Series consists of records relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the Oka/Kanesatake blockades. The series has been divided into the following files and items:

2018.008.001.001 [RCAP terms of reference, research plans, publications]
2018.008.001.002 RCAP - Clippings
2018.008.001.003 RCAP release: 11/96
2018.008.001.004 For Seven Generations - An information Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
2018.008.001.005 Reclaiming Our Nationhood Strengthening Our Heritage
2018.008.001.006 RCAP: Fed Response 1/98
2018.008.001.007 AFN RCAP Assembly 2/97
2018.008.001.008 RCAP Analysis
2018.008.001.009 Agreement with Respect to Kanesatake Governance of the Interim Land Base
2018.008.001.010 Oka - Akwesasne
2018.008.001.011 4 Pillars - 9/90
2018.008.001.012 Oka - 1990
2018.008.001.013 Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy
2018.008.001.014 Post Oka
2018.008.001.015 Anasazi
2018.008.001.016 Miscellaneous periodicals
2018.008.001.017 The Ontario Indian
2018.008.001.018 Akwesasne Notes
2018.008.001.019 Battle of Oka t-shirt

File contains newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and the reports release.

File contains:
1) invitation to sunrise ceremony to commemorate the completion of commission's work
2) address for the launch of the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (2 copies)
3) Economist article ""The Wisdom of King George"" 1996
4) Guide to the principal findings and recommendations of the final report of The Royal Commission on Aborginal Peoples
5) Assembly of First Nations response and associated materials"

File contains:
1) clippings and articles
2) draft discussion paper ""Alternative Approaches to First Nations Inherent, Aboriginal & Treaty Rights in Canada, Centre for Treaty Advocacy, October 17, 1990
3) Notes for statement by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ""Canada and the 21st Century"" November 1, 1990
4) Release and accompanying materials - Citizen's Forum on Canada's Future"

File contains correspondence and memorandums regarding issues surrounding the 1969 white paper, and Cabinet Document #747 "Developments in Indian Affairs".

File contains a pamphlet "Self-Government is Treason" put out by the Confederation of Shuswap/Okanagan Action Committee; "Reveille for First Nations: The Politics of Aggression and Defence" by Walter Rudnicki; and 4 copies of a pamphlet "Recent Trends and Initiatives in Indian Affairs".

One copy of the report.

One copy of the report and an accompanying cover letter.

One copy of the report and an accompanying cover letter.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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.

Financial Transfer Arrangements Information Kit created by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development for the First Nations' Chief and Councils.

File contains a copy of the Interim Evaluation of the Experiences to date with Financial Transfer Arrangements.

Series contains records related to First Nations Governance, fiscal management and government policy. Series has been divided into the following files and items:

2018.008.014.001 Dan Goodleaf 1993
2018.008.014.002 Frank Mag
2018.008.014.003 DIA Staff/Reorg: 91-93
2018.008.014.004 CH. Lands Vol. I - 91-92
2018.008.014.005 CH. Lands Vol. II - 92-93
2018.008.014.006 CH. Lands Vol. III - 94-96
2018.008.014.007 LRT - Mawiw - 1/91
2018.008.014.008 AFN/ Lands & Trusts
2018.008.014.009 Lands Act C-75 12/96
2018.008.014.010 Bill C-49 Lands Act 1999
2018.008.014.011 AFN - LTS - 9/98
2018.008.014.012 AFN - LTS - ATR Policy 11/98
2018.008.014.013 Liberal Trix 1997
2018.008.014.014 Fed Election 1997
2018.008.014.015 AFN- DIA Fiscal - Feb 2001
2018.008.014.016 DIA - AFN Fiscal - 2001
2018.008.014.017 AFN AGA 7/2000
2018.008.014.018 W. Rudnicki: Corbiere
2018.008.014.019 FNG - W. Rudnicki 5/2001
2018.008.014.020 Coalition Kit - 12/2001
2018.008.014.021 LTS - AFN - DIA 2001
2018.008.014.022 COO- Nov-Dec 2001
2018.008.014.023 Association of Iroquois & Allied Indians Annual Report 1992
2018.008.014.024 AFN Confederacy - 12/01
2018.008.014.025 AFN Resolutions Etc. 2001
2018.008.014.026 FNG Minutes - Nov-Dec/2001
2018.008.014.027 FNG 2002 Vol. I
2018.008.014.028 FNG - March 2002
2018.008.014.029 FNG - June 2002
2018.008.014.030 Fiscal Institutions - 2002

