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

File contains agenda and papers from the Indigenous Bar Association "Blessing or Curse: Provincial Role in Land Claims" conference held Nov. 1 - 2, 1991 in Montreal. Included in the file are:
1) agenda
2) handwritten notes
3) "Delgamuukw and others v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of The Province of British Columbia and the Attorney General of Canada - Fiduciary Duty" E. Robert A. Edwards
4) National History Study Group newsletter, Oct. 1991
5) The Fiduciary Obligation: St. Catherines Milling Revisited
6) Indian Title as a "celestial institution": David Mills and the St. Catherine's Milling Case by S. Barry Cottam
7) The Metis Settlements' Accord - A Modern Treaty by Larry Chartrand
8) Indigenous Bar Association Indigenous Lawyers List, Oct. 1991
9) draft discussion paper "Aboriginal Land Issues: Federal-Provincial Problems and Practical Solutions by Mark Stevenson

Bound volume of Court of Appeal for British Columbia Reasons for Judgment for the follwing cases:
Her Majesty the Queen v. William Alphonse (A) CA 01053 Vancouver Registry
Her Majesty the Queen v. Harry Thomas Dick (A) CA 011223 Vancouver Registry
Her Majesty the Queen v. Dorothy Marie Van Der Peet (A) CA 014436, CA014458 Vancouver Registry
Her Majesty the Queen v. William Gladstone (A) and Donald Gladstone (A) CA 014389 Vancouver Registry
Her Majesty the Queen v. N. T. C. Smokehouse Ltd. (A) CA 011962 Vancouver Registry
Her Majesty the Queen (A) v. Allen Jacob Lewis CA 011419, Allen Frances Lewis CA 011420, Jacob Kenneth Lewis CA 011428 (A) Vancouver Registry
Her Majesty the Queen (A) v. Jerry Benjamin Nikal CA 013216 Vancouver Registry

File contains records related to the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs' Committee on Enforcement of First Nations-Crown Relationship. Included are meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, and other materials.

File contains records related to Indian Act Amendments by the Federal Government. Included in the file is information regarding the proposed amendments, the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs' Committee on Enforcement of First Nations-Crown Relationship and other records.

File contains records related to amendments to the Indian Act. Included in the file is a speech by DIAND Minister Ronald Irwin; DIAND press release and accompanying proposed changes to Indian Act; and an annotated summary of DIAND's Indian Act Amendments.

File contains photocopies of documents from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding Alberta Indian consultations on amendments to the Indian Act between 1967-1968.

File contains an agenda and accompanying materials from the Assembly of First Nations B.C. Region, First Nations Summit, and Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs special Chiefs Assembly held May 19-20, 2005. Also in the file is a letter between AFN Quebec-Labrador region and the Organization of United Reborn Survivors.

File contains two documents created by the Federal Government:
1) Aboriginal Policy: Legal and Constitutional Framework, Oct. 2001
2) Renewing Treaties, Claims and Self-Government Negotiation Processes to support a "Quality of Life" Agenda - Reference Group of Ministers on Aboriginal Policy, Feb. 2002

File contains "secret" advice to Minister regarding First Nations governance and an Ontario Government redacted briefing note regarding the Batchewana First Nation.

File contains records created by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC). Included in the file are:
1) 2 ICC information packages
2) Chippewas of the Thames First Nation report on: Clench Defalcation Inquiry
3) Mistawasis First Nation report on: 1911, 1917 and 1919 surrenders
4) ICC Annual reports for 1998/99, 1999/00 and 2000/01

