Fiduciary Obligations

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Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry

Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Esketemc First Nation: Wright's Meadow Pre-Emption Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
p. 103
Description
At issue is the pre-emption of a meadow used by the Esketemc First Nation or as it was then known the Alkali Lake Band. The inquiry found that Canada breached its fiduciary duty by not protecting the meadow, which was clearly in the band's settlement lands. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Exile

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Zacharias Kunuk
Description
Inuit people relocated to the High Arctic in 1953 talk about their experiences in this documentary. Duration: 48:45.
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The Facts on Claims: What is the Indian Claims Commission?

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Brief description of why the Indian Claims Commission was established and what it does. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Fantastic Topographies: Neo-Liberal Responses to Aboriginal Land Claims in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Rossiter
Patricia K. Wood
Canadian Geographer, vol. 49, no. 4, Winter, 2005, pp. 352-366
Description
Analysis of the provincial Liberal administration's 2002 referendum seeking public decision-making on land claims. Article illustrates use of arguments based in economics used and by way of systemic bias disregarding historical context of issues.
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Feds Fail at Good Trustee Role

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, February 20, 2009, p. A10
Description
Comments on the failure of the Federal government to properly manage revenue trust funds for Aboriginal peoples.
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Feds to Abandon 30 Negotiation Tables: Minister Robert Nault Encourages Lively Debate on Proposed Legislation

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Feds to Abandon Thirty Negotiation Tables: Minister Robert Nault Encourages Lively Debate on Proposed Legislation
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 3
Description

Focuses on Minister of Indian Affairs’ decision to end ongoing negotiations with First Nations leaders largely due to time already spent and the inability to reach an agreement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.

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Fiduciary Obligations and Aboriginal Peoples

Alternate Title
The Law of Trusts: A Contextual Approach
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
Description
Chapter sixteen in book: The Law of Trusts: A Contextual Approach 2nd edition, edited by Jeffrey Bruce Berryman, Mark R. Gillen, and Faye Woodman.
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Fiduciary Relationship as Contemporary Colonialism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Yui Iwase
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 98-115
Description
Looks at the Supreme Court of Canada's tendency to characterize Aboriginal rights as arising from the Crown's fiduciary responsibilities, rather than being inherent.
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File Hills Chiefs to Boycott School

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 4, no. 6-7, August/September 1974, p. 9
Description
Discusses results of a survey from the Star Blanket Reserve wanting one federal school for four reserves in their area.
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First Nation and Métis Consultation Policy Framework

Alternate Title
Government of Saskatchewan First Nation and Métis Consultation Policy Framework
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Description
Replaces the Government of Saskatchewan Interim Guide for Consultation with First Nations and Métis People.
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First Nations and Self-Government: A Matter of Trust

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Don J. Manderscheid
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 22, no. 1, 2007, pp. 109-121
Description
Examines the fiduciary obligations between band councils and band members and argues that the current municipal model of band government is inadequate.
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First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health Care: The Crown's Fiduciary Obligations

Alternate Title
Discussion Paper Series in Aboriginal Health. Legal Issues ; no. 2
NAHO Discussion Paper Series ; no.2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Description
Uses historical analysis to argue that federal government has a clear obligation to provide health care to Aboriginals but has failed to provide adequate services.
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Women's Health

Alternate Title
Discussion Paper Series in Aboriginal Health. Legal Issues ; no. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Description
Discusses how the policies, laws and legislation of the federal government have led to the current health disparities.
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The Fiscal Body of Sovereignty: To 'Make Live' in Indian Country

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shiri Pasternak
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 6, no. 4, October 2016, pp. 317-338
Description
Examines how Canada investigated and distorted Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence's band finances as a way to discredit her demands that governments respect her community's treaty rights.
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Fishing Lake First Nation, 1907 Surrender Claim

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, bulletins, legal documents, transcripts, submissions and the English and French versions of the Final Report. [These files were created and compiled by the ICC and provided to the Indigenous Studies Portal in 2009 to make widely available in online format.]

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Forgotten and Ignored: Special Education in First Nations Schools in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Phillips
Canadian Journal of Education Administration and Policy, no. 106, June 7, 2010, pp. 1-26
Description
Looks at the federal government's responsibility for special education programs on reserves. Provides recommendations for strategies to develop a system to support students, teachers and communities.
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Former National Chief Leads Court Challenge [Bill C-61]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 4, August 2002, p. 1
Description

Looks at Federation of Saskatchewan Nations chairman of the executive council of the senate, David Ahenakew, who talked about legal action against the Crown, claiming Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault breached their fiduciary duty by increasing their control and power over the affairs and government of First Nations.

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Fraser Call Timely for Ottawa to Heed Treaties

Alternate Title
Frasers Call Timely for Ottawa to Heed Treaties
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, May 19, 2006, p. A13
Description
Argues that the Auditor General was right in chastising the Federal government for the lack of action on the First Nations file and pointing out the legal basis for Ottawa's responsibility to fund First Nations.
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The Fundamentals of Funding Healing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maya Rolbin Ghanie
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
Description
Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
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Gov't Stonewalling on Child Welfare Case

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, May 28, 2010, p. A13
Description
Discusses the inequity of federal funding to First Nations Child and Family Services Program in comparison to provincial agencies and off reserve child welfare programs.
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Government Setting a Trap, Says Professor [First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act]

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 6, October 2002, p. 2
Description

Analyses of the federal government's draft proposal of an act, seen by some, as an attempt to fore-go some fiduciary responsibilities by giving First Nations governments the right to employ taxation to their members.

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Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act 1986, c. 23

Alternate Title
An Act to approve, give effect to and declare valid certain agreements between the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band
Grassy Narrows and Islington Indian Bands Mercury Pollution Claims Settlement Act,1986, C. 23, G-11.4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Settlement agreement legislated between the Canadian Government, the province of Ontario, Reed Inc., Great Lakes Forest Products Ltd., the Islington Indian Band and the Grassy Narrows Indian Band.
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H1N1 Just One Epidemic Facing Indian Country

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, October 02, 2009, p. A11
Description
Discusses the difficulties regarding jurisdictional responsibility for the health care epidemics facing Aboriginal Peoples.
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Harry Daniels, Gabriel Daniels, Leah Gardner, Terry Joudrey and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples and Her Majesty the Queen, as Represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and the Attorney General of Canada: Reasons For Judgment

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Federal Court of Canada
Description
Federal court case to decide if non-status Indian and Métis should be identified as "Indians" under the Constitution Act, 1867.
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Health Benefits for Indians

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 5, May 1972, p. 12
Description
Reviews coverage of medical services that came into effect January 1, 1972.
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Historic Signing Ceremony

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rodney Gopher
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 22, no. 4, 1993, p. 2
Description
Saulteaux First Nation of Saskatchewan celebrated the ratification of their Treaty Land Entitlement settlement with the federal and provincial governments.
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History of Modern Aboriginal Law

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Atkin
Sacha Paul
Description
Highlights significant court decisions which established the principles of current law. Duration: 11:38.
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