Roads & Highways

Proposed construction of a 100 kilometer all-weather road from Highway 905 in northern Saskatchewan to the settlement of Wollaston Lake and the Hatchet Lake Denesuline First Nation community.

Looks at the fund created in 2007-2008 for solid waste management, energy systems, local roads and bridges, and planning and skills development projects on reserves.

Correspondence relating to the sale of fishing equipment, road construction, building materials, the opening of a school, a residential school, and purchase of equipment by J.R. Leach & Son.

The Mushkegowuk Tribal Council study will examine all current modes of transportation including rail, sea, winter and all-weather roads.

Five-part documentary series about the Shoal Lake 40 Anishinaabe Nation's battle to build a road after their community was forcibly relocated and cut off from the mainland so that water could be supplied to the city of Winnipeg. Related material: Mini-Lesson.

Endeavors to identify a framework for transportation strategies to give communities the tools for increased livability.

Delves into the creation of the White Earth Reservation, the allotment periods, and tribal bingo as a source of income, education, and the evolution of their religion for the Chippewa Nation.

Development of better technology to serve the entire Navajo Nation.

Examines the concept of the social economy and how it can serve as a guide for Aboriginal communities looking to better their members' lives.

This file contains a presentation by Lawrence Coutreille and Jeffrey Rath relating to broken treaties. They state that Fort McKay is 20 kilometers from the two biggest oil-sands in Canada, yet half the community does not have water and sewer, adequate roads and infrastructure. The speakers say that treaty promises have been broken and cite a number of Canadian court cases that favored Aboriginals. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

File contains a presentation by Tony Sinclair, Student, Anicinabe School. Sinclair, who is Junior Chief of Anicinabe School highlights a variety of concerns including: a lack of recreation and related facilities for youth, the need for daycare, the need for improved road infrastructure, the need for running water, and a request that the school board cut funding for band students who go to school off reserve and invest that funding in the community's school instead.

Using Stó:lö oral history to discuss the imbalance in Indigenous-white relations through each groups interpretations of "consultation" during land development on the Chawathil reserve.