File contains records related to various Federal budgets. Included in the file are:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Lang Michener "In Brief" - Spring 1997, Spring 1995
3) News release re: DIAND program review and accompanying report
4) Presentation to the Assembly of First Nations on 1995-1996 Expenditures for Aboriginal Peoples
5) The Budget in Grief - Assembly of First Nations, March 15, 1990

Proceedings report from the National Treaty Gathering in Fort Carlton, Saskatchewan August 20-26, 2001. Report prepared by Paulette C. Tremblay, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

File contains records related to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). Included in the file are DIAND news releases; Human Resources Development Canada news releases; correspondence; "You Wanted to Know" printouts from the DIAND website; and several audits of DIAND initiatives.

File contains records related to the Federal NDP party. Included in the file are:
1) The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples final report - NDP stance
2) Aboriginal Rights Coalition questionnaire responses by Gordon Earle, Halifax West NDP Campaign.
3) NDP 1997 election platform in relation to Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains speeches and presentations. Included are:

1) The Crown-First Nations Relationship and the Treaties - a National Perspective
2) Presentation to the Senate of Canada - The Implications of the Meech Lake Accord on Treaties
3) Presentation to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs regarding The Post-Secondary Education Assistance Program
4) Speaking notes for Regional Chief Lawrence Courtoreille to the Indian Association of Alberta
5) National Chief Georges Erasmus' Speaking Notes for Newsworld, Aug. 29, 1990
6) Assembly of First Nations submission to the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Affairs
7) Backgrounder on the current crisis in First Nation - Canada Relations

File contains records related to Federal budgets. Included in the file are newspaper clippings and a copy of "Canada's Current Economic and Fiscal Situation" - Dept. of Finance, Oct. 1992.

File contains news stories, biographies and histories for government officials who worked for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada and Ministry of Indigenous Affairs.

File contains records related to fiscal accountability. Included in the file are newspaper clippings and a copy of "CGA-AFN Accountability Project interim report, April 1999".

File contains two copies of a booklet for the Federal Steering Committee on Self-Government and Comprehensive Claims. Included are member lists and a process booklet.

Aboriginal Healing Foundation 2003 annual report.

File contains newspaper clippings, brochures and other records related to negative reactions to Indigenous Rights and Self-Government.

File contains a copy of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Strengthening our Policy Capacity report.

Copy of the report by Gordon J. Burrell and Douglas E. Sanders "Handbook of Case Law on the Indian Act".

File contains chapter 10 "Aboriginal Issues" of a report put out by the Privy Council Office (Canada).

File contains a copy of the report "Indian Government under Indian Act Legislation, 1868-1951" by Wayne Daugherty and Dennis Madill for the Treaties and Historical Research Centre, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

File contains a copy of the Deputy Minister Task Force on Managing Horizontal Policy Issues report.

File contains two papers -
1) Brian Slattery's presentation on the inherent right to self-government presented at the Self-Government Conference October 19, 1998
2) "How Can Infringements of the Constitutional Rights of Aboriginal Peoples be Justified" by Kent McNeil for the Centre for Constitutional Studies - Constitutional Forum.

File contains a single correspondence between the Assembly of First Nations and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding First Nations funding from the Federal Government.

File contains the final report by Angus Reid titled "Canada's Aboriginal Leaders: Perspectives from the Inside".

File contains records related to DIAND's "Audit of Community Based Self-Government Program". Included in the file are two copies of report, audit notes, and two copies of a newspaper article "Native Frustration".

File contains copies of departmental audit reports for Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Included in the file are:

1) news release and associated executive summaries for: Environmental Management Audit of Northern Affairs Program, Land & Water Management Activities Associated with Mining; Environmental Management Audit of the Land & Trust Sector, Land Management Activities Associated with Mining; Self-Assessment of the Funding Management Process; Indian Economic Development Fund (IEDF) and Eskimo Loan Fund (ELF) of the Headquarters and Quebec Regional Offices; Year End Expenditures for the 1994-1995 Fiscal Year; and Geological Mapping of the Northwest Territories Region.

2)Audit Report on the Office of the Treaty Commissioner

3) Audit of Specific Claims final report

4) Audit of the Indian Registration System audit report

5) Real Property Disposals audit report

6) Audit of Selected 1992-1993 Capital Projects report

7) Audit of Selected Databanks Nominal Roll System audit report

8) Audit of The Management of Receivables audit report

9) Training audit report

10) Audit of the Management of Automated Systems in the Land Management Function

File contains correspondence about and copies of "DIAND's Framework for Action (a work in progress)" and three copies of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada "The Outlook in Priorities and Expenditures 1995-1996 to 1997-1998".

