File contains records relating to Financial Transfer Agreements between the Federal Government and First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) Fiscal Relations - Dependency or Development? - discussion paper draft #2
2) Financial Transfer Arrangements: background information
3) Memorandum of Understanding Establishing a Fiscal Relations Table between the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs Saskatchewan, and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
4) Assembly of First Nations correspondence and resolutions
5) News releases, notes and other materials.

File contains records relating to the Government of Canada's Alternative Funding Arrangements for First Nations. In the file are and Alternative Funding Arrangements Managers Guide; New Indian Funding Arrangement Implementation strategy; and a copy of the agreement between the Federal Government and the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation.

Binder titled Aboriginal Strategic Initiative: Directed Research Component. Binder contains research frameworks and proposal being undertaken for the Initiative.

File contains brochures, information booklets, and information packages about the Indian Claims Commission. Also in the file are two copies of the Indian Claims Review newsletter Spring 1995.

File contains reports and other materials. Included are:
1) Assembly of First Nations Report of the Proceedings of the National Symposium on Sharing Solutions: First Nations Social Security, held in Aylmer, Quebec May 5-7, 1997
2) Assembly of First Nations Social Security Reform Newsletter - Vol. 1, No's 1 and 2
3) Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development resource catalogue
4) First Nations Child Poverty Issues Research Paper prepared for the Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Strategic Initiative by Louise Lahache

File contains several reports dealing with Social Services and First Nations. Included are:
1) "Social Assistance Policy - Comparative Analysis" prepared for the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs by Rosanna Stafford
2) "Mi'kmaw/Maliseet Self-Government in Social Services - Jurisdictional Possibilities for the Future" prepared for the Mi'kmaw & Maliseet First Nations Member Chiefs by the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs secretariat
3) "Strategic Approaches to Social Services - a discussion paper on Exercising First Nations' Jurisdiction over Social Services"

Final Report of the Aboriginal Strategic Initiatives "Sharing Solutions First Nations Social Security Reform".

File contains a final report by Windiroflow Consulting Inc. for the Assembly of First Nations titled "First Nations Social Security Systems - a review of literature for Assembly of First Nations". Also in the file are two copies of the Assembly of First Nations Social Security Reform newsletter, Vol. 1 No. 3 - October 1997.

File contains the research proposal (1997) and draft #3 of "Social Development and First Nation Jurisdiction - a discussion paper" prepared by Peter Di Gangi for the Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Strategic Initiative.

Draft #2 of discussion paper "Jurisdiction & Social Development" prepared by Peter Di Gangi for the Social Development Program Assembly of First Nations.

File contains records relating created in conjunction with the Assembly of First Nations/Aboriginal Strategic Initiative regarding First Nations social services. Included in the file are:
1) Towards a National Framework for a First Nations Social Security System - a discussion document (2 copies)
2) Selected Executive Summaries Aboriginal Strategic Initiative Comprehensive Research and Effective Practices on Social Security Reform (2 copies)
3) Discussion Paper - A First Nations' Agenda for the National Child Benefit
4) Towards a Framework for a First Nations Social Security System - Our Challenge Our Responsibility Facilitator Information Kit
5) ASI Jurisdiction History outline
6) Executive Summary Report on First Nations Children, Our Future; A Comprehensive Review on the Cultural Conflicts Contributing to First Nation Child Poverty
7) Memorandum of Agreement between Assembly of First Nations/Aboriginal Strategic Initiative and Peter Di Gangi

Series contains records and files regarding financial funding arrangements/agreements for health and welfare funding for First Nations, and Health and Welfare programs for Indigenous peoples.
The series contain the following files/items:

