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Carry The Kettle - 1905 Surrender - Public Edition, July 2008

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Contains historical documents, reports, legal submissions, correspondence/letters, transcripts, and maps regarding the specific land claim, concerning the surrender of reserve land, by Carry the Kettle First Nation. Commissioners include : Sheila Purdy, Alan Holman, and Jane Dickson-Gilmore. [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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Carrying the Burden of Peace: The Mohawks, the Canadian Forces, and the Oka Crisis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, Winter, 2008, pp. [1]-71
Chronicles the history and circumstances leading up to the Crisis, including issues with governments, the rise of the Mohawk War Society (Rotishkenhrakete), and the provincial and federal governments' response in terms of police and military presence during the conflict.
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Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yellowhead Institute
Looks at how the Canadian economy has been built by using Indigenous lands and waterways to create corporate profit and national power and how this process has left First Nations impoverished. Discusses the reparations needed as part of decolonization process.
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Caveat Hearings

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Indian History Film Project
Transcript of the court proceedings to determine aboriginal land rights in the North West Territories. There are no indexed terms. (Transcribed by Heather Yaworski).
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The Cayuga Claims: A Background Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Howard A. Vernon
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1980, pp. 21-35
Explains Canadian Cayuga Indian claims against New York State for their share of perpetual annuity payments agreed to in a Treaty.
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Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Non-profit, national organization developing and implementing solutions for environmental issues affecting First Nations lands and resources. Website contains links to full text articles in the CIER library and CIER publications and products.
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The Century-Long Displacement and Dispossession of the Maasai in Kenya

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joseph Ole Simel
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Land Rights: A Key Issue, 2004, pp. 42-46
Reports that the Maasai customary land tenure system and most traditional practices are no longer applicable because of present land policies and laws. To access this article, scroll down to page 42.
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Changes in Saami Socioeconomic Institutions in Jokkmokk Parish 1720-1890

Alternate Title
Changes in Sami Socioeconomic Institutions in Jokkmokk Parish 1720-1890
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Kvist
Robert Wheelersburg
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 2, 1997, pp. 1-11
Discusses the changes in socioeconomic structures and the cooperative hunting/herding model resulting in loss of land and resource rights.
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The Cherokee Struggle for Lovely's Purchase

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brad Agnew
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter, 1975-1976, pp. 347-361
An examination of the negotiations to remove the Western Cherokee from their homeland in Arkansas through the 1828 Treaty of Washington to the area known as Lovely's Purchase. Lovely's Purchase was named after William Lovely who secured the land from the Osages for the Cherokee people to use as a hunting ground.
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Chief Seattle's Speech Revisited

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 192-214
Analyzes a speech given by Duwamish and Suquamish Indian Chief Sealth or Seattle, along with Henry Smith's account, concerning the concession of native lands to the settlers and a plea for respect of Native American rights and environmental values.
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Chiefs Turn Up the Heat on Treaty Rights

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 8

Comments on issues of treaty rights and fair revenues from reserve resources, and discusses a contract between Onion Lake Cree Nation and an Asian government to build a refinery on Cree land.

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

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Christine Quintasket

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather Andrews Miller
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 30

Chronicles the life and works of the novelist and advocate of Aboriginal land rights.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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Church Leaders Launch Land Claims Petition

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Art Babych
Anglican Journal, vol. 126, no. 9, October 2000, p. 18
Signatures collected from across country in support of aboriginal land claims to be presented to federal government in June, 2001.
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Citizen Kin: Charles Eastman's Reworking of US Citizenship

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher Pexa
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 1-28
Essay examines three works: The Indian To-day (1915), Indian Scout Talks (1914), What Can the Out-of-doors Do for Our Children? (1920).
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Clarifying the Role and Responsibilities For Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation Within DND/CF

Alternate Title
Clarifying the Role and Responsibilities For Aboriginal Consultation and Accommodation Within Department of Defense/Canadian Forces
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Osborne
Reviews important sections from the Supreme Court of Canada decisions in the Haida Nation v. British Columbia and related case Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. Minister of Forests.
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Closing the Implementation Gap: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights in Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations
Native Women’s Association of Canada
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Amnesty International
Canada ... [et al.]
"A forum to follow up on the 2004 mission to Canada by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of Indigenous people, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, University of Ottawa, October 2-3, 2006." Purpose of the report is to summarize key opinions, concerns and recommendations that were shared by participants during the UN mission to Canada.
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Co-existence in Cities: The Challenge of Indigenous Urban Planning in the 21st Century

Alternate Title
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; 70
Reclaiming Indigenous Planning
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Libby Porter
Looks at the reasons why Indigenous interests and rights are so much less visible in urban planning and policy than in fields such as natural resource management and environmental planning. Chapter from Reclaiming Indigenous Planning edited by Ryan Walker, Ted Jojola, and David Natcher. Scroll down to read.
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Co-Management: An Aboriginal Response to Frontier Development

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David C. Natcher
The Northern Review, no. 23, Special Issue: [Northern Communities and the State], Summer, 2001, pp. 146-164
Reviews changes to policies in Canada relating to Aboriginal land rights and management of traditional land use.
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Co-management of Aboriginal Resources

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracy Campbell
Information North, vol. 22, no. 1
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
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Co-Management of Natural Resources in Canada: A Review of Concepts and Case Studies

Alternate Title
Rural Poverty and Environment Working Paper Series
Working Paper (International Development Research Centre) ; 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gerett Rusnak
Discusses organizational structure, mandated functions and goals, representation and participation of stakeholders, use of information and analysis and the approach to decision making of these co-management experiences.
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Cold Lake First Nation, Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range Inquiry, Public Release

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission

FILES CAN ONLY BE ACCESSED USING FIREFOX BROWSER. Consists of minutes, transcripts, statements, correspondence/letters, submissions, and reports regarding the historical claim grievances of two First Nations who had 4,500 square miles of land seized to create the weapons range. Commissioners include: Harry S. LaForme, 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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Cold Lake Trappers Interviews

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Several interviews with elders of Cold Lake Reserve.
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Colin Trindle Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Colin Trindle
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Trindle, aged 70 [approximately], is a former chief. He speaks of the promise of a reserve in Trout Lake/Peerless Lake area.
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