Indian & Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)

Book review of: Ebenezer McColl: 'Friend to the Indians' by Frances M. McColl.

Discussion of Bill McKnight's suitability for the position of Treaty Commissioner in Saskatchewan.

Correspondence and circulars from Indian Affairs primarily concerning family allowances.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.

Study concludes that the well-being of the Ontario Aboriginal population has deteriorated from 1991 to 2006 contrary to research done for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Book review of: Medicine That Walks by Marlene K. Lux.

Agreement between Canada and Russia that acknowledges common interests and issues that pertain to the Arctic and northern regions of both countries, including sustainable development and environmental protection.

Court case involving the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs refusing to grant financial assistance under the Elementary / Secondary Education Program to members of the Micmac Nation of Gespeg.

Outlines the policy for environmental protection and any liability issues relating to mine closures located in the Northwest Territories.

Contends that the Indian Affairs Minister, Robert Nault, has dealt punitively with First Nations chiefs that have not agreed with his proposals and so the chiefs will be taking their complaints to the ethics commissioner, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Auditor General of Canada and the Prime Minister.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.3.

Looks at history of first Aboriginal to work for the Federal Department of Indian Affairs in Ottawa.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

Comments on a man, who worked as an Indian agent from 1923-53, with a keen desire to help his First Nations clients improve their lives.

Photograph of a portrait sketch by Sidney Hall.

Historical note:

Mr. Shepherd was a farmer, author and curator of the Western Development Museum, Saskatoon. His papers consist of personal correspondence, 1938-1977, subject files, 1933-1977; books, 1961-1977 and newspapers. Among the subject files are ones on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Cypress Hills area, Sioux Indians, and the Western Development Museum. The Books section is mainly about books he wrote.

Ada Ladu was born on the Mistawasis Reserve, worked for wages in the 1930s, married and mother of five. Beatrice Nightraveller, daughter of Josie Cuthand, was born on the Little Pine Reserve, Saskatchewan, worked for wages in the 1930s, also married with five children.They share: a story of a white baby girl abducted and raised by Indians in the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan district; accounts of the Riel Rebellion (1885), especially the aftermath in the North Battleford district; philosophies of child-rearing; loss of portions of Little Pine Reserve and the death of Little Pine.

Reflects on the long political career of John Munro, former Minister of Indian Affairs, who died on August 20, 2003.

Interviews Stoney Point band members about the effects of relocation.

Argues that increased funding will not solve the problems affecting First Nation education in Canada and that a restructuring is needed.

Claim submitted to the Specific Claims Branch of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in 1992, alleging there was a failure to meet the statutory requirements regarding the taking of reserve lands for school purposes. [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 review of: A Narrow Vision by E. Brian Titley.

Book review of: A Narrow Vision: Duncan Campbell Scott and the Administration of Indian Affairs in Canada by Brian Titley.

Regarding land surrendered in 1906 to create The Pas town site for which adequate compensation was never received. (French language version) Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, Alan C. Holman, 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.]

Concludes that no outstanding treaty land entitlement is owed to the James Smith Cree Nation. (French version) Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis and Alan C. Holman. [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.]

Book review of: A National Crime by John Milloy.

Comments on the proposal that was met with great opposition. History Honours [Thesis]--University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2014.

Web site to track federal funding for Indian bands but not elected chiefs and councillors salaries and travel expenses.

Examines the challenges associated with individuals attempting, as intermediaries, to represent the interests of both government and Native populations.

Aboriginal leaders, including National Chief Phil Fontaine of the Assembly of First Nations, are frustrated at the Canadian government's lack of concern for the living conditions of its Aboriginal peoples.

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

Looks at the employment of Aboriginal workers in Alberta during the 1950's and 1960's and describes migrant labour policies as well as public welfare programs.

This article places the issue of the James Bay Project for the development of hydroelectric power into a historical and political perspective and discusses its effects upon the Aboriginals of Quebec.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Alberta, 1987.

Discusses the federal budget allocations to First Nations programs.

Three 1970s agreements between Indigenous peoples and governments are compared: the Alaska Native Claims Settlement of 1971, the James Bay Settlement (1975) and the Committee for Original People's Entitlement (COPE) Agreement-in-Principle (1978).

Discussion of meetings regarding the residential school lawsuits, some for sexual abuse other lawsuits were of a more general nature.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.

Book review of: Negotiating the Numbered Treaties by Robert J. Talbot.

Submitted specific claim to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development arguing that a reserve had been created in 1862 by the British Crown and was later unlawfully reduced. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Argues that Treaty benefits should move from band councils to individuals and that there should be an introduction of taxation on reserves to raise revenue.

Discusses the content and editorial policies of this new peer reviewed journal.

Outlines Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) reaction to the change in government and the results of a meeting with Jim Prentice, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Outlines the federal government's political stance on Aboriginal issues as Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, hands over the reins to Paul Martin.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

Aboriginal leaders at the 1999 Treaty 4 commemorations in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan are hopeful as newly appointed Minister of Indian Affairs, Robert Nault, states the time has come for federal government to move towards treaty implementation as a way of defining its relationship with First Nations.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.3.

Interview with Jim Prentice, the Conservative Party's INAC (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) minister, regarding his view on Aboriginal issues.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

Report is based on principles of native control of education and adequate and sustainable funding for future education needs.

Discusses how the Department of Indian Affairs pushed for the Ermineskin people to surrender their land and how people resisted.

Recounts the history behind the land claim agreements for the Thunderchild and Moosomin First Nations.

Book review of: Noble, Wretched and Redeemable by C.L. Higham.