File contains bulletins, memos, and other records related to the staffing and re-organization of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

File contains records related to the Lands and Trust Services. Included are regional involvement reports; background information; progress report; and other records.

File contains records pertaining to the Lands and Trust Service Additions to Reserve (ATR) policy. Included in the file are reports; meeting notes and other records.

File contains newspaper clippings related to then Prime Minister Jean Chretien and then Minister of Indian Affairs Ron Irwin.

File contains records related to the 1997 Federal Election. Included are party platform documents and handbooks created by the Assembly of First Nations. Also in the file are a variety of other publications regarding the election.

File contains records related to/created for the Confederacy of Nations meetings held December 4-6, 2001. Included in the file is a draft agenda, opening address of National Chief Matthew Coon Come, Assembly of First Nations pre-budget submission, Confederacy of Nations report and other materials.

File contains 2 resolution reports:
1) Confederacy of Nations resolutions May 8-10, 2001
2) AFN 22nd Annual General Assembly resolutions July 17-19, 2001

File contains minutes and accompanying material for the November - December 2001 meetings of the Joint Ministerial Advisory Committee on the First Nations Governance legislation.

File contains records related to the Federal Government's "Communities First: First Nations Governance" initiative. Included in the file are correspondence; an assessment of the consultation process by Peter Douglas Elias; and a First Nations Governance Community Consultations summary report by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

File contains records related to First Nations Governance. Included in the file are a brochure about the First Nations Governance Act (Bill C-61); information about governance activities and the National Day of Solidarity "Drums across the Nation" June 21, 2002; an e-note by four_arrows@canada.com "The Governance Embellishment: Still Tastes Like the Old Indian Act"; and a summary of the new First Nations Governance Act.

File contains records related to the National Treaty Conference "Indigenous Treaties/Self-Determination" held April 6-9, 1992. Included in the file is correspondence, reports, addresses and associated materials related to the conference.

File contains records related to Free Trade and land claims settlement. Included in the file are:
1) The Free Trade Agreement as a Treaty - Centre for Treaty Advocacy
2) The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement and Native Land-Claims Settlement
3) The Canadian-U. S. Free Trade Agreement synopsis

File contains copies of the the publication "Anasazi" published by Obomsawin Irwin Consulting Services. Included in the file are June 1995 - October 1996, February - June 1997. Also in the file is correspondence and draft copies of articles authored by Peter Di Gangi for the publication.

File contains two copies of Document 62 - Critical Issues in Native North America by the International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs and edited by Ward Churchill. File only contains section II of the document "Section II - Canada".

File contains draft resolutions and Study on Treaties by the United Nations Economic and Social Council - Commission on Human Rights - sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

File contains correspondence and discussion paper regarding Canada's consultations for the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (WCAR).

File contains records relating to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations. Included in the file are:
1) United Nations press release - Resolution and Decisions adopted by General Assembly at its 15th Special Session
2) United Nations General Assembly - Joint Inspection Unit - "Some Reflections on reform of the United Nations note by the Secretary-General" Dec. 1985
3) United Nations Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities "Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations - Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations" 1988
4) United Nations Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities "Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations - Report of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations" 1990
5) United Nations Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights "Advisory Services in the Field of Human Rights - Report on the United Nations Seminar on the effects of racism and racial discrimination on the social and economic relations between Indigenous Peoples and States" 1989

File contains records related to the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file is correspondence, copies of draft declaration, and reports from the United Nations regarding Indigenous Peoples and discrimination.

File contains newspaper clippings, magazine stories, newsletters, and other publications related to Indigenous Peoples in countries around the world.