2018.008.006.001 ASI Plans
2018.008.006.002 ASI - Jurisdiction #1
2018.008.006.003 ASI - Final Draft 3/98
2018.008.006.004 ASI - Oct 1997
2018.008.006.005 ASI Final Report 3/99
2018.008.006.006 AFN Soc. Dev 4/97
2018.008.006.007 ASI Projects 8/97
2018.008.006.008 Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Strategic Initiative: Directed Research Component
2018.008.006.009 AFA Jan 1986 - Native Funding
2018.008.006.010 FTA - AFN Docs 96-97
2018.008.006.011 Fiscal Update 10/97
2018.008.006.012 FTA Info - DIAND - 6/96
2018.008.006.013 FTA - 1/97
2018.008.006.014 FTA - COO - DIA Draft 6/97
2018.008.006.015 FTA - Analysis 6/96
2018.008.006.016 FTA: DIA Evaluation - 10/96
2018.008.006.017 FTA - 5/96
2018.008.006.018 FTA/MSB/CHST 4/98
2018.008.006.019 FTA - July 1999
2018.008.006.020 Health & Treaties
2018.008.006.021 UOI -Health - 1990-91
2018.008.006.022 AFN Health 11/95
2018.008.006.023 UCCM: Health 6/95
2018.008.006.024 Program Review - Health
2018.008.006.025 Fed. Legal Opinion - Treaty Right to Health
2018.008.006.026 Non-Insured Health
2018.008.006.027 Auditor General: NIHB 10/97
2018.008.006.028 Health Stats
2018.008.006.029 Health 6/97
2018.008.006.030 Community Healing and Aboriginal Social Security Reform

Annual publication of the Carleton University School of Public Administration. Number 20 in the series titled "Shape Shifting: Canadian Governance Toward the 21st Century" edited by Leslie A. Pal.

Annual publication of the Carleton University School of Public Administration. Number 19 in the series titled "Balancing Act: The Post-Deficit Mandate" edited by Leslie A. Pal.

Annual publication of the Carleton University School of Public Administration. Number 18 in the series titled "Life under the Knife", edited by Gene Swimmer

File contains records relating to taxation and First Nations. File contains two copies of the Skuppah First Nation assessment by-law; news releases about appointment to Indian Taxation Advisory Board; and a copy of "Why Tax? - Considerations for First Nations Councils".

File contains records dealing with Federal/Provincial fiscal and social programs for First Nations.

File contains records relating to the Canadian Health and Social Transfer from the Federal to Provincial/Territorial Governments. Included in the file is correspondence; newspaper clippings; report "Social Policy Beyond the Budget" by the Canadian Council on Social Development; report "Looking for Mr. Good-Transfer, a guide to the CHST negotiations" by Michael Mendelson, Caledon Institute of Social Policy; draft #3 "Aboriginal Social Assistance Programs" by Allan Moscovitch and Andrew Webster; "Canadian Health and Social Transfer - Bill C-76 First Nations Impacts" Linden A. Pinay for the Assembly of First Nations; and copies of "Canadian Perspectives" the Council of Canadian magazine.

File contains record relating to Canadian sales tax harmonization. Included is the booklet "Towards Replacing the Goods and Services Tax".

File contains a newsclipping and copies of the Kamloops Indian Band's bylaws pertaining to taxation and property assessment.

File contains proposal, outline, and a working draft copy of the paper "First Nations Taxation Exemption and Jurisdiction: The Legal Context and Policy Options". Paper was authored for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains copies of reports created by Goss Gilroy Inc. for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The two reports are "Federal, Territorial and Provincial Expenditures relating to Aboriginal Peoples" and "Report on Assignment 2 The Costs of Policy and Program Failure". Also in the file is a working draft of a report "Current Practices in Financing Aborignal Government" by Torben Drewes and Harry Kitchen of Trent University.

File contains records relating to Parliament Bill C-115 - an act to amend the Indian Act. In the file is a info sheet "Band Property Taxation Powers on Reserves" and a background report on Bill C-115.

