Federal-Provincial/Territorial Relations

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Letter from the Methodist Missionary Society to the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs Respecting British Columbia Troubles: With Affidavits, Declarations, etc.

E-Books
Author/Creator
A. Carman
J.A. Williams
A. Sutherland
Includes extensive appendices of statements from chiefs and religious representatives attached to the letter expressing expressing concerns about a wide range of issues including government policy application, conduct and breach of promises by Indian Agents, relationship between missionaries, government and Indian Agents, potlatch law, survey of First Nations lands, Commission and other matters.
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Letter of Understanding Between her Majesty in the Right of Canada and Her Majesty in the Right of Saskatchewan and Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Government of Saskatchewan
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN)
Agreement will provide consistency and build on treaty relationships, recognize First Nations authority, and provide effective governance and program delivery.
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Life on the 18th Hole

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Neel
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 132-139
Looks at the milestones of the Oka stand-off and the struggle for change
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Life Stories of Inuit Leaders: Inuit Voices in the Making of Nunavut

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thierry Rodon
Louis McComber
Five narrators comment on the transformation to the way of life of Inuit people due to the arrival of government services. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Listen Up and Hear Us

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 5

Brief article on the protest of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) by the Batchawana First Nation.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Local Control Over Aboriginal Health Care Improves Outcome, Study Indicates

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Webster
Canadian Medical Association, vol. 181, no. 11, November 24, 2009, pp. 249-250
Examines the reluctance of the federal government to invest in local nursing stations within Aboriginal communities, and looks at evidence that suggests First Nations control of health care leads to better health.
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Long Term Evaluation of the Health Transfer Initiative: Major Findings

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rick Browning
Adje van de Sande
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Incorporating Traditional Values in Social Work, April 1999, pp. 153-162
Summarizes the major findings of a study conducted by the Institute for Human Resource Development for Medical Services Branch to transfer control of health services and budgets to First Nations communities.
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Lubicons Pressured to Give Up Self-Determination

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker , vol. 24, no. 12, March 2007, p. 10

Questions the federal governments' push to regionalize sewer, water and education on unceded lands, thereby hindering Lubicon self-determination.

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

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A Measured Sovereignty: The Politics of Nation-Making in British Columbia

Alternate Title
A Measured Sovereignty The Politics of Nation Making in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Woolford
R. S. Ratner
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 24, no. 2, 2004, pp. 283-316
Argues that within the British Columbia Treaty Process, there are two radically different positions regarding self-determination; the First Nations focus on sovereignty and the non-Aboriginal focus on integration within the neoliberal state.
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Memorandum of Understanding Establishing a Fiscal Relations Table Between Her Majesty in the Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Her Majesty in the Right of Saskatchewan as represented by the Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs and Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations as represented by the Chief of the Federation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Government of Saskatchewan
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN)
Frame work for developing relations with Federal, Provincial and First Nations jurisdictions to support First Nations government.
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Métis Lands in Manitoba

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Diane P. Payment
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 356-358
Book review of: Métis Lands in Manitoba by Thomas Flanagan.
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Métis Lands in Manitoba

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stephen G. Sliwa
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, Winter, 1992, p. 212
Book review of: Métis Lands in Manitoba by Thomas Flanagan.
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Métis Lands in Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerhard Ens
Manitoba History, no. 5, Spring, 1983, p. [?]
Examines the province's failure to protect the Métis' entitlement once it had been received.
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Minutes of the North-West Council 1873-74

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alexander Morris
North-West Council
Saskatchewan History, vol. 13, no. 1, Winter, 1960, pp. 25-30
Includes speech by the Lieutenant-Governor, and minutes of the four meetings which took place March 8, 1873 – March 12, 1874. Includes recommendations for treaty-making with the First Nations (“Indians”) and the Métis (“Half Breeds”) and other issues pertaining to settling the North-West Territories. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 25.
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Missing Pathways to Self-Governance: Aboriginal Health Policy in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Josée G. Lavoie
Annette J. Browne
Colleen Varcoe
Sabrina Wong
Alycia Fridkin ... [et al.]
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, January 2015, pp. 1-18
Discusses the shift in health policy and self-government discussions in British Columbia, Ontario and New Zealand.
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Mixing Politics and Business in the Canadian Arctic: Inuit Corporate Governance in Nunavik and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary N. Wilson
Christopher Alcantara
Canadian Journal of Political Science, vol. 45, no. 4, December 2012, pp. 781-804
Discusses how corporate approach has allowed the Inuit to develop the economic and political capacity necessary to implement future self-government structures and arrangements.
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"Mr. Dewdney, Chief of the Indian Department"

