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Third Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners to the President of the United States. 1871.

Documents & Presentations
The Third Annual Report of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners includes reports of living conditions on reservations; correspondence and transcripts of meetings between government officials and Aboriginal chiefs and officials; and lists of Indian Agencies with names of tribes and agents.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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"To rob the world of a people": Language Removal as an Instance of Colonial Genocide in the Fort Alexander Indian Residential School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natalia Ilyniak
Genocide Studies and Prevention, vol. 9, no. 2, Time, Movement, and Space: Genocide Studies and Indigenous Peoples, October 2015, pp. [76]-97
Examines how the schools practices were designed to disrupt child/community relationship by removing Anishinaabe language.
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Touchwood Hills - Correspondence and Ledger Sheets - By-Law Relating to the Repression of Intemperance and Profligacy

Documents & Presentations
A copy of a by-law with full title: By-Law / as adopted by the White Bear Band of Indians / on the 27th day of February, 1918 / and / as confirmed by the Governor General in Council / on the 14th day of March 1918 under Sub-sec. (c) of Sec. 98 of the Indian Act / for the / Regression of Intemperance and Profligacy. Copy found within folder titled Touchwood Hills - Correspondence and Ledger Sheets.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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Touchwood Hills - Correspondence and Ledger Sheets - Circular Relating to Jules Sioui

Documents & Presentations
Circular relating to the activities of Jules Sioui of Jeune Lorette, Quebec, who had called a meeting of Aboriginal persons to be held in Ottawa in June 1944. Members of that group succeeded in securing a meeting with the Minister of [Indian Affairs]. Sioui called for another meeting in Ottawa in June 1945. Circular found within folder titled Touchwood Hills - Correspondence and Ledger Sheets.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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Toward Women's Equality: Canada's Failed Commitment

Alternate Title
2000 Alternative Report on Canada
Beijing + 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelagh Day
Section on Aboriginal women deals with right to property and culture, registration under the Indian Act, and unequal access to power and decision-making.
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Traditions, Culture Survived Because of Women

Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campbell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 3, March 2007, p. 5
Comments on the love, support and hard work Aboriginal women put into all they do and the benefits due to this. Article located on page 5.
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Treaties and the Law

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Block
Video reports that Canadian law recognizes treaties as solemn, sacred agreements that create legally enforceable obligations on behalf of the First Nations and the Crown. Duration: 33:08.
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Treaty 8 Tribal Association, Saulteau First Nation TLE & Land In Severalty Claim Public Edition, May 2007

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of annotated index, historical documents, reports, legislation, and the Final Report in French and English. [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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Treaty Education For Ethically Engaged Citizenship: Settler Identities, Historical Consciousness and the Need for Reconciliation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer A. Tupper
Citizenship Teaching & Learning, vol. 7, no. 2, 2012, pp. 143-156
" ... explores the possibilities of treaty education for reconciliation with First Nations people, as corrective to the foundational myth of Canada and as a means of fostering ethically engaged citizenship."
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Treaty Education Outcomes and Indicators

Alternate Title
Treaty Education K-12 Developmental Continuum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Curriculum Sub-committee of the Shared Standards and Capacity Building Council
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Lists specific expectations for Kindergarten to Grade 12 students in the subject areas of treaty relationships, spirit and intent of treaties, historical context, and treaty promises and provisions.
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A Treaty Right to Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 26, no. 2, 2001, pp. 125-143
Discusses historical and current understanding of education as a right negotiated between the Crown and First Nations in treaties 1 to 7.
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[The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Recommendations and a Return to the Original Intent of the Treaty Relationship]

Alternate Title
McKercher Lecture Series
Wunusweh Lecture in Aboriginal Law ; 2017
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Derek Nepinak
Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs speaks about his background, challenges faced by community chiefs and First Nations political organizations, and the how the land plays a central role in attempts at reconciliation Duration: 59:54.
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Turning Pages: Harold R. Johnson on Peace and Good Order

Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Harold R. Johnson
Michael Elves
Episode 72: Harold R. Johnson, writer, activist and former lawyer discusses his book, Peace and Good Order. A frank discussion includes the effects of incarceration on Indigenous communities, and the way that jailhouse culture fills the cultural void left by residential schools. Duration: 28:08
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UNCRC Day of General Discussion: Children Without Parental Care: The Chance to Make a Difference for this Generation of Indigenous Children: Learning From the Lived Experience of First Nations Children in the Child Welfare System in Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada
Summarizes some of the issues impacting the well-being of First Nations children living on reserve including jurisdictional disputes, inequitable funding, lack of respect for Indigenous laws and ways and using the Indian Act to clarify the rights of children and their families. Concludes with recommendations.
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Understanding Aboriginal Identity

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
BearPaw Media Productions
Alexandra Lazarowich
Patti LaBoucane Benson
Explores issues of non-Aboriginal perceptions of Aboriginals, legal definitions, and Aboriginals' own attitudes about self-identification. Duration: 20:48.
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Understanding the Indian Act

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frances Abele
Roger Jones
Douglas Sanderson

Speakers discuss how the Act has defined the government's and Crown's relationship with First Nations peoples; how it has impeded development of communities; and how fundamental changes are needed to give First Nations' control over governance and the ability to develop mechanisms to improve access to capital.

Duration: 1:09:15.

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Unstated Paternity: Estimates and Contributing Factors

Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
vol. 2

Data from two previous studies looks at prevalence and implications.

Chapter eleven from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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Various Shades of Red: Diversity Within Canada's Indigenous Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cora J. Voyageur
Brian Calliou
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 16, Continuities and Changing Realities: Meanings and Identities Among Canadas Aboriginal People, 2000/2001, pp. 109-124
Discusses the legal, social and cultural differences between Indigenous groups in Canada.
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W. M. Graham: Indian Agent Extraordinaire

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
E. Brian Titley
Prairie Forum, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 1983, pp. 25-41
Historical overview of William Morris Graham's rise in the Indian Department, to Indian Commissioner for the three Prairie Provinces.
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Wahbung: Our Tomorrows

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Tribes of Manitoba
Position paper discusses past treaties and treaty obligations and argues that the Federal government should renegotiate to redress past violations of Aboriginal rights.
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Walter Deiter Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Walter Deiter
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Walter Deiter, former president of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians and first president of the National Indian Brotherhood, talks about the importance of Malcolm Norris in Metis politics and the splitting of the National Indian Council into the National Indian Brotherhood and the Metis Association of Canada.
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We Are All Part of Treaty

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Cynthia Block
Looks at the arrival of the Europeans, First Nations teaching the newcomers survival skills, treaty negotiations and more. Duration: 6:34.
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