File contains records related to CERT - Council of Energy Resource Tribes. Included in the file are magazines, magazine stories, brochures, a report on the organization by Peter Di Gangi.

File contains 4 final reports from the Conference on Security on Co-operation in Europe held between 1977 and 1990. Included are:
2018.008.017.003.001 Concluding Document of the Belgrade Meeting 1977 of Representatives of the Participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
2018.008.017.003.002 Concluding Document of the Madrid Meeting of Representatives of the Participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, 1983
2018.008.017.003.003 Concluding Document of the Vienna Meeting 1986 of Representatives of the Participating States of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe
2018.008.017.003.006 Document of the Copenhagen Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension of the CSCE, 1990

Second report of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government presented to the House of Commons October 12 and 20, 1983.

Copy of the paper "Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada - a research report for the Canadian Bar Association Committee on Native Justice" by James Crawford, Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney.

File contains clippings and documents related to "Gathering Strength" the Federal Government's response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains a copy of the Cabinet analysis regarding creation of urban multipurpose Aboriginal youth centres.

File has records related to Federal Government budget information for 1998. Included are newspaper clippings; papers; and Indian Affairs and Northern Development budget information.

File contains two documents: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Canadian Polar Commission 1998-1999 estimates - a report on plans and priorities; and Comprehensive Claims Policy and Status of Claims, Nov. 21, 1997.

File contains records related to various Federal budgets. Included in the file are:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Lang Michener "In Brief" - Spring 1997, Spring 1995
3) News release re: DIAND program review and accompanying report
4) Presentation to the Assembly of First Nations on 1995-1996 Expenditures for Aboriginal Peoples
5) The Budget in Grief - Assembly of First Nations, March 15, 1990

Proceedings report from the National Treaty Gathering in Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan August 20-26, 2001. Report prepared by Paulette C. Tremblay, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

File contains news stories, biographies and histories for government officials who worked for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Ministry of Indigenous Affairs.

File contains a copy of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Strengthening our Policy Capacity report.

Copy of the report by Gordon J. Burrell and Douglas E. Sanders "Handbook of Case Law on the Indian Act".

File contains 4 different land claim books published by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Included are:
1) In All Fairness - A Native Claims Policy, 1981
2) Outstanding Business - A Native Claims Policy, 1982
3) Comprehensive Land Claims Policy, 1986
4) Federal Policy for the Settlement of Native Claims, 1998

File contains news clippings and RCMP Criminal Intelligence briefs and memos regarding Aboriginal militancy and Aboriginal-based organized crime.

File contains records related to the Premiers' and Territorial Leaders communique and framework for discussion on Canadian Unity. File also contains records related to land titles and comprehensive claims and claim policy.

File contains a copy of the final report by Grand Chief Edward John of the Tl'atz'en First Nation on the Federal Government's proposed independent claims body.
The Federal Bill was ultimately rejected by First Nations.

File contains records related to Bill C-60 Specific Claims bill. Included in the file are:
1) Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Chiefs' Strategic Committee reports
2) Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Committee on Claims records
3) Indian Claims Commission records
4) Correspondence
5) Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Legislative Process booklet

File contains records related to Bill C-6 The Specific Claims Resolution Act. Included in the file is correspondence, meeting minutes, and draft discussion papers.

File contains records related to the Chiefs Committee on Claims and the proposal for an independent claims body. Included in the file are meeting agendas and minutes, updates, and a copy of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Legislative Process manual.

File contains a copy of the report "Update on the Proposed Independent Claims Body (ICB) generated by the Lands, Resources & Treaties Unit of the Assembly of First Nations.

File folder containing the report "Northern Comprehensive Aboriginal Claims Agreements" prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Letha J. MacLachlan, barrister and solicitor. Also in the file are charts of information on each of the 14 comprehensive land claims examined for the report.

