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Rights of Aboriginal Women On- And Off-Reserve

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Research Paper (Scow Institute)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peggy J. Blair
Research paper discusses some to the discriminatory aspects of the Indian Act, such as Section 12 and Bill C-31.
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Rights of Aboriginal Women On- and Off-Reserve

Alternate Title
Fact Sheet (Scow Institute)
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Author/Creator
Peggy J. Blair
Brief summary of some to the discriminatory aspects of the Indian Act, such as Section 12 and Bill C-31.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 138: Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta

Documents & Presentations
RCAP 138 contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in the Hunters Room, Skyline Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta. This portion includes presentations of individuals made at Round Tables concerned with addictions, racism, women's and elders' issues, urban affairs, business and economic development, Bill C-31 and Metis rights.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Florence Boucher

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Florence Boucher
File contains a presentation by Florence Boucher detailing discrimination she experienced because of the Indian Act and Bill C-31. She is frustrated that some persons under Bill C-31 receive education funding, while others also under the Bill do not receive funding. Following the presentation are remarks by the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Lisa Maracle, Resident, Six Nations

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This file contains an individual presentation by Lisa Maracle discussing a number of topics, including on- and off-reserve life, Canada's role as a model of human rights, racism and discrimination, Bill C-31, the Oka Crisis of 1990, and the speaker's perceived ineffectiveness towards the Six Nations Confederacy leadership. An exchange with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Shawn Bruce, Resident, Old Crow, Yukon

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File contains an individual presentation by Shawn Bruce focusing on the necessity of teaching the Vuntut Gwitch'in language to youth to ensure it does not become extinct. Bruce is frustrated with the division in his family due to Bill C-31 and rulings by the Old Crow council that have determined the speaker's sisters to be Indian and one brother as non-status. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Andrew Kirkness, Indian Council, First Nations of Manitoba, Glen McIvor, President, Wabowden Treaty Council

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The file contains a presentation by Andrew Kirkness, Indian Council, First Nations of Manitoba, and President Glen McIvor of the Wabowden Treaty Council. Kirkness discusses off-reserve Treaty people's issues including relations with the Department of Indian Affairs, Bill C-31 issues, the Northern Flood Agreement, education funding, economic development, provincial funding, housing, cultural programs, hunting, justice issues, views on the Royal Commission, views on the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry, and land issues.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Bob Antoine, Councillor, Nak'azdli Nation

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Bob Antoine
File contains a presentation by Bob Antoine relating to the Indian Act, Bill C-31 and the acquisition of a land base for Nak'azdli First Nations. Following the presentation is a brief question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Brian Tootoosis and Lawrence Sweeney, Councilors, Poundmaker Band

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Brian Tootoosis
Lawrence Sweeney
File contains a presentation by Brian Tootoosis and Lawrence Sweeney, Councilors, Poundmaker Band. Tootoosis discusses his peoples views towards the Canadian Federation, the Treaties, the Indian Act, questions of self-governance, Bill C-31, and the contribution of his people to Canada. Sweeney, a veteran, discusses his organization the Saskatchewan Indian Veterans Association and how status Indian veterans were not given the benefits awarded to Non-Aboriginal and Metis veterans.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Chief Kowaintco Shackelly, Chief

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File contains a presentation by Chief Kowaintco Shackelly, Nooaitch Indian Band. Shackelly discusses the Charlottetown Accord, its package dealing with Aboriginal issues, its defeat by referendum, self-governance, language concerns, women's issues (including Bill C-31), and a variety of health concerns especially the need for more Aboriginal health practitioners and participation in the system. Following her presentation Commissioners Dussault, Chartrand and Chief Don Moses, engage Shackelly in a conversation about some of the issues highlighted.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Debbie Thomas

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Debbie Thomas
This file contains a portion of Volume 2 of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Akwesasne Mohawk School, Cornwall Island, Ontario. This portion of the Volume includes a presentation given by Debbie Thomas for the Native Women's Association C-31 on the subject of the treatment of Native women. Questions from the assembled Commissioners is also included.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Evelyn Ballantyne, Committee Member on Bill C-31 and Edith Young, Swampy Cree Tribal Council

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The file contains a presentation by Evelyn Ballantyne. Ballantyne discusses Bill C-31 and its effects on the lives of Aboriginal women in Manitoba with reference to housing, discrimination, lack of consultation of women on major political decisions, and the Charlottetown Accord referendum. Edith Young discusses women's and general Aboriginal issues including loss of culture and language, violence and residential schooling, family violence, the need for financial aid, the need for healing lodges, alcoholism, and political corruption at the band level.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Harold Prince, Housing Co-Ordinator, Nak'azdli Nation

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Harold Prince
File contains a presentation by Harold Prince relating to the overwhelming demand for housing on the Nak'azdli First Nation, due to Bill C-31 reinstatement, members returning home for economic reasons or upon completion of their education. He calls on the Commission to help secure more funding for proper housing for band members. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Merilda St-Onge, representative of the Montagnais Nation

