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Anishnaabe Government Agreement-in-Principle

Alternate Title
[United Anishnaabeg Councils Government Agreement-in-Principle]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
United Anishnaabeg Councils
[Government of] Canada
2004 Agreement between the Beausoleil First Nation, Curve Lake First Nation, Hiawatha First Nation and Moose Deer Point First Nation, the United Anishnaabeg Councils and the Crown (Canada). Purpose is to establish intergovernmental relations and structures for operation.
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Annotated Bibliography Aboriginal Self Determination: Are We There Yet?

Alternate Title
[ Aboriginal Self-Determination?: An Assessment of Enabling Legislation Permitting First Nations to Assume Some Degree of Control over Their Lands, Resources, Moneys and Development]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David K. Laidlaw
Includes: primary (legislation and jurisprudence case law) and secondary sources.
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Annotated Bibliography: Bylaws

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Denis John McDougall
Includes definition of bylaw, discussion of powers under the Cree Naskapi and James Bay Northern Agreement Act and Kwanlin Dun First Nation agreement, brief list of websites and sample residency bylaw.
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Apartheid Pressures Push Aboriginal Peoples to Edge of Extinction

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Matthew Coon-Come
Canadian Speeches, vol. 15, no. 3, July/August 2001, p. 37
Speech by Matthew Coon-Come, The National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, criticizes the United Nations' Draft Declaration of the Indigenous Rights of Aboriginal Peoples and argues that Aboriginal people continue to be marginalized in Canada.
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Appendix F: Nursing Practice in Aboriginal Communities

Alternate Title
Rural and Remote Nursing Practice: An Analysis of Policy Documents
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith C. Kulig
Elizabeth Thomlinson
Fran Curran
Deana Nahachewsky
Defines "remote", discusses transfer of health services control, impact on nursing, band-employed nurses, and educational preparation. Scroll to p. 126.
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Appropriate Technologies in the Traditional Native American Smokehouse: Public Health Considerations in Tribal Community Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Flanagan
Nicholas C. Zaferatos
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, 2000, pp. 69-93

Examines how the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community was able to build a ceremonial smokehouse and reduce the associated health risks, by applying appropriate technologies.

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Are Indigenous Peoples and Governments on the Same Page? Canadian Government Lauds Advances in Indigenous Rights

Alternate Title
Canadian Government Lauds Advances in Indigenous Rights
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Sinclair
Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, The International Decade of the Worlds Indigenous People, Fall, 2004
Presents a review of succcessful negotiations on land claims and self-government agreements, in Canada, to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations.
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Are Municipalities Creatures of the Provinces?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Warren Magnusson
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 39, no. 2, Spring, 2005, pp. 5-29
States that a reinterpretation of the Canadian constitution with respect to self-government must take place to redress past injustices against First Nations.
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Are We Really Sorry? Some Reflections on Canadian Indigenous Policies in the Early Twenty-First Century

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David T. McNab
Paul-Emile McNab
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 7

Looks at the First Nations Governance Act, the Ipperwash Inquiry and final report, Caledonia and specific claims policies, and the Kelowna Accord. Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies edited by Jerry P. White, Erik Anderson, Jean-Pierre Morin, and Dan Beavon, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

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ASK-ECDEV: Resources on Aboriginal Economic Development for Atlantic Canada

Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Electronic Text Centre
University of New Brunswick
Search site with extensive list of documents (some full text, some abstracts only) with links. Focus is economic development, but covers a range of other topics such as governance, education, and employment. Information is not limited to Atlantic Canada.
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Assembly of First Nations at Crossroads

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
StarPhoenix, July 19, 1996, p. A4
Argues that First Nations' sovereignty is based on two principles: reserve land and treaties.
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Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Secretariat Inc.

Web Sites » Organizations
Official site of AMC (Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs), includes information and links for stakeholders and potential stakeholders about child and family services, education, environment, gaming, policy, press, health, housing and more..
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"Assisting Our Own": Urban Migration, Self-Governance, and Native Women's Organizing in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1972 - 1989

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Janovicek
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3/4, Urban American Indian Womens Activism, June 1, 2003, pp. 548-565
Discussion of the Anishinabequek organization that provided services for women and children in an atmosphere that emphasized cultural retention and Indigenous pride.
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Atonement Among the Haudenosaunee

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Doug George-Kanentiio
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Fall, 2009
Looks at the fundamental elements of Iroquois society, and the founding constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, which provides an efficient institution of democratic governance, social and economic stability, and a moral equation to achieve peace.
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Autonomy and Legal Systems of Greenland and Nunavut

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Natalia Loukacheva
no. 1
Looks at traditional systems of social control to see if they can be tailored to fit existing legal systems as part of an independent legal/judicial system for the Inuit of Chukotka.
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The "Baby Andy" Report: Examination of Services Provided to Baby Andy and His Family

Alternate Title
[Baby Andy Review]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edadeen Bird
Raymond Shingoose
Gail Hartsook
Dorothea Warren
Child was 20-month-old who sustained severe and permanent injuries due to child abuse while under the supervision of the Montreal Lake Child and Family Agency. Panel made findings and recommendations in six areas: information sharing, staffing, case management, coordination of services, and government support.
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