File contains three reports created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).
1) Comprehensive Claims Agreements as Tools for Local/Regional Development - Roy Erasmus
2) A Brief to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Intervenor Participation Program - Alliance Tribal Council of Delta British Columbia
3) Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Final Report, July 30, 1993

File contains a variety of information related to the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement and the Northeastern Quebec Agreement. Included in the file are:
1) Article in Nature Canada Spring 1991 - "The Geese have lost their way..." by Jamie Linton
2) memo "Naskapi: Committees, Commissions and Boards" re: the Northeastern Quebec Agreement
3) "Implementation of the Cree/Naskapi (of Quebec) Act and the Implications for Indian Programs"
4) "The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement - general information"
5) "Development of the James Bay Crees (of Quebec) since the signing of the James Bay Agreement 1975-1985"
6) Address by Chief Ted Moses, Eastmain Band, James Bay 13 June 1988
7) The Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation vs Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada
8) Equinox magazine January/February 1992

Photocopy of the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act of 1984.

Copy of the 1996 annual report for the JBNQA and NGA agreements.

Copy of the 1998 report of the Cree-Naskapi Commission. Report is written in English, French, Cree and Naskapi.

File contains two copies of "Liberation Theology and Our Missions of Canada" by Jean-Guy Goulet.

File contains two items - a newspaper clipping from the Ottawa Citizen February 10, 1986 - "Natives should be able to keep aboriginal rights and have say in land development: task force"; and a report "Key Components for Required Change to the Federal Policy on Comprehensive Land Claims" Sept. 1990

File contains a copy of the Council for Yukon Indians Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement in Principle, a newspaper clipping, and correspondence between the Minister of Indian Affairs and the Council for Yukon Indians.

Bound copy of the Agreement in Principle of a General Nature.

File contains information on settled and in negotiation comprehensive claims between 1973 and March 1996.

File contains records related to the treaty process in British Columbia. Included in the file are:
1) British Columbia Treaty Commission dual report - Treaty Commission 2001 annual report/Looking Forward Looking Back a review of the BC Treaty Process
2) newspaper clipping re: BC treaty talks
3) news release re: referendum ballot from the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.007.001 Entente sur L'Autonomie Gouvernementale de la Premiere Nation de Little Salmon/Carmacks
2018.008.022.007.002 Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation Final Agreement

File contains agreements and other records related to Financial Transfer Agreements (FTA). Included in the file are:
1) draft 4 - January 18, 1996 of a Financial Transfer Agreement
2) Financial Transfer Arrangments management assessment workbook
3) Discussion paper on Accountability
4) Financial Transfer Agreement between the Federal Government and the Wagmatcook Band
5) Blank annotated FTA

Union of Ontario Indians Field Health Program Annual Report for 1990-1991.

File contains records pertaining to the Health Services Transfer agreement between the Federal Government and United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin (UCCM). Included are a copy of the agreement; UCCM report; news clippings; and other materials.

File contains a records relating to non-insured health benefits )NIHB) for First Nations peoples. Included are: a newspaper "First Nations Health Bulletin" Vol. 1 No. 2, published by the Assembly of First Nations; Health Canada 1995-1996 Annual report on NIHB program analysis division; a 2 page paper "Issues pertaining to the transfer of non-insured health benefits"; "Non-Insured Health Services: The Saskatchewan Experience, a paper to be delivered at the BEC meeting by Duane Adams; and a Federal Government Aide de Memoire pertaining to non-insured health benefits for status Indians and Inuit.

Series contains files relating to Indigenous land claims policy and policy reform. The Series contains the following files/items:

2018.008.007.001 Claims - ADR - 91
2018.008.007.002 Claims - ICO 90
2018.008.007.003 Claims - Standing Committee - 1991
2018.008.007.004 Claims - Post Oka Vol. I
2018.008.007.005 Claims - Post Oka Vol. II
2018.008.007.006 Chiefs Claims Committee - Aug./91
2018.008.007.007 CCC - Vancouver Dec 9/91
2018.008.007.008 ICC - 1992
2018.008.007.009 Claims - Joint Wkg Group August - Sept/92
2018.008.007.010 CCC Dec-Jan/92
2018.008.007.011 CCC Ottawa, February 26/92
2018.008.007.012 Claims - JWG: December/92
2018.008.007.013 ADR - 1993 - D. Russell
2018.008.007.014 JWG - 23-25 Feb 1993
2018.008.007.015 CCC - Halifax April/93
2018.008.007.016 AFN Claims - 5/93
2018.008.007.017 Claims - CCC 7/93
2018.008.007.018 AFN Claims 14/9/94
2018.008.007.019 AFN Claims Jan/96
2018.008.007.020 AFN Claims 21/2/96