Series contains records related to the Ontario Government, Indigenous Policy, Hunting and Fishing Rights, and Claims. It contains reports from The Fraser Institute and the Pacific Business and Law Institute. The series has been divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.035.001 Human Rights - a compilation of international instruments, United Nations
2018.008.035.002 Living Arctic report and catalogue
2018.008.035.003 The Canadian Bar Review, Vol. 66 No. 4 December 1987
2018.008.035.004 Aboriginal Rights in Canada: An Agenda for Action, The Canadian Bar Association Committee Report
2018.008.035.005 Aboriginal Rights in Canada, Library and Archives Canada
2018.008.035.006 Ontario Policies - 1970's - 1980's
2018.008.035.007 Ontario - NDP Policy
2018.008.035.008 Ont. Claims 93
2018.008.035.009 Ont - H&F Regs 91
2018.008.035.010 1995 Ontario Election
2018.008.035.011 Ontario Policy 1996-98
2018.008.035.012 Ont - Interim Enf. Policy - 8/97
2018.008.035.013 Harris - Casino
2018.008.035.014 Ontario Policy 1995-99
2018.008.035.015 Ontario Claims Policy 2000
2018.008.035.016 Ont. Aboriginal Policy - 05 2005
2018.008.035.017 Ontario Mining Policy 2007
2018.008.035.018 Reform 12/95
2018.008.035.019 Reform - Aboriginal Benefits - 8/1997
2018.008.035.020 Reform & Aboriginal Media coverage - 1990's
2018.008.035.021 Ont. Fed. Nature - RCAP
2018.008.035.022 H & F: OFAH 1993
2018.008.035.023 OFAH to RCAP 1993
2018.008.035.024 OFAH - June 1994
2018.008.035.025 Hunt/Fish Steve Aronson
2018.008.035.026 Ont. H & F - Davidson
2018.008.035.027 Ont H & F: Frank Tough
2018.008.035.028 Fed. Can. Mun
2018.008.035.029 Municipalites - RCAP
2018.008.035.030 ARC: Land Claims 1991
2018.008.035.031 Fraser Instititute 25 years!
2018.008.035.032 Fraser Instit. Claims - 12/95
2018.008.035.033 Delgamuukw 1991: Early Analysis
2018.008.035.034 BC: Economic Impact of Claims 1996
2018.008.035.035 Litig. Updt -AFN 1990
2018.008.035.036 Litigating Aboriginal Law
2018.008.035.037 PBLI: Specific Claims 2002
2018.008.035.038 Catalyst periodical 1996-1999
2018.008.035.039 Red Alert!!

Copy of the "Living Arctic: Hunters of the Canadian North" an exhibition at the Museum of Mankind sponsored by Indigenous Survival International (Canada) 1987-1990. Book is a report and exhibit catalogue. Exhibit was a the British Museum in London, England.

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)

File contains newspaper clippings regarding Ontario's Government. Also in the file are two listings - on of members of parliament and the other for members of the cabinet.

File contains faxed copies of the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat land claims policy fact sheets. Included are:
1) Aboriginal Land Claims and the Federal and Provincial Governments
2) Ontario's Approach to Aboriginal Land Claims: the highlights
3) Aboriginal Land Claims and Ontario's Negotiation Process
4) Aboriginal Land Claims and Public Involvement
5) Aboriginal Land Claim Settlements

Aboriginal Rights Coalition "Together on Turtle Island - Land Rights Information Primer" kit containing a map, Aboriginal Organizations contact list, and information booklet.

File contains announcement and copy of "Change and Choice: A Policy Vision for British Columbia - Out of Our Past: A New Perspective on Aboriginal Land Claims in British Columbia".

File contains a news release, summary report and final reports by ARA Consulting Group for the Government of British Columbia. Report was titled "Social and Economic Impacts of Aboriginal Land Claim Settlements".

File contains litigation related documents created by the Assembly of First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) 2 copies of memorandum "Review of Section 35 Case Law and a Discussion of Concepts that may Generate Future Dialogue on the content of Treaties and the Enforceability of Treaty Rights" - includes synopsis of some case law
2) National Committee on Treaties Litigation Update, May 1990 - Flett, Mik'maq Fishery, The Queen vs. Ireland & Jamieson, Oldman Dam, and Barriere Lake
3) National Committee on Treaties Litigation Update - analysis of potential impact of recent supreme court decisions on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, Sparrow Case, and Sioui Case.

