Treaty Rights

Looks at The Legacy Program, an educational tool used to explore the history of Treaty Land Entitlement, created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Office of the Treaty Commissioner. Article found by scrolling to page 8.

Discusses the Comprehensive Land Agreements and attempts to explain why alternatives to the original certainty provision emerged after 1986.

Book Review of : On Being Here to Stay by Michael Asch.

Presentation to the Working Group on Indigenous Peoples, United Natioins.

Examines treaties dating back to the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the challenges of implementing modern treaties.

Advocates reinterpretation of treaties to reflect present day realities.

Historic Band Specific and Trust Agreement signing ceremony takes place at the Opawikoscikan Reserve in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Transcripts of conference keynote addresses, workshops and panel discussions.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1983.

Argues that non-Aborignal peoples should have a voice, but not a veto, in land-claims talks with four Quebec Innu communities.

Book review of: Reaching Just Settlements edited by Frank Cassidy.

Examines Aboriginal title in terms of socio-territorial organization, property and management systems.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2013.

Reflects on Frank Calder's part in the first modern-day land claims agreement in British Columbia.

Examines the problems involved in resolving the Black Hills land claim between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Historical background and submission to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) submitted by QVIDA, representing eight First Nations in the effected area, concerning the breaches by the Crown and resulting damages caused by flooding. ICC recommended each claim for negotiation on the basis that the Crown did not properly authorize the flooding of reserve land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Summary of a ratified settlement of $10.4 million in compensation, with authorization to purchase 38 thousand acres of land. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Submission of treaty land entitlement claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for a shortfall of entitlement lands based on additions to band membership after the first survey. [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) stating the Crown had not fulfilled its obligation under Treaty 1 to set apart land for the Band. An agreement was successfully reached and ratified. [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) facilitation of claim for loss of use of flooded lands in Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Agency (QVIDA). ICC facilitated process, parties reached Settlement Agreement that was ratified and approved in 2003.

Negotiations for 11 years of a pilot project brought about settlement of claims and grievances regarding expropriation of land for hydro and railway lines. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Describes the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve and sets out the legal framework for the Sencot'en Alliance First Nations' involvement in the planning and management of the park.

Website has information regarding Aboriginal rights and title and First Nations negotiations in Canada, with a focus on British Columbia.

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.

Speaks about the impact of section 35 which promised protection of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights for Aboriginal People under the constitution. Duration 1:00:44.

Detailed description of a Bill regarding the Great Sioux Nation Reservation rights to land and resources.

Discusses the five realities of self government: historical reality, legal reality, political reality, economic reality, and one First Nation's reality.

Dispute Resolution Thesis (M.A.)---University of Victoria, 2007.

Paper written for the Action Canada Northern Conference, Haida Gwaii, September 2012.

Looks at a number of current and critical conflicts associated with Aboriginal rights, treaty rights, and the inherent right to First Nations self-government. Scroll down to access article.

Discusses oral history, concepts of Aboriginal title, the Nisga'a Treaty and its impact on neighboring First Nations.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1996.

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

Background to Treaty 4 and current entitlement.

Second edition.

Looks at the economic benefits the Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement, approximately $10.4 million, will bring to Sturgeon Lake First Nation and surrounding communities. Article located by scrolling to page 2.

Contends that two theorists either "devalue Aboriginal claims to sovereignty or title as claims to cultural difference or misread the crucial judicial pronouncements on which they rely", thereby undermining the difference theory. Scroll down to page 35 to read article.

Using Stó:lö oral history to discuss the imbalance in Indigenous-white relations through each groups interpretations of "consultation" during land development on the Chawathil reserve.

Discusses position regarding lands taken up for settlement by the Crown, the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement, reconciliation, infringements, traditional territories, legal principles and compensation.

Looks at colonial myth-making and federal policy regarding Aboriginal and treaty rights. Scroll down to page 85 to read article.

Website contains information on Treaty 6 including history, traditions, and customs of the Cree Nation, the Nakoda Nation, the Saulteaux Nation & the Chipewyan. The website also has information on the contemporary life of the First Nations peoples, retracing such issues as land claims, life on reserves, and the efforts to promote cultural healing.

All 26 First Nations taking part in the 1992 Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement ratified their individual agreements by 1995.

Reflects on the success of the Treaty Land Entitlement Agreement for Saskatchewan First Nations.

Reviews activities of research program from April to July 1972.

Discusses the similarities and differences of tribal and governmental approaches to treaty settlements in the United States and New Zealand, and outlines potential impacts to the environment. Access through table of contents.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 1987.