ponsford
Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016, p. article 170
Comments on the inaction of the Canadian government and the international legal obligations that have repeatedly been neglected.
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A Critical Examination of Canada's Obligations Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Government's Actions and Omissions in Relation to the Investigation of the Hundreds of Missing Aboriginal Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew P. Ponsford
Journal of Civil & Legal Sciences, vol. 5, no. 1, 2016
Contends that Canada has not fulfilled the international human rights obligations to investigate the hundreds of missing Aboriginal women.
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The Crown’s Constitutional Duty to Consult and Accommodate Aboriginal and Treaty Rights

Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria Morellato
Outlines guiding first principles by examining significant case law as well as discussing the inherent right to self-governance and steps toward reconciliation.
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The Crown's Duty to Consult and the Role of the Energy Regulator

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Keith B. Bergner
Energy Regulation Quarterly, vol. 2, Winter, 2014
Provides an overview of historic treaties, modern treaties and non-treaty areas and how duty to consult applies to each group. Focuses on defining the role of the Energy Regulator in reference to the Crown's duty to consult.
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The Crown's Fiduciary Obligation toward Aboriginal Peoples

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Maria Morellato
Looks decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada in six key cases R. v. Gladstone, R. v. Van Der Peet, Marshall v. Her Majesty the Queen, R. v. Adams, Delgamuukw v. Her Majesty the Queen, and Halfway River.
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The Crown's Fiduciary Relationship with Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title
[Background Paper] (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; PRB 00-09E
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley

Overview of the unique legal and constitutional position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 to 2002. Revised version. Originally published August 2000.

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CRRF Facts About ... Leading Aboriginal Treaty Rights Cases

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Canadian Race Relations Foundation Facts ... Leading Aboriginal Treaty Rights Cases
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)

Discusses noted cases in Canada: The Queen v. Sikyea (1964) The Queen v. Taylor and Williams (1981) Simon v. The Queen (1987) The Queen v. Sioui (1990) The Queen v. Horseman (1990) Badger v. The Queen (1996) Marshall v. The Queen (1999).

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The Crutwell AMNSIS Local #66 recieve Ball Diamond Funds

Images » Photographs
File contains 3 negatives of the Crutwell, Saskatchewan Local of AMNSIS (no. 66) recieving $33000 from the federal government for the building of a ball diamond in the community. One scanned image shows members of AMNSIS local at the ceremony.
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Current Health Services, Chapter 3

Alternate Title
[Implementing the Vision] ; Chapter 3
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Chapter 3 of series looks at the health care system including limitations in decision making and governance. Duration: 5:52.
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Customary Water Laws and Practices in Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Nowlan
Discusses the country's water resources and the legislation used to manage them, customary laws and the legal interface between Aboriginal rights and statutory rights.
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"D" for Disturbance - Mrs. C. Wetton. - Newspaper articles. - January-February 1965.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
C. Wetton
A series of 16 articles written by Mrs. C. Wetton of North Battleford relating to the daily reports of the House of Commons of the activities of Louis Riel and others. The articles relate to events beginning on 16 March 1885, and ending on 1 March 1886.

Historical note:

Mrs. C. Wetton was a staff correspondent for the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix at North Battleford for 37 years.
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Dancing Around the Table, Part One

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maurice Bulbulian
Film about Conferences on the Constitutional Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada. Duration: 57:18
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Dancing Around the Table, Part Two

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Maurice Bulbulian
Film about the 1980s Canadian constitutional negotiations and self-government. Duration: 50:08.
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[Daniels in Context]

Alternate Title
Daniels: In and Beyond the Law
Harry Daniels and the Daniels Case: A Son's Perspective on the Man, His Legacy and Vision for a United Métis Nation
Threading the Constitutional Needle with Sinew of Métisland and Métis
[What Brought It On - and Did We Get What We Wanted?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tony Belcourt
Elmer Ghostkeeper
Gabriel Daniels
Maria Campbell
Speakers discuss struggles for Métis rights and recognition which led to Daniels case and the Supreme Court's ruling that Métis and non-Status individuals fall within the definition of "Indian" in section 91(24) of the Constitution Act,1867; Maria Campbell reminisces about leader Harry Daniels, who initiated the court action. Duration: 1:59:52. Presentations are part of the conference "Daniels: In and Beyond the Law" held at University of Alberta, Jan. 26-27, 2017.
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Daniels v. Canada: Origins, Intentions, Futures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Eliot Magnet
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 26-47
Discusses case involving Métis and Non-Status Indians. Plaintiffs sought three declarations: that the two groups are "Indians" as defined by the Constitution Act, 1867; that the Crown owes a fiduciary duty to them; and they have the right to be consulted and negotiated with as to their rights, interests, and needs.
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Data Colonialism in Canada's Chemical Valley: Aamjiwnaang First Nation and the Failure of the Pollution Notification System

