Federal
British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act, 1984, c. 2 [Assented to February 23, 1984]
Alternate Title
An Act to provide for the settlement of claims by Indian bands in British Columbia relating to certain lands cut off from their reserves
British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act, 1984, c. 2, B-8.3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Statute providing for settlement of land claims relating to property set aside before 1916 and referred to in the McKenna-McBride Agreement.
Budget Sufficiency for First Nations Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nasreddine Ammar
Description
Investigates whether increased budget would eliminate long-term boil water advisories. Analysis uses data from the 2011 Water and Waste Water National Assessment to estimate costs of upgrading systems as well giving information on evolution of expenditures over past decade and an explanation of how Indian and Northern Affairs allocates funds.
'Building Alternatives to the Colonial Relationship'
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 17
Description
Brief interview with a University of British Columbia professor regarding the Idle No More movement and the direction it will be taking.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.
Building Harmony
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Block
Description
Looks at the three main objectives of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner: recognize the past, resolve outstanding treaty issues and revive the treaty relationship through education.
Duration: 11:59.
Building Relationships or Building Roadblocks? A Look at the Winnipeg Urban Aboriginal Strategy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mai Nguyen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 1 & 2, 2014, pp. 54-87
Description
Identifies critical components that must be present for successful consultations with the Steering Committee and the Aboriginal community at large.
Building the System: Churches, Missionary Organizations, the Federal State, and Health Care in Southern Alberta Treaty 7 Communities, 1890-1930
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristin Burnett
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 18-41
Description
Looks at the evolution of institutional structures of western health care in First Nations communities in southern Alberta and the women who were central in the creation and operation of these facilities.
The Burden of Sovereignty: Court Configurations of Indigenous and State Authority in Aboriginal Title Litigation in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
North American Dialogue, vol. 17, no. 2, October 2014, pp. 64-78
Description
Shows how the Delgamuukw v. the Queen identified the authority of traditional hereditary chiefs to represent their communities against the state.
Bush Culture for a Bush Country: An Unfinished Manifesto
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. 192
Description
Discussion of implications for Canada, if Quebec were to leave Confederation and how Canada would still be required to fulfil its obligations to Aboriginal Peoples.
Cabinet OKs Church Offer
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 128, no. 9, December 2002, pp. 1-2
Description
Church's liability for residential school abuse lawsuits will be $25 million over five years, but agreement does not address cultural and language claims.
Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia, [1973] S.C.R. 313
Alternate Title
Calder et al. v. Attorney-General of British Columbia, [1973] Supreme Court Reports 313
Frank Calder et al., Suing on Their Own Behalf and On Behalf of All Other Members of the Nishga Tribal Council [...]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Argues that Aboriginal title had never been extinguished in territories around Nass River Valley, Observatory Inlet, Portland Inlet and the Portland Canal, in northwestern British Columbia.
Canada and the First Nations: Cooperation or Conflict?
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Canada and the Natural Resource Economy Series ; 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Douglas L. Bland
Description
Report looks at the real possibility of a confrontation between Canada's Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities based on five determinants.
Canada Apologises to Native People Who Suffered Abuse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wayne Kondro
The Lancet, vol. 351, no. 9097, January 178, 1998, p. 194
Description
Looks at the Canadian governments apology to their native people who suffered abuse and the fund that has been set up to benefit them.
Canada Elections Act
Documents & Presentations
Description
Document prepared by the Progressive Conservative Association outlining amendments to the Canada Elections Act. This includes a preamble and numbered (1-14) 'highlights' of the main changes. Number three relates to the right of Indigenous people to vote.
Canada Fur Watch: Aboriginal Livelihood at Risk
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.
Description
Paper discusses fur trade issues including: trap research, standards development, trapper education and trap replacement, all in an attemp to ensure that Canadian wild fur products will continue to have access to the European Market.
Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.
Canada – Indian and Inuit Communities – British Columbia
Alternate Title
National Atlas Data Base Map Series; map no. NADM-5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geographical Division
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Energy Mines and Resources Canada
Description
Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian reserves, and settlements situated on Crown lands by size.
Canada - Indian and Inuit Communities – Ontario
Alternate Title
National Atlas Data Base Map Series; map no. NADM-1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Geographical Services Division
Surveys and Mapping Branch
Energy
Mines and Resources Canada
Description
Shows inhabited and uninhabited Indian reserves, settlements situated on Crown lands, and other communities (distinct centres of population) by size.