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Author/Creator
Merilda St-Onge
File contains a presentation by Merilda St-Onge, representative of the women of the Montagnais Nation. St-Onge discusses the legal issues pertaining to women's status in the Indian Act, and Bill C-31, as well as the issues she has personally faced as a reinstated individual under that legislation. St-Onge also discusses Montagnais women's economic and political issues in a more general sense, paternity issues, and other related matters. Following the presentation St-Onge discusses these issues with Commissioners Dussault, Wilson, and Chartrand.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Pauline Lewis

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
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Pauline Lewis
File contains a presentation by Pauline Lewis, a Micmac woman from the Eskasoni First Nation. Lewis discusses her experience with the Indian Act and Bill C-31, having been re-listed to the Band in 1991. She discusses spousal abuse, provincial-federal jurisdictional issues in criminal law, and her part in a National Film Board presentation. Following the presentation is a comment from Commissioner Georges Erasmus.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by the Association des Femmes autochtones du Quebec

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This file contains a presentation by six members of Association des Femmes autochtones du Quebec, a group represents approximately 3000 women from Aboriginal nations residing in Quebec. It focuses on three issues: family violence, day care for pre-school children and Aboriginal women in the urban setting. The group deals with obstacles when attempting to help Aboriginal women, such as the lack of support for domestic violence victims and the lack of resources to assist persons who assault or abuse.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentations by Lizabeth Hall, Sherry Small and Dennis Fletcher

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This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at Vancouver, British Columbia. This portion includes presentations made by Lizabeth Hall on adoption and reunification, Sherry Small on Bill C-31 and rights of Aboriginals under the Indian Act and Dennis Fletcher on B.C. Native Housing. Also included are questions from the assembled commissioners Co-Chair George Erasmus and Viola Robinson.
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Sandra Lovelace v. Canada [1977-1981]: (The Right to Enjoy First Nation (Indian) Culture Under Art.27 of the International Civll and Political Covenant)

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Sandra Lovelace v. Canada [1977-1981]: (The Right to Enjoy First Nation (Indian) Culture Under Art.27 of the International Civil and Political Covenant)
Web Sites » Organizations
Web page provides links to 18 original documents regarding case which addresses gender discrimination in the Indian Act.
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The Search for Consensus: A Legislative History of Bill C-31, 1969–1985

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gerard Hartley
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5

Examines Aboriginal women's rights, membership issues, government thinking and rationale, and Aboriginal perspectives. Chapter one from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 3, which is also vol. 5 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

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Spirit of Law Ignored?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 6, September 2003, p. 11

Discusses issues surrounding one Alberta band's efforts to control its membership numbers.

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

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Taking a Lifecourse Perspective in Aboriginal Policy Research

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Author/Creator
Martin Cooke
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 5-10

Looks at the proposed use of a life-course approach for research into the ongoing disadvantage of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.

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Twenty Years and Ticking: Aboriginal Women, Human Rights and Bill C-31

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Author/Creator
Sandra Delaronde
Morgan Albl
Margaret Haworth-Brockman
Bill was meant to correct gender-discrimination with respect to loss of Status, for both women and their children, due to marriage to non-Status men. Amendment created new issues in terms of band membership, two-tiered system of Status and second-generation cut-off rule, and insufficient funding for First Nations to provide housing and services to new registrants.
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Unknown and Unstated Paternity and The Indian Act: Enough is Enough!

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl (Gii-Zhigaate-Mnidoo-Kwe)
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 3, no. 2, Motherhood Activisim, Advocacy, Agency, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 188-199
Focuses on policies which discriminate against Indigenous women and their offspring by denying them status and treaty rights.
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Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Christopher Reid
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Indigenous People in Urban Areas, 2002, pp. 48-53
Studies the growing trend towards greater urbanization among Canadian aboriginal people. To access this article scroll down to page 48.
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"Wait a Second. Who Are You Anyways?" The Insider/Outsider Debate and American Indian Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 4, Fall, 2009, pp. 440-461

Comments on issues concerning insider Indigenous research, the advantages of being both an insider and outsider when researching, and a brief overview of the author's dissertation research. 

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What is Bill-31 and Bill-3?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legal Affairs and Justice
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Both bills were meant to address gender inequity and discrimination present in the Indian Act whereby women and their children were excluded from status and any of the accompanying rights and benefits .
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What Is It About Us That You Don't Like?

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The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. Pt. 5
[2003 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Thomas King
In speech, noted author uses a coyote story as a springboard for a discussion on European-Aboriginal relations throughout the history of Canada and United States. To listen to this audio, scroll down to Part 5. Duration: 54:22.
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White by Definition: Status, Identity and Aboriginal Rights

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Author/Creator
Susan B. DeLisle

Examines the issue of Aboriginal identification and inherent rights of Aboriginal peoples, and looks at how government policies fail to meet the concerns of specific groups. Uses case study of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.

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Who Is a Status Indian?

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Citizenship Issue: Who Is a Status Indian?
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Evann Goltz]
Timeline from the General Enfranchisement Act to the Indian Act and pertinent court cases and decisions which resulted in legislation to amend the Act.
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