File contains copies of papers given at the "Litigating Aboriginal Law" hosted by the Pacific Business and Law Institute in Ottawa on June 6 & 7, 2002. Papers include:
1) "When does the Obligation of Aboriginal Consultation Arise?" John J. L. Hunter
2) "The Benoit Case and Treaty Interpretation" Alan Pratt
3) "Litigation Based on Breach of Fiduciary Obligation" Ben A. Jetten
4) "The Crown's Fiduciary Obligations to Consult and Accomodate First Nations" Maria Morellato
5) "Finding and Keeping Money: Funding Aboriginal Litigation, Litigation Alternatives and Making Litigation and Negotiated Settlement Stick" Nancy Kleer
6) "Money in the Battle for Rights - Financing Aboriginal Title Litigation" Stuart Rush
7) "Proof of Aboriginal Title - Interpreting Delgamuukw" Stuart Rush
8) "The Use of Oral History as Evidence - The Benoit Decision" Heather L. Treacy
9) "Expert Witnesses and Litigation on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights" Anjali Choksi
10) "The Pros and Cons of Litigating Specific Claims" Kathleen Lickers

File contains copies of papers given at the "The New Specific Claims Resolution Act" conference hosted by the Pacific Business and Law Institute in Ottawa on September 19 & 20, 2002. Papers include:
1) "The Future of Specific Claims" Phil Fontaine
2) "Specific Claims, Bill C-60 and the Provinces" Neil Reddekopp
3) "A Sobering Second Thought" Kathleen Lickers
4) The Michipicoten Pilot Project for Specific Claims" Kim Fullerton
5) "The Primrose Lake Inquiry" Alan Pratt
6) "The Specific Claims Policy and the Law - some thoughts from a Claim Practitioner's Perspective" Alan Pratt
7) "Lessons from Australia, New Zealand and the United States" Bradford Morse and Christina Vechsler
8) "Will the New Specific Claims Process Address the Faults of the Current Process? - The Position of the Assembly of First Nations" Rolland Pangowish
9) "Legal Analysis of Bill C-60" Bryan Schwartz
10) "12 Suggestions to Improve Crown/First Nation Claim and Rights Settlement Negotiations" Jerome Slavik
11) "Indian Claims Commission - Mediation" Ralph Brant
12) "Bill C-60 Process for Specific Claims Resolution or Management?" David Knoll

Photocopy of "Land Rights for Indigenous People" by the World Council of Churches programme unit on Justice and Service, Commission on the Programme to Combat Racism.

File contains records related to the Council of Yukon Indians and the Vuntut Gwich'in First Nation final agreement. Included in the file is background information, news clipping, news release, and highlights from the agreement.

File contains records related to the Dene/Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement. Included in the file are:
1) Correspondence
2) Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement between Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada and the Gwich'in as represented by the Gwich'in Tribal Council and supplement to the agreement
3) Dene/Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement in Principle
4) Analysis and Commentary: March 31, 1990 Draft of the Dene/Metis Claims Agreement - Assembly of First Nations Centre for Treaty Advocacy
5) Dene Leadership Meeting motions
6) Supreme Court of Canada appeal re: unpatented crown land in the Northwest Territories

File contains two transcripts from the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development meetings dated Thursday October 22, 1998 and Tuesday November 3, 1998.

File contains records related to the Comprehensive Claims Policy. Included in the file are:

1) National Overview of Comprehensive Claims Policy and the Constitution Act 1982 (draft - for discussion only)
2) Status report on Comprehensive Claims
3) Package of topics, issues, background information, talking points, and status dealing with comprehensive land claims across Canada.

File contains a variety of critiques of, and information on Canada's comprehensive claims policy. Included are:
1) Analysis of Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy - AFN - Land Rights Unit
2) The "Blackhole" of Specific Claims in Canada - Need it take another 500 years? by Ric Savino, presented to The Canadian Bar Association Continuing Legal Education seminar
3) The Implementation of Federal Claims Policy 1973-1980 - a working paper by Murray Angus
4) First Nations Submission on Claims - AFN
5) AFN's Crititique of Federal Government Land Claims Policies
6) Doublespeak of the 90's: A Comparison of Federal Government and First Nation Perception of Land Claims Process - AFN

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.001.001 Selkirk First Nation Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.001.002 Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement

Published copy of the agreement between the Inuit of the Nunavut Settlement Area and Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada.

