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Local Governments and First Nations Consultation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Len S. Marchand
Description
General background information about the duty to consult, including pertinent court cases, and brief discussion of how the principle may impact municipalities.
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Moving Backwards: Does the Lack of Duty to Consult Create the Right to Infringe Aboriginal and Treaty Rights?

Alternate Title
Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy Research Paper Series ; no.13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shin Imai
Ashley Stacey
Description
Discusses two cases Neskonlith Indian Band v Salmon Arm (City) and Wahgoshing First Nation v Solid God Resources Corp both involving failure to consult with First Nations by a municipality and a private business.
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Municipal-Aboriginal Relationships: Case Studies

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing [Ontario]
Description
Objective of document is to help local governments understand Aboriginal rights, opportunities for engagement, and obligations when there is a duty to consult. Case studies: Teston Site Ossuary, town of Midland, Common Ground Working Group with Abitibi-Consolidated, Elliot Lake--Serpent River First Nation Memorandum of Agreement, and Belle Island and Kingston.
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Municipal Colonialism in Vancouver: City Planning and the Conflict over Indian Reserves, 1928–1950s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jordan Stanger-Ross
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 89, no. 4, December 2008, pp. 541-580
Description
Looks at the conflict of city planning with settler claims to Indian reserves in Vancouver, and discusses the municipal governments decisions regarding land-use planning, land claims, and their attempts to acquire and control the Kitsilano and Musqueam reserves.
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Municipal Governance for Northern Communities: Perspectives from Saskatchewan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Garcea
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 81-91
Description
Looks at three main aspects of task force: nature of the review process, the observations on need for municipal renewal, explanations of recommendations for municipal renewal.
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Natives Must Become Active in Urban Politics

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, September 22, 2006, p. A15
Description
Advocates greater participation in civic elections to reflect the higher proportion of aboriginals living in Saskatchewan's cities.
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Neither Citizen Nor Nation: Urban Aboriginal (In)Visibility and Co-Production in a Small Southern Alberta City

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yale D. Belanger
Katherine A. Dekruyf
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Article examines some of the barriers to the engagement and participation of urban Indigenous communities in municipal policy-making. Author asserts that racial and cultural stereotyping and discrimination against Aboriginal peoples and communities are key issues.
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[New Approaches to First Nation Infrastructure Development: The Nipissing First Nation Experience]

Alternate Title
Rural Ontario Foresight Papers 2019
[Northern Perspective: New Approaches to First Nation Infrastructure Development]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Amanjit Garcha]
Dwayne Nashkawa
Description
Outlines challenges faced in addressing infrastructure needs and gaps, and discusses how this First Nation went about planning and financing improvements.
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New Library Opening in Stages

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrea Ledding
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 7, July 2009, p. 22
Description
Looks at the opening of The Library on 20th Street in Saskatoon, the children's programming, and the content of the collection. Article located by scrolling to page 22.
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NMTA Needs Assessment: Building Administrative Capacity in Northern Saskatchewan's Municipalities: Summary of Findings

Alternate Title
Northern Management Trust Account Needs Assessment
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nola Buhr
Joe Garcea
Greg Poelzer
Description
Found that most municipalities were not meeting the Northern Municipalities Act's financial management and governance requirements. Data for report gathered through interviews with administrators, elected officials, representatives from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and the NMTA Board.
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Note: Implementing Aboriginal Self-Government Taxation and Service Responsibility in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Implementing Aboriginal Self-Government Taxation and Service Responsibility in British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert L. Bish
Canadian Public Administration, vol. 36, no. 3, Fall, 1993, pp. 451-460
Description
Focuses on the taxation of leasehold property as a method of gaining revenue and the ramifications of the number of actors involved (federal, provincial, municipal).
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Nuuk, Greenland: Site, Situation, and “The Law of the Primate City”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony J. Dzik
Northern Review, no. 48, October 18, 2018, pp. 3-32
Description
Defines a city’s “primacy” as having three factors: a large population in comparison to other cities in the country, economic preeminence, and symbolic of a national cultural identity and assesses how well Nuuk fulfills those criteria.
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Pathways to Service Delivery: A First Nations' Guide to Developing and Re-negotiating Municipal Service Agreements

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[URBAN Systems
Beyond Design]
Description
Includes four case studies: Tk’emlups te Secwepemc and the City of Kamloops; Tsleil Waututh Nation and the District of North Vancouver; : Musqueam and the City of Vancouver; : Cowichan Tribes and the City of Duncan; and Fort Nelson First Nation and Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
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Public Attitudes towards Indigeneity in Canadian Prairie Urbanism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan Walker
Loleen Berdahl
Erin Lashta
David Newhouse
Yale Belanger
Canadian Geographer, vol. 61, no. 2, 2017, pp. 212-223
Description
Uses 2014 survey data collected from non- Indigenous residents of seven cities. Respondents were asked about a stronger Indigenous presence in governance and public places.
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Report Concerning Relations Between Local Governments and First Nation Governments

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamera Services Ltd.
Description
Urban economic development; different tax treatment of Aboriginal lands; and cost recovery for municipalities has lead to a more complicated relationship. Discusses principles and recommendations for provinces and territories to help local governments and First Nations evade conflicts.
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Report on the Regina Urban Dialog: June 5, 2003

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government Relations & Aboriginal Affairs Division
Description
Outlines provincial Strategy of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations People (MOR) and discusses questions related to issues affecting Aboriginal people.
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Request for the City of Saskatoon to send a Representative to Batoche

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, February 19, 1980 regarding a request from Parks Canada that a representative of the City attend an open house on the direction of future developments at Batoche National Historic Site.
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[Response to the MMIWG2S Calls for Justice and Red Women Rising Recommendations]

Alternate Title
MMIWG2S Response Report: Response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice and Red Women Rising Report Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rachel Wuttunee]
[Shabna Ali]
Description

Purpose of the report was to review the recommendations from the two bodies, assess the extent to which the City has implemented the relevant ones, if it has been done effectively, and ensure better alignment in the future. Report begins on p. 14.

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