Series consists of records relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the Oka/Kanesatake blockades. The series has been divided into the following files and items:

2018.008.001.001 [RCAP terms of reference, research plans, publications]
2018.008.001.002 RCAP - Clippings
2018.008.001.003 RCAP release: 11/96
2018.008.001.004 For Seven Generations - An information Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
2018.008.001.005 Reclaiming Our Nationhood Strengthening Our Heritage
2018.008.001.006 RCAP: Fed Response 1/98
2018.008.001.007 AFN RCAP Assembly 2/97
2018.008.001.008 RCAP Analysis
2018.008.001.009 Agreement with Respect to Kanesatake Governance of the Interim Land Base
2018.008.001.010 Oka - Akwesasne
2018.008.001.011 4 Pillars - 9/90
2018.008.001.012 Oka - 1990
2018.008.001.013 Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy
2018.008.001.014 Post Oka
2018.008.001.015 Anasazi
2018.008.001.016 Miscellaneous periodicals
2018.008.001.017 The Ontario Indian
2018.008.001.018 Akwesasne Notes
2018.008.001.019 Battle of Oka t-shirt

File contains newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and the reports release.

File contains:
1) invitation to sunrise ceremony to commemorate the completion of commission's work
2) address for the launch of the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (2 copies)
3) Economist article ""The Wisdom of King George"" 1996
4) Guide to the principal findings and recommendations of the final report of The Royal Commission on Aborginal Peoples
5) Assembly of First Nations response and associated materials"

Sub-series consists of 13 books/booklets/brochures published by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. They include

2018.008.001.001.001 RCAP Public Hearings Discussion Paper 1 - Framing the Issues
2018.008.001.001.002 RCAP Public Hearings Discussion Paper 2 - Focusing the Dialogue
2018.008.001.001.003 RCAP Public Hearings Overview of the First Round
2018.008.001.001.004 RCAP Public Hearings Exploring the Options Overview of the third round
2018.008.001.001.005 The Circle newsletter Volume 1, No. 3
2018.008.001.001.006 RCAP - The Mandate
2018.008.001.001.007 RCAP - terms of reference
2018.008.001.001.008 Opening Statements on the Occasion of the Launch of the Public Hearings of RCAP
2018.008.001.001.009 RCAP Sharing the Harvest - the road to self reliance
2018.008.001.001.010 RCAP Integrated research plan (2 copies)
2018.008.001.001.011 RCAP People to People, Nation to Nation
2018.008.001.001.012 RCAP Partners in Confederation - Aboriginal Peoples, Self-Government, and the Constitution
2018.008.001.001.013 RCAP - The Right of Aboriginal Self-Government and the Constitution - a commentary

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples released a CD-ROM containing the records for the hearings, and reports created by the Commission. In 2016, for the 20th anniversary of the reports release, a database was created containing all the original CD-ROM materials plus expanded content including over 18000 photographs. The CD-ROMS are no longer functional on current operating systems. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/royal-commission-aboriginal-peoples/Pages/introduction.aspx

File contains news clippings, newspapers and other materials regarding Akwesasne in 1979 and Kanesatake (Oka) in 1990.

One copy of the Assembly of First Nations submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains:
1) newspaper clippings
2) copy of "An Agenda for Action with First Nations" Govt of Canada
3) copy of "Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan"
4) Agenda for Action with First Nations
5) Backgrounder newsletters from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
6) speeches and news releases re: "Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan"
7) Assembly of First Nations (AFN) proposed response to RCAP plan"

File contains notes, correspondence and other materials relating to Assembly of First Nations and their response to the RCAP final report.

File contains:
1) AFN RCAP Strategies for implementation discussion paper draft #1 Feb. 22, 1997
2) AFN RCAP Final Report and Recommendations preliminary analysis and commentary draft #3 Feb. 22, 1997
3) AFN RCAP preliminary assessment of the report of RCAP - recommendations on treaties, land and resources - AFN Land Rights Unit Feb. 21, 1997
4) correspondence
5) Summary and Issues Analysis of the Recommendations and Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples for Chiefs in Ontario, January 1997
6) Preliminary Assessment of the Report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - recommendations on residential schools

File contains a copy of the agreement between The Mohawks of Kanesatake and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development regarding governance of the Kanesatake Mohawk lands.