File contains records related to the Agreement in Principle between the Nisga'a Tribal Council and the Governments of Canada and British Columbia. Included in the file are "Nisga'a Treaty Negotiations - Agreement in Principle brief"; news clippings; and two copies of "Part I: Executive Summary and Analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty Negotiations Agreement in Principle" by Mandell Pinder LLP Barristers and Solicitors for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.

File contains correspondence, reports, and news clippings regarding British Columbia First Nations treaty negotiations, and materials from the First Nations Summit. Included are annual reports from the B. C. Treaty Commission, and information packages from the First Nations Summit.

File contains records related to the British Columbia Treaty Commission. Included in the file are:
1) British Columbia Treaty Commission Feb. and Nov. 1999 update
2) Correspondence and accompanying material related to the First Nations Summit Task Group
3) News clippings
4) Speech by Honourable Dale Lovick to the First Nations Summit
5) B. C. Treaty Commission annual report 1999
6) Fax copy of the "Tripartite Review of the B. C. Treaty Process Report of the Working Group".

One copy published by the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs of "A Guide to Aboriginal Organizations and Services in British Columbia 1994/95.

File contains records related to Batchewana Indian Band v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs). Included in the file is a copy of the decision, notes by Pete Di Gangi, and "Response to Corbiere" by the Assembly of First Nations.

Draft final report by Peter Hutchins (Hutchins, Soroka & Dionne) titled "Renouncing the Old Rules of the Game: Crown Conduct within the Context of Litigation involving Aboriginal Peoples". Report was prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains two papers:
1) "Specific Claims" - The Skeletons Come Out of the Closet (The Lower Kootenay Band & Harvey Gansner) by Peter Di Gangi
2) Crown Fiduciary Obligations in All Phases of Aboriginal Land Claims in Canada: Policy Development, Negotiations, Litigation and Settlement by Mary Ellen Turpel

Copy of paper by Mary Ellen Turpel, Barrister, Solicitor and Professor. Draft discussion paper was prepared for the Indian Claims Commission.

Copy of the agreement: "Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development of the First Part, and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Manitoba as represented by the Minister of Northern Affairs of the Second Part, and The York Factory First Nation as represented by the Chief and Council of the Third Part, and The Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board of the Fourth Part".

File contains records relating to the Lubicon Settlement Commission. Included in the file are:
1) two copies of "The Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review Final Report" March 1993
2) info package regarding recommendations of Commission
3) Information package re: Lubicon Lake
4) Information package re: Woodland Cree Band-Governments of Canada and Alberta agreement
5) Correspondence to Peter Di Gangi re: Woodland Cree-Federal Government-Alberta Provincial Government agreement in principle

A copy of the United Nations Human Rights Committee decision on Lubicon Lake.

File contains performance and expenditure reports from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Polar Commission. Included in the file are:
2018.008.026.003.001 1993-1994 Estimates Part III
2018.008.026.003.002 1997-1998 Estimates - A Report on Plans and Priorities Pilot Document (2 copies)
2018.008.026.003.003 Estimates Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 1998
2018.008.026.003.004 1998-1999 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
2018.008.026.003.005 Estimates Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 1999
2018.008.023.003.006 1999-2000 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
2018.008.023.003.007 2000-2001 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities

Second edition of the Native Studies in Canada - A Research Guide by Robert S. Allen, Deputy Chief Treaties and Historical Research Centre for Research Branch, Corporate Policy - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Series contains records created by/for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Included is information on the Intervener Participation Program; policy; creation of the commission; and RCAP's Folio infobase. The series is divided into the following sub-series/files/items:

