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Brief Respecting Social Housing in Nunavik

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Makivik Corporation
Kativik Regional Government
Report to Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development about Canada's failure to address housing needs in Nunavik.
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Brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples on Bill C-6"The Specific Claims Resolution Act"

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Clarence Pennier
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.
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Bringing Them Home

Alternate Title
RightsEd: Human Rights Education Resources for Teachers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Australian Human Rights Commission
Educator's resource for the report Bringing Them Home: National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. Most activities suitable for grade 9 and up.
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Bringing Them in Alive: Selective Service and Native Americans

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jeré Franco
Journal of Ethnic Studies, vol. 18, no. 3, Fall, 1990, pp. 1-27
Discusses U.S.Government draft policies during World War II and the response of Commissioner Indian Affairs, John Collier, and Native American tribes. Issues included wardship versus citizenship and tribal sovereignty.
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British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act, 1984, c. 2 [Assented to February 23, 1984]

Alternate Title
An Act to provide for the settlement of claims by Indian bands in British Columbia relating to certain lands cut off from their reserves
British Columbia Indian Cut-off Lands Settlement Act, 1984, c. 2, B-8.3
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Statute providing for settlement of land claims relating to property set aside before 1916 and referred to in the McKenna-McBride Agreement.
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British Columbia Indian Reserves Mineral Resources Act

Alternate Title
British Columbia Indian Reserves Mineral Resources Act (1943-44, c. 19)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. Government of Canada
Links to legislation concerning on-reserve mineral rights, their administration, control and use including precious metals; excempt are pre-existing leases established pursuant to the Indian Act.
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British Columbia Tripartite First Nations Health: Basis for a Framework Agreement on Health Governance

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Minister of Health (Canada)
Minister of Health Services (British Columbia)
Minister of Healthy Living and Sport (British Columbia)
Follow-up to the Transformative Change Accord: First Nations Health Plan (TCA: FNHP). Outlines basic commitments and processes needed to develop an administrative structure which would enable First Nations to exercise greater control over the delivery of services.
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Broader Lessons to be Learned

Alternate Title
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 6
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Borrows
David Dyzenhaus
Michael Marrus
Courtney Jung
Session Six from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Implications of implementing transitional justice framework into a non-traditional setting. Duration: 1:11:02.
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A BScN Program for Nunavut

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary L. Ellerton
Heather Fudge
Ruth Martin-Misener
Catherine Thibeault
Canadian Nurse, vol. 95, no. 10, 1999, p. 31
Discussion of the Nunavut Act which required that 80 per cent of the nursing positions in Nunavut be occupied by Inuit and the creation of BScN program.
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Building a Bridge to Cross a Thousand Years

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Lippert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer - Autumn, 2006, pp. 431-440
Author describes the dual identities that artifacts hold: archaeologic subject and cultural object. Addresses how American archaeologists are forced by repatriation legislation to address these issues and to consult and collaborate with Indigenous peoples to bridge the gap between these perceptions of artifacts.
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Building a Resilient and Prosperous North: Centre for the North Five-Year Compendium Report

Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; April 2015
[Publication (Conference Board of Canada) ; 6973]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anja Jeffrey
Adam Fiser
Natalie Brender
Brent Dowdall
Summarizes the Centre for the North’s half-decade of research on Canada’s North and provides an analysis of three priority items to be addressed.
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'Building Alternatives to the Colonial Relationship'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 17

Brief interview with a University of British Columbia professor regarding the Idle No More movement and the direction it will be taking.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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Bureau Schools Adopt Goals 2000

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard St. Germaine
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 35, no. 1, October 1995, pp. [39-43]
Reviews the impact of reforms in the Educate America Act, 1994 on the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools.
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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
Examines the trends, news spikes, and total print and online media coverage of Aboriginal people, culture, and issues by Ontario-based media organizations.
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Bush Culture for a Bush Country: An Unfinished Manifesto

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, Fall, 1996, p. 192
Discussion of implications for Canada, if Quebec were to leave Confederation and how Canada would still be required to fulfil its obligations to Aboriginal Peoples.
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C169 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
International Labour Organization
Outlines the basics of a Geneva Convention that ensures all governments develop, with the participation of Indigenous peoples, a co-ordinated and systematic action that will protect the rights and integrity of the people. The document came into force in 1991.
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Cabinet - Documents

Documents & Presentations
File contains a draft of a federal Cabinet meeting agenda for 21 June 1957 including a discussion of the Indian Act and the purchase and possession of liquor by status Indians.
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The Calder Decision, Aboriginal Title, Treaties, and the Nisga'a

Alternate Title
Law and Society Series
Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Christina Godlewska
Jeremy Webber
Law and Society Series
Commentary on the pivotal case which established that title was a right recognized by Canadian law. Chapter from: Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal Title, the Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights edited by Hamar Foster, Heather Raven, Jeremy Webber.
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California Indian Participation in Repatriation: Working Toward Recognition

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Drake Wilson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 191-209
Discusses negotiations between the United States Federal Government and Native Americans, with a focus on the repatriation process set in motion by the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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A Call to Action: Reconciliation with Indigenous Women in the Federal Justice and Correctional Systems: Report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women

E-Books
Author/Creator
Karen Vecchio
Pam Damoff
Sheila Malcolmson
Sean Fraser
Rachael Harder ... [et al.]
Report provides overview of women's experiences in the systems, suggestions for policy changes, examination of access to and treatment in justice system, examination of women in the correctional system, and 96 recommendations to the Government of Canada for improvements.
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Camoose Bottle Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Camoose Bottle
Harry Shade
Mike Devine
Indian History Film Project
Evidence given by Camoose Bottle, aged 71, including an account of the taking of Treaty #7 following a deterioration in Indian life after introduction of alcohol; allocation of lands to various tribes and later loss of part of the Blood Reserve.
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Canada Bill Debate

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 12, no. 2, February/March 1982, p. 6
British House of Commons readings of the Canadian Constitution.
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Canada Elections Act

Documents & Presentations
Document prepared by the Progressive Conservative Association outlining amendments to the Canada Elections Act. This includes a preamble and numbered (1-14) 'highlights' of the main changes. Number three relates to the right of Indigenous people to vote.
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Canada Responds to Tsilhqot'in Decision: Extinguishment or Nothing!

Alternate Title
[The Tsilhqot’in Decision and Canada’s First Nations Termination Policies, pt. 1]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Russell Diabo
Shiri Pasternak
Brief discussion of Canada's Comprehensive Land Claims policy in response to the Supreme Court of Canada's landmark decision in the case Tsilhqot'in v. British Columbia.
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