Alternate Title
Yellowhead Institute Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vanessa Gray
Beze Gray
M. Fernanda Yanchapaxi
Kristen Bos
M. Murphy

Discusses the area of Ontario where 40 percent of Canada's petrochemicals are processed and refined and where full information about events such as spills, flares, air releases, and even everyday cumulative exposures is not supplied to the First Nation due to the industry-governed notification system and inadequate regulatory legislation.

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(De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Taylor-Neu
Tracy Friedel
Alison Taylor
Tibetha Kemble
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, January 31, 2019, pp. 65-87
Authors highlight ongoing narratives in how Indigenous peoples have been portrayed in Canadian welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present; discusses the ethical implications of representing Indigenous peoples as “non-productive” and therefor undeserving. Recommends a reformation of policy that is conscious of historic and contemporary colonial dispossession and disenfranchisement.
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Debate on Aboriginal People in the House of Commons

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Liberal Party of Manitoba
Challenges the Harper Conservative government on their failure to fulfil Canada's obligations to our First Nations and Aboriginal People and the dismissal of the Kelowna Accord. (7 minutes)
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The Debate on First Nations Education Funding: Mind the Gap

Alternate Title
Working paper (Policy Studies, Queen's University) ; no. 49
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Don Drummond
Ellen Kachuck Rosenbluth
Discusses the changes needed to the structure and funding of educational services to meet the needs of Aboriginal students.
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[Deciphering Inuit Land Claims]

Alternate Title
Front Page Challenge ; December 13, 1976
[Deciphering 'Eskimo' Land Claims]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Amagoalik
Pierre Burton
Gordon Sinclair
Betty Kennedy
Features activist who is trying to get claim settled before construction begins on the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 8:40.
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A Declaration of Indian Rights: The BC Indian Position Paper (excerpt)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Union of BC Indian Chiefs
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 13-18
Originally released November 17, 1970, this paper responds to the federal government’s White Paper, released in June of 1969. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs rejects the policies in the White Paper, reminding the government that changing or abridging the historic relationship between First Nations and the Federal Government requires consent from the First Nations.
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Decolonization, Not Patriation: The Constitution Express at the Russell Tribunal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma Feltes
Sharon Venne
BC Studies, vol. 212, The Constitution Express: A 40-Year Retrospective, Winter, 2021/2022, pp. 65-102
Examines the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) case presented in front of the fourth Russell Tribunal on the Rights of the Indians of the Americas in Rotterdam in 1980. This tribunal meeting coincided with the Constitution Express movement.
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Decolonizing Hydrosocial Relations: The River as a Site of Ethical Encounter in Alan Michelson's TwoRow II

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shaun A. Stevenson
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 94-113
Uses the Mohawk artist's video art installation to highlight differences in settler and Indigenous attitudes towards water in general and the Grand River in particular; explores contested agreements, and considers possibilities for a decolonized relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations.
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Decolonizing Indigenous Education in Canada

Alternate Title
Comparative and International Education: A Diversity of Voices ; Volume 20
Education, Dominance and Identity
The WCCES Series Post-Istanbul ; Volume 1
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
K. P. Binda
Mel Lall
Chapter in book: Education, Dominance and Identity edited by Diane B. Napier, Suzanne Majhanovich. To access relevant material scroll down.
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Decolonizing Policy Processes: An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis of Policy Processes Surrounding the Kelowna Accord

Alternate Title
An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Alycia Fridkin
Argues that inclusion of Indigenous peoples in policy decision-making is essential for developing policies that address health inequalities. Paper from An Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky.
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