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[Ewing Commission Report]

Alternate Title
[Report of the Alberta Enquiry Into and Concerning the Problems of Health, Education, Relief and General Welfare of the Half-Breed Population of the Province]
[Report of the Royal Commission on the Condition of the Half-Breed Population of the Province of Alberta.]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Freeman Ewing
Edward Ainslie Braithwaite
James McCrie Douglas

Purpose of the commission was to "make enquiry into the condition of the half-breed population of the Province of Alberta, keeping particularly in mind the health, education, relief and general welfare of such population". As a result of the recommendations contained in the report the Métis Betterment Act was enacted and Métis Settlements were established.

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An Exchange

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alan Cairns
Tom Flanagan
Inroads , no. 10, May 2001, pp. 101-122
Authors debate Canadian Aboriginal policy.
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Expert Witnesses’ and Lawyers’ Perspectives on the Use of Archaeological Data as Evidence in Aboriginal Rights and Title Litigation

Alternate Title
Expert Witnesses' and Lawyers' Perspectives on the use of Archaeological Data as Evidence in Aboriginal Right and Title Litigation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erin Hogg
John R. Welch
BC Studies, no. 211, Autumn, 2021, pp. 19-47,151-152
Examines the influence that archaeologist have regarding Indigenous rights and claims in judicial cases.
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Exploring Pathways to Reconciliation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Absolon
Akiesha E. Absolon-Winchester
Consensus, vol. 37, no. 1, Journeying Together Toward Truth and Reconciliation, 2016, pp. 1-18

Discusses reconciliation from the point of view and experiences of an Indigenous social worker, a mother and a daughter and the living legacy of residential school.

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The Facts on Claims: What is the Indian Claims Commission?

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Brief description of why the Indian Claims Commission was established and what it does. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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The Facts: What are Indian Land Claims?

Alternate Title
The Facts on Claims
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Brief introduction to the two types of land claims. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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The Facts: What are Treaties?

Alternate Title
The Facts on Claims
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Brief introduction to history of treaties in Canada. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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The Facts: What is a Surrender Claim?

Alternate Title
The Facts on Claims
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Brief introduction to claims which arise when land is surrendered to the Government of Canada incorrectly. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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The Facts: What is Oral History?

Alternate Title
The Facts on Claims
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Brief introduction to oral history and its relation to the courts. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
F. Black
Edward L. Yudin
Herbert M. Greer
Carnis H. Salisbury
Willie Sanchez ... [et al.]
Commission developed in response to the brutal murders of three Navajo men and the complaints about the social and economic relationships between the city of Farmington, New Mexico and the Navajo reservation.
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The Farmington Report: Civil Rights for Native Americans 30 Years Later

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emma Armendariz
John I. Binkley
Rebecca Bustamante
Dale B. Carmichael
Patrick D. Collins... [et al.]
Follow-up to the The Farmington Report: A Conflict of Cultures. Reports an improvement in relationship between the city of Farmington, New Mexico, San Juan County and the Navajo people living on the Navajo Reservation.
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Feasting for Change: Reconnecting With Food, Place & Culture

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jen Bagelman
Fiona Devereaux
Raven Hartley
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 6-17
Comments on a variety of methods for meaningful, culturally appropriate, and community-engaged health promotion.
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Federal Court Update [February 2006-February 2007]

Alternate Title
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Occasional Paper Series]
[Indigenous Law & Policy Center Working Paper ; 2007-09?]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jake J. Allen
Hannah Bobee
Bryan T. Newland
Provides United State Supreme Court Decisions and Federal Courts of Appeal case information.
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Fifteen Truth Commissions: 1974 to 1994: A Comparative Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Human Rights Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 4, November 1994, pp. 597-655
Discusses issues highlighted by commissions worldwide, as well as the different models employed. Examples discussed are countries that had undergone radical political changes and were in the process of transitioning from one regime to another.
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Filling the Gaps: Working Towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Archives

Alternate Title
Prairie Perspectives
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Reilly
Outlines the Commission's responsibilities for gathering and preserving materials relating residential schools, and discusses some of the challenges this entails, including balancing access with privacy. Paper presented at Prairie Perspectives: the Academic Conference of The First National Truth and Reconciliation Event, 17 June 2010.
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The Final Abuse of Indian Residential School Children: Deleting Their Names, Erasing Their Voices and Destroying Their Records after They Have Died and without Their Consent

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Primary focus is the lack of co-operation the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received when trying to collect statements given during the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) and the records of the Common Experience Payment program, despite the fact that this was part of its mandate as laid out in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA).
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Final Report: 2008 National Benchmark Survey

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Environics Research Group
Survey conducted to measure Canadian's baseline awareness of the residential school system and the long-term, intergenerational consequences for the Aboriginal population.
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The Final Word: After the Residential School Apology: Why All Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before the Canadian Human Rights Commission

Alternate Title
The Last Word: After the Residential School Apology: Why All Canadians Should Care about a Racial Equality Case Before the Canadian Human Rights Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, p. 89
Looks at the insufficient government funding for statutory child welfare services.
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The First Decade of RCAP's Influence on Aboriginal Law

Alternate Title
The First Decade of Royal Commission on Aboriginal People's Influence on Aboriginal Law
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Stack
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 70, 2007, pp. 123-152
Suggests that RCAP has provided litigants with social facts that have allowed the courts to change the rules of evidence and sentencing.
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First Nation Perspectives on Political Identity

Alternate Title
First Nation Citizenship Research & Policy Series: Building Towards Change
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Taiaiake Alfred
Focuses on First Nations perspectives on meaning of being Indigenous, belonging to a community, and relationship of these memberships with the institutions of the Canadian state.
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Assembly of First Nations and Canadian Human Rights Commission and Attorney General of Canada (Representing the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada) and Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International Decision

Alternate Title
Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ; 2016 CHRT2
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada (for the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sophie Marchildon
Edward Lustig
Proceedings look into governmental discrimination against First Nations children living on reserves for providing less support for child welfare than for those living off reserve. File No: T1340/7008.
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First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Assembly of First Nations (Complainants) and Canadian Human Rights Commission (Commission) and Attorney General of Canada (Representing the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada) (Respondent) and Chiefs of Ontario and Amnesty International (Interested Parties): Ruling

Alternate Title
2013 CHRT 16
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sophie Marchildon
Réjean Bélanger
Edward P. Lustig
Complaint alleged that inequitable funding for child welfare services on reserves amounted to discrimination on the basis of race and national ethnic origin. Ruling gave government until end of August to produce documents it had been withholding.
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First Nations Child & Family Services: Breaking the Silence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pete Hudson
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, 1997, pp. 161-172
Full potential of child agencies is not realized due to reluctance to acknowledge difficulties and barriers and limited control faced by agencies.
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First Nations Specific Claims: A Misunderstood and Uncharted Field of Law

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Comments on the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) which was created in response to the Oka Crisis and was to make recommendations in two specific areas: "1. To assess the validity of a specific claim that has been rejected by the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; and 2.
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