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A Study in Contrasts: A New Vision of Aboriginal Inclusion in Québec and the Continuing Federal Government Imposition of Extinguisment of Aboriginal Rights Across Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Description
Looks at agreement to establish a new relationship between the Government of Québec and the Cree, 2002 Paix des Braves Agreement with Québec regarding benefits received from natural resources in the traditional territory.
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Study of Passes for Indians to Leave Their Reserves

Alternate Title
Bennett, B., "Passes for Indians to Leave Reserves"
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
B. Bennett
Description
Cites many letters between government officials, NWMP officers and Canadian Army officers regarding passes and concludes these passes certainly existed. Passes came into existence after the 1885 resistance. Evidence of their use was only found in Treaty 4, 6 and 7 territories, and it cannot be certain they were used in every agency. Author states evidence indicates passes were used as late as the 1930s, but no sources are given.
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Sturgeon Lake First Nation Signs TLE Deal

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 7, July 2007, p. 2
Description
Looks at the economic benefits the Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement, approximately $10.4 million, will bring to Sturgeon Lake First Nation and surrounding communities. Article located by scrolling to page 2.
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Submission to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Standing Committee on Social Policy Regarding Bill 210: An Act to Amend the Child and Family Services Act and Make Complementary Amendments to Other Acts

Alternate Title
Bill 210: Amendments to the Child and Family Services Act (CFSA)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chiefs of Ontario
Description
Ontario Regional Chief voices concerns about areas such as lack of consultation, customary care, access to crown wards, prevention and protection, and welfare agencies.
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Success of the Unama'ki Economic Benefits Office

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Owen Fitzgerald
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 6, no. 2, Fall, 2009, pp. 12-17
Description
Focuses on the economic partnership between the five First Nation communities in Cape Breton and their involvement in the Sydney Tar Ponds Cleanup project.
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Sui Generis: Aboriginal Title and the State of Exception

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Bracken
Ariel, vol. 35, no. 1-2, Law, Literature, Postcoloniality, January-April 2004, pp. 7-30
Description
Discusses the state of exception and the law starting with the Canadian courts in 1885.
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A Summary of Current Legislative Amendments Affecting First Nations

Alternate Title
An Act to amend the Interpretation Act
Family Homes on Reserve and Matrimonial Interests or Right Act
First Nations Elections Act
First Nations Financial Transparency Act
First Nations Private Property Ownership Act
First Nations Self-Government Recognition Bill
Safe Drinking Water for First Nations Act
Budget Omnibus Bill no. 1
Budget Omnibus Bill no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lorraine Land
Liora Zimmerman
Andrea Bradley
Description
Lists 11 pieces of legislation and explains why they are of concern to First Nations.
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Summary of Elders' Interviews

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.
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Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Economic Development

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Thirty-nine of the sixty-nine elders interviewed from the Treaty 8 area mention the subject of economic development.
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Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Land and Land Surrenders

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.
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Summary of Elders Interviews -- Mineral and Other Resource Rights

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Daniel
Indian History Film Project
Description
A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.
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Summary of Elders' Interviews -- Support from Anthropological Sources

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynne Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.
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Summary of Elders' Interviews, Treaty 6

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lynn Hickey
Indian History Film Project
Description
A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.
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Summary, Treaty #8

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Eric Stamp
Indian History Film Project
Description
A number of summaries of various aspects of Treaty #8 including trapping, fishing and hunting rights and medicare.
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Sunday Bingo - Saskatoon Native Woodworking Shop Inc.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes regarding an application by the Saskatoon Native Woodworking Council Inc. to operate a Sunday Bingo, and Council's recommendations on the matter. Part of minutes from the Monday, March 12, 1984 meeting of Saskatoon City Council.
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Supply of Kava: Is it Another ‘Aboriginal’ Offence?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Flynn
Aboriginal Law Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 53, 1991, p. 63
Description
Dismissal of a charge for supplying Kave, contrary to s.19 of the Consumer Protection Act, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Kava is the name given to a drink prepared from the root of the piper methysticum plant.
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The Supreme Court's Indian Residential Schools Cases: The Beatings Continue

Alternate Title
Supreme Court's IRS cases
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Description
Discussion of 8 cases: R. v. O'Connor, 1995 John Doe v. Bennett, 2004 Gardypie v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005 Blackwater v. Plint2005 E.B. v. Order of the [Roman Catholic] Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia,2005 Canada (Attorney General) v. Fontaine, 2017
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Survey of Aboriginal Land Claims

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William B. Henderson
Derek T. Ground
Ottawa Law Review, vol. 26, no. 1, 1994, pp. 187-235
Description
Reviews the Indian Specific Claims Commission and history of the claims process.
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Survey of Canadian Law: Indian and Native Law

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard H. Bartlett
Ottawa Law Review, vol. 15, 1983, pp. 431-502
Description
Reviews legal events from the January 1980 - Fall 1982 period, including the failure of Aboriginal efforts to prevent the passage of the Canada Act in English Courts.
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Suspicions Raised as Bill Takes Odd Route to Become Law

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, pp. 8-9
Description

Comments on the opposition facing Bill S-2, the Matrimonial Rights and Interest Act.

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

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Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Johnny-Leo L. Jernsletten
Konstantin Klokov
Description
Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Summary Report.
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Sustainable Reindeer Husbandry: Summary Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Johnny-Leo L. Jernsletten
Konstantin Klokov
Description
Analysis of situation in Russia, Norway, Finland, Alaska, and Sweden for Sami herders in terms of management systems, economic efficiency, external conditions, and legislation. Full Report.
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A Syllabus for History after the TRC

Alternate Title
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Description
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history". Current as of 2019.
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