Copy of "First Nations Social Assistance: A Series of Five Papers" prepared by Andrew Webster, Atelier Pika Ltd for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development as a follow up to concerns raised by the Auditor General of Canada in the 1994 Report on DIAND's Social Assistance Program.

File contains two papers and an article:
1) The Innovative Use of Standing Committees by Keith Penner, in "Canadian Parliamentary Review" Vol. 5 No. 1
2) The Indian Lobby by Douglas E. Sanders
3) A Guide to Native Political Associations in Canada by Wayne Daugherty, INAC

Copy of the Volume 8 No. 2 Spring 1979 edition of "Alternatives: Perspectives on Society and Environment". Magazine published by Trent University.

Series contains records relating to specific claims policy. The series is divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.019.001 Claims Policies
2018.008.019.002 U. S. Claims Commission
2018.008.019.003 SP. Cl. Status 77-86
2018.008.019.004 Ontario PTOs Re: Claims 1981
2018.008.019.005 I. C. O. 82 -
2018.008.019.006 FMC + Claims + Self Gov't. 1980s
2018.008.019.007 Specific Claims Status Reports - 12/92
2018.008.019.008 Lands & Trusts 1998-1999
2018.008.019.009 FN's RCMP 1995
2018.008.019.010 Claims Directions 2/97
2018.008.019.011 AFN/AFNQ - 4/98
2018.008.019.012 AFN Claims Jan 99-
2018.008.019.013 AFN Claims 5/2000
2018.008.019.014 C-6: Ed John Report
2018.008.019.015 Bill C-60 - Sept 2002
2018.008.019.016 Bill C-6 - Nov 2002
2018.008.019.017 C-60/C-6 - "ICB" Kit
2018.008.019.018 AFN-CCC - 22 May 2002
2018.008.019.019 Bill C-6 - Spring 2003
2018.008.019.020 C-6 Senate - June 2003
2018.008.019.021 Bill C-6 - October 2003
2018.008.019.022 C-19 FN Statistics & Fiscal Act

File contains 4 different land claim books published by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Included are:
1) In All Fairness - A Native Claims Policy, 1981
2) Outstanding Business - A Native Claims Policy, 1982
3) Comprehensive Land Claims Policy, 1986
4) Federal Policy for the Settlement of Native Claims, 1998

File contains 3 specific claims in Canada status reports - 1977, 1982, and 1984.

File contains copies of "The U. S. Indian Claims Commission (a comprehensive digest)" by the U. S. Office of Native Claims and parts of "Indian Land Claims Policy in the United States" by Russel Lawrence Barsh and Sakej Y. Henderson.

File contains news clippings and RCMP Criminal Intelligence briefs and memos regarding Aboriginal militancy and Aboriginal-based organized crime.

File contains a news clippings; handwritten notes ; and a copy of "The Lands and Trust Services Initiative: Its potential Impact on the Federal Government's Fiduciary Obligations" by Kent McNeil.

File contains 2 copies of the joint presentation "A New Proposal for Claims Resolution in Ontario" by the Executive Councils of the Association of Iroquois & Allied Indians, Grand Council Treaty #3, and the Union of Ontario Indians to the Minister of Indian Affairs Honourable John Munro.

File contains records related to the Indian Commission of Ontario. Included in the file are:
1) The Tripartite Council resolution and memorandum of reference (unsigned)
2) An Introduction to the Indian Commission of Ontario
3) Claims in Ontario: P. T. C. Discussions - Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
4) Correspondence re: Ontario Research Directors' Meeting
5) article from Anishinabek News re: Mississauga #8 settlement ratification

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 the Premiers' and Territorial Leaders communique and framework for discussion on Canadian Unity. File also contains records related to land titles and comprehensive claims and claim policy.

File contains a copy of the final report by Grand Chief Edward John of the Tl'atz'en First Nation on the Federal Government's proposed independent claims body.
The Federal Bill was ultimately rejected by First Nations.

File contains records related to specific claims and the claims process. Included are news paper clippings, correspondence and accompanying materials.

File contains records related to the creation of an independent claims body in Canada. Included are newsclippings, correspondence and reports.

