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Indian Act and Treaties

Web Sites
Author/Creator
Agriculture in the Classroom

Website includes links to three modules on treaties and five on the Indian Act and the reserve system.

Student worksheet for Indian Act and Treaties.

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Indian Affairs - Ontario - Snake Island Reserve

Archival » Archival Items
Correspondence between the Diefenbaker office and John Brundle, who has spent time on the Snake Island Reserve, with enclosed booklet entitled "The Rape of Snake Island Indian Reserve by the Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, and the Township of North Gwillimbury, Ontario."
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"An Indian Allotment"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Francis La Flesche
[The Independent], vol. 52, no. 2710, November 8, 1900, pp. 2686-2688
Author, relates a story of his experience with land allotments to the Omaha Indians.
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Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 1995-1996

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Indian Claims Commission (ICC) general introduction to its mandate, the Commissioners and accomplishments of the agency for the period April 1, 1995-March 31, 1996. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Indian Claims Commission: Annual Report 2001-2002

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Indian Claims Commission 2001-2002 Annual Report
Annual report recommends that the Federal Government clarify the mandate and procedure of the Research Funding Division of the Department of Indian Affairs to make sure that First Nations are treated fairly when applying to the Department for funding. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]
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Indian Claims Mechanisms

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
L. I. Barber
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 38, no. 1, 1974, pp. 11-15
Overview of the Indian Claims Commission with an example of claims and agreement for settlements.
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The Indian Diplomacy of John Graves Simcoe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. F. Wise
Canadian Historical Association. Report of the Annual Meeting, vol. 32, no. 1, 1953, pp. 36-44
Discussion of how an obscure lieutenant governor affected the course of Anglo-American relations, including revision talks of 1783 Treaty and mediation of boundary issues between America and First Nations.
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Indian Land and Water: The Pueblos of New Mexico (1848-1924)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Willard H. Rollings
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 1-21
Describes the unique legal status and events leading to the passing of the Pueblo Lands Act, signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 9, 1924.
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Indian Land Surrenders: Treaties 1-11

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Treaties and Historical Research Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada]

Lists reserve, band, surrender no., land alienated without surrender (O.C.), date, registration no., acreage surrendered, and treaty no.

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Indian Land, White Man's Law: Southern California Revisited

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Imre Sutton
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 3, 1994, pp. 265-270
Argues that a consistent, fair, and equitable policy of land restoration, in the United States, is the only way to resolve Indigenous land claims.
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Indian Lobbyists: Cherokee Opposition to the Allotment of Tribal Lands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tom Holm
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1979, pp. 115-134
An examination into the introduction of land allotments into Indian Territory and the efforts of Cherokee lobbyists to prevent its implementation in the late nineteenth century.
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Indian Record (Vol. 33, No. 9-10, Sept.-Oct., 1970)

Documents & Presentations
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
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Indian Reserves: Procedure for Adding Land

Alternate Title
[Mini Review] (Parliamentary Research Branch) ; MR-125E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Niemczak
Briefly discusses government policy and procedures for adding land to some reserves and for creating others. Current as of 1994.
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Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 2: The Documentary Evidence

Alternate Title
150 Years' Relationship: Documentary Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc. Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
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Indian Self-Government in Canada: Report of the Special Committee

Alternate Title
Minutes of Proceedings of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government
Penner Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith Penner
Stan Schellenberger
Warren Allmand
Jim Manly
Frank Oberle ... [et al.]
Committee investigated numerous issues related to self-government including: social conditions, need for a new Canadian/Aboriginal relationship, structures and powers of First Nations governments, fiscal arrangements, land and resources, and trust relationship with the Crown.
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The Indian Title Question in Canada: An Appraisal in the Light of Calder. - K. Lysyk. - Reprint. - September 1973.

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kenneth Lysyk
The author, Deputy Attorney General of Saskatchewan, gives his personal views on the Calder vs. Attorney General of British Columbia legal case that established that Aboriginal title exists in modern Canadian law. The Calder case related to the Nishgas (Nisga'a) land claim in northwestern British Columbia. Item found within folder 'XXXII-39'.

Historical note:

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Indian Treaties in Historical Perspective

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George Brown
Ron Maguire

Includes extensive chronology (1497-1978), list of treaties and grants, and brief summaries of activities in each of the provinces and territories.

2nd edition.

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“Indians Don't Make Maps”: Indigenous Cartographic Traditions and Innovations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke'e Lucchesi
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 11-26
Engages the works and practices of Indigenous mapmakers throughout history; highlights the issues of nation, state, relationship to the land, resistance to colonial occupation, and epistemology; asserts technological and theoretical contributions of Indigenous cartographers; calls for an increase for cartographic training in Indigenous communities.
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Indigenous Activism, Community Sustainability, and the Constraints of CANZUS Settler-Colonial Nationhood.

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul R McKenzie-Jones
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 104-131
Author considers different cases of Indigenous resistance; offers a critique of the process of settler-colonial nationhood citing Audra Simpson’s assertion in Mohawk Interruptus that “continued Indigenous defense undermines and corrupts the absolutism of settler-colonial nationhood”
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Indigenous Advocacy in Central Africa

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Jackson
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Indigenous Peoples in Africa, 2003, pp. 8-13
Looks at the cultural survival of the hunter-gatherer peoples and their land rights. Focuses on the Pygmy and Twa people. To access this article, scroll down to page 8.
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Indigenous Agency and Mineral Development: A Cautionary Note

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Howlett
Studies in Political Economy, vol. 85, Social Movements & Economies, Spring, 2010, pp. 99-123
Comments on the Mabo decision and its impact on Indigenous agency to negotiate terms for large-scale resource development on traditional lands. Presents case study of the Century Mine and mineral negotiations in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Australia.
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The Indigenous Face of Bolivia: Confronting the Racist Intelligentsia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Julio Penñaloza Bretel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, First Year of Evo Morales Presidency, June 2007, pp. 82-90
Looks at the political history and relations between the middle and upper class people of Bolivia and the governments' struggles to break with the past. To access this article, scroll to page 82.
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Indigenous Foundations

Web Sites » Organizations
Website includes information and resources on the history, culture, identity, rights, and politics of Aboriginal peoples.
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