File contains a variety of papers and reports related to taxation. Included are:
1) "A First Nations Province" executive summary, Thomas J. Courchene and Lisa M. Powell
2) "A taxation potential estimate for the Le Pas First Nation".
3) "Judgement Day - the link between taxation jurisdiction and economic development for First Nations" by Andre Le Dressay, Indian Taxation Advisory Board
4) "Indian Government taxes and Services in British Columbia - alternatives under Bill C-115 and Bill 64" by Robert L. Bish, Eric G. Clemens, and Hector G. Topham
5) "Some Short Answers to Some Tough Tax Questions" Indian Taxation Advisory Board
6) "Taxation of Aboriginals in Canada" Howard L. Morry
7) Parliamentary Alert newsletter Vol. 12, No. 4 February 3, 1994

Brochure and highlights report from the Indian Governments and Tax: a conference exploring the nature and powers of tax, held November 12-15, 1991 in Whistler, British Columbia.

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations National Taxation meeting held in Ottawa October 3-4, 1991. Included in the file is a meeting summary; a brochure; handwritten notes; and correspondence with accompanying materials.

Assembly of First Nations Chiefs' Economic Committee Council Fire: Managing Economic and Business Issues.

File contains two copies of "Introduction to Real Property Taxation on Reserve" by the Indian Taxation Advisory Board, Indian and Northern Affairs.

File contains records related to Indian taxation . Included in the file is correspondence from Roger Obonsawin re: taxation; Department of Finance Working paper on Indian Taxation; Department of Finance - Indian Taxation Policy Review and accompanying materials; a report "Indian Monies Committee and Trust Fund Management: Current Initiatives of the Governance Working Group; and a brochure "What is Self Government" put out by the United Indian Councils.

File contains 2 copies of "A Working Paper on Indian Government Taxation"; story from the Manitoba Law Journal "Taxation of Aboriginals in Canada" by Howard L. Morry; memos from Ovide Mercredi, National Chief Assembly of First Nations re: taxation issues planning committee meetings; and court decision in Williams v. Canada.

File of newspaper and magazine clippings regarding taxation, debt, and economics.

One copy of the draft Property Tax By-law written by the Indian Taxation Advisory Board.

File contains records regarding taxation and introduction of the GST. Included is correspondence and accompanying materials, court case documentation; Report - First annual report of the Indian Taxation Advisory Board 1989/90; An Information Guide for Indian and Native Businesses on the Impact of GST; and the ABC's of GST and Indians.

Special Committee on Indian Self-Government Research Project on Federal Expenditures and Mechanisms for their Transfer to Indians by Coopers & Lybrand.

File contains two copies of the discussion report on Indian Taxation by W. E. Daugherty and released by the Treaties and Historical Research Centre.

Series contains records relating to taxation, fiscal, and social programming for First Nations in Canada. The series contains the following files/items:

2018.008.005.001 Indian Taxation - THRC 1978
2018.008.005.002 Penner - Fiscal 83
2018.008.005.003 Taxation/GST: 1989-91
2018.008.005.004 Tax - ITAB Bylaws
2018.008.005.005 Tax: Big Picture
2018.008.005.006 Taxation - Jan/93
2018.008.005.007 Taxation 1991-1993
2018.008.005.008 ITAB - Real Property Tax - 1990
2018.008.005.009 Tax/Ec Dev - AFN 01/1990
2018.008.005.010 AFN - Taxation - 10/91
2018.008.005.011 Taxation Conf. Whistler, 1991
2018.008.005.012 Taxation - Nov. 1993
2018.008.005.013 C-115 - Kamloops
2018.008.005.014 Financing - Goss Gilroy
2018.008.005.015 Taxation - Heather Caswell
2018.008.005.016 Taxation - Kamloops Bylaws
2018.008.005.017 GST Harmonization 4/96
2018.008.005.018 CHST - 95/96
2018.008.005.019 Taxation - 1/96
2018.008.005.020 Fisc/Soc. Programs /96
2018.008.005.021 ITAB - Utility Tax By-Laws B. C.
2018.008.005.022 How Ottawa Spends 1996-97 - Life under the Knife
2018.008.005.023 How Ottawa Spends 1998-99 - Balancing Act: The Post-Deficit Mandate
2018.008.005.024 How Ottawa Spends 1999-2000 Shape Shifting: Canadian Governance Toward the 21st Century

Report on Aboriginal self-government in Canada and other countries around the world. Unclear as to the author or date of the record.

