Indian Act
Blanket Exercise Treaty 8 and Métis (Alberta) Adaptation: Facilitator Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alberta Teachers' Association
Description
Adapted for the Alberta context from the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience focusing on the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada. Themes explored are: assimilation, discrimination, Indigenous rights and reconciliation.
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: 1889 Akers Surrender
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) about whether a clerical error by the federal government resulted in 440 acres of mineral-rich land being taken without consent or compensation. No determination by ICC as parties agreed to negotiate a settlement under the Specific Claims Policy. Commissioners include: P. E. James Prentice, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Carole T. Corcoran. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Blood Tribe/Kainaiwa Inquiry: Akers Surrender 1889 Claim, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains letters/memos, submissions, band council documents, and reports in regards to the dispute over the federal government taking over 440 acres of mineral-rich reserve land without full consent or compensation.
Blueberry River Indian Band v. Canada (Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development), [1995] 4 S.C.R. 344
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court Report
Description
Looks at the validity of surrender of reserve land and the nature of the duty of the Crown prior to surrender. Supreme Court Reports at page 344 to 409. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Olive Patricia Dickason
Rae Ryan
John David Nichols
Barnett Richling
S. Nagata
A. Blair Stonechild
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1984, pp. 165-177
Description
Book reviews of 6 books:
As Long as the Sun Shines and Water Flows edited by Ian Getty and Antoine S. Lussier.
Native Children and the Child Welfare System by Patrick Johnston.
A Bibliography of Algonquian Syllabic Texts in Canada Repositories by John Murdoch.
Heritage of the North American Indian People: Some Suggestions Emphasizing the Eastern Woodlands by Daniel H. Page and Victor M.P. da Rosa.
Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 10 by W.C. Sturtevant and A.
A Border Without Guards: First Nations and the Enforcement of National Space
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Benjamin Hoy
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association , vol. 25, no. 2, 2014, pp. 89-115
Description
Comments on the indirect border-control strategies that attacked the motivations for crossing the border between Canada and the United States.
Breaking Free: A Proposal for Change to Aboriginal Family Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Women’s Association
Description
Report includes: explanation of methodology (report largely based on surveys), review of services available, Canadian Justice system, community care and social workers, summary of the extent of the problem in Ontario, proposals for action.
Bridging the Cultural Divide: A Report on Aboriginal People and Criminal Justice in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
René Dussault
Georges Erasmus
Paul L.A.H. Chartrand
J. Peter Meekison
Viola Robinson ... [et al.]
Description
Includes case studies of the Community Council Project, Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto and the Hollow Water First Nation's Community Holistic Circle Healing Project.
Bridging the Gap: Taxation and First Nation Governance
Alternate Title
Research Paper (National Centre for First Nations Governance)
Research Paper for the National Centre for First Nations Governance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
James Hopkins
Description
Looks at Canadian tax policies and the link to First Nations sovereignty.
A Brief History of Our Right to Self-Governance: Pre-Contact to Present
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kent McNeil
National Centre for First Nations Governance Research Staff
Description
Highlights provisions made in treaties and agreements ranging from the Peace and Friendship Treaties to the Charlottetown Accord and lists important court cases in chronological order.
Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples on Bill C-6"The Specific Claims Resolution Act"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clarence Pennier
Description
Presentation made by the Grand Chief of the Sto:lo Nation pointing out the lack of a non-derogation clause and other concerns.
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.
Buried Voices: Media Coverage of Aboriginal Issues in Ontario
Alternate Title
Media Monitoring Report: 2010 – 2013
Ontario Media Monitoring Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Pierro
Description
Examines the trends, news spikes, and total print and online media coverage of Aboriginal people, culture, and issues by Ontario-based media organizations.
Canada's First Nations People: Ethnicity and Leadership
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Ottmann
SA-eDUC Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, Special Edition on Education and Ethnicity, November 2009, pp. 100-116
Description
Supports the need to understand First Nations history from an Aboriginal perspective and the effects the Indian Act and residential school systems had on First Nations people in Canada.
Canadian Developments
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Morse
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 1, no. 12, February 1985, p. 8
Description
Discussion on Canadian land rights, self-government including the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act, constitutional initiatives and possible future directions.
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Inquiry Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) on whether a 1909 surrender vote was improperly conducted and therefore invalid. ICC concluded a valid surrender occurred; but recommended consideration be given to existence of burial grounds.
Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, 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.]
Canupawakpa Dakota First Nation Turtle Mountain Surrender Claim - Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, memos, reports, correspondence/letters, maps and submissions regarding validity of the 1909 surrender claim. Commissioners include: Roger J. Austine, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and Sheila G. Purdy. [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.]
CAP - On Canada's Indian Act
Alternate Title
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau on Canada's Indian Act
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
Description
Talk by Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau on Canada's paternalistic Indian Act. (About 5 minutes.)
Carry The Kettle - 1905 Surrender - Public Edition, July 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, reports, legal submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, and maps regarding the specific land claim, concerning the surrender of reserve land, by Carry the Kettle First Nation. Commissioners include : Sheila Purdy, Alan Holman, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [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.]
Carry the Kettle First Nation: 1905 Surrender Inquiry
Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission: Carry the Kettle First Nation: 1905 Surrender Inquiry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Results of the 1988 claim under the Federal Specific Claims Policy which challenged the validity of the 1905 surrender of 5,760 acres of land from the Assiniboine Reserve No. 76. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Carry the Kettle First Nation Inquiry: Cypress Hills Claim
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, analysis and recommendations from Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearings regarding claim that the First Nation was entitled to a reserve surveyed in the Cypress Hills. ICC concluded that no reserve had been created, but recommended that the Government of Canada acquire the site of the Cypress Hills Massacre and recognize its historical significance. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
Case Study of the Development of the 1998 Tribal State Agreement in Minnesota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyn Campbell
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 45-52
Description
Discusses the history of the American Indian women who initiated legislative changes to the Indian Child Welfare Act, and looks at recommendations to address the problems associated with the lack of compliance to current legislation across Canada and the United States.