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Sydney Hall
Photograph of a portrait sketch by Sidney Hall.

Historical note:

Mr. Shepherd was a farmer, author and curator of the Western Development Museum, Saskatoon. His papers consist of personal correspondence, 1938-1977, subject files, 1933-1977; books, 1961-1977 and newspapers. Among the subject files are ones on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Cypress Hills area, Sioux Indians, and the Western Development Museum. The Books section is mainly about books he wrote.
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A National Legacy Framework for Comprehensive Sustainable Access to Mental Health Services for Indigenous Children and Youth Mental Health in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Walker
Sandra Harris
Jennie
Thomas
Miranda Mae Phillips
Andjelka Stones
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 145-164
Authors conduct a review of literature relating to the disparity experienced by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit youth in need of metal heath care and discusses systemic issues that need to be addressed in order to provide equity of care.
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Native Child Care in Canada

Alternate Title
Background Paper (Library of Parliament, Research Branch) ; BP-284E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helen McKenzie
"This paper provides a very brief background to the issue, discusses the need for special native child care provisions, and outlines the kind of programs that exist at the present time."
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Native Intelligence

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Janigan
Maclean's, vol. 115, no. 4, January 28, 2002, p. 47
Describes economist John Richards' look at funding and changes necessary such as increasing educational achievements and decreasing reliance on welfare.
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Native Migrant Labour in the Southern Alberta Sugar-beet Industry: Coercion and Paternalism in the Recruitment of Labour

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Laliberte
Vic Satzewich
Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, vol. 36, no. 1, February 1999, pp. 65-85
Looks at the employment of Aboriginal workers in Alberta during the 1950's and 1960's and describes migrant labour policies as well as public welfare programs.
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Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) Companion Document: First Ministers' Meeting (FMM), Kelowna, British Columbia November 24-25, 2005

Alternate Title
First Ministers' Meeting on Aboriginal Issues: Companion Document
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada
Discusses the culmination of year-long negotiations between Aboriginal Peoples, Government of Canada, and Provincial and Territorial Governments regarding Aboriginal women's issues.
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Natives Plan to Protest 'Immoral' Health Care Cuts

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jason Lothian
Edmonton Journal, October 21, 1993, p. B3
Comments by the director of operations for the Alberta Indian Health Care Commission that the proposed cuts are immoral; article also mentions the Medicine Chest clause.
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Negative Capability: of Provinces and Land Reserves for the Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kerry Wilkins
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring, 2002, pp. 57-111
Discusses Federal versus Provincial powers over "land reserved for the Indians" which may include not only Reserves, but any land subject to claims of Aboriginal title.
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[Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government: Developments Surrounding the 1985 First Minister's Conference]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark Stevenson
Native Studies Review , vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 154-156
Book review of: Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government by David c. Hawkes. Erratum: In vol. 2 no.2, the author of the review of David Hawkes's book, Negotiating Self-Government was mistakenly identified as Mark Stevason. The correct spelling is Mark Stevenson.
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New Era Talk in B.C. Is a Page From the Fed's Book

Alternate Title
New Era Talk in British Columbia Is a Page From the Fed's Book
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 4, August 2002, p. 10

Comments on the treaty talks between First Nations peoples and British Columbia government. 

Continuation of article on page 6 entitled Does the New Language Mean a New Approach?

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

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The New Relationship

Documents & Presentations
Agreement to improved government relations with Aboriginal communities regarding decisions about land use, resource use and revenue-sharing in British Columbia.
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