Report prepared by Ovide Mercredi for the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains newspaper clippings, and a copy of the draft interim report regarding public accounts and the Specific Claims branch of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

Discussion paper "Social Assistance and Aboriginal People" by Allan Moscovitch and Andrew Webster. Paper was prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains a news release regarding the paper "Access: A Convention on the Canadian Economic and Social Systems" by Professor Thomas J. Courchene.

File contains records relating to Provincial/Territorial Premier meetings regarding social reform. Included are:
1) newspaper clippings/news releases
2) correspondence
3) Report No. 2 - Provincial Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal progress report to Premiers.

File contains records relating to provincial/territorial social policy. Included in the file are:
1) news releases/newspaper clippings
2) Report - New Approaches to Canada's Social Union, prepared by the Provincial/Territorial Council on Social Policy Renewal
3) Social Policy Reform and Renewal - 37th annual Premiers' Conference
4) Renewing the Canadian Federation: An Ontario Perspective, Dianne Cunningham, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
5) Ministerial Council on Social Policy Reform and Renewal - report to Premiers

File contains records about the Mi'kmaq Education Act. Included in the file is a news release; two copies of "An Agreement with respect to Mi'kmaq Education in Nova Scotia" between The Federal Government and the Mi'kmaq Bands in Nova Scotia; and copies of the various legislations and other documents related to this initiative.

File contains correspondence, news releases and other records related to taxation and First Nations.

One copy of "Aboriginal Issues Study - Alerts Bulletin" by the Angus Reid Group, April 1994. Report looked at Aboriginal Rights and Government Services, Native Land Claims, Control of Natural Resources, Aboriginal Self-Government, Public Reaction to recent Initiatives, Confidence in players and institutions, and Aboriginal Leadership and Tactics.

File contains records relating to the framework agreement initiative and the Association of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC). The file includes newsclippings; correspondence; a brochure "Moving Beyond Talk - A first step to restoring jurisdictions to Manitoba First Nations; news releases; copy of the memorandum of understanding between AMC and the Federal Government; copies of the framework; and other related materials.

File contains records relating to the First Nation Forest Resources Management Act and the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA). Included in the file are:
1) NAFA (National Aboriginal Forestry Association) brochure
2) Correspondence re: First Nation Forest Resources Management Act
3) An analysis of the proposed First Nation Forest Resources Management Act, prepared for the Native Council of Canada
4) NAFA drafts No. 4 and draft No. 5 - Proposal for a First Nation Forest Resources Management Act
5) NAFA Quarterly newsletter - Summer 1992, Summer 1993
6) Lands, Revenues and Trusts Forestry Review - Intertribal Forestry Association of British Columbia, December 1990

File contains records relating to First Nations money management. Included in the file are:
1) An analysis of Indian Act Alternatives on Indian Moneys, prepared for the Native Council of Canada
2) "secret" draft legislation - First Nations Moneys Management Act
3) Monies Committee - Legislative Section
4) Indian Monies Committee and Trust Fund Management: Current Initiatives of the Governance Working Group, prepared by Peter Di Gangi

File contains records relating to self-government for the Siksika First Nation. File includes a copy of the agreement between The Siksika and the Federal Government and four documents prepared for the Siksika First Nation by Robert A. Reiter - titled "Accountability Legislation", "First Nation Government Finance Act", "First Nation Governance Recognition Act", and "First Nation Government Act".

File contains copies of the framework agreement with respect to governance between the Anishinabek Nation and The Federal Government (as representatives of the Queen). The file also contains a press release regarding the signing of the agreement.

One copy of the Anishinabek Restoration of Jurisdiction recommended approach document adopted by the Grand Council in 1996.

File contains a work book from the Anishinabek Special Chiefs Assembly "Restoring Anishinabek Jurisdiction" held December 11-12, 1995 in North Bay.

