File contains records related to Financial Transfer Agreements (FTA). Included in the file are: 1) Fiscal Transfers and Dismantling of the Fiduciary Duty by Peter Di Gangi 2) Issue Summary - DIAND's New Funding Mechanism the FTA 3) Chiefs of Ontario bulletin Sept. 6, 1996 4) Briefing Note - FTA 5) notes 6) Assembly of First Nations working draft resolution on Fiscal Relationships 7) News release on Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council sigining of FTA
File contains records relating to First Nations health care and treaty rights. Included in the file are: 1) "Health Care and the Treaties - preliminary reports" compiled by the Centre for Treaty Advocacy for the National Committee on Treaties, Vancouver B. C. May 1-2, 1990 2) "The Aboriginal Right to Health, Treaty making and Indian Government Jurisdiction" prepared by the Centre for Treaty Advocacy for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs 3) "Issues in First Nations Health Care" notes for remarks by First Nations Health Commission Director Richard Saunders at Community Health Seminar held Oct. 3, 1990 at the University of Ottawa 4) Correspondence re: Treaty No. 6 Medicine Chest Clause 5) "Interpretation and Enforcement of Treaty Rights of First Nations" prepared by D. E. Worme for Peter Di Gangi, Director Centre for Treaty Advocacy 6) "The Structural Injunction as a Remedy for Violations of Aboriginal Constitutional Rights" by Phil Lancaster for the Canadian Bar Association Committee on Native Justice.
File contains a letter from Health and Welfare Canada to Ovide Mercredi in his role as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Also in the file is an Indian and Inuit Health programs review.
File contains news clippings and a a copy of Chapter 13 of the Auditor General's 1997 report "Health Canada - First Nations Health". Also in the file is correspondence regarding correspondence regarding the Lovelace v. The Queen in right of Ontario court case.
File contains two reports by Health Canada: 1) "Health Status of Canadian Indians and Inuit - update 1987" Indian and Northern Health Services, Medical Services Branch 2) "Health Status of Canadian Indians and Inuit - 1990"
File contains two copies of "Discussion Paper Regarding First Nation Land Claims" by the Indian Commission of Ontario. Attached to one of the reports is a letter to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.
File contains records pertaining to/created by the Chiefs Committee on Claims. Included in the file are meeting minutes, briefing notes, memorandums, reports, and correspondence.
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 related to the Independent Claims Body (ICB). Included in the file are: 1) "Made in Ottawa Governance (and other initiatives)" by Eagle Shield (Walter Rudnicki) 2) memorandum and accompanying materials - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) ICB 3) update on ICB 4) Report of the Joint First Nations-Canada Task Force on Specific Claims Policy Reform 5) booklet of documents by the AFN regarding land claims 6) notes for an address by Daniel J. Bellegarde, Commissioner - Indian Land Claims Commission to the Aboriginal Law Conference 7) INAC document - proposed ICB model
File contains resolutions, clippings, correspondence and notes regarding the Degamuukw decision and implementing the decision. Also in the file is a booklet "People of the Plateau - Southern Carrier St'at'imc Secwepemc Nlaka'pamux Okanagan - Defending Our Forests".
File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Implementation Committee. Included in the file are: 1) newspaper clippings 2) meeting agendas and other materials 3) Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation protocol on the environment 4) Nlaka'Pamux Aboriginal Title and Rights 5) Correspondence - Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations 6) Comprehensive Claims Policy Review meeting notes 7) Transcript of May 9, 2000 Assembly of First Nations / Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Comprehensive Land Claims Policy working session 8) AFN resolutions re: Delgamuukw and land claims 9) BC Treaty Commission annual report, 2000 10) information about other land claims
Tradition and Education - Towards a Vision of Our Future four volume publication published by the Assembly of First Nations. 1) A Declaration of First Nations Jurisdiction over Education 2) Volume I - National Review of First Nations Education 3) Volume II - National Review of First Nations Education 4) Volume III - Executive Summary
Assembly of First Nations/National Indian Brotherhood
File contains several copies of brochure "Support the Right to Self-Government" put out by the Assembly of First Nations, and a copy of "Indian Development Issues Post-Patriation" notes from a speech given by W. Rudnicki at McMaster University, June 2, 1982.
File contains mostly newspaper clippings regarding the 1991 election for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Also included in the file is a memo from the Indian Governments of Saskatechewan re: candidates questionnaire.
File contains records related to the Assembly of First Nations XVI Annual General Assembly. Included are a list of adopted resolutions, newspaper clippings, and a copy of "Reflection Unity Action" Assembly of First Nations Annual Report 1995.
File contains two copies Bill S-9 - An Act providing for self-government by the First Nations of Canada (1996) and one copy of Bill S-10 - An Act providing for self-government by the First Nations of Canada (1995)
File contains records related to NDP government policy in regards to Canada's Indigenous peoples. Inlcuded in the file are news clippings, policy notices, Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat information, a copy of "Conserving Ontario's Old Growth Forest Ecosystems", and copies of "Statement of Political Relationship" between First Nations and the Government of Ontario.
File contains records related to the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat. Included in the file is the report "Self-Government and Land Claims Task Group" and an accompanying letter.
File contains records related to the Ontario Government's policies regarding Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file are newspaper clippings; two copies of discussion paper "Aboriginal Land Claim Negotiations: Ontario's Participation discussion paper; The Aboriginal Policy Framework and accompanying records; Ministry of Natural Resources restructuring plan; Ministry of the Attorney General restructuring plan; correspondence; and "Doing Better for Less - Ministry Core Business Summaries".
File contains records related to Ontario's Aboriginal Policy. Included in the are two copies of "Ontario's New Approach to Aboriginal Affairs - Prosperous and Healthy Aboriginal Communities Create a Better Future for Aboriginal Children and Youth"; and a newspaper article critiquing the new approach and the Federal Government's policy.
