Membership

Discusses colonial policy in Canada and full rights of citizenship.

Author uses the frameworks created in Vizenor’s two 2006 poetry collections to discuss Anishinaabe concepts of belonging and citizenship separate from colonial discourses and dichotomies.

Study examined ten cases of existing self-goverment, and ten proposals under negotiation as of April 1991. Using measures of accountability in the fields of enacting laws, leadership selection, land, resources and financial management, and band membership, study found that structures for responsible government are in place.

Overview of significant decisions in the areas of: Aboriginal rights and title, costs, division of powers, duty to consult, fiduciary duty, Honour of the Crown, Indian Act Registration, infringement, specific claims, treaties, etc.

Background on the Hall of Fame and biographies of the three inductees.

Explores the concept of citizenship in relation to women and discusses problems of sexist and racist policies that impair the capacity of women for full citizenship in both the colonial state and First Nations.

Talk by Congress of Aboriginal Peoples National Chief Patrick Brazeau on Canada's paternalistic Indian Act. (About 5 minutes.)

Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Oklahoma State University, 2010.

Paper investigates the first challenge that the Indian Act had to face regarding membership of women at the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC).

Reaction to charges laid under the Wildlife Act of Saskatchewan against six Pelican Lake First Nation members who live on Chitek Lake Reserve.

Discusses meaning of political community and the relationship between it and the people who belong to it, and legal, psychological, and participatory dimensions of membership.

Book review of: Citizenship, Diversity and Pluralism edited by Alan C. Cairns and John C. Courtney.

Initiated in response to the Descheneaux decision dealing with denial of status to some members of First Nations due to sexual discrimination. Took place to seek input on implementation of removal of 1951 cut-off from the Indian Act, remaining inequities related to registration and membership and transferring responsibility for membership and citizenship to First Nations. Consisted of community consultations, online survey, regional events and expert panels.

Geography Thesis (M.A.) Queen's University at Kingston, 2004.

Introduction and table of contents in French, documents in English.

Discusses the importance of traditional governance systems, and efforts for revising constitutions to support Indian Nations' sovereignty including changing the criteria for White Earth citizenship. Duration: 55:50. Includes transcript. Requires creation of free account to access materials.

Describes the case of Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, of the Wikwimekong First Nation on Manitoulin Island, and her appeal to the Federal Court of Canada to retain status under the Indian Act.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2001.

Presents reasons why Indigenous groups should use principles of self-determination, culture and racial preservation as determinants of citizenship and membership.

Article presents findings of a research conducted in collaboration with Pinaymootang First Nation between 2015 and 2017; researchers use formal and informal interviews to detail the barriers and subsequent impacts faced by First Nation children with special needs and their caregivers in seeking healthcare services.

Discusses Western and Aboriginal concepts of identity and how regaining status under Bill C-31 of the Indian Act impacted one individual's life.

Even with the amendments made to the Indian Act in 1985, complexities continue to surround Aboriginal people's attempts to regain their legal status.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

Study probes the importance of kinship relations, with respect to individual and collective identity, for members of the Cowessess First Nation, Saskatchewan.

Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University Of Northern British Columbia, 2007.

Report commissioned to assess the social, political, economic and cultural ramifications of a new set of laws governing membership in the Anishinabek Nation of Ontario. Related material: Excerpts.

Overview of process to identify, examine and discuss broad issues of registration, membership and citizenship beyond the amendments to Bill C-3. Included participation of 20 organizations resulting in 55 national, regional and local First Nation and Métis organizations taking part.

Provides links to information submitted by the twenty national and regional First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations in their reports.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Discusses First Nations citizenship and nationhood by looking at the Indian Act and First Nations band membership as well as First Nations concept of nationhood and citizenship and colonial influences.

Focuses on Minister of Indian Affairs’ decision to end ongoing negotiations with First Nations leaders largely due to time already spent and the inability to reach an agreement.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.2.

Provides a mechanism for determining citizenship to preserve cultural and political integrity and outlines three fundamental objectives of the Citizenship Code.

Includes: brief history of issues, observations on the current state of affairs, review of existing research and information, and identification of areas for future investigation.

Elementary teacher resource for use with I Like Who I Am by Tara White.

Participants consisted of members of Assembly of First Nations' Elder's, Youth and Women's Councils. and representatives from the National Association of Friendship Centres. Provides summary of discussions held over two days of sessions.

Historical background and submissions to Indian Claims Commission (ICC) whether descendents and former members of the Michel Band are entitled to be recognized as members under the Indian Act. ICC concluded Canada has no obligation to recognize or reconstitute the Band; ICC recommended the claim regarding invalid reserve surrenders be submitted to Specific Claims. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Regina, 2000.

Reports discrimination remains in the registration provision of the Indian Act and is found in the second generation cut-off rule which was not looked at in the McIvor case.

Discussion of an externally imposed statutory system of classification and regulation of First Nations' peoples.

Uses non-technical language and practical examples to assist the reader in a greater understanding of the major amendments to the Act.

Describes the minimum blood quantum requirement for tribal membership, the history of its implementation, and how it originated with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI); argues that blood quantum is a bureaucratic tool rather than a genuine measure of Indigeneity.

Discussion of the issues of 'Indian status' and blood. In this way the Mohawk Nation of Kahnawake examines who should belong, be a member and have citizenship.

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Four: Information about Government Programs and Statistics.

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Summary Report.

Related material: Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Module Four: Information about Government Programs and Statistics.

Related Material: Module One: Aboriginal Inquiry. Module Two: Survey of Adult Bill C-31 Registrants. Module Three: Impacts on Indian Bands. Module Four: Information abo