File contains Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples related materials. Included are: draft outline - Policy Options Paper: Aboriginal Governance; Minutes of 54th meeting Sept. 12-16, 1994; Memo to Treaty/Governance RCAP teams; and draft copy of The Treaty Relationship & Governance.

File contains correspondence, a copy of the Chiefs' Governance Working Group Report, The Constitution and Self-Government information, and other records relating to self-governance.

File contains what appears to be a workbook of information from the Chiefs' Governance Working Group. Included in the workbook are:
1) Approach to First Nations Government: Governance
2) The Mawiw Council of Chiefs proposal respecting the exploration, development and negotiation of an "Indian Court System"
3) Governance Community-Level Constitution chart
4) Governance
5) Building Blocks Towards Constitutionalizing First Nations Self-Government
6) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Working paper on Leadership Selection - Draft #1
7) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Discussion Paper on Process
8) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Discussion Paper: Need for a Communication Strategy
9) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Discussion Paper: Objectives and Means in Changing Crown-First Nations Relationship
10) Concept paper Training Element for Inclusion to Work Plans
11) Discussion paper - Leadership Selection
12) Proposal on Accountability
13) Proposal for First Nations Governance Issue: Legal Status and Capacity
14) A Framework for a Leadership Selection Act (by Voting)
15) Principles Guiding the Development of Alternatives to the Indian Act
16) Chiefs' Governance Working Group status report
17) Leadership Selections Act (draft)

File contains materials relating to self-government. Included are newspaper clippings; correspondence; records relating to the Chiefs' Governance Working Group; press releases; Assembly of First Nations bulletins; a copy of "Building Blocks towards Constitutionalizing First Nations Self-Government"; "Approach to First Nations Government"; and an information sheet "Indian Act Alternatives".

File contains two documents pertaining to self-government in the Yukon Territories. The first is a copy of the Teslin Tlingit Council self-goverment agreement implementation plan and the second is the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun self-government agreement between The Government of the Yukon, The Government of Canada, and the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun.

File contains a terms of reference for the Tribal Councils Advisory Board to the Union of Ontario Indians; a memo from the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres re: advisory committee; lists of tribal councils; a list of friendship centres; Anishinabek - Tribal Council Relations draft report prepared for the UOI by Peter Di Gangi; and a copy of "Declaration of the Anishinabek" November 1980.

File contains meeting minutes from the the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) /Tribal Council Relationship meetings and accompanying materials. Those materials include a draft working paper on protocol between Native Political Organizations and First Nations created by the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin; a report on UOI/Tribal Council Relationships; Union of Ontario Indians relationship with Superior First Nations; United Indian Councils (UIC)'s Indian Government Institutions Inter-relationships & Protocol; and a copy of North Shore First Nations and North Shore Tribal Council Self Government Initiative.

File contains a copy of the The North Shore First Nations and North Shore Tribal Council Self-Government Initiative information package.

File contains information regarding Community Based Self Government in relations to the United Indian Councils of the Mississauga and Chippewa Nations. Included are:
1) booklet - Indian Government: Treaties, Rights and Development
2) booklet - Traditional Territories - Rights, Jurisdiction, & Co-existence
3) booklet - Economic Self Sufficiency & Self Determination
4) News release - United Anishnaabeg Councils Sign First Self Government Agreement in Principle
5) Listing of Missassauga Nation Treaties
6) Discussion paper - United Indian Councils of Mississauga and Chippewa Nations Self Government Negotiations, prepared by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Self-Government Negotiations team

File contains agenda and supporting documents for the Assembly of First Nations Conference "First Nations-Crown Relations" held April 25 - 27, 1991.

