Legislation, Bills, Treaties, Agreements

Series of eight hour-long videos developed to educate women's shelter workers, but equally applicable to general audiences. Videos cover wide range of topics such as: treaty relationships; Indigenous worldviews; missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls; Indigenous women in Indigenous societies; women's leadership; and building relationships.

80-year-old Adam Boucher discusses the scene of Treaty #8 negotiations ; and choice of treaty or scrip.

Consists of an interview where Adam Solway talks about being orphaned at 8 years and adopted by the Blackfoot Reserve, Alta; his attendance at a residential school; becoming a councillor and then chief of the reserve. He comments on the issues he had to deal with as well as providing comments on contemporary lifestyles and leadership.

This is a continuation of an interview with Adam Solway on January 29, 1983 on the Blackfoot Reserve.

Adam Solway talks about treaty rights vis-a- vis the Canadian Constitution.

Discusses Chief Crowfoot and the signing of Treaty #7. Includes native language, drums and singing.

Discusses importance of cultural resiliency for preservation of Northern identity and values.

Dispute Resolution Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Although Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) has made progress in areas regarding empowerment, education, economic development, specific land claims, and reconciliation, governance and self-government, the issues of leadership selection, Indian Government Support programs, and registration and membership are issues the government intends to work on incrementally in 2008-09.

Looks at the Wishbone Hill Health Impact Assessment in Alaska and the Impact and Benefit Agreement signed for the Meadowbank Mine in Nunavut.

Presents statistical information on the socio-economic conditions faced by Aboriginal women and analyzes the priorities outlined by the Conservative government in terms of addressing these issues.

Looks the serious problem of prosecuting domestic violence committed by non-Indians on reservations and recommends legislation.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2014.

Discusses the broader issue of rights in every area of life and the difficulties in the legislative system with recognizing group rights.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1990

Case study of a Bureau of Indian Affairs' reaction to a legally Indian couple's adoption of a non-Status child in 1930s.

Comments on case where a non custodial parent used the Indian Child Welfare Act to halt an adoption of an Aboriginal child to non-Aboriginal parents.

Adrian Hope has been active in Metis politics since the 1920s. He was involved in the organization of the Metis Association of Alberta, the Ewing Commission hearings, and the development of Metis colonies in Alberta.

Curriculum designed to be conducted by an Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) expert and an attorney who have experience in this area. Time frame for this training is four hours.

Provides policies, decisions, and tools to develop strategies to advance the process of reconciliation between First Nations and the Crown.

Three papers: detailed description of settlements' governance systems, interview with Fred Martin on development of those systems, and comparison with other local governments.

Assistant Deputy Minister, Resolution and Individual Affairs Sector at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada speaks about the events leading to, and administration of, the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Duration: 19:43.

Outlined the issues, challenges and barriers linked to the UN advisory body that aids in the promotion and protection of the rights of Indigenous peoples.

Focuses on differentiation and affirmative action legislation, and argues that inconsistent decisions by courts point to the need to develop clear rules of procedure and interpretation.

Presents an analysis of the exception made for Indigenous languages in the amendment to the state constitution.

Explains that frontline workers, working in reserves and native communities, should be sure to inform former First Nations residential school students about the details of the Residential Schools Settlement Agreement including the "opt-out" period.

Discuss the case of two missionaries, Samuel Austin Worcester and Dr. Elizur Butler, arrested for violating Georgian law and the court ruling by Chief Justice John Marshall that Georgia had no right over Cherokee lands within the state.

Book review of: After Native Claims?: The Implications of Comprehensive Claims Settlements for Natural Resources in British Columbia by Frank Cassidy and Norman Dale.

Looks at processes and procedures meant to ensure the First Nation is involved, consulted and accommodated while De Beer's Victor Diamond Mine operates.

Discusses the history of land reform in Bolivia from 1953 to 2002. To access this article, scroll down to page 6.

Overview of the Residential Schools Agreement negotiated between the Federal government and General Synod of the Anglican Church.

Agreement signed at Quebec on March 31, 2004.

Discusses act which grants Aboriginal groups title to federal and public land in Alaska and $962.5 million dollars, formation of 12 Aboriginal regional profit corporations, and 220 village corporations.

Humanities Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Dominguez Hills, 2003.

Overview of settlement which transferred title to lands to for-profit corporations, changing communal lands into corporate property and ending Aboriginal fishing and hunting rights.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2003.

Land Resources Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1998.

Draft. Primary intended audience is teachers.

Provides overview of the history of the Métis in Alberta followed by a discussion the Powley decision, the public and Conservative party's backlash against extending harvesting rights, the influence of the "Calgary School" of academics on provincial politics, and the denial of the Métis' historical presence in Southern Alberta.

Outlines other Canadian jurisdictions' best practices for integrating economic development and First Nations interests.

Map and brief history of settlements from the 1930s-1980s, and the various acts pertaining to them. .

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2010.

State law and policy change provides for community to self-determine own regulation of alcohol by local vote.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montana, 1976.

Mr. Bishop is a long time resident of Green Lake, Saskatchewan He talks about problems in the area, his work for the Metis people and his impressions of Malcolm Norris and Howard Adams.

Alex Alexander gives accounts of Treaty #6 which he was told by his grandfather and his uncle.

Discusses Treaty #6 ; the ceremonies at Fort Pitt ; the promises made and broken; stresses need to maintain tradition and culture.