File contains a copy of Sally M. Weaver's "Self Government Policy for Indians 1980-1990: Political Transformation of Symbolic Gestures"; 2 copies of "Notes on Cabinet Documents Relating to Self-Government"; Copy of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal and Provincial governments and the Nishnawbe-Aksi Nation, 1985; and a copy of "Self Government Negotiations status report.

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.

File contains various reports and papers related to the National Indian Brotherhood - Assembly of First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) Background - The Assembly of First Nations: A History of Challenge
2) "Report on Problem and Resolutions related to the Assembly of First Nations' Operations, Structure and Organization" from the IVth annual Assembly of First Nations held May 16-18, 1983 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prepared by Dennia Cromarty, Commissioner Nishnawbe-Aski Commission
3) Letter to Chiefs of Ontario from Peter Kelly/Kinew, Onigaming Indian Reserve
4) Listing of working committees on structure within the Assembly of First Nations
5) Organizational Structure of the Assembly of First Nations background papers
6) Resolutions passed at the Special Assembly of First Nations Conference held Feb. 6-8, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario
7) A Guide to Native Political Associations in Canada by Wayne Daugherty, Treaties and Historical Research Centre

File contains a variety of presentations. Included are:
1) "Strength in Unity" Association of Iroquois and Allied Nations special edition
2) Grand Chief Wally McKay presentation to Nishnawbe-Aski Nation conference "Constitution" - Nishnawbe-Aski Chiefs' General Assembly, Moose Factory Island, Ontario Aug. 23-27, 1982
3) Up-Date on March 15-16, 1983 Canadian Constitutional Conference on Treaty and Aboriginal Rights. Presented to the Nishnawbe-Aski Chiefs by Dennis Cromarty, March 2, 1983
4) constitutional amendments
5) Opening Statement on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to the Federal/Provincial/Aboriginal Ministerial Meeting by Grand Chief Billy Diamond, Grand Council of the Crees on behalf of the Assembly of First Nations, Feb. 28, 1983
6) Address of the Ontario Vice Chief, Assembly of First Nations to the Chiefs of the Anishnawbe-Aski Nation, by Tobasonakwut Peter (Kelly) Kinew, March 3, 1983

Copy of the combined presentations made to the Constitutional Task Force on Treaties and Treaty Rights. Presentations took place February 3-5, 1987.

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 records related to the Fourth Russell Tribunal on the Rights of the Indians of the Americas held in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1980. Included in the file are:
1) Report of the Fourth Russell Tribunal on the Rights of the Indians of the Americas conclusions, November 1980
2) transcription of testimony of the Grand Council Treaty No. 9
3) Russell Tribunal Rules in Favour of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation by Norman Zlotkin
4) Fourth Russell Tribunal - Rotterdam, Holland 1980 - Grand Treaty Council No. 9
5) Presentation to the IVth Russell Tribunal on the Rights of the Indians in North and Latin America presented by Grand Council Treaty No. 9 on behalf of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation

File contains records related to the Indian Commission of Ontario. Included in the file are:
1) The Tripartite Council resolution and memorandum of reference (unsigned)
2) An Introduction to the Indian Commission of Ontario
3) Claims in Ontario: P. T. C. Discussions - Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
4) Correspondence re: Ontario Research Directors' Meeting
5) article from Anishinabek News re: Mississauga #8 settlement ratification

Second of two folders from the Assembly of First Nations conference on Land Claims and Extinguishment. Included in the file is correspondence, reports and copies of:
1) "Indian Land Title Extinguishment" by Brian Davey, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
2) "The James Bay Treaty and the Federal Government's Comprehensive Land Claims Policy"
3) The Unconscionable Treaty between the Crown and the Cree/Ojibway People of Northern Ontario" by Brian Davey, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
4) "Alternative Approaches to Alaska Native Land and Governance" by Ralph W. Johnson for the Alaska Native Review Commission
5) "Extinguishment: An Analysis and Strategy" by Murray Angus for Dene-Metis Negotiations Secretariate
6) "Towards a New Federal Policy for Comprehensive Claims Settlements" John A. Olthuis, for AFN
7) "Extinguishment of Aboriginal Rights as a Result of Supersession by Law and Third Party Alienation" Squamish Nation
8) French and English version of "Condensed Version of the Review of the Comprehensive Claims Process"
9) "A New Proposal for Claims Resolution in Ontario" presentation by Association of Iroquois & Allied Indians, Grand Council Treaty #3, and Union of Ontario Indians to Minister of Indian Affairs
10) "The Political Economy of Native Land Claims in the Canadian North" J. I. Prattis
11) "The Black Hills Case - from the Dakota Nations" Cy Standing and Clair Henderson

File contains records relating to written works by Brian Slattery. Included in the file is a letter and accompanying synopsis of his work "The Land Rights of Indigenous Canadian Peoples" by Peter Di Gangi and a photocopy of "The Canadian Bar Review" Journal Vol. 66 No. 4, Dec. 1987 with an article "Understanding Aboriginal Rights" by Brian Slattery.