Series contains records dealing with self-governance and social assistance. The series contains the following files/items:

2018.008.004.001 Self Govt - AFN/91
2018.008.004.002 UIC CBSG 89-91
2018.008.004.003 NSTC CBSG - 91
2018.008.004.004 UOI Self Govt 1991/92
2018.008.004.005 UOI Self Govt 3-4/94
2018.008.004.006 Yukon Self Govt
2018.008.004.007 Self Govt 1991 Vol. I
2018.008.004.008 Self Govt Vol. II 1991
2018.008.004.009 Gov. Vol. III: 92-93
2018.008.004.010 Governance - RCAP 7/94
2018.008.004.011 UOI Self Govt - 12/95
2018.008.004.012 UOI Self Govt - 10/96
2018.008.004.013 UOI Self Govt 12/98
2018.008.004.014 White Fish Bay Self Govt
2018.008.004.015 Siksika - CBSG/Negs 92-93
2018.008.004.016 Monies 91-93
2018.008.004.017 NAFA Legis. 6/93
2018.008.004.018 AMC-FAI 1994-96
2018.008.004.019 Self Govt: Polls/94
2018.008.004.020 Mi'kmaq Education 14 Jan/97
2018.008.004.021 Premiers Vol. I
2018.008.004.022 Premiers Vol. II
2018.008.004.023 Ont - Federalism 8/96
2018.008.004.024 SA - Moscovich & Webster
2018.008.004.025 Poverty/Tax/Fed Prov/97
2018.008.004.026 A Report on the Aboriginal Government Transition Centre
2018.008.004.027 Aboriginal Self-Government Arrangements

File contains correspondence, a draft report and a copy of "Negotiating Self-Government Agreements - The Experience of First Nations Involved in Self Government Negotiations".

File contains 3 reports prepared by Peter Di Gangi. They include:
1) The "Trojan Buffalo"? Inherent Right, Federal Policy and the Bureaucracy: A Situational Analysis
2) Crown - First Nation Intergovernmental Relations: Politics, Policy and Bureaucracies
3) Federal Program Assessment and Review: Buffalo Jump II?

File contains records relating to Federal Government programs and assessment of those programs. Included are a Program Assessment by Peter DiGangi for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs; newspaper clippings; a draft of "Programs, Policies and Approvals" for the RCAP Treaty Policy team; historical outline of Indian social welfare developments, 1945-1966; and Assembly of First Nations materials.

File contains pages from the Auditor General of Canada's report to the House of Commons dealing with comprehensive land claims.

Copy of Chapter 11 Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from the Auditor General of Canada's 1986 report to the House of Commons.

File contains a copy of Section 14 "Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development" from the 1994 Auditor General of Canada's report to the House of Commons. File also contains some pages 19-21 from the 1991 report.

File contains a copy of "Chapter 13 - Study of Accountability Practices from the Perspective of First Nations" from Volume 2 - September 1996 of the Auditor General's report to the House of Commons.

File contains a copies of the 1999 Federal Budget Analysis and a newspaper clipping

File contains excerpts from the Auditor General of Canada's April 1999 report. Included are Chapter 5: Collaborative Arrangements: Issues for the Federal Government; Chapter 10: Funding Arrangements for First Nations: Follow-Up; and Chapter 2: Revenue Canada: The Underground Economy Initiative.

File contains an annotated copy of the memorandum to Cabinet re: Framework for the Implementation of the Inherent Right to the Negotiation of Self-Government.

File contains records relating to the response to the Federal Liberal Government's self-government policy. It includes newspaper clippings; an analysis of the policy framework by the Chiefs of Ontario; the 1995 White paper; a copy of "Government Renewal of the '69 White Paper"; Assembly of First Nations response; and other materials.

File contains copies of "Guidelines for Federal Self-Government Negotiators"; a draft discussion paper "Possible consequences of Recognizing Self-Government Agreements as Treaties under section 35 of the Constitution Act; a presentation re: implementation of inherent right and negotiation of self-government; and other related records.

File contains a copy of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Framework for Action 1997-1998, and related materials.

File contains a copy of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Framework for Action 1997-1998, and related materials.

