Ownership

Talks about the sale and lease of various lands and the fate of Sharphead and Papaschase reserves.

Reviews the history of Native Americans and the fundamental issues being challenged in order to attain sovereignty.

Topics discussed by Nisga'a Tribal Council Chairman, include Aboriginal title, ownership, courts, rights, and customary law. Interview first published in Multinational Monitor, vol. 13, no. 9, September, 1992.

Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Brunswick, 2005.

Argues that reservation lands must be given back to individuals in order to remove the main barrier to economic development. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota is discussed.

Response to "Individual Property Rights on Canadian Indian Reserves" by Christopher Alcantara in the Canadian Journal of Native Studies vol. 23, no. 2 (2003) at pages 391 to 424.

Public Policy Thesis (MPP.)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.

Highlights several successful initiatives across Canada which help individuals fund the purchase, or building, of a home. Many have set up a system of band-controlled revolving funds to deal with the restrictions of the Indian Act.

History of Lesser Slave Lake Reserves.

Sale of Saddle Lake Reserve land and the amalgamation of Saddle Lake and Washatanow bands.

Describes the amalgamations at the Saddle Lake Reserve, and the sale of reserve land.

Lifetime chief of the Fort MacKay band gives a brief account of the signing of Treaty 8; talks about Fort MacKay band reserves, how they are located a long way from Fort MacKay where people reside.

Mrs. Philomene Gladue recounts the history of Swan River Reserve, and the history of other Lesser Slave Lake Reserves.

Pierre Vandale was born in Carlton, Saskatchewan. He was treated in a sanatorium for tuberculosis but on recovery worked at farming and woodcutting. He talks about his children's education and his lack of schooling and he shares what his grandfather told him about the Riel Rebellion of 1885, the Metis and World War I and II.

Summary of study involving eight First Nations communities selected on the basis of innovative approaches to promoting home ownership and developing support programs. A minimum of six interviews was conducted at each site with community leaders, housing professionals and home owners.

Brief summary and evaluation of the references to mineral rights in the Treaty 8 interviews.

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, in northwestern Montana, and how their land is protected by the State Historic Preservation Office.

An overall summary of Treaty #6, the hows and whys of the difference in interpretation between Indian and non-Indian, based on field interviews and historical documents.

Examines two culturally distinct views of land ownership.

Webinar looks at family law in Ontario and changes that allow for more safety for women and children and access to the family home when the relationship ends. Duration: 1:14:15.

Examines the problems involved in resolving the Black Hills land claim between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.

Argues that First Nations people, living on reserves, need to develop wealth creation by means other than real estate, in order to increase their net worth.

Robert Goodvoice tells a story of the Sioux Indians' first contact with Europeans and prophecies regarding the Europeans. He gives accounts of the 1851 Treaty made at Fort Laramie between the Sioux and the American Government and of the 1862 Minnesota Massacre. He also tells of the establishment of the Wahpaton (Round Plain) Reserve in Saskatchewan, and its chiefs.

Discusses the Walpole Island fair.

The interview is an account of Ron J. Camponi's life.

Interview includes a general account of Rose Bertha Fleury's life.

The file contains a presentation on behalf of Secwepemc re: Chiefs Memorial 1910 by Chief Nathan Matthew, Chief Antoine Archie, Chief Lenny Sellars, and Bob Manuel.

Nine elders in discussion at Saddle Lake Reserve. They talk about aspects of life before contact with whites, Treaty #6, the history of amalgamations and land sales, and a traditional story of a boy raised by buffalo.

Discussion of various topics: traditional life and the changes brought about by the treaties; Crowfoot and the taking of Treaty 7; alcohol, and the problems it has brought; the surrender of reserve land.

Detailed description of a Bill regarding the Great Sioux Nation Reservation rights to land and resources.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2003.

Archaeology Thesis (M. A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1993.

General reminiscences of his life and he talks about a smallpox epidemic before he was born.

Links to legislation that contains the Agreement of sale of the Songhees Indian Reserve located on Vancouver Island, in the City of Victoria describing the land exchange and consideration.

Analysis of how reservations in USA were formerly held in trust by the Federal Government, however title has become progressively more complicated due to state and local jurisdiction.

Speech given by Joseph Gosnell about the Nisga'a Treaty.

Legislation confirming land titles for purchasers of land that had been set aside as reserve for the St. Peter's First Naton, Manitoba.

Lists 11 pieces of legislation and explains why they are of concern to First Nations.

This material summarizes what the elders of the Treaty 7 area have said in interviews about what transpired during the negotiation of Treaty 7 and what promises were made to the Indians at that time. The subjects dealt with include mineral and other resource rights, hunting, fishing, andtrapping rights, land and land surrenders, education and medicare and economic development.

Sixty-three elders' interviews from the Treaty 8 area were reviewed for references to land, and of these, all but fourteen contain some sort of statement about land.

A total of 136 elders' interviews were read for reference to treaty mineral rights. Of these, 58 were either not concerned with an Indian understanding of treaty or did not deal specifically with minerals.

Author uses various anthropological and historical sources to throw some light on the way in which the Indians of the Treaty 6 and 7 regions might have interpreted the treaty promises.

A summary of what the Treaty #6 elders have said in interviews about the nature of the treaty and the rights guaranteed to the Indian people by treaty.

Discusses facts that have come to light in his interviews regarding Indian religion, land ownership, and attitudes to natives.

This paper, based on his many field interviews, represents Mr. Rain's views on why the Indians in the Treaty 6 area wereanxious to sign treaty, the problems of language, and therefore of their understanding of the terms.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1979.

Sale of Saddle Lake Reserve lands ; fate of the Washatanow Reserve.