File contains notes for an address to the House of Commons by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on the House Resolution with respect to Oka, Sept. 25, 1990 and a copy of "Building a New Relationship - the Native Agenda - 4 Pillars".

File contains materials relating to the events at Oka in 1990. Included in the file are:
1) correspondence
2) Maclean's Magazine, September 10, 1990
3) Soldier of Fortune magazine, December 1990
4) "The Summer of 1990" - fifth report of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, May 1991
5) "Shaping Canada's Future Together" highlights booklet
6) "Shaping Canada's Future Together" proposals

One photocopy of Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall's "Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy".

File contains:
1) clippings and articles
2) draft discussion paper ""Alternative Approaches to First Nations Inherent, Aboriginal & Treaty Rights in Canada, Centre for Treaty Advocacy, October 17, 1990
3) Notes for statement by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney ""Canada and the 21st Century"" November 1, 1990
4) Release and accompanying materials - Citizen's Forum on Canada's Future"

File contains copies of the the publication "Anasazi" published by Obonsawin Irwin Consulting Services. Copies in file include: August 1997; October 1997; January 1998; Vol 5 No. 1, 2; Vol 6 No. 1, 2; Vol 7 No. 2; Vol 8 No. 1, 2; Vol 9 No. 2.

File contains miscellaneous periodicals:
1) Self-Government is Treason pamphlet
2) letter to Chiefs of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (2 copies)
4) Page 12 from "Anasazi" periodical (4 copies)
5) Cartoon by Bill [Powless] (3)
6) Recent Trends and Initiatives in Indian Affairs pamphlet
7) Reader's Digest, March 1997 - correspondence to Magazine regarding article
8) The Beaver, Winter 1979
9) Alternatives - Perspectives on Society and Environment A Special Issue on the North, Autumn 1978
10) Lang Michener Barristors & Solicitors newsletter "In Brief" Summer 1997
11) Changing Course - A Study Guide for Canadian Social Analysis (2 copies)
12) The Catalyst - a publication of Citizens for Public Justice, Dec/Jan 2000; Apr/May 2000; June/July 2000; Aug/Sept 2000; Oct/Nov 2001
13) Jubilee Initiative petition on Aboriginal Land Rights
14) News clipping "Obidiah" from The First Perspective
15) This Country Canada Vol. 1 No. 1, Summer 1992

File contains copies of "Akwesasne Notes", a magazine published by the Program in American Studies at the State University of New York at Buffalo and D-Q University. In the file are: Vol. II No. 2 May 1979; Vol. II No. 4 Autumn 1979; Vol. II No. 3 Summer 1979; Vol. II No. 5 Spring 1980; and Vol. 16 No. 4 Summer 1984.

Series contains records relating to Canada's 1969 White paper "Canada on Indian Policy", Canadian government policy and relations with Aboriginal peoples, termination policy, and Indigenous self-government. The series has been divided into file and items:

2008.008.002.001 Federal-Provincial & Indians
2018.008.002.002 Federal-Provincial & Indians pt. 2
2018.008.002.003 White Paper '69
2018.008.002.004 Jean Chretien - 1971
2018.008.002.005 White Paper - 1972
2018.008.002.006 Citizens +, 1970
2018.008.002.007 UBCIC Brown Paper
2018.008.002.008 MIB-Wahbung 1971
2018.008.002.009 Indian-Eskimo Association, 1970
2018.008.002.010 Bruce Doern - Federal Policy (For RCAP 10/1993)
2018.008.002.011 Self Govt Policy, 1986-1990
2018.008.002.012 Sechelt /86
2018.008.002.013 T. B. Devolution 11/86
2018.008.002.014 Tories 1983-
2018.008.002.015 Fed Policy 1984 - Memos
2018.008.002.016 Nielsen Rpt - 1985
2018.008.002.017 Special Words & Tactics, 1987-88/1994
2018.008.002.018 C-31 Legal Opinion, 7/87
2018.008.002.019 Buffalo Jump, 1987-88
2018.008.002.020 Fed-Prov Resp - Pratt
2018.008.002.021 Fed. Policy - ARC
2018.008.002.022 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Polar Commission - Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2003
2018.008.002.023 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Polar Commission - Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 2004
2018.008.002.024 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Polar Commission - 2004-2005 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
2018.008.002.025 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Polar Commission - 2005-2006 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
2018.008.002.026 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Canadian Polar Commission and Indian Specific Claims Commission Performance Report - for the period ending March 31, 2006
2018.008.002.027 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Canadian Polar Commission and Indian Specific Claims Commission 2006-2007 estimates - Part III Report on Plans and Priorities

White t-shirt with sleeves torn off. Front of shirt has a person standing on top of an overturned police car. "Battle of Oka 1990 La Bataille d'Oka" is written on the shirt.

