Specific

Final Report concludes that Canada (the Crown) did not breach Treaty 1 when it permitted a surrender of the Band's reserve land. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Statute regarding settlement of land entitlement of select First Nations in Saskatchewan including: Keeseekoose, Muskowekwan, Ochapowace, Okanese, Piapot, Star Blanket, Yellowquill, Beardy's & Okemasis, Flying Dust, Little Pine, Moosomin, Mosquito Grizzly Bear's Head, Muskeg Lake, One Arrow, Pelican Lake, Red Pheasant, Saulteaux, Sweetgrass, Thunderchild, Witchekan Lake, Canoe Lake and English River and Nekaneet First Nation.

Negotiated settlement to end outstanding Treaty land entitlements for 26 Bands in Saskatchewan.

Questions whether land acquisition was for personal gain or for the benefit of the Djadja Wurrung.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Diego, 1985.

Presentation states knowledge, thoughts, and concerns about the Specific Claims Resolution Act. Reproduction is a copy of an official work that is published by the Government of Canada and it is reproduced in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the Government of Canada.

Outlines the types of claims that provide First Nations the money to buy land or the ability to select Crown land.

Background of the SCTA and a review of the mandate, structure and operations of the tribunal.

Brief overview of claims, the process, and issues related to failure to deal with claims and fulfil obligations.

Looks at a policy statement and process guide that reflects the developments and consistency of language between the Specific Claims Policy and the Specific Claims Tribunal Act.

Brief outline of the five steps and related terms.

States purpose of the Act is to establish the Centre, including the Commission to help First Nations and the Crown resolve specific claims.

Background to Treaty 4 and current entitlement.

Examines the validity of a surrender given that a majority of the eligible voters had not been present at the 1913 surrender meeting. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding whether Canada breached its duties to the Band in 1982 by failing to comply with the Indian Act provisions for leasing reserve land. However, ICC may only hear claims rejected by Canada 15 or more years ago. ICC did recommend the "15-year rule" be repealed. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the lawfulness of the surrender of IR 7 to the Crown for sale to the Soldier Settlement Board. ICC recommended that there be joint research into whether the Band received fair market value for their land in 1919 and if not the Band should receive compensation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Reviews the Indian Specific Claims Commission and history of the claims process.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) on whether the Crown breached its fiduciary duty to the First Nation prior to reserve creation. ICC concluded Indian Agent failed in his duty to represent the First Nation's interests; and the claim should be resolved through negotiation. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Recalls struggles, both in the past and currently, to retain local Pueblo control of what is considered the source of all Taos life.

Indian Claims Commission will look at specific inquiries in the La Ronge area.

Text address given by member of litigation team, at the University of British Columbia, 9 April 1991, about testimony at the Delgamuukw court case.

Details the history of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation.

Camp was initially set up in Awenda Provincial Park by a small group opposing the surrender of land in the resolution of the Coldwater Narrows Land Claim within the Specific Land Claims process. It occupies the land in order to reclaim traditional teachings, ceremonies and governance structures.

Discusses importance of transnational autonomy in the context of the Indigenous people of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia and the non-Indigenous people living in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans.

Comments on Arthur J. Ray's article, “Treaty 8: An Anomaly of the First Nations History of British Columbia” (BC Studies, Autumn, vol. 123, p.5-58)

Discussion of the policies in Upper Canada, the 1836 and 1862 Manitoulin Treaties, and a controversial land cession of 1862.

Explains the doctrine of discovery and the Oneida land claim case. Duration: 1:02:12.

Treaty and land claims agreement between Canada, British Columbia and Tsawwassen First Nation.

Reviews the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision in the case Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia in which the Zeni Gwet'in Tsilhqot'in have Aboriginal Title to much of their traditional territory.

Two Bands each stated that they would have had the other's reserve land if it not for breaches of fiduciary duty.

Historical background and submission to the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding what lands the Bands occupied around Missioner Creek and Williams Lake in 1861 and if Canada had an obligation to protect the settlement. ICC held that the village sites should have been set aside for the Band and that Canada should accept the claim. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Overview of organization formed to investigate the 1998 agreement-in-principle negotiated with the Federal Department of Indian Affairs.

Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2008.

Court of Appeal case involving claims of Aboriginal rights and title to lands within the Cariboo region of British Columbia.

Historical background, analyses and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) regarding the unlawful surrender of their reserve. ICC recommended further research be conducted on their membership. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]