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Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (1998) 10 ICCP

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Report and responses for: Sturgeon Lake First Nation Inquiry, Red Deer Holdings Agricultural Lease Claim; Chippewa Tri-Council Inquiry, Chippewas of Beausoleil First Nation, Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Collins Treaty Claim; Friends of the Michel Society Inquiry, 1958 Enfranchisement Claim; and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Inquiry, W.A.C. Bennet Dam and Damage to Indian Reserve 201 Claim. Commissioners include: Daniel J. Bellegarde, P. E. James Prentice, Roger J. Augustine, and Carole T. Corcoran.
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Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (2007) 18 ICCP

Alternate Title
Indian Claims Commission Proceedings: A Publication of the Indian Claims Commission (2007) 18 ICCP
E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Report includes background documents, articles, comments and responses regarding the following cases: Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation, Flooding Negotiations (Mediation); Peepeekisis First Nation Inquiry, Fire Hills Colony Claim; Moosomin First Nation ,1909 Reserve Land Surrender (Mediation); Thunderchild First Nation, 1908 Surrender Claim (Mediation); and the Betsiamites Band, Highway 138 and Rivière Betsiamites Bridge Inquires. Commissioners include: Renée Dupuis, Daniel J. Bellegarde, Jane Dickson-Gilmore, Alan C. Holman, and Sheila G. Purdy.
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Indian Registration, Membership, and Population Change in FirstNations Communities

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Stewart Clatworthy
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5
Description

Study looks at classification of membership codes, changes to membership rules, projected populations eligible under new rules, and implications of population changes. Chapter five 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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Indian Registration: Unrecognized and Unstated Paternity

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle M. Mann
Description
Discusses the ramifications of Bill C-31, which amended the Indian Act, and the policy options available to the Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs to deal with the inequities that have arisen in terms of children having status.
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Indian Registration: Unrecognized and Unstated Paternity

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michelle Mann
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5
Description

Looks at 1985 amendments to Indian Act. Chapter six 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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Indian Status, Band Membership, First Nation Citizenship, Kinship, Gender, and Race: Reconsidering the Role of Federal Law

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Wendy Cornet
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 5
Description

Discusses how legislation such as the Indian Act, with its arbitrary rules about who is considered to be an "Indian", has impacted relationships and identity in Aboriginal communities. Chapter seven 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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Indian Status for Women

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Star Phoenix Editorial
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 11, no. 8, August 1981, p. 2
Description
Saskatoon Star Phoenix article that supports the amending of law so First Nation women keep "registered status" after marriage to men who are not "registered Indians."
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"Indian Vital Statistics"

Documents & Presentations
Description
This folder contains four separate record sheets from the Red Pheasant, Stony, Moosomin and Little Pine bands naming those who were born and those who died in each band in 1908.
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Indians Everywhere: Paul Chaat Smith on "Americans"

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Chaat Smith
Description
Curator of the exhibition entitled Americans at the National Museum of the American Indian discusses the exhibition about the pervasiveness of the image of the American Indian in popular culture and the controversy surrounding the validity of artist Jimmy Durham's Cherokee identity. Duration: 58:51.
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Indigenous Peoples: Issues of Definition

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas E. Sanders
International Journal of Cultural Property, vol. 8, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 4-13
Description
Focuses on the United Nations' definition of Indigenous Peoples.
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Inquiry into the Treaty Land Entitlement Claim of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Historical background, submissions and recommendations from the Indian Claims Commission (ICC) hearing to determine the appropriate date to use in calculating the population for Treaty entitlement and whether the First Nation qualified under the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement. ICC recommended the claim not be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. [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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The Key First Nation Inquiry 1909 Surrender Claim

E-Books
Author/Creator
Indian Claims Commission
Description
Presents background, issues, analysis (validity, compliance, membership, and the question of fiduciary obligations), and concludes with the recommendation that the surrender portion of IR 65 not be accepted for negotiation under the Specific Claims Policy. [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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Laval Case

Alternate Title
Lavell Case
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 3, no. 3, March 1972, p. 4
Description
Lavell challenged federal legislation, which controlled the legal rights and legal status of First Nation women who married men without "registered Indian" status.
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Legislative Summary of Bill C-3, Gender Equality in Indian Registration Act