2018.008.027.001 RCAP Begins 1991
2018.008.027.002 RCAP Guidelines
2018.008.027.003 RCAP Policy Process
2018.008.027.004 RCAP Intervenors 1993
2018.008.027.005 RCAP Research - All
2018.008.027.006 Folio/IMU
2018.008.027.007 Treaty Info Base IMU
2018.008.027.008 Folio Search Results
2018.008.027.009 Justice Brief Book
2018.008.027.010 Walt's Draft
2018.008.027.011 RCAP Intl - D. Sanders
2018.008.027.012 Economy - Policy
2018.008.027.013 Lands/Resources - Hearings & I. P. P.
2018.008.027.014 S 35: Who's Included?
2018.008.027.015 Lands & Reserve Policy
2018.008.027.016 RCAP - Health
2018.008.027.017 Multicultural Charter
2018.008.027.018 RCAP - Treaty Focus - 3/93
2018.008.027.019 RCAP - S. Aronson
2018.008.027.020 Slattery - Urban Gov't
2018.008.027.021 Off Reserve Vol. I
2018.008.027.022 Off Reserve - Lithman
2018.008.027.023 Urban Reserve - Sask.
2018.008.027.024 Urban - Winnipeg
2018.008.027.025 Relocation
2018.008.027.026 Urban Needs - Stats NCC
2018.008.027.027 Nfld - Landbase
2018.008.027.028 Claims - Nfld

File contains memos, schedules, minutes and other records related to the various policy teams under the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Majority of information is on the Policy Committee on Treaties.

File contains records related to the RCAP Intervenor Participation Program. Included in the file are two intervenor characteristic reports; and a Project Description Abstracts report.

File contains print out of results from Folio infobase under search terms "rcap hear consent" - Treaty Hearings Consent

Copy of "Economics Policy" prepared for the Commissioners of the The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the RCAP Policy Team.

Collection of results from RCAP hearings and Intervener Participation Program submissions regarding lands and resources.

File contains records related to the March 17-18, 1993 RCAP Treaties and Governance workshop. Included in the file is an agenda; handwritten notes; a discussion paper "Treaty Perspectives and Obstacles to Recognition"; summary notes; paper "Aboriginal Self-Government and Treaties: A Discussion" by Leroy Little Bear; and "Dispute Settlement among the Naidanac.

File contains a print out of a resolution to "Acknowledge the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the U. S. Constitution" from the 100th Congress of the U. S. A. and a copy of "The Authority of the Crown to Make Treaties with Indians". by Stephen Aronson.

"The Constitutional Basis of Aboriginal Self- Government in Urban Areas" by Brian Slattery.

File contains three intervener participation program reports. The reports are from the Winnipeg First Nations Tribal Council, the Saskatoon Treaty and First Nations Assembly Inc./The Aboriginal Women's Council of Saskatchewan Inc., and the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council.

Copy of untitled draft report by Yngve Georg Lithman. Report annotated with post it notes.

Optima Consultants report "NCC Survey to Assess the Needs of Urban Aboriginal Peoples" for the Native Council of Canada.

File contains submissions to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples from Newfoundland Indigenous Peoples. Presentation given at the Gander, Newfoundland hearings held November 5, 1992. Included in the file are:
1) Federation of Newfoundland Indians presentation by Gerard Webb
2) Aboriginal Self-Government - Port-au-Port Indian Band
3) presentation by Stephenville Crossing Band Council
4) statement by Chief Lawrence Jeddore, Glenwood Indian Band Council
5) presentation by Gander Bay Indian Band Council, Chief Calvin Francis
6) St. George's Indian Band Council, Victor Muise Jr.
7) Bartlett's Harbour Indian Band Council report
8) Benoit's Cove Indian Band Council, Chief Walter Barry
9) statement from the Miawpukek Band by Chief Geraldine Kelly
10) Corner Brook Indian Band Council presentation
11) presentation by Exploit's Valley Native Indian Band Council
12) The Endless Story by Tony John
13) presentation by Flat Bay Indian Band Council

