File contains records relating to the Migratory Birds Convention Act and Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file correspondence re: Migratory Birds Convention Act revisions; Migratory Birds Working Group notes; Canadian Arctic Resources Committee; and Environment Canada's 1992 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations proposal.

File contains records related to the occupation of Ipperwash Provincial Park and the death of Dudley George. The majority of the file consists of newspaper clippings but there is also a draft press release from the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin; notes from an Assembly of First Nations conference call; and a Chiefs of Ontario bulletin about the event.

File contains records related to the issue of First Nations border crossing rights. Included is correspondence, reports, and other related records.

File contains records to meetings and conferences organized by the Assembly of First Nations. Included are:
1) AFN Confederacy of Nations meeting, Ottawa Nov. 25-26, 1996
2) Chiefs' Committee on Enforcement of First Nations-Crown Relationship info package
3) brochure "Strengthening Mother Earth - the Environmental Challenge - a First Nations Environment conference, Dec. 10-12, 1996
4) AFN Conference listing for 1996-1997
5) AFN Social Development Project brief

File contains records related to amendments to the Indian Act. Included in the file is a speech by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ronald Irwin; correspondence and attached proposed amendments to act from DIAND; and a letter from Minister Irwin to Ovide Mercredi, National Chief AFN.

File contains records related to the Indian Act. Included are:
1) Indian Act amendments chronology of events 1995-1996
2) News clipping
3) Proposal of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians for the revision of the Indian Act 2 August 1979
4) INAC press release

File contains records related to Federal Indigenous policy. Included in the file are:
1) memo and accompanying report on Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs' Assembly on Renewal
2) two copies of "Our Nations, Our Governments: Choosing our own Paths" the final report of the Joint Committee of Chiefs and Advisors on the Recognition and Implementation of First Nations Governments
3) Actions for Change - Working with Aboriginal Peoples of Canada on an Agenda for Change
4) "On the Right Path Together: A Sustainable Future for First Nations, Inuit and Northern Communities" Sustainable Development Strategy 2004-2006

File contains records related to Bill C-7, the Federal Government's First Nations Governance Act. Included in the file is correspondence, a guide to Bill C-7, news releases, briefs, minutes, analyses, and newspaper clippings.