File contains copies of "The Ontario Indian", a publication put out by the Union of Ontario Indians. Included in the file are: Vol. 1 No. 4 December 1978; Vol. 3 No. 6 June 1980; Vol. 3 No. 7 July 1980; Vol. 3 No. 8 August 1980; Vol. 3 No. 9 September 1980; Vol. 4 No. 6 June 1981; Vol. 4 No. 10 October 1981; and Vol. 4 No. 9 September 1981.

File contains a copy of the proceedings of the Federal-Provincial Conference on Indian Affairs held in Ottawa in October 1964. Also in the file is a copy of a report created by the Department of Indian Affairs outlining government (Federal and Provincial) relations with Canada's Indigenous peoples.

File contains correspondence and memorandums regarding issues surrounding the 1969 white paper, and Cabinet Document #747 "Developments in Indian Affairs".

File contains correspondence, memorandums, and agreements in regards to the assignment of lands and natural resources in Alberta and Manitoba between the Federal and Provincial governments. Also in the file is a copy of the proceedings of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Commons on Indian Affairs held May 16, 1961, and a 2 page information sheet on Federal-Provincial responsibility for Indians.

Copy of "The Unfinished Tapestry - Indian Policy in Canada" delivered by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Developement Jean Chretien as part of the Dunning Trust Lectures held at Queen's University on March 17, 1971.

File contains a copy of the Brown Paper - A Declaration of Indian Rights, The B. C. Position paper prepared by the UBCIC (The Union of B. C. Indian Chiefs), dated November 17, 1970.
Also in the file is an invitation to the Spring graduation of the Institute of Indigenous Government in Burnaby B. C.

Copy of "Citizens +", a presentation by the Indian Chiefs of Alberta to Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in June of 1970.

File contains copies of Treaties - Native Rights in Canada a synopsis and a critique by the Indian-Eskimo Association of Canada's legal committee.

File contains papers related the the White paper released in 1969 "Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy". Included in the file are: 2 copies of draft #3 "The Indian Act - proposed revision" November, 1967; 2 copies of the white paper; Letter/report from the Assistant Deputy Minister (Indian Consulation and Negotiation) to the Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Memorandum re: meeting held in 1971 between Prime Minister Trudeau, cabinet members, Chiefs and members at large of the Canadian Aboriginal communities regarding the Indian White paper and Red paper.

File of newspaper and magazine clippings, the majority of which relate to Brian Mulroney's stepping down as Prime Minister. Also in the file is a copy of the Constitution of the National Progressive Conservative Aboriginal Caucus (1985).

Copy of memo and accompanying slides relating to the slide presentation for the Cabinet Committee. Slides contain information on the impact of governmental legislation and policy on Indian Rights.

Copy of Bruce Doern's report "The Politics of Slow Progress: Federal Aboriginal Policy Processes". The study was prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains a copy of the Canadian Government's Treasury Board on the Devolution plan proposed by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The Devolution plan entailed "transfer of programs and service delivery to Indian Bands and other Indian Organizations".

File contains several different reports. They include:
1) Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Native Programs, April 12, 1985
2) Indian and Native Programs - a study team report to the Task Force on Program Review, April 1985
3) Indians and Natives - Improved Program Delivery - a study team report to the Task Force on Program Review (2 copies)
Also in the file are two newspaper paper clippings - one about the Nielsen task force and the other about conflict in the Middle East.

File contains a pamphlet "Self-Government is Treason" put out by the Confederation of Shuswap/Okanagan Action Committee; "Reveille for First Nations: The Politics of Aggression and Defence" by Walter Rudnicki; and 4 copies of a pamphlet "Recent Trends and Initiatives in Indian Affairs".

Copy of "Federalism in the Era of Aboriginal Self-Government" by Alan Pratt of the Law Firm Blaney, McMurtry, Stapells.

One copy of the report.

Copy of "...And the Last Shall be First" - Native Policy in the Era of Cutbacks. A discussion paper prepared by Murray Angus for the Aboriginal Rights Coalition (Project North).