The series contains records created for or related to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Topics include treaty rights, land claims, and self-government. The series is divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.028.001 Inuit - Govt Treaty
2018.008.028.002 Nunvut - Impl. Needs
2018.008.028.003 Inuit Tapirisat - IPP
2018.008.028.004 Inuit Comp.
2018.008.028.005 NWT & Govt of Canada
2018.008.028.006 Treaty #10/#5: Scrip
2018.008.028.007 Metis - Enumeration
2018.008.028.008 MNC - I. P. P.
2018.008.028.009 Metis Policy - 8/94
2018.008.028.010 Metis Land Rights
2018.008.028.011 Metis & 91(24)
2018.008.028.012 Metis & 91(24) B. Morse
2018.008.028.013 Metis Claims - History
2018.008.028.014 Metis Land - Nexus
2018.008.028.015 Metis Land Rites - Pinder
2018.008.028.016 Treaty Audit
2018.008.028.017 "The Land" P. Williams
2018.008.028.018 Treaties & Self Govt
2018.008.028.019 Innu & Governance
2018.008.028.020 Self-Govt - Macklem
2018.008.028.021 Maori Governance
2018.008.028.022 Rupert's Land Treaties
2018.008.028.023 NRTA & Treaties - Pratt
2018.008.028.024 AB Govts & Charter
2018.008.028.025 USA Governance I
2018.008.028.026 USA Governance II
2018.008.028.027 ADR & Claims

File contains records related to Inuit Government and Treaty Rights. File contains a trip report "Inuit Tapirisat of Canada Roundtables" in Pangnirtung, NWT; and a report by Wendy Moss "A Review of Inuit Perspectives on Treaty Rights and Governance Issues".

Draft final report to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples "Metis Land Rights - Legal and Historical Issues".

"Self Government of Native Nations in the United States" by Theresa Julnes for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Copy of "Oral Tradition and Oral History: Reviewing Some Issues" by Julie Cruikshank, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia. Paper was presented at the Canadian Ethnology Society Meetings in B. C. May 5 - 8, 1994.

Copy of the letter and submission by the National Aboriginal Forestry Association titled "Forest Lands and Resources for Aboriginal Peoples" for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Copy of "Seen but not Heard" by Carol La Prairie, a project of the Aboriginal Justice Directorate, Department of Justice Canada.

File contains records related created by or related to the Assembly of First Nations Comittee on the Environment. Included in the folder are:
1) Centre for Treaty Advocacy - Identifying First Nation Environmental Flash Points
2) Discussions regarding the Environment - AFN Centre for Treaty Advocacy
3) Summary of the position of Environmental Committee on the proposed Environmental Assessment Act
4) Environmental Law Update - Fraser & Beatty, Barristers and Solicitors
5) Canada Gazette Announcement - Environmental Contaminants Act

Copy of the report by Carole Mills and Vince Shea "Great Lakes Environmental Impacts on Native Health - phase one" submitted to the Centre for Treaty Advocacy.

File contains records related to Great Lakes Environment and Indigenous Health. Included in the file are:
1) "Great Lakes Environmental Impacts on Native Health - phase one" Carole Mills and Vince Shea - Centre for Treaty Advocacy
2) "Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes and Associated Effects - synopsis" - Government of Canada
3) "Summary of Selected Information Relevant to Human Exposure and Associated Health Effects of Selected Hazardous Agents in Native People in the Great Lakes Basin" - Katherine Davies, Ecosystems Consulting Inc.
4) AFN job postings for Great Lakes Environmental Impacts project
5) AFN First Nations Health Commission information package
6) AFN initial assessment of the Government of Canada's Green Plan
7) Great Lakes Fact Sheet
8) Ontario Fisheries Advisory Council annual report 1991-1992

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 related to Indigenous fishing rights and the Federal Fisheries program. Included in the file are:
1) Department of Fisheries and Oceans program review
2) The Aboriginal Fisheries and the Sparrow Decision - Jane Allain and Jean-Denis Frechette
3) A Statement by Don Jones, Ontario Representative, First Nations/Canada Joint Working Group on the Claims Policy of Canada
4) The Constitutional Status of Native Hunting and Fishing Rights in Canada and the United States: A Comparative Analysis - James M. Janetta

File contains records created by the Royal Commission on the Northern Environment. Included in the file are a copy of the Issues Report; Interim Report and Recommendations; and a background reference booklet of maps, graphs, and charts of Ontario, North of 50.

