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Chief Asks Church's Support For Treaties

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 3, March 2008, p. 10
Discusses an aboriginal leaders request for the Anglican Church to back aboriginal Canadians demands regarding court rulings on treaty rights.
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Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
T. Christopher Aplin

American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2011, pp. 464-466
Book review of: Chief Loco: Apache Peacemaker by Bud Shapard.
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Chief Rod Okemow Refuses Treaty Gifts

Alternate Title
Chief Rod King Refuses Treaty Gifts
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 8, August 1976, p. 38
Chief Rod King, of the Lucky Man First Nation, declined medals and asked the Crown to honour the Treaty 6 promises at a commemorative centenary ceremony.
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Chief Walking Buffalo (John Diefenbaker) and his squaw Olive (Diefenbaker) talk to Indian children

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
unknown
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. John Diefenbaker (Chief Walking Buffalo) and his wife Olive are seen in the centre of a group of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. John wears a head-dress and Olive carries a beaded purse.
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Chiefs of Ontario Push For Fair Funding

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barb Nahwegahbow
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 10, January 2013, p. 17

Comments on reports from the Auditor-General of Canada and the Parliamentary Budget Officer that indicate funding inequity between First Nations and non-First Nations education systems.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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Chiefs Receive Support from Senators

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 11, June 30, 1975, p. 6
Indian delegates from Saskatchewan met with Federal Senators in Ottawa to relate provincial problems.
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Chiefs Right to Reject CAP as a Legitimate Voice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, January 4, 2008, p. A9
Author reflects on the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and argues that there is a need to strengthen the First Nations with eyes focused on the long term future.
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Chiefs Turn Up the Heat on Treaty Rights

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 8

Comments on issues of treaty rights and fair revenues from reserve resources, and discusses a contract between Onion Lake Cree Nation and an Asian government to build a refinery on Cree land.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Child Slavery in Canada’s Residential-School Prisons

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Sanders
Press for Conversion!, vol. 69, Fictive Canada: Indigenous Slaves and Captivating Narratives of a Mythic Nation, Fall, 2017, pp. 44-51
History of the end of one form of colonialism in slavery and the rise of another through residential schools in Canada.
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Child Welfare Funding Case: Timeline of Procedural Delays

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Rae
Lillian Boctor
Amanda Wright
Christopher Zawadzki
Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society filed complaint alleging that the Government of Canada is discriminating against children living on reserve by providing less child welfare funding than for other Canadian children.
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Children: The Silenced Citizens: Effective Implementation of Canada's International Obligations with Respect to the Rights of Children: Final Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raynell Andreychuk
Joan Fraser
Roceo Dallaire
Mobina S.C. Jaffer
Noël A. Kinsella ... (et al.)
Also contains the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child (Appendix B) and Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (Appendix C).
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China & the Arctic Council

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tony Penikett
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 77-[78]
Discusses China's observer status and their refusal to express support for the rights of the Arctic’s Indigenous peoples.
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Chretien Should Look For a Graceful Exit

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Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, June 10, 2002, p. B1
Compares Prime Minister Jean Chretien's unpopular relationship with First Nations communities to Paul Martin's vision.
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Church Invited to Join in ADR Process

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 8, October 2004, p. 7
Government asks for representation at Alternative Dispute Resolution process for former students of residential schools in Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
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Church May Appeal Share of Damages

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathy Blair
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 9, November 1999, p. n/a
If appeal is successful federal government would have to pay larger share of the settlement in lawsuit involving St.George's Residential School in Lytton, B.C.
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Church Receives $9.7 Million Refund

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marites N. Sison
Anglican Journal, vol. 134, no. 3, March 2008, p. 1,10
Discusses a reimbursement issued to the Anglican Church of Canada by the federal government due to a change in the agreement for compensation of residential school abuse victims.
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Church Woes in US Could Help Lawsuits in Canada

Alternate Title
Church Woes in United States Could Help Lawsuits in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 5, September 2002, p. 12

Discusses whether the federal government will choose to initiate alternative dispute resolution as opposed to litigation in resolving the 700 Indian Residential school lawsuits in British Columbia.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.7.

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Cindy Blackstock Speech, May 8, 2013

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Comments on the disparities between Canadian First Nations children and those of other Canadian children.
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Citation: Brown v. Canada (Attorney General): Superior Court of Justice - Ontario Division Court: Re: Marcia Brown and Robert Commanda, Plaintiffs and: The Attorney General of Canada, Defendant: Proceedings Under the Class Proceedings Act, 1992, S.). 1992, c.6

Alternate Title
Citation: Brown v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONSC 1583, Division Court File No.: 523/13, Date: 20150311
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
W. Matheson
Morris Cooper
Jeffrey Wilson
Claim on behalf of Aboriginal children removed from their homes (The sixties scoop) in Ontario between 1965 and 1984.
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Clarifying the Role and Responsibilities For Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation Within DND/CF

Alternate Title
Clarifying the Role and Responsibilities For Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation Within Department of Defense/Canadian Forces
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Osborne
Reviews important sections from the Supreme Court of Canada decisions in the Haida Nation v. British Columbia and related case Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. Minister of Forests.
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Closing the Gap Ministerial Statement

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kevin Rudd
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 34, no. 2, March/April 2010, pp. 25-29
Presents a speech, delivered by the Prime Minister of Australia, addressing narrowing the gap in life expectancy and life opportunities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Closing the Gap: Prime Minister's Report 2014

Alternate Title
Closing the Gap Report 2014
E-Books
Author/Creator
Tony Abbot
Outlines the targets made by the Australian government to close the gap in life expectancy, early childhood health, education, and employment between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Closing the Gaps in Aboriginal Health

Articles » General
Author/Creator
[Strategic Policy
Planning and Analysis Directorate
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch]
Health Canada
Health Policy Research Bulletin, no. 5, March 2003, pp. 1-41
Broad overview of the status of Aboriginal health in Canada.
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Co-location of a Government Child Welfare Unit in a Traditional Aboriginal Agency: A Way Forward in Working in Aboriginal Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Kreitzer
Jean Lafrance
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 34-44
Discusses family enhancement approaches that combine traditional worldviews and western theories of child and family practice, and the benefits for workers, families, and Aboriginal communities.
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Co-management and the Politics of Aboriginal Consent to Resource Development: The Agreement Concerning a New Relationship Between the Government of Québec and the Crees of Québec (2002)

Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colin H. Scott
Discusses the resource co-management regime of the James Bay Crees in northern Québec, and looks at co-management institutions within the broader context of nation-to-nation treaty negotiations. Excerpt from Canada: The State of the Federation 2003. Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 133.
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Co-Management of Natural Resources in Canada: A Review of Concepts and Case Studies

Alternate Title
Rural Poverty and Environment Working Paper Series
Working Paper (International Development Research Centre) ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerett Rusnak
Discusses organizational structure, mandated functions and goals, representation and participation of stakeholders, use of information and analysis and the approach to decision making of these co-management experiences.
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Coast Salish - Booklet. - 1966.

Archival » Archival Items
Booklet relating to the coast Salish people of coastal British Columbia, describing various aspects of Coast Salish culture such as daily subsistence, religion, shamanism, family life and legends.
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