One copy of the report.

File contains:
1) Discussion notes on Lands, Revenues and Trusts Sector - Mont Ste. Marie, January 27-29, 1988
2) Privy Council Office - Program Review Secretariet - Internal Communications to Support the Program Review, July 7, 1994
3) Draft precis re: Federal Policies, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, January 1988
4) James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement, Implementation Agreement Negotiations Strategic Communications Overview, April 1987

Final draft of legal opinion of Arki & Nahwegahbow, Barristers Solicitors Notaries pertaining to the constitutional validity of "An Act to Amend the Indian Act. S. C., 1985, c.27.

One copy of the report.

One copy of the report.

One copy of the report and an accompanying cover letter.

One copy of the report and an accompanying cover letter.

File contains a copy of the Self-Determination Symposium held in Toronto in 2000. Symposium was jointly organized by the Assembly of First Nations in association with the University of Toronto, Department of Indian Affairs, and the Ontario Attorney General's Office.

Series contains records regarding Inherent Right and Self-Government policies, Federal Government policies, and Auditor General reports related to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. The series is divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.003.001 Band Debt: funding
2018.008.003.002 Band Debt: Audit/1995
2018.008.003.003 Health/Legal 11/95
2018.008.003.004 Fiduc/Health - 11/95
2018.008.003.005 Fed. Healing Fund Cab Doc 1998
2018.008.003.006 Bill C-79, 1997
2018.008.003.007 Indian Act, Sept/95
2018.008.003.008 Ind. Act By Law Book
2018.008.003.009 Mikmaq Constitution
2018.008.003.010 Creating Opportunity - the Liberal Plan for Canada
2018.008.003.011 The Liberal Plan, 1997 - Securing Our Future Together
2018.008.003.012 Aboriginal Liberals
2018.008.003.013 Red Book Critiques
2018.008.003.014 Liberal Policy - 8/95
2018.008.003.015 Liberal Policy - 4/95
2018.008.003.016 DIAND: Indian Population 1995
2018.008.003.017 Fed. Treaty Policy - 4/95
2018.008.003.018 Sovereignty - AMC & R. Pangowish 84/92
2018.008.003.019 Self Govt: 1994, Hutchins et. al
2018.008.003.020 Slattery: Decolonizing the Constitution 8/9/92
2018.008.003.021 Custom Law
2018.008.003.022 Treasury Board
2018.008.003.023 DIA - Partnership 1999
2018.008.003.024 Fed Treaty Policy - 96-98
2018.008.003.025 Fed Policy 12/97
2018.008.003.026 DIAND - 97/98 Plan
2018.008.003.027 Inherent Rite 5/95
2018.008.003.028 Self Govt - Fed Neg Mandate/97
2018.008.003.029 Liberal S. G. Policy Response
2018.008.003.030 Inherent Rite Cab Doc 5/95
2018.008.003.031 Auditor General 4/99
2018.008.003.032 Federal Budget 2/99
2018.008.003.033 Auditor Gen. 9/96
2018.008.003.034 Audit Gen: 1991 & 94
2018.008.003.035 AG Report - 1986
2018.008.003.036 AG's Report - 1990
2018.008.003.037 Audit Gen 93/Prog Eval
2018.008.003.038 Program Assessment & Review, 1994
2018.008.003.039 Trojan Buffalo 6/95
2018.008.003.040 Self Govt: PCO/CBSG 10/92

One copy of the document "First Nations Health The Constitutional Framework - participant's manual" prepared by Michael Hudson of Legal Services, Health Canada.

File contains correspondence, notes, and multiple copies of "Notes on Bill C-79".

Indian Band ByLaw Handbook put out by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Fact Sheet and copy of Audit Report "First Nations Indebtedness" project 93/01 of the Departmental Audit and Evaluation Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

File contains copies of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada's "Default Prevention and Management" document; a two page paper titled "First Nation Debt - Reduction and Analysis"; and two copies of Laurel Lemchuk-Favel's paper "Back to the Future - An Analysis of DIAND Funding Methods".

One copy of the document "Health Related Legislation in Canada - the Constitutional Framework" by Legal Services, Health Canada. Document includes the "Participant's Manual - First Nations Health the Constitutional Framework", and "Fiduciary Relationship of the Crown with Aboriginal Peoples: Implementation and Management Issues, A guide for Managers".

