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.

File contains records created by/for the Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG). Records included correspondence; draft resolutions; JWG meeting minutes - Ottawa December 8-9, 1992; chronology of JWG meetings and discussions; JWG meeting minutes - Winnipeg January 26-27, 1993; Chiefs Committee on Claims meeting agenda, January 28-29, 1993; JWG meeting minutes - Val D'Or, Quebec November 3-5, 1992; and report - consultation on ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) systems.

File contains records created by or related the the National Chiefs Committee on Claims. Records include meeting related correspondence; a summary of notes from the April 15-16, 1993 meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Draft Recommendations prepared by Neutral (Singleton Urquhart MacDonald); and a bound book "Specific Claims Joint Working Group" Vol. I (background documents).

File contains records created by or related for the National Chiefs Committee on Claims. Included in the file are:
1) Summary notes from April 15-16 meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2) Chiefs Assembly resolutions on land claims
3) Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG) chronology of meetings and discussions
4) First Nations Submission on Claims - Dec. 14, 1990
5) Draft objectives for new First Nations claims resolution process and accompanying materials
6) Quarterly report from JWG

File contains records created by and related to the National Chiefs Claims Commission, the Assembly of First Nations, the Specific Claims Joint Working Group, and the Indian Claims Commission. Contents included correspondence and accompanying materials, updates, notes, resolutions, and draft resolutions.

File contains a copy of the meeting agenda and accompanying material for the Joint Working Group on Claims Policy held February 23-25, 1993 in Ottawa, Ontario. Included is information on the previous meetings held in Val D'Or, Winnipeg, and Ottawa.

File contains records created by or related to the Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG). Included are meeting minutes, correspondence and other materials relating to JWG, National Chiefs Committee on Claims, and the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains status reports on specific land claims in Canada. The claims reports are generated by province and all are from 1992.

File contains records related to land claims and land claim policy. Included in the file are:
1) Pages from "Indian and Inuit Affairs Program"
2) Correspondence and accompanying records re: Chiefs Committee on Claims
3) "An Analysis of the Costs and Settlements of Canada's Current Claims Policy" discussion draft
4) Draft "Protocol for the Joint First Nations/Canada Task Force on the Specific Claims Policy"

Alan Pratt Barrister and Solicitor preliminary draft of a discussion paper created for the Joint Working Group on Specific Claims.