File contains records related to land and resource strategy of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). Included in the file are:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Nishnawbe-Aski Resource Development project 2nd draft of discussion paper on policy
3) Background paper by Jane Henson and Heather Ross
4) Natural Resources in Northern Ontario: private and public revenues - Peter Di Gangi, Nishnawbe-Aski Research Unit
5) Summary Paper - Lands and Resources Strategy - Jane Henson and Heather Ross
6) handwritten notes
7) Nishnawbe-Aski Resource Development project progress report - Mike Paul-Martin
8) variety of correspondence, memos, and resolutions
9) two copies of presentation by Chief John B. Nakogee, Attawapiskat Band
10) Economic Development by Frank Price

File contains records related to the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) and land/resource use. Included in the file are:
1) Proposal for traditional lands occupancy study
2) The Land - our culture, our heritage, our tradition and our future - position paper presented to the Government of Ontario by NAN
3) Positions and strategies regarding Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Land - 2nd annual Keewaywin Conference
4) Land use: recommendations
5) notes
6) The People and the land are one
7) A position paper on resource and economic development - proposed by Chiefs of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
8) Land and socio-economic development in Treaty No. 9 - submitted to Premier William Davis by Grand Council Treaty #9

File contains records regarding Treaty #9. Included in the file are:
1) Ontario North Today press release
2) a compilation of biographies of speakers
3) Grand Council Treaty #9 press release July 26, 1977
4) Map of "Major Development Projects facing the Cree-Ojibway North of 50
5) Bulletin - a study-action kit Vol. 18 No. 2 1977 - "For Generations Yet Unborn: Ontario Resources North of 50" Canadian Association in Support of the Native Peoples

File contains records related to Treaty No. 9 (James Bay Treaty). Included in the file are background materials on the treaty and discussion papers.

Copy of a report on Treaty #9 water rights by Janet Armstrong, Treaty Research Unit - Nishnawbe-Aski Nation.

File contains related to the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation. Included in the file are:
1) The Unconscionable Treaty between The Crown and The Cree/Ojibway People of Northern Ontario - Brian Davey
2) The People and the Land are One pamphlet - Grand Council Treaty Number 9
3) The James Bay Treaty and the Federal Government's Comprehensive Land Claims Policy
4)Nishnawbe-Aski The People and the Land brochures
5) The Thunder Bay Pact - a Manifesto of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
6) A Declaration of Nishnawbe-Aski (the People and the Land) by the Ojibway-Cree Nation of Treaty #9 to the People of Canada
7) Basic Issues & Priorities of Grand Council Treaty No. 9 summary of activities
8) Realities of Resource Development in the Eastern Area of the Nishnawbe-Aski Territory
9) information about the Nishnawbe-Aski Resource Development Project
10) Third Annual Keewaywin Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Chiefs' Conference resolutions, 1983

File contains records related to the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation. Included are:
1) Nishnawbi-Aski Resource Development Project (NARDP Historical and Archival Research Project) re: Detour Mine by Peter Di Gangi, 1983
2) Nishnawbe-Aski Sovereignty - a right to self-determination through self-governance
3) correspondence re: Indigenous treaty and land rights
4) Nishnawbe-Aski Nation brochure

File contains records related to the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation. Included in the file are:
1) "The James Bay Treaty: Treaty #9" by Roger Jones of Nahwegahbow, Jones for the Centre for Treaty Advocacy, Assembly of First Nations and presented at the Nishnawbe Aski Treaty Conference, 1990 (2 copies)
2) "Nishnawbe-Aski's Position on the Interpretation of Treaties" by Brian Davey
3) Nishnawbe-Aski Commission workshop materials, August 1982
4) "The Thunder Bay Pact - a manifesto of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation"
5) photocopy of "The James Bay Treaty/Treaty No. 9 transcription of 1905 treaty and 1930 additions

File contains records related to Indigenous fishing rights. Included in the file are:
1) copy of agreement between The Government of Canada, Government of Ontario, Union of Ontario Indians, Nishnawbe-Aski, Grand Council Treaty #3, The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians, and The Six Nations of the Grand River regarding fishery resources
2) memo and accompanying interview transcripts (handwritten and typed) between Peter Di Gangi and the Ministry of Natural Resources
3) Southwest Region Commercial Fishermen Consultation Meeting, 1984
4) Teleconference notes between Peter Di Gangi and various parties
5) Chronology of events re: Tripartite Fishing Negotiations

File contains records relating to the Migratory Birds Convention Act and Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file are resolutions; correspondence and other records regarding amendments to the act; a copy of "Migratory Birds Convention Amendments - a discussion paper by the Canadian Wildlife Service; Canadian Arctic Resources consultation workshops information.

File contains records related to Ontario's Land Claim and Natural Resource use policies. Included in the file are:
1) Land Claims policy analysis - Peter Di Gangi
2) correspondence re: fur trapping
3) correspondence re: commercial fisheries
4) Ministry of Natural Resources - Office of Indian Resources Policy info package
5) Grand Council Treaty #9 "Opinions - Ontario Government Policies for Dealing with Indian Land Claims"
6) correspondence re: constitutional amendments
7) correspondence re: Indian Land Claims Policies (policy statements)