A facsimile copy of a report that would have accompanied a cabinet document on establishing a healing fund.

Letter from the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development regarding amendments to the Indian Act. Accompanying the letter is a list of amendments.

The Liberal Party of Canada's election "Red Book" of campaign promises.

File contains records relating to "secret" Liberal briefing notes on Aboriginal Policy, self-government, and Nisga'a Land Claims.

Facsimile copy of "Practical Talking Points for Discussing a Framework for a Mi'kmaq Constitution.

The Liberal Party of Canada's election "Red Book" of campaign promises.

File contains records relating to the Liberal Parties' policies specifically relating to their Aboriginal platform.

File contains 2 copies of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs (DIAND) draft policy on population statistics for on-and off reserve indigenous populations. Also in the file is Peter Di Gangi's analysis of the document, created for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians.

File contains records relating to the Federal Liberal Party's Aboriginal Peoples' Policy, the Aboriginal Peoples' Commission and the Liberal Aboriginal platform

File contains:
1) New Release - Government Launches process for Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government (2 copies)
2) Creating Opportunity - Progress on Commitments to Aboriginal Peoples report
3) Federal Policy on Aboriginal Self-Government - policy guide, backgrounder (2 copies), and executive summary (2 copies)
4) Divide and Conquer 1969 Revisited - A discussion paper exploring the Federal Liberal Government's recent agenda to undermine First Nations rights and processes - Assembly of First Nations

File contains a draft of the aide-memoire regarding treaty policy. Also in the file is a press release regarding Treaty 6 talks, and a copy of the framework for discussion between the Federal Government and the Huron-Wendat Nation (Murray Treaty)

File contains memo from Brian Slattery to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs regarding his personal research plan and a copy of his paper "Decolonizing the Constitution".

One copy of "Native Customs and the Law" authored by William B. Henderson for the Research Branch, Corporate Policy Indian and Northern Affairs Canada.

Discussion reports "Strengthening the Partnership: Let's Commit to It!" from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's National Manager's Meeting held in Montreal in 1999.

File contains several documents relating to Federal Government treaties. Included are:
1) Preliminary Views on Treaties and the Treaty Relationship - Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, July 15-17, 1997
2) Speaking notes for Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in reply to throne speech, Oct. 2, 1997
3) Treaty implementation issues papers
4) list of historic Indian treaties

File contains two volumes of readings from the Continuing Legal Education Program's annual meeting held in Toronto in 1994.
The two volumes contain:
1) "The Inherent Right of Aboriginal Self-Goverment - the Aboriginal right to self-goverment and the Canadian constitution: the ghost in the machine" by Peter Hutchins, Carol Hilling, Diane Soroka, and David Schulze
2) "Reflexions sur 'Partenaires au sein de la Confederation' et le Droit 'Inherent' a L'Autonomie Gouvernementale" by Sylvain Lussier
3) "Collective and Individual Rights" by Sharon D. McIvor
4) "The Inherent Right of Self-Government as an Aboriginal and Treaty Right" by Delia Opekokew
5) "First Nations and the Constitution: A Question of Trust" by Dr. Brian Slattery
6) "Another Opinion: A Critique of the Paper Prepared by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Entitled: 'Partners in Confederation'" by Kenneth J. Tyler

File contains background information about the Government of Canada's Treasury Board. Included in the file are a listing of people working on the Board. speech notes, new releases, and outlook documents.

File contains copies of several articles and papers. They include:
1) Native Self-Government - I: Closing the Circle by Roland Pangowish. The New Federation, Jan-Feb, 1992
2) Indian Sovereignty Re-examined: Are Indian Nations still harnessed with faulty paradigms by Lloyd W. Stevenson
3) Restoring and Reaffirming First Nation Goverment - a discussion paper on self-determination and self-goverment by Lloyd W. Stevenson
4) Sovereignty: Its meaning in words and practice by Inger Weibust

File contains:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Assembly of First Nations (AFN) memorandum re: Discussion on Canada's proposed response to RCAP and meeting with Fed. Government
3) Speaking notes from Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, to standing committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
4) News release re: National Aboriginal Financing Task Force

File contains copies of "Guidelines for Federal Self-Government Negotiators"; a draft discussion paper "Possible consequences of Recognizing Self-Government Agreements as Treaties under section 35 of the Constitution Act; a presentation re: implementation of inherent right and negotiation of self-government; and other related records.

