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Assessment of the Factual Basis of Certain Allegations Made Before the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs Concerning the Relocation of Inukjuak Inuit Families in the 1950s: Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hickling Corporation
Response to assertions by the Inuit that the ill-considered policy, which resulted in 92 Inuit being moved to two locations on uninhabited and inhospitable High Arctic islands, was solely motivated by the government's goal of protecting and reinforcing Canadian sovereignty in the region.
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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Damage to IR 201, Public Edition July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains submissions, reports, studies, correspondence/letters and video in regards to inquiry which was trying to determine whether the Crown owes compensation in relation to the dam construction. Commissioners include: P.E. James Prentice, Carole T. Corcoran, Aurélien Gill.

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Athabasca Denesuline Inquiry - Aboriginal and Treaty Harvesting Rights: Public Release - July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Document contains correspondence/letters, submissions, and oral transcripts in regards to the claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, Daniel J. Bellegarde, and P.E. James Prentice.

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Athabasca Denesuline Special Report on the Treaty Harvesting Rights of the Fond Du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake First Nations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Final, special report examines the legal review of the Athabasca Denesuline claim for formal recognition of treaty harvesting rights north of the 60th parallel. Commissioners were Daniel J. Bellegarde and P.E. James Prentice. [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.]
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The Atlantic Aboriginal Post-Secondary Labour Force

Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Bruce
Amanda Marlin
Mary Beth Doucette
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat (APCFNC) is a policy research organization that analyzes and develops culturally relevant alternatives to federal policies that impact on the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy and Innu Aboriginal communities and peoples.
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Australia Apologizes To Aborigines For Stolen Generations

Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 1, Burma Burning, Spring, 2008
Comments on the Australian governments apology to the more than 50,000 Aboriginal children forcibly removed from their families and the lack of an apology from the Canadian and American governments.
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Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alternate Title
Management Plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations
Operational Plan for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Health
Australian Government
Presents overview of government's approach to COVID-19 as it relates to Indigenous peoples and its operational plan.
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Avoidable Mortality Among First Nations Adults in Canada: A Cohort Analysis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jungwee Park
Michael Tjepkema
Neil Goedhuis
Jennifer Pennock
Health Reports, vol. 26, no. 8, August 2015, pp. 10-16
Longitudinal analysis compares statistics for First Nations adults to those for non-Aboriginals. Uses data from the 1991-2005 Canadian Census Mortality and Cancer Follow-up Study.
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AWCS Host Conference to Create an Awareness

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Chereise Morris
Windspeaker, vol. 26, no. 7, October 2008, p. 11

Author discusses the first World Conference of Women's Shelters arguing that governments need to understand that social problems have an economic and historical social basis.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.

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[Band Classifcation Manual 2005]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mathew Chan
David Dahm
Provides a list of bands in each region according to geographic and economic situation for the funding of Indian government support, education and social assistance. Includes remoteness and environmental indices.
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Bande de Betsiamites: Enquêtes Relatives à la Route 138 et au Pont de la Rivière Betsiamites

Alternate Title
Betsiamites Band Highways 138 and Riviere Betsaimites Bridge Inquiries - Final Report (French Version)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Final report regarding the two specific claims arguing that reserve lands taken for highway construction were never surrendered to Canada and/or transferred to the Province of Quebec. Commissioners include : Sheila G. Purdy 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.]
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The Basis for Native claims in Canada. - L.I. Barber. - Address. - October 1974.

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Author/Creator
L.I. Barber
Address to the Rotary Club, Yellowknife, NWT by the Indian Claims Commissioner of Canada. Abstract: "The author believes that the claims of the indigenous people of the Northwest Territories as to ownership of resources and a right to direct participation in resource development, together with a high degree of political autonomy within the larger Canadian society, are just and well-founded. Given control of resources, the indigenous peoples are fully able to cope with the responsibilities that go with large resources and with autonomy..."
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Before Truth: The Labors of Testimony and the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naomi Angel
Culture, Theory and Critique, vol. 53, no. 2, Special Issue: The Crossroads of Memory, 2012, pp. 199-214
Discusses national gathering held by the Commission in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Argues that survivors' testimonies served as much to repair the family ties, which residential schools had destroyed, as to alleviate suffering of victims or deal with the oppressor/oppressed relationship.
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Being an Indigenous Carer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tony Pearce
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, January/February 2000, pp. 21-22
Author comments on the preconceived notions that non-Indigenous Australians have regarding gender roles in the Indigenous community in Australia.
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The Berger Inquiry: An Impact Assessment Process

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
D. J. Gamble
Science, vol. 199, no. 4332, New Series, March 3, 1978, pp. 946-952
Looks at how the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry was conducted and methodology developed by the Inquiry.
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