Self-Government
Chiefs Favor "Tinkering" with Act: Dorey
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 5, September 2001, p. 1
Description
Chief and president Dwight Dorey of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) advocates First Nations return to traditional tribal governing entities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
Chiefs Reject Executive-Negotiated Governance Plan
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 19, no. 9, January 2002, p. 6
Description
Reports on the varied reasons why First Nations chiefs rejected the Indian Affairs Minister’s proposed joint governance consultation process to change the Indian Act.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.6.
Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry: Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Mnjikaning (Rama) First Nation: Coldwater-Narrows Reservation Surrender Claim
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background of claim presented to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) concerning the validity of the surrender of the reserve to the Crown. No inquiry was conducted as the claim was accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy.
Commissioners include: Roger J. Augstine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Chippewas Tri-Council Coldwater-Narrows Reservation, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER.
Contains historical documents, draft reports and both the English and French inquiry reports relating to a claim alleging that the reservation had never been properly surrendered to the Crown. Commissioners include: Roger J. Augustine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Renée Dupuis.
[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.]
Citizens Plus
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Indian Chiefs of Alberta
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 188-281
Description
Also known as the "Red Paper". Written in response to the White Paper Policy, discusses the political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Citizenship, Land, and Law: Constitutional Criticism and John Milton Oskison's Black Jack Davy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kirby Brown
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Constitutional Criticism, Winter, 2011, pp. [77]-115
Description
Comments that although the narrative is imperfect in Black Jack Davy, it is a "story of quiet happiness".
Scroll to page 77 for article.
A City's Experience With Urban Aboriginal Issues
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Martin [Marty] D. Irwin
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses challenges facing municipalities and First Nations in the formation of urban Reserves.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Civilizationism
Alternate Title
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Murphy
Description
Critical analysis of Tom Flanagan's civilizationist theory which instead of supporting aboriginal self-government, supports assimilation.
Claiming the City: Co-operation and Making the Deal in Urban Comprehensive Land Claims Negotiations in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Christopher Alcantara
Jen Nelles
no. 3
Description
Looks at a case study of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation treaty negotiations in the Yukon Territory, and discusses a theoretical framework and findings to understand and explain other treaty negotiations involving municipal lands.
Clarifying Roles of Aboriginal Leaders and Their Staff: A Model Governance Policy
Alternate Title
Policy Brief (Institute on Governance) ; no. 27
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Graham
Policy Brief (Institute on Governance)
Description
Looks at managing the relationship between chief, council and band administrator.
Companion to policy brief no. 28.
Clearing Space : Diversion Projects Sentencing Circles and Restorative Justice
Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Don Avison
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, argues to have the confrontational, adversarial and antagonistic conventional justice system change and include control by Aboriginal peoples in select areas.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
Climate Change and the Warming Politics of Autonomy in Greenland
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 44-51
Description
Discusses the need for Arctic communities to prepare for changes caused by loss of sea ice, increases in coastal erosion, migration of animals important to livelihoods and extreme climate events.
Closing the Economic Gap in Northern Manitoba: Sustained Economic Development for Manitoba's First Nation Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Sandra Storm
Don Sullivan
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 49-108
Description
Argues that the provincial government must relinquish control over natural resources on unoccupied Crown land and share power with First Nations in order to ensure a strong and viable economy for Northern Manitoba.
Co-Management: An Aboriginal Response to Frontier Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 146-164
Description
Reviews changes to policies in Canada relating to Aboriginal land rights and management of traditional land use.
Co-management and the Politics of Aboriginal Consent to Resource Development: The Agreement Concerning a New Relationship Between the Government of Québec and the Crees of Québec (2002)
Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colin H. Scott
Description
Discusses the resource co-management regime of the James Bay Crees in northern Québec, and looks at co-management institutions within the broader context of nation-to-nation treaty negotiations.
Excerpt from Canada: The State of the Federation 2003.
Entire book on one pdf. To access paper scroll to p. 133.
Co-Management of Natural Resources in Canada: A Review of Concepts and Case Studies
Alternate Title
Rural Poverty and Environment Working Paper Series
Working Paper (International Development Research Centre) ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerett Rusnak
Description
Discusses organizational structure, mandated functions and goals, representation and participation of stakeholders, use of information and analysis and the approach to decision making of these co-management experiences.
Co-Management: The Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Joint Administration of Living Resources
Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of IASCP (International Association for the Study of Common Property) ; 2nd, 1991
TASO Research Report. Second series ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Peter George
Richard Preston
Description
Reviews systems of management; centralized, state level versus local-level, community based.
"Paper Presented at the Second Annual Meeting of IASCP, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 26-29, 1991."
Collaboration and Indian Education: Exploring Intergovernmental Partnerships between Tribes and Public Schools
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thaddieus W. Conner
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 53, no. 2, 2014, pp. 48-65
Description
Looks at relationships in New Mexico and Oklahoma using qualitative interviews with tribal leaders, quantitative data from survey of 150 Indian education directors, and secondary data on school district characteristics.
Colonial Fracture And Community Cohesion: Governance In The Stó:Lõ Community Of Shxw'õwhámél
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Thor Carlson
Description
Paper discusses three topics: the process of adopting the Siyá:m System of leadership, the limitations of the system as expressed by members of the community, and the government and missionary actions which isolated and curtailed the traditional inter-village family interactions.
Colonial Governance Rules Doomed to Failure
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, March 6, 2009, p. A9
Description
Contends that the Department of Indian Affairs has a plan to change the rules governing First Nations, but suggests that Native people should have the right to develop their own democratic self-government.
The Coming Crisis in the Aboriginal Rights Movement: From Colonialism to Neo-Colonialism to Renaissance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Daniels
Native Studies Review, vol. 2, no. 2, 1986, pp. 97-115
Description
Article provides a response to two papers which expressed the fears of loss of economic security and autonomy for Dene settlements.
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert.
Description
Comite / Riel-Ritchot de Saint-Norbert leaflet seeking funds to hold a celebration in St. Norbert, MB in [1985]relating to Manitoba entering Confederation in 1870, with Louis Riel and Father Noel-Joseph Ritchot being hailed as Fathers of Confederation because of their roles.