File contains a copy of Section 14 "Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development" from the 1994 Auditor General of Canada's report to the House of Commons. File also contains some pages 19-21 from the 1991 report.

File contains a copy of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Framework for Action 1997-1998, and related materials.

File contains a copy of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Framework for Action 1997-1998, and related materials.

File contains excerpts from the Auditor General of Canada's April 1999 report. Included are Chapter 5: Collaborative Arrangements: Issues for the Federal Government; Chapter 10: Funding Arrangements for First Nations: Follow-Up; and Chapter 2: Revenue Canada: The Underground Economy Initiative.

File contains a copies of the 1999 Federal Budget Analysis and a newspaper clipping

File contains records relating to the response to the Federal Liberal Government's self-government policy. It includes newspaper clippings; an analysis of the policy framework by the Chiefs of Ontario; the 1995 White paper; a copy of "Government Renewal of the '69 White Paper"; Assembly of First Nations response; and other materials.

File contains an annotated copy of the memorandum to Cabinet re: Framework for the Implementation of the Inherent Right to the Negotiation of Self-Government.

File contains a copy of "Chapter 13 - Study of Accountability Practices from the Perspective of First Nations" from Volume 2 - September 1996 of the Auditor General's report to the House of Commons.

File contains records relating to Federal Government programs and assessment of those programs. Included are a Program Assessment by Peter DiGangi for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs; newspaper clippings; a draft of "Programs, Policies and Approvals" for the RCAP Treaty Policy team; historical outline of Indian social welfare developments, 1945-1966; and Assembly of First Nations materials.

File contains 3 reports prepared by Peter Di Gangi. They include:
1) The "Trojan Buffalo"? Inherent Right, Federal Policy and the Bureaucracy: A Situational Analysis
2) Crown - First Nation Intergovernmental Relations: Politics, Policy and Bureaucracies
3) Federal Program Assessment and Review: Buffalo Jump II?

Copy of Chapter 11 Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from the Auditor General of Canada's 1986 report to the House of Commons.

Copy of chapters 8-10 Program Evaluation of the Auditor General of Canada's 1993 report to the House of Commons.

File contains pages from the Auditor General of Canada's report to the House of Commons dealing with comprehensive land claims.

Series contains records dealing with self-governance and social assistance. The series contains the following files/items:

2018.008.004.001 Self Govt - AFN/91
2018.008.004.002 UIC CBSG 89-91
2018.008.004.003 NSTC CBSG - 91
2018.008.004.004 UOI Self Govt 1991/92
2018.008.004.005 UOI Self Govt 3-4/94
2018.008.004.006 Yukon Self Govt
2018.008.004.007 Self Govt 1991 Vol. I
2018.008.004.008 Self Govt Vol. II 1991
2018.008.004.009 Gov. Vol. III: 92-93
2018.008.004.010 Governance - RCAP 7/94
2018.008.004.011 UOI Self Govt - 12/95
2018.008.004.012 UOI Self Govt - 10/96
2018.008.004.013 UOI Self Govt 12/98
2018.008.004.014 White Fish Bay Self Govt
2018.008.004.015 Siksika - CBSG/Negs 92-93
2018.008.004.016 Monies 91-93
2018.008.004.017 NAFA Legis. 6/93
2018.008.004.018 AMC-FAI 1994-96
2018.008.004.019 Self Govt: Polls/94
2018.008.004.020 Mi'kmaq Education 14 Jan/97
2018.008.004.021 Premiers Vol. I
2018.008.004.022 Premiers Vol. II
2018.008.004.023 Ont - Federalism 8/96
2018.008.004.024 SA - Moscovich & Webster
2018.008.004.025 Poverty/Tax/Fed Prov/97
2018.008.004.026 A Report on the Aboriginal Government Transition Centre
2018.008.004.027 Aboriginal Self-Government Arrangements

File contains information regarding Community Based Self Government in relations to the United Indian Councils of the Mississauga and Chippewa Nations. Included are:
1) booklet - Indian Government: Treaties, Rights and Development
2) booklet - Traditional Territories - Rights, Jurisdiction, & Co-existence
3) booklet - Economic Self Sufficiency & Self Determination
4) News release - United Anishnaabeg Councils Sign First Self Government Agreement in Principle
5) Listing of Missassauga Nation Treaties
6) Discussion paper - United Indian Councils of Mississauga and Chippewa Nations Self Government Negotiations, prepared by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Self-Government Negotiations team

File contains a copy of the The North Shore First Nations and North Shore Tribal Council Self-Government Initiative information package.