Copy of the Royal Commission on the Northern Environment publication "The Road to Detour Lake".

Report "The Fishing Hunting Lodge Industry in Northern Ontario".

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

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 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 related to the United Indian Councils (UIC). Included in the file are:
1) The United Indian Councils and the Canadian Provincial Government Co-Management Seminar and Workshops kit. Nov. 23-24, 1991
2) Correspondence and accompanying materials re: UIC co-management workshop
3) Indian Treaty Rights Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 2
4) UIC newspaper - Smoke Signals

File contains records pertaining to the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations wildlife legislation study. Included in the file are terms of reference, correspondence and project update, and a photocopy of phase 1 and phase 2 of the study.

Copy of "A Survey and Evaluation of Natural Resource Agreements Signed with Aboriginal People in Canada: Do They Result in Autonomy or Dependence?" by Patty A. Smith.

Copy of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development's 11th report "Co-management". Also in the file are a news release and backgrounder on the report.

File contains records related to Indigenous harvesting/hunting/trapping. Included in the file are:
1) Workplan to develop a manual for harvest studies
2) handwritten meeting notes re: hunting/fishing
3) Report on the Fur Development Program Proposal to Develop a National Database for Aboriginal Harvesters
4) Framework for Discussions on the Possibility of a Bilateral Treaty Process between the Assembly of First Nations and the Federal Crown
5) Research Initiative: Creation of a Quantitative Database on the Importance of Trapping/Hunting in Canada to Aboriginal Peoples and other Indigenous Lifestyles

File contains 2 papers and 1 article. Included are:
1) Wildlife: Defining the Animals the Dene Hunt and the Settlement of Aboriginal Rights Claims, Michael Asch
2) The Boreal Forest, Cree-Ojibwa Foraging and Adaptive Management, Bruce Winterhalder
3) Crushing of Cultures: Western Applied Science in Northern Societies, Donald Gamble

File contains records related to hunting and fishing. Included in the file are:
1) brochures for the Union of Ontario Indians "Hats for Hides" program
2) Wendaban Stewardship Authority brochure
3) Article from "Ontario Indian" on Hunting and Fishing Rights
4) two copies of "The American Hunter - Naturalist and Development of the Code of Sportmanship" by Thomas L. Altherr
5) magazine clippings from "The Economist"

Copy of "The DIAND Socio-Economic Impact Monitoring Program: Impact of Project on Economic Base of Norman Wells, Fort Norman, Wrigley and Fort Simpson" by P. T. Bates.

File contains records related to Grassy Narrows and Whitedog First Nations. Included in the file are newspaper clippings regarding the compensation talks and a copy of "Government Indian Policy and its Impact on Community Life: a case study of the relocation of the Grassy Narrows Band" by Anastasia Maria Shkilnyk.

Copy of "Strategies for Self-Reliance: Canadian Native and Third World Community-Based Development" by the Development Education Centre.

File contains a copy of the "Needs Assessment and Social Profile of the Brunswick House Ojibwa" questionnaire sent to the First Nation by University of Miami Professor Dolph Greenberg. Accompanying the questionnaire is a letter from Greenberg to Peter Di Gangi.

Copy of "Final Report of the Canadian Delegation - Second United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Preparatory Committee Meeting". The meeting took place in Geneva, Switzerland March 18th - April 5th, 1991.

File contains a variety of reports related to the Environment, Environmental Policy and the Resources Access Negotiations Program. Included in the file are:
1) Building a Future - Summary of Socio-Economic Agreements - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
2) Resource Access Negotiations Program status report 1992-1996 - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
3) National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy - a report to Canadians 1989-1990
4) Canadian Biodiversity Strategy 1995 - Environment Canada

File contains records related to the Federal Government's Migratory Birds Convention Act (MBCA) and Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file are a copy of the act; correspondence; clippings; legal documents related to criminal cases; Migratory Birds Working Group notes; and a copy of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.

Copy of volume II of the MacKenzie Valley Pipeline inquiry final report.