Canada's Approach to the Treaty-Making Process: Background Paper
Alternate Title
Background Paper (Legal and Legislative Affairs Division, Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; no. 2008-45-E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Barnett
Description
Comments on the implementation of international treaties at the federal level.
Canada's Employment Equity Act: Effects on Employee Selection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne D. Leck
David M. Saunders
Population Research and Policy Review, vol. 11, no. 1, January 1992, pp. 21-49
Description
Argues the Employment Equity Act is not all that it could be that legislators should give this Act more power by introducing penalties for those who fail to comply.
Canada's Fiduciary Obligation to Aboriginal Peoples in the Context of Accession to Sovereignty by Québec
Alternate Title
Vol. 1: International Dimensions: Papers Prepared as Part of the Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
E-Books
Author/Creator
S. James Anaya
Richard Falk
Donat Pharand
Description
Looks at fiduciary obligations of federal government should Québec secede from Canada.
Canada's History Wars: Indigenous Genocide and Public Memory in the United Sates, Australia, and Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Journal of Genocide Research, vol. 17, no. 4, Special Issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide, 2015, pp. 411-431
Description
Introduction to the history of the Indian Residential School system, analysis of the history wars in the United States and Australia over indigenous genocide, and debates about genocide in Canada.
Canada's International Human Rights Obligations and the Tragedy of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julie Mouris
Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues: Digital Companion, vol. 1, 2014, pp. 32-47
Description
Summarizes statistics complied through the Sisters in Spirit initiative, discusses obligations arising from the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and provides timeline of reports and recommendations and the Canadian government's responses.
Canada's MMIWG2S National Action Plan Annual Scorecard: An Annual Report Outlining the Federal Government's Progress on Implementing the Commitments Made in Their MMIWG2S National Action Plan
Alternate Title
[NWAC Report Card 2022]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Rates progress in terms of its Action Plan developed as a response to the 231 Calls for Justice presented by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG).
Canada's Northern Strategy and East Asian Interests in the Arctic
Alternate Title
East Asia-Arctic Relations: Boundary, Security and International Politics ; paper no. 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
James Manicom
Description
Suggests the intersection of Asian and Canadian interests in the arctic are convergent and makes recommendations for Canada to safeguard its interests to enhance cooperation and sustainable development.
Canada's Sovereignty in the Arctic: An Inuit Perspective
Alternate Title
Northern Sovereignty and Political Geography in North America
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jean-François Arteau
Description
Representative from the Makivik Corporation discusses geographic, political, economic, environmental, and socio-cultural issues in the north.
Paper given at the conference Northern Sovereignty and Political Geography in North America, Washington DC, 2010.
Canada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879- 1885
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John L. Tobias
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 64, no. 4, 1983, pp. 519-548
Description
Argues that contrary to accepted wisdom, the Canadian government did not have honourable and just intentions, but violated treaties by refusing to grant the reserve lands that had been chosen and failing to supply the promised provisions. Instead Commissioner Dewdney used the courts, military and police to bring about political goals.
Canada Suicide Prevention Efforts Lagging, Experts Say
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 183, no. 1, January 11, 2011, pp. E27-E28
Description
Discusses the need for Canada to adopt the United Nations guidelines for suicide prevention in an effort to reduce deaths.
The Canada-US Border and Indigenous Peoples in the Nineteenth Century
Alternate Title
The Canada-United States Border and Indigenous Peoples in the Nineteenth Century
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger L. Nichols
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 40, no. 3, September 2010, pp. 416-428
Description
Describes the differing ways indigenous peoples were treated on both sides of the 49th parallel.
Canada: Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Alternate Title
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ; 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amnesty International Canada
Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador
British Columbia Assembly of First Nations
Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers) … [et al.]
Description
Joint statement submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 93rd Session, 31 July - 25 August 2017.
Canadian Aboriginal Communities: A Framework for Injury Surveillance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Marta Auer
Ragnar Andersson
Health Promotion International, vol. 16, no. 2, June 2001, pp. 169-177
Description
Evidence that the Aboriginal population is at a disproportionate risk for injury, but that there is little factual data. This particular study develops an injury surveillance framework that is culturally relevant.
The Canadian Crown's Duty to Consult Indigenous Nations' Knowledge Systems in Federal Environmental Assessments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen S. Crawford
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 3, Special Issue: Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change, and Environmental Stewardship, July 2018, p. Article 4
Description
Evaluates the extent to which the Environmental Assessment Expert Panel's review of existing regulatory processes and Canada's response in the form of proposed legislation in Bill C-69 actually addressed its duty to consult. Argues that the examination of documents shows that government's duty has not been fulfilled in either spirit or practice.