File contains meeting minutes from the the Union of Ontario Indians (UOI) /Tribal Council Relationship meetings and accompanying materials. Those materials include a draft working paper on protocol between Native Political Organizations and First Nations created by the United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin; a report on UOI/Tribal Council Relationships; Union of Ontario Indians relationship with Superior First Nations; United Indian Councils (UIC)'s Indian Government Institutions Inter-relationships & Protocol; and a copy of North Shore First Nations and North Shore Tribal Council Self Government Initiative.

File contains agenda and supporting documents for the Assembly of First Nations Conference "First Nations-Crown Relations" held April 25 - 27, 1991.

File contains what appears to be a workbook of information from the Chiefs' Governance Working Group. Included in the workbook are:
1) Approach to First Nations Government: Governance
2) The Mawiw Council of Chiefs proposal respecting the exploration, development and negotiation of an "Indian Court System"
3) Governance Community-Level Constitution chart
4) Governance
5) Building Blocks Towards Constitutionalizing First Nations Self-Government
6) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Working paper on Leadership Selection - Draft #1
7) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Discussion Paper on Process
8) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Discussion Paper: Need for a Communication Strategy
9) Chiefs' Governance Working Group Chairman's Discussion Paper: Objectives and Means in Changing Crown-First Nations Relationship
10) Concept paper Training Element for Inclusion to Work Plans
11) Discussion paper - Leadership Selection
12) Proposal on Accountability
13) Proposal for First Nations Governance Issue: Legal Status and Capacity
14) A Framework for a Leadership Selection Act (by Voting)
15) Principles Guiding the Development of Alternatives to the Indian Act
16) Chiefs' Governance Working Group status report
17) Leadership Selections Act (draft)

File contains two documents pertaining to self-government in the Yukon Territories. The first is a copy of the Teslin Tlingit Council self-goverment agreement implementation plan and the second is the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun self-government agreement between The Government of the Yukon, The Government of Canada, and the First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun.

File contains a terms of reference for the Tribal Councils Advisory Board to the Union of Ontario Indians; a memo from the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres re: advisory committee; lists of tribal councils; a list of friendship centres; Anishinabek - Tribal Council Relations draft report prepared for the UOI by Peter Di Gangi; and a copy of "Declaration of the Anishinabek" November 1980.

File contains Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples related materials. Included are: draft outline - Policy Options Paper: Aboriginal Governance; Minutes of 54th meeting Sept. 12-16, 1994; Memo to Treaty/Governance RCAP teams; and draft copy of The Treaty Relationship & Governance.

One photocopy of a pamphlet titled "Indian Government at White Fish Bay".

File contains records relating to self-government for the Siksika First Nation. File includes a copy of the agreement between The Siksika and the Federal Government and four documents prepared for the Siksika First Nation by Robert A. Reiter - titled "Accountability Legislation", "First Nation Government Finance Act", "First Nation Governance Recognition Act", and "First Nation Government Act".

File contains records relating to the First Nation Forest Resources Management Act and the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA). Included in the file are:
1) NAFA (National Aboriginal Forestry Association) brochure
2) Correspondence re: First Nation Forest Resources Management Act
3) An analysis of the proposed First Nation Forest Resources Management Act, prepared for the Native Council of Canada
4) NAFA drafts No. 4 and draft No. 5 - Proposal for a First Nation Forest Resources Management Act
5) NAFA Quarterly newsletter - Summer 1992, Summer 1993
6) Lands, Revenues and Trusts Forestry Review - Intertribal Forestry Association of British Columbia, December 1990

File contains a work book from the Anishinabek Special Chiefs Assembly "Restoring Anishinabek Jurisdiction" held December 11-12, 1995 in North Bay.

File contains records relating to First Nations money management. Included in the file are:
1) An analysis of Indian Act Alternatives on Indian Moneys, prepared for the Native Council of Canada
2) "secret" draft legislation - First Nations Moneys Management Act
3) Monies Committee - Legislative Section
4) Indian Monies Committee and Trust Fund Management: Current Initiatives of the Governance Working Group, prepared by Peter Di Gangi