First Nations See Opportunity in Oil and Gas Act
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Monte Stewart
Business Edge, vol. 8, no. 13, June 27, 2008
Description
Discusses proposed changes to the law covering oil and gas activity on First Nations reserves which will enable more bands to get involved in the petroleum industry.
First Nations Self-Government and the Borders of the Canadian Legal Imagination
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Macklem
McGill Law Journal, vol. 36, 1991, pp. 382-456
Description
Argues that we have to change our concepts of property, contract, sovereignty and constitutional right to allow for growth of First Nations' self government.
First Nations Summit Submission to CERD - 80th Session February 13 - March 9, 2012
Alternate Title
First Nations Summit Submission to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Summit
Description
Shadow report submitted to the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination regarding Canada's 19th and 20th reports on the United Nations' International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
First Nations Women, Governance and the Indian Act: A Collection of Policy Research Reports
Alternate Title
A Strong and Meaningful Role for First Nations Women in Governance
First Nations Women and Governance: A Study of Custom and Innovation among Lake Babine Nation Women
First Nations Governance, the Indian Act and Women’s Equality Rights
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith F. Sayers
Kelly A. MacDonald
Jo-Anne Fiske
Melonie Newell
Evelyn George
Wendy Cornet
First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The Role of Racism in the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples in Canada - Executive Summary
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Billie Allan
Janet Smylie
Description
Provides overview of the historical and contemporary contexts of racism which have resulted in health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians and examines possible responses and interventions.
First Rider (Bill Heavy Runner) Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Bill Heavy Runner
Mike Devine
Paul Russell
Indian History Film Project
Description
Describes First Rider (Bill Heavy Runner)'s understanding of promises made in Treaty #7 and how they were later broken.
Fiscal Relations Table Workplan Between Her Majesty in the Right Of Canada and Her Majesty in the Right of Saskatchewan and Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Saskatchewan
Government of Canada
Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
Description
"Purpose of this workplan is to help with negotiations and finalization of an Umbrella Fiscal Agreement in order to establish a new fiscal relationship between the parties which will support First Nations governments."
Fish, Politics and Treaty Rights: Who Protects Salmon Resources in Washington State?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles F. Broches
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 86-98
Description
Reviews court cases trying to clarify Indian salmon fishing treaty rights and Judge Boldt's decision in the case of United States v Washington.
A Flexible New System For Indigenous Corporations
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 4, July/August 2007
Description
Briefly explains changes made to the, Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 which amends out of date legislation. The intent is to modernize the legislation while still retaining special measures to meet the needs of aboriginal people.
Follow-up of Our December 2006 Report: Audit of the Child and Family Services Division Pre-Devolution Child in Care Processes and Practices
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Bellringer
Description
Summarizes information from the first report and discusses the progress being made on the initiative to improve the child and family services system.
Material presented as exhibit 43 from the Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Food Sovereignty and Self-Governance: Inuit Role in Managing Arctic Marine Resources
E-Books
Author/Creator
Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska
Description
Related Material: Summary and Recommendations Report.
Forced to Abandon Their Farms: Water Deprivation and Starvation among the Gila River Pima, 1892–1904
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David H. DeJong
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, 2004, pp. 29-56
Description
Examines the National Reclamation Act and how many people in the Gila River and Casa Grande valleys, including government officials, thought that the first reclamation project would be built in Arizona.
Forget Taxes: First Nations Paid with Their Land
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Piche Hobbema
Windspeaker, vol. 12, no. 20, December/January 1994/1995, p. 5
Description
Contends that a columnist Diane Francis's portrayal of First Nations revealed a lack of knowledge about treaties signed between Canada and First Nations people.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Forging the Future
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bradley Shreve
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses how tribal colleges and universities are initiating new innovative apprenticeship and workforce training programs.
The Forgotten Constitution: The Natural Resources Transfer Agreements and Indian Livelihood Rights, Ca. 1925-1933
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Frank J. Tough
Alberta Law Review, vol. 41, no. 4, April 2004, pp. 999-1048
Description
Historical context and analysis of the legislation and its impact on First Nations in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba; part one of two articles.
Fort Simpson
Alternate Title
Fort Wrigley
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
David Forsay
Edward Hardisy
Phillip Mosses
Jimmey Langis
Indian History Film Project
Description
Court transcript of a trial to determine the validity of certain treaties. Court proceedings conducted during the months of April to August of 1973.
The Fort Victoria and Other Vancouver Island Treaties, 1850-1854
Alternate Title
BC Archives MS-0772
Register of Land Purchases from Indians
Archival » Archival Items
Description
Copies of pages in the Register of Land Purchases from Indians and additional pages recording other agreements made by the Hudson's Bay Company in Nanaimo and Fort Rupert, which were also known as the Douglas treaties.
Fort Wrigley
Alternate Title
Fort Norman
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Julian Yendo
Johnny Yakaleya
Elizabeth Yakaleya
Johnny Andrew
Indian History Film Project
Description
Court transcript of a trial to determine the validity of certain treaties. Court trial conducted during April to August, 1973.
Foundational Document: Canada-Métis Nation Accord
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Canada
Métis National Council
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 7, no. 2, January 31, 2019, pp. 102-110
Description
A Copy of the Canada-Métis Nation Accord, 2017, the signing of which makes official a Nation-to-Nation relationship between Canada and the Métis Nation.
Foundational Document, Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969 (The White Paper, 1969)
Alternate Title
Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Chrétien
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2011, pp. 192-215
Description
Presented to the 28th Parliament by the Honourable Jean Chrétien.
The Fourteenth Amendment as Related to Tribal Indians: Section I, "Subject to the Jurisdiction Thereof" and Section II, "Excluding Indians Not Taxed"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
George Beck
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, 2004, pp. 37-68
Description
Paper analyzes U.S. constitutional and legislative history to demonstrat that "tribal" Native Americans were purposefully excluded from citizenship.
Fractured Relations at Home: The 1953 Termination Act's Effect on Tribal Relations Throughout Southern California Indian Country
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Ponchetti Daly
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 427-439
Description
Discusses the contentious issue of the termination of federal trust protection of American Indian reservation lands, including rifts formed between tribal communities.
Fragmentation and Realignment: The Continuing Cycle of Métis and Non-Status Indian Political Organizations in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Sawchuk
Native Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 2, 1995, pp. 77-95
Description
Outlines four major change agents operating on Aboriginal political organizations on the prairies: external politics; internal politics; negotiation of ethno-Aboriginal identities; perceived effectiveness of the organizations.
Francis Bruno Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Francis Bruno
J. Deranger
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview which discusses the negotiation of Treaty 8 at Fort Chipewyan, and promises made ; problems of insufficient land for trapping on Chipewyan Reserve ; and alcohol abuse among native people.
Frank Cardinal Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Frank Cardinal
Indian History Film Project
Description
Frank Cardinal (aged 68), chief of the Sucker Creek Reserve, discusses Treaty #8 and its interpretation, the establishment of the reserves around Lesser Slave Lake, and problems facing a chief in modern times.
Frank Sound Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Frank Sound
Rose Saddleback
Indian History Film Project
Description
This 62-year-old speaks of the history of Lesser Slave Lake Reserves; and gives details of the history of Swan River Reserve.
Fraser River Fisheries: Anthropology, the State and First Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D.R. Hudson
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Advocacy and Claims Research, 1990, pp. 31-41
Description
Discusses the problems associated with anthropological research in court cases involving fishing in British Columbia.