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1986 Black Hills Hearing on S. 1453

Alternate Title
1986 Black Hills Hearing on S. 1453: Introduction
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
The Office of Sen. Daniel Inouye
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 10-13
Description
Describes a hearing on the history of the reservation and the treaty related to natural resources, land, and preservation of the Sioux people.
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Aboriginal Treaties

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jim R. Miller
Description
Outlines the history of treaty making in Canada between Aboriginal peoples and the Crown.
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Allan Quandt Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Allan Quandt
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Allan Quandt discusses general problems of implementing programs in the north.
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Allan Quandt Interview 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Allan Quandt
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Allan Quandt speaks about the disappearance of Jim Brady and the theories on what happened.
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Allan Quandt Interview 4

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Allan Quandt
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Allan Quandt talks about Malcolm Norris and Jim Brady and their relationships with the CCF party.
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Alphonse Antoine 3

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Alphonse Antoine
Tony Snowsill
Christine Welsh
Ernest Debassigae
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Alphonse Antoine who gives an account of his life. Interpreter: Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber: Joanne Greenwood.
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Art, Indigenous Sovereignty, and Resistance in the Age of Big Oil: Corwin Clairmont's Two-Headed Arrow/The Tar Sands Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katie Kane
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 45, no. 2, Spring, 2021, pp. [152]-195
Description
An analysis of the art installation performed and exhibited in 2018 and discussion of how the artist's works express resistance to the proposed oil pipeline and energy extraction projects going through or near Indigenous lands in the U.S. and Canada.
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Augustine Yellow Sun and Joe Poor Eagle Interview 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Augustine Yellow Sun
Joe Poor Eagle
Allan J. Wolfleg
Indian History Film Project
Description
A discussion of Land rights under Treaty #7; trade of furs for goods; and the dispersal of the Blackfoot people and eventual return to the Blackfoot Reserve under Crowfoot.
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The Battle over Termination on the Colville Indian Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen A. Dahl
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 29-53
Description
Sums up the liquidation of reservation resources and argues that, for the Colville Confederated Tribes, sovereignty is the only path to follow.
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Benchmarking Trends in Aboriginal Forestry

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Bailie
Robert Parungao
Melaine Ouellette
Chantelle Russell
Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall, 2011, pp. 114-124
Description
Looks at Aboriginal forest based activities for economic development on and off the reserve. Opportunities are identified by the National Aboriginal Forestry Association.
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Bill C-5: An Act to amend the Indian Oil and Gas Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-625E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Reintroduction of Bill C-63 which had died on the Order Paper when Parliament was dissolved on 7 September 2008. Revised version.
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Bill C-54: First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-510E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Brief description of background and contents of the Bill, which provides First Nations with the option of managing and regulating oil and gas exploration and exploitation and receiving moneys otherwise held for them by Canada.
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Bill C-63: An Act to amend the Indian Oil and Gas Act

Alternate Title
Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; LS-611E
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlisa Tiedemann
Description
Amendment in response to Indian Oil and Gas Canada Co-Management Board's request to modernize the Act in order to eliminate existing regulatory gap and level the playing field between off-reserve and on-reserve activities, thereby reducing barriers to economic development.
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British Columbia Indian Reserves Mineral Resources Act

Alternate Title
British Columbia Indian Reserves Mineral Resources Act (1943-44, c. 19)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canada. Government of Canada
Description
Links to legislation concerning on-reserve mineral rights, their administration, control and use including precious metals; excempt are pre-existing leases established pursuant to the Indian Act.
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Building Strong Communities: Tribal Colleges as Engaged Institutions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alisa F. Cunningham
Christina Redmond
Description
Policy report explores expanding role of Tribal Colleges and Universities serving local communities in five areas: pre-school, elementary and secondary education, health and nutrition, faculty role models, agriculture and natural resource management and preservation of culture and language.
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Canada's Indians: Norms of Responsible Self-Government Under Federalism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Simon McInnes
Perry Billingsley
Canadian Public Administration, vol. 35, no. 2, Summer, 1992, pp. [215]-236
Description
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.
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Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Description
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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Choctaws at the Crossroads

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Samuel R. Cook
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 4, Fall, September 1, 2000, pp. 643-645
Description
Book review of: Choctaws at the Crossroads: The Political Economy of Class and Culture in the Oklahoma Timber Region by Sandra Faiman-Silva.
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Closing the Economic Gap in Northern Manitoba: Sustained Economic Development for Manitoba's First Nation Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Sandra Storm
Don Sullivan
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, 2007, pp. 49-108
Description
Argues that the provincial government must relinquish control over natural resources on unoccupied Crown land and share power with First Nations in order to ensure a strong and viable economy for Northern Manitoba.
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Compensation for the Plundering of $18 Billion of Sioux Gold, Silver and Other Natural Resources from the Black Hills is Unjust and Unacceptable

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phillip J. Stevens
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 49-50
Description
Argues that the United States government did not properly compensate the Sioux Nation for taking $18 Billion worth of natural resources, negatively affecting future generations.
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Confluence: Water as an Analytic of Indigenous Feminisms

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Barker
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 1-40
Description
A discussion of Indigenous feminist politics and the relationship between Indigenous women and water using the Flint water crisis and NoDAPL action at Standing Rock to illustrate.
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Contemporary Marxist Theory and Native American Reality

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, Summer, 1988, pp. 187-211
Description
An analysis of the similarity of ideologies between capitalism and communism for Indigenous communities.
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Donald Joe Sheridan Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Donald Joe Sheridan
Murray Dobbin
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Sheridan worked in the Dept. of Natural Resources in northern Saskatchewan He was associated with the school for prospectors and with other government agencies. He was a socialist and a close friend of Norris.
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File Classification System: Administrative (Housekeeping) and Operational Records Indian and Inuit Affairs Program [1872-c1980)]

Alternate Title
A Guide to the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "File History Cards", 1872-c1980
Guide pour les Fiches sur l'historique de dossiers des Affaires Indiennes et du Nord Canada, 1872-c1980
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Lists subject file blocks and subsections, and contains guide to various fiches used by Indian Affairs and its predecessors to track files created in headquarters central registry. English guide follows French version.
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First Nation Floats Log Recovery Idea

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Andrew Wareing
Northern Ontario Business, vol. 24, no. 7, May 2004, p. 3
Description
Study determines there is a 20-year supply of valuable underwater logs that could create employment for 12 people.
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