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary C. Hurley
Tonina Simeone
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 3, no. 3, Special Issue on Non-Status Indians, 2014, pp. 153-172
Description
Bill modifies the Indian Act to comply with the British Columbia Court of Appeal's 2009 McIvor decision. Originally published Nov. 15, 2010.
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‘Local Gov't Control Policy’

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 5, no. 9, May 30, 1975, p. 6
Description
James Smith Band experiences problems in attempt to give governing control to its band members.
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Membership Codes

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
[Damien Lee
Kahente Horn-Miller]
Description
Links to past and present codes written by Indian Bands in accordance with section of the Indian Act which is then sent to the federal government for ministerial approval. Part of a research project entitled Exploring Section 10: Narrating Three Decades of Indian Band Membership Policy, 1985 to Present.
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Mohawk Family Hopes To Reclaim Identity in Canadian Court

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Celeste Mackenzie
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 4, Indigenous Responses to Plan Colombia, Winter, 2002
Description
Discusses some concerns surrounding Bill C-31, including not allowing Indian Status for children and grandchildren of women who married a non-status person.
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Mortality of Métis and Registered Indian Adults in Canada: An 11-Year Follow-up Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Tjepkema
Russell Wilkins
Sacha Senécal
Éric Guimond
Christopher Penney
Health Reports, vol. 20, no. 4, December 2009, pp. 1-21
Description
Compares statistical patterns to those found in the non-Aboriginal population. Follow-up study to the 1991 Census. Data was tracked from June 4, 1991 to December 13, 2001.
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[National Aboriginal Day 2005]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tracey O'Donnell
Mary Eberts
Lynn Gehl
Ellen Monague
Wayne Beaver
Description
Panelists give presentations on Bill-31 and its impact on the status of Aboriginal women and their children. Duration: 2:03:41.
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Native Women's Association of Canada's Report in Response to Canada's Fourth and Fifth Reports on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Covering the Period of September 1999-December 2004

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Presents the Native Women's Association of Canada's (NWAC) perspective on Canada's compliance with articles in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
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New Deal Rumored for Off-Reserve People

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003
Description

Outlines the federal government's political stance on Aboriginal issues as Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, hands over the reins to Paul Martin.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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Oil and Lubicons Don't Mix: A Land Claim in Northern Alberta in Historical Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darlene Abreu Ferreira
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 1-35
Description
History of the Lubicon, and their struggle for recognition as a people, with discussion about the changing positions of the Federal and Provincial governments regarding the right of the Lubicon to determine their own membership.
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Page 5 Chatter

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 5
Description

Article presents three different news reports: A television series for the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN), Native American veterans who were illegally taxed, and the latest proroguing of the federal government causing concerns for registration as status Indians.

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

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Paradoxes of Modernism and Indianness in the Southeast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Anthony Paredes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 3, Summer, 1995, pp. 341-360
Description
Author (an Anthropology Professor) attempts to define contemporary Indigenous identity in the Southwestern United States from an ethnographic perspective.
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Paths Toward a Mohawk Nation: Narratives of Citizenship and Nationhood in Kahnawake

Alternate Title
Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
Description
Looks at a community consultation process that is attempting to move away from the 'blood quantum' model of descent to a more cultural and kinship-based one. Chapter 6 from Political Theory and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples edited by Duncan Ivison, Paul Patton and Will Sanders. To access chapter, scroll to page 113.
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"Philip, King of the Pequots": The History of an Error

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roumaina Velikova
Early American Literature, vol. 37, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 311-335
Description
Describes William Apess' misunderstanding of the relationship between his grandmother and Philip of the Pequots and his later discovery of his Wampanoag heritage.
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The Political Economy of Tribal Citizenship in the US: Lessons for Canadian First Nations?

Alternate Title
Commentary: The Political Economy of Tribal Citizenship in the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim TallBear (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 70-80
Description
Compares commonalities and differences of First Nation citizenship in Canada to that of Native American citizenship in the United States.
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