File contains records related to police/government fishing raids on the Restigouche [Restitouche] Reserve in June of 1981 and the Tobique Reserve in August of 1982. Included in the file are a band council resolution re: legal action; Saturday Night Magazine story; transcript of phone conversation; and Press Release re: Tobique Reserve.

File contains two Indian and Northern Affairs Canada reports:
1) Indian Register Population by Sex and Residence 1994
2) Migration Projections of Registered Indians, 1982-1996

File contains various documents created by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. Include are:
1) What You Wanted to Know - Some answers to the most often asked questions about programs and services for Registered Indians in Canada
2) Indians and Inuit of Canada booklet and map
3) Special Edition of "Intercom" newsletter, January 1991

File contains the conference kit for "Globalization: Indigenous Law in the International Context" Indigenous Bar Association conference held Oct. 20-22, 2000 in Ottawa.

Series contains records related to Federal Government Indigenous Policy, specifically the Indian Act. The series has been divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.034.001 AFN - Confed 11/96
2018.008.034.002 Ind Act: 11/96
2018.008.034.003 Ind Act: 9-10/96
2018.008.034.004 Ind Act - Regina 10/96
2018.008.034.005 Ind Act Govt - Vol. I - 4/95 - 9/96
2018.008.034.006 Ind Act Vol. II - 9/96
2018.008.034.007 Ind Act - Notes/Docs
2018.008.034.008 Steve T - AFN Ind Act.
2018.008.034.009 Indian Act - Ontario 1950-60's
2018.008.034.010 INAC File 501/1-2-2-2 Vol. 2
2018.008.034.011 INAC File 701/1-2-2-2 Vol. 2
2018.008.034.012 INAC File 601/1-2-2-2 Vol. 2
2018.008.034.013 Land Claim Coalition
2018.008.034.014 Land Claims Implementation Conference 11/2003
2018.008.034.015 DIA - CPP Status - Feb 2003
2018.008.034.016 AFN-DIA Mar. 2005
2018.008.034.017 Program Review 2005
2018.008.034.018 AFN & BC Co-opters 2005
2018.008.034.019 Financial Institutions 10/04
2018.008.034.020 Fed Policy - Sept 2004
2018.008.034.021 Fed Budget 3/2004
2018.008.034.022 INAC PTO Review - 2003
2018.008.034.023 Policy - Winter 2001/02
2018.008.034.024 Indian Policy - Ritewing 2001
2018.008.034.025 Fed Reference Group - Feb/02
2018.008.034.026 FNG Backgrnd - 3/2003
2018.008.034.027 MC Re: FNG May 2002
2018.008.034.028 FNG - Governance 2006
2018.008.034.029 Indian Claims Commission
2018.008.034.030 Mi'Kmaq Harvester Wildlife Conservation/Harvest Effort Record

File contains a memo and attached "Indian Act Project: Research Component Workplan Outline Draft #1" by Peter Di Gangi.

File contains photocopies of documents from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding Saskatchewan Indian consultations on amendments to the Indian Act between 1958-1970.

File contains records related to Federal program review funding cuts. Included is a Federal Program Review synopsis for Indian Affairs, Privy Council, and Fisheries and Oceans, and 2 news stories from the Hill Times regarding the expenditure review.

File contains records related to First Nations fiscal institutions and First Nation Land Management. Included in the file are:
1) Indian Taxation Advisory Board materials
2) First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Institutions Initiative materials
3) Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management questions and answers

File contains records related to Provincial/Territorial Organization (PTO) funding. Included is:
1) PTO Funding Policy, Feb. 26, 2003
2) memo and accompanying material regarding the PTO Funding Policy Technical Working Session, Feb. 26-27, 2003

File contains records related to First Nations Governance. Included in the file are:
1) news stories
2) Assembly of First Nations Bulletin re: Minister Nault's Governance Initiative Act
3) "A Report on the First Month's Work of Minister Nault's 'Joint Advisory Committee' on Governance Legislation"
4) "Putting the Nault Governance Act into Context: The Long History of Opposition"