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Fishing Lake First Nation, 1907 Surrender Claim

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of historical documents, maps, correspondence/letters, bulletins, legal documents, transcripts, submissions and the English and French versions of the Final Report. [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.]

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A Five-Year Plan to Create a Public Government in Nunavik

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gérard Duhaime
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3, Self-Determination, 2001, pp. 52-55
Overview of the comprehensive recommendations put forward by the Nunavik Commission Report in 2001. To access article scroll down to page 52.
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The Frank Paul Inquiry (Final Phase, 2010): Submissions of the BC Civil Liberties Association

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Tammen
Grace Pastine
Inquiry looked into circumstances surrounding the death of a Mi'kmaq man who was removed from Vancouver Police Department lock-up, left in an nearby alley and subsequently died of exposure and hypothermia. Includes review of events prior to the death, institutional responses, evaluation of responses, and recommendations for change.
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From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Christian Allan Bertelsen
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 18-19
Book review of: From Treaty Peoples to Treaty Nation: A Road Map for all Canadians by Greg Poelzer and Ken S. Coates. Several book reviews on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 18.
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The Fundamentals of Funding Healing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maya Rolbin Ghanie
Canadian Dimension, vol. 44, no. 5, September 2010, pp. 12-13
Discusses the federal government's funding cuts in 2010 to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the effects on organizations such as the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal which provided healing support from the trauma of residential schools.
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Funding Yet to be Secured for Additional Year

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 29, no. 1, April 2011, p. 8

Reports on the decision to add one more year to the mandate of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Canada regarding the Residential School Settlement Agreement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Gathering Strength: Canada’s Aboriginal Action Plan

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Australian Indigenous Law Reporter, vol. 5, no. 1, 2000, p. [?]
Canada's response to the five volume report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), which was released November, 1996.
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Gathering Strength: Canada's Will to Reconcile, Recover and Repair

Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Kristy]
Explores healing potential of the Canadian government's Aboriginal Action Action Plan by examining Indigenous philosophy, Canada's multicultural legacy and motivation to recover.
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[Gendered Racial Violence? R v. Barton and the Death of Cindy Gladue]

Alternate Title
[Centre for Feminist Legal Studies Lecture Series]
[CFLS Spring 2016 Lecture Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Emma Cunliffe]
Discussion on the events that lead to Cindy Gladue's death, the trial and the controversial evidence presented at the trial of Bradley Barton. Duration: 1:10:00.
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Genocide against Indigenous Peoples: International Law and the Experiences of the Canadian and Guatemalan Truth Commissions

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emmanuel Guematcha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Article compares the processes and findings of the Truth Commissions in Canada and Guatemala; discusses how the idea and crime of genocide appears in national narratives, and how the findings of these commissions are part of a larger evolution of the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.
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Genocide in the Indian Residential Schools: Canadian History through the Lens of the UN Genocide Convention

Alternate Title
Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Looks at whether the residential school system was genocidal and suggests ways to move forward with reconciliation if it is recognized as such. Chapter 14 from Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.
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Genocide, Reconciliation, and the Residential Schools: A Survey of Federal, Provincial, and Territorial Attitudes among Elected Officials in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Mark Mitchell
Canadian Political Science Review, vol. 6, no. 2, 2012, pp. 117-130
Survey results show that Canadian elected officials are divided over Aboriginal issues, with left of centre parties the most in favour of promoting reconciliation and right of the centre parties least inclined to see the residential school system as genocidal. Scroll down to view article.
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Genocide: The Distance Between Law and Life

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Larissa Behrendt
Aboriginal History, vol. 25, Special Section: Genocide?: Australian Aboriginal History in International Perspective, 2001, pp. [132]-147
Contends that, according to the Bringing Them Home report, genocide was committed by the removal of Indigenous children from their homes.
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Gladstone, Hon. James

Archival » Archival Items
File contains correspondence relating to low voting rates among indigenous peoples, and Diefenbaker's message to them in the next election; Indian Affairs, and the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission.
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The Gordon Inquiry: Child Protection and the Role of the Health Worker

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sue Gordon
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, September/October 2003, pp. 10-14
Presents thoughts from Chairperson of Australian Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities.
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Government Responses to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement in Canada: Implications for Australia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bradford W Morse
Australian Indigenous Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2008, pp. 41-59
Gives overview of the events leading to the Settlement Agreement including: history of the system, criminal, civil, and class action cases, the Official Apology, Settlement Agreement and the establishment of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As well, discusses lessons that may be learned when considering a resolution with Australia's Aborigine population.
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Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake

Images » Photographs
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A photograph of a large group of non-Aboriginal and Metis people standing in front of a building in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
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Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake

Images » Photographs
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A close-up photograph of a large group of non-Aboriginal and Metis people standing in front of a building in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
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Half-Breed Commission at Duck lake

Images » Photographs
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A photograph of a large group of non-Aboriginal and Metis people in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900. The Canadian Red Ensign flies in the background.
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Half-Breed Commission at Fort Pitt

Images » Photographs
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A photograph of six men seated on a platform. They are members of the Half-Breed commission. Picture taken at Fort Pitt, NWT (Sask. District), 1900. N. O. Cote is third from the right.
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Half-Breed Commission at Sturgeon River

Images » Photographs
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A photograph of four men standing in front of a white tent. They are members of the Half-Breed Commission; at Sturgeon River, 14 September 1900.
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Half-Breed Commission on Trail to Green Lake

Images » Photographs
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A photograph of a group of Metis gathered around one of the Half-Breed Commissioners on a trail near Green Lake, NWT during the commission's visit in 1900.
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Healing and Empowering: First Nations Clients

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara Joy David
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 14-17
Offers some guidelines for non-First Nations therapists working with First Nations clients. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.
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Healing Begins With Truth and Reconciliation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darla Read
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 3, March 2008, p. 3
Looks at a cross-Canada tour that included Aboriginal and church leaders addressing the public on the upcoming Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Article located on page 3.
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