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

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 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 master copies of legal briefs, analyses, speaking notes, and other records related to Bill C-79 - an act to permit certain modifications in the application of the Indian Act to bands that desire them created/collected by the Assembly of First Nations. Included are:
1) Preliminary notes on Bill C-79
2) correspondence between Assembly of First Nations and Nahwegahbow, Nadjiwan Barrister and Solicitors
3) Framework for Analysis: Diand's proposed Indian Act amendments
4) Remarks on Bill C-79. the 'Optional Indian Act Modification Act'
5) Submission to Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development on the Optional Indian Act Modification Act by the North Shore Tribal Council
6) copy of Bill C-79