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Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners for the Year 1874.

Documents & Presentations
The Sixth Annual Report of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners includes reports of living conditions on reservations; correspondence and transcripts of meetings between government officials and Aboriginal chiefs and officials; and lists of Indian Agencies with names of tribes and agents.

Historical note:

Harold Nelson Woodsworth served as an Indian Agent at a number of agencies in Saskatchewan.
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The Sixties Scoop & Aboriginal Child Welfare

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Hanson
Looks at the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families and its effects and discusses the shifts in child welfare policy, and amendment to adoption laws.
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Sleeping Children Awake

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rhonda Kara Hanah
6 Part video series outlines the history of the residential school system and how it personally affected generations of First Nations people. Features the voices of many former school residents and their families, including Elijah Harper, Art Solomon, Shirley Cheechoo and the songs of Maria Linklater. Duration: 51:00. Click "play all" to see all six videos or click each part separately.
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The Social Economy of Canada's Aboriginal North

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
Looks at the the social, economic, and political interplay that takes place between subsistence and wage economies, sharing and reciprocity, and regulatory regimes that mediate harvesting and distribution of wildlife resources.
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Social Welfare Policies and Native Americans: Future Challenges

Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 6th, 2005
Native Women in the Arts, Education and Leadership: Proceedings of the Sixth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Thomas D. Watts
Joseph P. Bohanon
Discusses the problems facing American Indian welfare programs.
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Solutions from Fort Simpson: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Kulchyski
Study focused on public spending as it related to Aboriginal recipients of social assistance, unemployment insurance, pensions, family allowances, worker's compensation, harvester's assistance program, and the homeless.
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'Sorry'

Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 32, no. 2, March/April 2008, pp. 6-7
Contains the text of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology statement which was read in Parliament and brief reactions from the assembled crowd outside.
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Sovereignty, Security, and Surveillance in the Arctic

Articles » General
Northern Perspectives, vol. 22, no. 4, Winter, 1994-95
Looks at Canada's foreign policy and suggests the formation of an Arctic Council which would promote policies and programs for protecting the environment.
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Soviet Policy Toward Siberian Native People: Something Different?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dennis Bartels
Alice B. Bartels
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 1, 1987, pp. 59-80
Article concludes that the relative lack of opposition between Native Siberian and non-Native Siberians, stems from a greater knowledge of Siberian native people and the desire to expand traditional native occupations.
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“Speaking My Truth”: Reflections on Reconciliation & Residential School

Alternate Title
From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shelagh Rogers
Garnet Angeconeb
John Amagoalik
Madeleine Dion Stout
Fred Kelly ...
David Joanasie
Jose Amaujaq Kusugak
Rita Flamand
Drew Hayden Taylor
Richard Wagamese ...
Cheryil L'Hirondelle
Joseph Naytowhow
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Selections from <i>From Truth to Reconciliation: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools</i>, part of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation's three-volume Truth and Reconciliation series. 

Book club edition.

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Special Bulletins for Aboriginal Firearms Users

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Canada Firearms Centre
Provides links to information about programs and services dealing with guns, including licences for adults and minors, background safety checks, and regulations.
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Special Education in First Nations Schools in Canada: Policies of Cost Containment

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Phillips
Albert Journal of Educational Research, vol. 56, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 72-81
Presents themes of review: lack of willingness by the federal government to honor constitutional obligations; focus of providing provincial level of special education services; limited funding; lack of respect for First Nations knowledge.
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Special Study on INAC’s Funding Arrangements: Final Report

Alternate Title
Special Study on Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Funding Arrangements: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Institute on Governance
Objective was to examine whether funding arrangements for devolution of programs and services were appropriate, effective in achieving targeted outcomes, efficient administratively and as government policy instruments, and whether accountability provisions were suited to the needs of funding recipients and the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.
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Special Supplement on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in British Columbia: Group Submission to the Human Rights Committee on the Occasion of the Consideration of the Sixth Periodic Report of Canada Submitted June 5th, 2015

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC CEDAW

Gives background to the issue, discusses the reports produced by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and reports on the response of the federal and provincial governments.

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Specific Claims in Canada

E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma Butt
Mary C. Hurley
Brief overview of claims, the process, and issues related to failure to deal with claims and fulfil obligations.
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The Specific Claims Policy and Process Guide

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians
p. 18
Looks at a policy statement and process guide that reflects the developments and consistency of language between the Specific Claims Policy and the Specific Claims Tribunal Act.
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Speeches - Miscellaneous

Documents & Presentations
File contains notes from speeches by Eric Neilson on the Northern Development Policy and how Aboriginal people can aid in implementing it, and by John Diefenbaker for the PION-ERA festival in Saskatoon noting that the first day is to honour Aboriginal people.
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Square Peg, Round Hole: First Nations Drinking Water Infrastructure and Federal Policies, Programs, and Processes

Alternate Title
#ED-01-CO-0006
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason McCullough
Khosrow Farahbakhsh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-22
Examines the challenges to provide potable water to communities in Ontario; the role of government centered policy development and the identification of areas needing supportive policy.
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Squaring the Circle: How Canada is Dealing with the Legacy of Its Indian Residential Schools Experiment

Alternate Title
IALL 18th Course on International Law Librarianship
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela O'Connor
International Journal of Legal Information, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 232-265
Brief historical overview followed by discussion of the Federal government's and churches' changing responses to the issue, and judicial decisions which clarified liability in sexual abuse cases.
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Stanley Middleton's Response to Assimilation Policy in His Fight for Aboriginal People's Equality, 1948-62

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Lapham
Aboriginal History, vol. 40, 2016, pp. 27-64
Focuses on the attitudes of the most senior public servant responsible for the administration of Western Australia's Aboriginal population and his role as an advocate for citizenship rights, access to social security benefits, housing and education.
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