An examination of the need for, flaws and impact of amendment Bill S-3 to the Indian Act in 2017.

Presents key issues and discussion, with emphasis on the Northern Gateway Project.

At issue is the pre-emption of a meadow used by the Esketemc First Nation or as it was then known the Alkali Lake Band. The inquiry found that Canada breached its fiduciary duty by not protecting the meadow, which was clearly in the band's settlement lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Examines the way in which racialized ethnic immigrants were able to gain access to land, state support, and upward mobility by participating in the colonial agenda of Indigenous suppression through voluntary military service.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2015.

Correspondence between Prime Minister Diefenbaker and the executive of the Eskimo Affair Committee.

Looks at the history, economics and the quality of soapstone carving.

Examines the need for an auditor general, potential benefits, and options for design and establishment of the institution as part of a new fiscal relationship between First Nations and the Government of Canada.

Provides description of program and evaluation, and reports findings under five issues: continued need for the program; alignment with government and First Nation priorities; alignment with Federal roles and responsibilities; achievement of expected outcomes; and demonstration of economy and efficiency.

Primary source of information is the survey of dwellings conducted in 1984 in conjunction with Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Secondary sources include documentation from CMHC field offices, administrative files, and related material, as well as responses gathered through consultations conducted by the National Indian Housing Council and the Assembly of First Nations.

Includes description of program and evaluation methodology and assessment in terms of continued need for program, alignment with government priorities, alignment with Federal roles and responsibilities, achievement of expected outcomes, and efficiency and economy.

Comments on the relevance and the performance of the Clinical and Client Care Program (CCP)

Looks at different sources of market and government capital made available to Indigenous economies from 1975 to 2013. Research shows that conventional market sources of capital have overtaken government transfers as main source of economic development capital.

Looks at figures from Public Accounts for federal departments of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Health Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, and provincial governments' expenditures.

Senior Counsel for the Family, Children and Youth Section of the Department of Justice appeared before the Committee.

Representatives from Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , Department of Public Safety, and Statistics Canada appeared before the Committee.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Denver, 2001.

Discusses how Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) Secretary (1936-52), Thomas Robert Loftus (T.R.L.) MacInnes created and used racializing narratives to respond to Indigenous peoples’ resistance to assimilation and promoted “Indian executions” as a means to address “the problem.”

Concludes that four problems must be addressed: level of commitment to self-government by other governments, clear policy and process to achieve recognition for the purpose of negotiations, issues related to funding and other resources, and the need for mechanisms for longer term relations.

Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Tasmania, 2009.

Study looks at unmet expectations of apology for improved quality of life, level of perceived discrimination, and intergroup trust.

Discusses how the mountaineers narratives associated with the Yukon Alpine Centennial Expedition can offer insights to an epistemology of place where landscapes, nature and culture exist as an integrated entity.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2006.

Based on data from Equality, Security, and Community (ESC) survey. Chapter one from Voting, Governance, and Research Methodology edited by Jerry P. White, Julie Peters, Dan Beavon, and Peter Dinsdale Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

Discusses the ongoing evolution of the Artic Council which formed in 1996 and includes Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and the United States; notes that despite increasing capacity through funding and creation of a permanent secretariat, institutional powers remain limited.

Describes the amendments, the additions necessary to the Indian Act to accomplish the changes and the impacts of the proposed amendments.

Overview of process to identify, examine and discuss broad issues of registration, membership and citizenship beyond the amendments to Bill C-3. Included participation of 20 organizations resulting in 55 national, regional and local First Nation and Métis organizations taking part.

Focuses on functions, principles and options in six areas: managing overall relationship, accountability-review mechanisms, data management, tax assessment and collection, capital borrowing, and capacity development. Produced to assist Fiscal Relations Table composed of Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, (SFIN), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) and the Government of Saskatchewan.

Canadian Studies And Native Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2007.

Detailed overview of the work performed by Assembly of First Nations under contract to Elections Canada. Also identifies 10 recommendations that would have a positive effect on First Nations electoral turnout.

Includes discussion of friction in the East coast fishery and issues in post-secondary education, interviews with leaders from the Prairies, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories, and commentaries. Also includes statistics from survey of Canadian's attitudes about important Aboriginal issues.

Discusses the law passed in 1978 as result of actions initiated by the Devils Lake Sioux in collaboration with the Association on American Indian Affairs (AIAA); the objective was to reverse the trend of out-of-home placement, and in particular trans-racial placements.

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File includes a letter from Ellen Fairclough to Prime Minister Diefenbaker mentioning that she would like to talk to him about Saskatchewan Indians.

Survey sample contains a total of 1,606 completed interviews, including oversample of 200 youth. In addition, eight focus groups comprised of 12 youth were conducted. Topics included education, health, employment, television programming on APTN, and internet connectivity.

Audit covered the period between 1 January 2012 and 31 March 2015.

Questions why the Canadian government would want to eliminate an entire culture and what role did the residential schools serve in this policy.

Discusses the rate of imprisonment of Aboriginal women and that gendered violence is three and a half times greater in Aboriginal communities.

Looks at the strengths and limitations of the Siyá:m System of leadership, and discusses the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.

Initiative of the Federal government to deal with 12 thousand residential school lawsuits by having an alternative dispute resolution system. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section Duration: 2:19.

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.

Contends that funds for housing, health care, and skills training are not enough.

Discusses the health-related allocations of the 2018 Canadian Federal Budget, including: Tuberculosis prevention and treatment, culturally informed addiction treatment, clean drinking water on reserves, a Métis national health strategy, medical services in remote communities.