File contains:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Assembly of First Nations (AFN) memorandum re: Discussion on Canada's proposed response to RCAP and meeting with Fed. Government
3) Speaking notes from Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, to standing committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
4) News release re: National Aboriginal Financing Task Force

File contains several documents relating to Federal Government treaties. Included are:
1) Preliminary Views on Treaties and the Treaty Relationship - Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, July 15-17, 1997
2) Speaking notes for Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in reply to throne speech, Oct. 2, 1997
3) Treaty implementation issues papers
4) list of historic Indian treaties

Discussion reports "Strengthening the Partnership: Let's Commit to It!" from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's National Manager's Meeting held in Montreal in 1999.

File contains background information about the Government of Canada's Treasury Board. Included in the file are a listing of people working on the Board. speech notes, new releases, and outlook documents.

One copy of "Native Customs and the Law" authored by William B. Henderson for the Research Branch, Corporate Policy Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

File contains memo from Brian Slattery to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs regarding his personal research plan and a copy of his paper "Decolonizing the Constitution".

File contains two volumes of readings from the Continuing Legal Education Program's annual meeting held in Toronto in 1994.
The two volumes contain:
1) "The Inherent Right of Aboriginal Self-Goverment - the Aboriginal right to self-goverment and the Canadian constitution: the ghost in the machine" by Peter Hutchins, Carol Hilling, Diane Soroka, and David Schulze
2) "Reflexions sur 'Partenaires au sein de la Confederation' et le Droit 'Inherent' a L'Autonomie Gouvernementale" by Sylvain Lussier
3) "Collective and Individual Rights" by Sharon D. McIvor
4) "The Inherent Right of Self-Government as an Aboriginal and Treaty Right" by Delia Opekokew
5) "First Nations and the Constitution: A Question of Trust" by Dr. Brian Slattery
6) "Another Opinion: A Critique of the Paper Prepared by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Entitled: 'Partners in Confederation'" by Kenneth J. Tyler

File contains copies of several articles and papers. They include:
1) Native Self-Government - I: Closing the Circle by Roland Pangowish. The New Federation, Jan-Feb, 1992
2) Indian Sovereignty Re-examined: Are Indian Nations still harnessed with faulty paradigms by Lloyd W. Stevenson
3) Restoring and Reaffirming First Nation Goverment - a discussion paper on self-determination and self-goverment by Lloyd W. Stevenson
4) Sovereignty: Its meaning in words and practice by Inger Weibust

File contains a draft of the aide-memoire regarding treaty policy. Also in the file is a press release regarding Treaty 6 talks, and a copy of the framework for discussion between the Federal Government and the Huron-Wendat Nation (Murray Treaty)

File contains 2 copies of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND) draft policy on population statistics for on-and off reserve indigenous populations. Also in the file is Peter Di Gangi's analysis of the document, created for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians.

File contains records relating to "secret" Liberal briefing notes on Aboriginal Policy, self-government, and Nisga'a Land Claims.

File contains:
1) New Release - Government Launches process for Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government (2 copies)
2) Creating Opportunity - Progress on Commitments to Aboriginal Peoples report
3) Federal Policy on Aboriginal Self-Government - policy guide, backgrounder (2 copies), and executive summary (2 copies)
4) Divide and Conquer 1969 Revisited - A discussion paper exploring the Federal Liberal Government's recent agenda to undermine First Nations rights and processes - Assembly of First Nations

File contains records relating to the Liberal Parties' policies specifically relating to their Aboriginal platform.

File contains records relating to the Federal Liberal Party's Aboriginal Peoples' Policy, the Aboriginal Peoples' Commission and the Liberal Aboriginal platform

The Liberal Party of Canada's election "Red Book" of campaign promises.

The Liberal Party of Canada's election "Red Book" of campaign promises.

Facsimile copy of "Practical Talking Points for Discussing a Framework for a Mi'kmaq Constitution.

Indian Band ByLaw Handbook put out by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Letter from the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development regarding amendments to the Indian Act. Accompanying the letter is a list of amendments.

File contains correspondence, notes, and multiple copies of "Notes on Bill C-79".

A facsimile copy of a report that would have accompanied a cabinet document on establishing a healing fund.

One copy of the document "First Nations Health The Constitutional Framework - participant's manual" prepared by Michael Hudson of Legal Services, Health Canada.