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Assessment of the Impact on Aboriginal Business of Financial Support Provided By Aboriginal Business Canada

Alternate Title
Technical Report (Aboriginal Business Canada)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Vodden
Compares characteristics and performance of clients and non-clients of Aboriginal Business Canada. Key elements of comparison are survival rate after one, five and ten years of operation, profitability and employment creation record, outlook for sales growth and employment creation, and level of management skills, innovation and export-orientation.
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Assessment of the Industry Canada Aboriginal Business Canada (ABC) Program 1996-2000: Impact of Financial Assistance and Client Profile

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Goss Gilroy Inc.
Based on a survey of 364 clients, with the results broken down into six categories: youth entrepreneurship development, establishment of a new business, modernization/expansion of an existing business, trade and market expansion, Aboriginal tourism and miscellaneous.
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Atlas of Canada 6th Edition (archival version): Aboriginal Peoples circa 1823

Alternate Title
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Distribution of Aboriginal peoples at the height of British rule when the Hudson's Bay Company dominated the fur trade. Shows linguistic families, population and the extent of the area know to Europeans. Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
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Atlas of Canada, 6th Edition (archival version): Inuit Population, 1996

Alternate Title
Atlas of Canada 6th Edition, 1999 – 2009 (archival version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Resources Canada
Shows distribution, by census subdivision, of the 41,000 people identifying themselves as Inuit in the 1996 Census. Scroll down to choose options for downloading map and accompanying text.
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The Atlas of Canada: Aboriginal Population and Forested Areas

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Natural Resources Canada
Shows the distribution of the Aboriginal population (including Indians, Metis and Inuit) in comparison to the location of forests. Data from Atlas of Canada, 6th edition. Scroll down to choose download option.
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Atleo Pushes Actions Now Need to Follow Promises Made

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 4, July 2012, p. 16

Profiles Shawn Atleo who is seeking his second term for National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

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Auditor General Knocks Third-Party Managers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, February 20, 2004, p. A15
Argues that First Nations facing financial difficulty will move forward and develop more rapidly if present colonial measures are removed.
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Australian Race Relations 1788-1993

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Egloff
Aboriginal History, vol. 22, 1998, pp. 231-232
Book review of: Australian Race Relations 1788-1993 by Andrew Markus. Review located by scrolling to page 231.
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B.C. Indians Claim Compensation

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 7, July 1972, p. 6
Union of Chiefs receive no comment from Prime Minister Trudeau and Jean Chretien about a claim for compensation for the loss of their lands since the decision on the Nishga Tribal Council's court case is still in the courts.
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Background to the Nunavik Commission Health Recommendations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marc-Adélard Tremblay
Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 73-85
Summary of the background and main recommedations of the Commission in the area of health and social services.
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The Bagot Commission: Developing a Corporate Memory for the Indian Department

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Leslie
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association: Historical Papers, vol. 17, no. 1, 1982, pp. 31-52
Examines how an investigation into reforms needed to improve living conditions and reduce operational costs instead resulted in a permanent and expanded Indian Department.
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[Band Classifcation Manual 2005]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mathew Chan
David Dahm
Provides a list of bands in each region according to geographic and economic situation for the funding of Indian government support, education and social assistance. Includes remoteness and environmental indices.
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Band Government

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ray Sanderson
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 10, October 1976, pp. 42-43
Discusses various aspects of Indian Act revisions that will shift federal control to First Nations.
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Band Members Have Role to Play in Governance

Alternate Title
Introspection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 5
Looks at elections and the responsibility of individuals to be involved in politics by asking questions and demanding accountability of their elected officials. Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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Barriers and Levers for the Implementation of OCAP

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 5, no. 1, The Governance of Indigenous Information, 2014, pp. 1-11
Looks at the type of obstacles (legal, knowledge and capacity, and institutional) that obstruct OCAP (ownership, control, access, and possession) and the supports available (legal, policy, and knowledge) specifically in the context of data holdings.
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Barriers to Access to Health and Social Services for English-speaking First Nations Communities in Quebec

Alternate Title
[Appendix A: Portrait of the Situation for English-speaking First Nations: Accessing Health and Social Services in English in the Province of Quebec]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Coalition of English-speaking First Nations in Quebec (CESFNCQ)
Discusses broad issues and challenges as well as difficulties associated with residing in a predominantly francophone province and identifies key priority areas. Includes community profiles and results of survey of residents.
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Basic Departmental Data: 2003

E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations and Northern Statistics Section
Corporate Information Management Directorate
Information Management Branch
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Demographics provided include, health, education, social conditions, housing, self government of First Nations and Canadians living north of the 60th parallel.
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Basic Departmental Data: 2004

E-Books
Author/Creator
Christiane Gour
Demographics provided include health, education, social conditions, housing, self-government of First Nations and Canadians living north of the 60th parallel.
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Basics of ADR Process

Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 129, no. 5, May 2003, p. 2
Brief outline of the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedure for dealing with residential school lawsuits.
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Batoche Dinner - Royal Regiment of Canada - Toronto, ON

Documents & Presentations
File contains a copy of Diefenbaker's speech at the annual Batoche Dinner of the Royal Regiment of Canada, in which he speaks of the Riel Rebellion and of Indigenous peoples obtaining the right to vote and gaining representation in Parliament.
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Battleford during the Rebellion of 1885

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Saskatchewan History, vol. 38, no. 3, Autumn, 1985, pp. 108-117
Excerpts from the journal kept in the Sergeant Major’s office at the Battleford NWMP detachment in 1885. Entries selected from May 10 to May 24 and edited for publication. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 108.
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BC First Nations to Run Own Health System

Alternate Title
British Columbia First Nations to Run Own Health System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 183, no. 17, November 22, 2011, pp. E1227-E1228
Looks at an agreement that transfers the authority from governmental to First Nations with the goal being to close gaps in the health care of Aboriginal peoples.
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BC Treaty Commission

Web Sites » Organizations
Website includes resources, information, publications and reports on issues that are integral to modern treaty making in British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal rights, self government, land and resources, fishing, forestry and financial.
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Beardy Backs Mi'kmaq Fishers

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 8
Attempt to mediate dispute among First Nation, other fishermen and federal government over the right to trap lobster "out of season."
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Bearing the Burden: The Effects of Mining on First Nations in British Columbia

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard University
Discusses the environmental damage that mining, including exploration, has caused the Takla Lake First Nation. The paper includes an overview of international and domestic Aboriginal rights law; analyzes the problems mining raises for First Nations; and concludes that structural, procedural, and substantive legal reforms are needed.
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Behind the Scenes, Progress is Being Made, Said Bellegarde

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 10

Comments on the federal government commitment to work with Aboriginal leaders to improve First Nations issues including job creation and economic growth.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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Being Idle No More: The Women Behind the Movement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Febna Caven
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Discusses the grassroots movement that is challenging the legislative onslaught upon Indigenous treaty rights, sovereignty, and the environment.
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Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meyers Norris Penny
Guide provides Aboriginal perspective on "consultation in good faith" and outlines practices needed to gain positive results for First Nations in British Columbia.
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