Federal-Provincial/Territorial Relations

Describes the people and events surrounding the Frog Lake Massacre (1885); includes extensive information regarding the genealogy of several Métis families and their connections through the North West Company and the Hudson’s Bay Company. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 63.

Discusses how a once marginalized indigenous group grows and develops into an Arctic political authority.

Book review of: The Indian Commissioners by Brian Titley.

Book review of: The Indian Commissioners by Brian Titley.

22 images (five scanned here) of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people at a conference in Saskatoon on November 26, 1980. Roy Romanow appears to be hosting the conference.

Overview of the history of health care provision to the Aboriginal population.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and polices of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record . Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

Discussion on organized Native response formed to force a judicial decision on land claims and protect Aboriginal rights.

Looks at the relationship between land, law and Canadian sovereignty.

Discusses workshop on Indigenous Population Health Protection held May 7-8, 2012 at York University.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding Canada's unfulfilled obligation to provide economic benefits; action commenced in Alberta against federal and provincial Crown. ICC recommended negotiation be delayed until court action resolved. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) whether Aht-Len-Jees I.R. 5 ceased to be a reserve by virtue of its dis-allowance by Commissioners Ditchburn and Clark, acting under the British Columbia Land Settlement Act. ICC recommended settlement be negotiated and fast tracked under the Specific Claims Policy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Discusses First Nations gaining provincial status as a means to self-government. Compares Federal position on self-government with that of Aboriginal authors.

Law Thesis (LLM)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.

Introduction and Documents regarding controversial Indian hunting rights stemming from the transfer of natural resources from the Dominion to the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1998.

Author discusses the challenges of Arctic sovereignty, and suggests that the development of an integrated Arctic strategy must include federal, provincial and territorial governments and Aboriginal organizations to improve the lives of the Inuit.

Comments on the four strategies used by the Inuit to reframe colonial logic in the Arctic.

Comments on the creation of Nunavut Territory and the benefits this presented to the Inuit people including renewed sense of pride, identity and autonomy.

Educational Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Alberta, 1992.

Concluded 1905 between the Crown and the Ojibeway, Cree and other Indigenous peoples of the territory. Includes Articles, Schedules, Report of Commissioners, Federal Provincial Agreement, 1907 Adhesion, and Order in Council. Crown text of Treaty reprinted from 1931 edition Queen's Printer document.

History and explanation of "Jordan's Principle" where the welfare of the child comes first, and governments work together for the benefit of the weakest citizens.

Brief account of fight against the Canadian government for their failure to implement Jordon's Principle. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 12 to read article.

Examines the case of Jordan, a young Manitoba First Nation's child with a rare neuromuscular disorder, who died in a Winnipeg hospital after federal and Manitoba governments could not agree on who was financially responsible when hospital caregivers wanted to discharge him to a specialized foster home care near his home Reserve.

Examines the historical reasons for treaties and comments on the failure of treaty implementation.

Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2003.

Looks at models that vary according to location and agreement between the federal, provincial/territorial and First Nations governments.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Ottawa, 1992.

Discusses jurisdiction, funding and accountability, education standards and language, and cultural traditions as foundational elements for a new system.

Looks at the challenges of TB prevention within the context of Aboriginal policy and the responsibilities of the various levels of governments.

Article advances the theory of how the Métis were assigned a exclusionary role after Confederation in 1867 and how this can be remedied.

Brief presented by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians to the National Conference on Native People and the Justice System.

Analysis of data from the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008 (FNCIS-2008).

Agreement signed on 19th February 2005 includes provisions regarding land set aside, land and water management, surface rights, natural resources matters, taxation, dispute resolution etc.

Discusses Inuit harvesters’ expectations of their land claims that influence their current resistance to ocean co-management within the Kivalliq (formerly Keewatin) region of Nunavut.

Discusses a new process for negotiations to work together and share resources until land claims are resolved.

Comments on the business and economics of arts and crafts. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.

Discusses how settler colonialism shaped the creation of the UN Regional Training Centre at UBC to reinforce the capitalist international order.

Manitoba's premier expresses annoyance at what he considers an intrusion into a provincial matter by the federal government over a proposed hydroelectric project.