File contains records pertaining to First Nations Land Claims and the Federal Governments policies. Included in the file are correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, speech transcriptions, and reports from the Federal Government, Chiefs Committee on Claims and others.

File contains records pertaining to the Chiefs Committee Claims, specifically their meeting in Vancouver on December 9, 1991. Included is the agenda and accompanying materials for the meeting; an extract from the Auditor General of Canada's report on specific land claims; and speaking notes from Ovide Mercredi, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, presentation to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.

File contains records from the Specific Claims Joint Working Group (First Nations and Government of Canada). Included are meeting minutes and updates from the meeting held August 17-19, 1992 in Kamloops, British Columbia and meeting minutes from the meeting held September 29-30, 1992 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Native Alternative Dispute Resolution Systems: The Canadian Future in Light of the The American Past by Jonathan Rudin and Dan Russell for the Ontario Native Council on Justice.

Series contains records related to Indigenous land claims and the establishment of an Independent Claims Body (ICB). The series contains the following files/items:

2018.008.008.001 AFN/DIA Claims 2/96-
2018.008.008.002 AFN - Claims - 7/96
2018.008.008.003 ICC Review - 11/96
2018.008.008.004 AFN - ADR 12/96
2018.008.008.005 AFN Claims 7/97
2018.008.008.006 AFN Claims - 12/1997
2018.008.008.007 AFN Claims - 1997 Report
2018.008.008.008 AFN Claims - 5-6/98 I
2018.008.008.009 AFN Claims - 5-6/98 II
2018.008.008.010 AFN Claims - 9/1998
2018.008.008.011 AFN Claims - 11/98
2018.008.008.012 AFN Claims - 4/1999
2018.008.008.013 AFN/JTF - March 2001
2018.008.008.014 AFN-ICB - May 2001
2018.008.008.015 AFN/ICB- Toronto - June 2001
2018.008.008.016 ICB - Fall 2001
2018.008.008.017 ICB - 2001-2002
2018.008.008.018 CCC - Vancouver Feb 2002
2018.008.008.019 AFN-ICB- Feb-March 2002
2018.008.008.020 Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Committee on Claims
2018.008.008.021 Indian Claims Commission - Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range report on Canoe Lake Inquiry, Cold Lake Inquiry
2018.008.008.022 Indian Claims Commission Proceedings (1999) 11 ICCP
2018.008.008.023 Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Specific Claims Branch - status report

File contains records relating to federal land claims policy reform. Included in the file are:
1) Press statement - Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
2) blank protocol agreement between AFN and the Federal Government
3) Land Rights Update - XVII Annual General Assembly
4) Rolling Draft IV - AFN Chiefs Committee on Claims and AFN Land Rights Unit
5) Correspondence between Chiefs Committee on Claims and Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
6) Nation Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations Land Rights Unit Report - dispute resolution and First Nations land rights
7) National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations Land Rights Unit - Claims Policy Reform annotated bibliography

File contains records relating claims, and claims resolution. Included are:
1) "Assessing the Fiscal Impacts of Settling Specific Claims" presented to the Assembly of First Nations and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development by Fiscal Realities
2) "Specific Claims" by P. King
3) Indian Claims Commission - Status of Claims as of May 15, 1998
4) "A First Nations Specific Claims Process - models in other countries" by Douglas Saunders
5) "A First Nations Specific Claims Process - Constitutional Issues" by Douglas Saunders
6) other assorted draft reports, notes, correspondence related to land claims