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"

File contains records related to Bill C-60 Specific Claims bill. Included in the file are:
1) Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Chiefs' Strategic Committee reports
2) Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Committee on Claims records
3) Indian Claims Commission records
4) Correspondence
5) Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Legislative Process booklet

File contains records related to the Chiefs Committee on Claims and the proposal for an independent claims body. Included in the file are meeting agendas and minutes, updates, and a copy of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Legislative Process manual.

File contains records related to Bill C-6. Included in the folder are meeting agenda and minutes, correspondence, briefs and other records created by the Assembly of First Nations, the Algonquin Nation Secretariat, the Chiefs' Committee on Claims, and the Indian Governments of Saskatchewan.

File contains records related to the Bills C-6 and C-60. Included are news clippings, notes, correspondence, and other materials including a copy of Bill C-60.

File contains records related to Bill C-6. Included in the file is correspondence; briefing notes; presentations to Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples; and minutes from Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples meetings in April and May 2003 regarding Bill C-6.

File contains records related to Bill C-19 First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Management Act. Included in the file is correspondence and accompanying materials, and an official report of the House of Commons Debate Thursday January 30, 2003 - Vol. 138 No. 049 2nd session - 37th Parliament.

Series contains records relating to claims, independent claims bodies, extinguishment, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, the Northeastern Quebec Agreement, and the Cree- Naskapi Act. The series is divided into the following files and items:

2018.008.020.001 Specific Claims Status Report, 1998
2018.008.020.002 Claims - Status Report, 1999
2018.008.020.003 Assembly of First Nations - update on the proposed Independent Claims Body (ICB), 2002
2018.008.020.004 Assembly of First Nations - update on Bill C-6: Specific Claims Resolution Act, 2003
2018.008.020.005 Xting SCAA 1994
2018.008.020.006 RCAP Claims Vol. I 6/93
2018.008.020.007 Xting Vol. I
2018.008.020.008 Tribunal - J. Evans 5/95
2018.008.020.009 RCAP ADR 1994
2018.008.020.010 Xting: Macklem 4/94
2018.008.020.011 Xting Alt's: Jackson
2018.008.020.012 Xting - Research Vol. I
2018.008.020.013 Turpel - Xting Vols. 1-3
2018.008.020.014 RCAP: Comp. Claims
2018.008.020.015 Olthuis et al. 4/94
2018.008.020.016 Comp. Cl. Cases
2018.008.020.017 Claims - North
2018.008.020.018 JBNQA Info
2018.008.020.019 JBNQA - Negs
2018.008.020.020 James Bay - Quebec
2018.008.020.021 JBNQA - 1975-2002
2018.008.020.022 Cree-Naskapi Act
2018.008.020.023 The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement and the Northeastern Quebec Agreement 1996 Annual Report
2018.008.020.024 Report of the Cree-Naskapi Commission, 1988

Specific Claims report for Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Sasketchewan, and the Yukon. Issued March 31, 1998 by the Specific Claims Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Specific Claims report for Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Sasketchewan, and the Yukon. Issued April 6, 1998 by the Specific Claims Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

File contains a copy of the report "Update on the Proposed Independent Claims Body (ICB) generated by the Lands, Resources & Treaties Unit of the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains letter and copy of "Treaty-making in the Spirit of Co-existence: Alternatives to Extinguishment in Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements" second draft by Patrick Macklem.

File contains a copy of the report "Update on Bill C-6: Specific Claims Resolution Act" generated by the Lands, Resources & Treaties Unit of the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains correspondence regarding Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development meetings and a copy of the June 1994 meeting minutes and accompanying 5th and 6th reports - Committee Report on Extinguishment and Committee Report on the Kaska Nation and the Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement.

File contains records relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples claims working group and research on claims and extinguishment. File contains two copies of the paper "Extinguishment and Federal Comprehensive Claims Policy Recommendations for Alternatives: A report prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples" by Michael Asch.

Copy of "The Aboriginal Lands and Treaties Tribunal - a section of the Lands and Resources Chapter of the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples" by John M. Evans.

File contains records related to the Royal Commission on Aboriginals Peoples Land and Resources Policy team and their work on dispute resolution mechanisms.

File folder containing the report "Northern Comprehensive Aboriginal Claims Agreements" prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Letha J. MacLachlan, barrister and solicitor. Also in the file are charts of information on each of the 14 comprehensive land claims examined for the report.

File contains three reports created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).
1) Comprehensive Claims Agreements as Tools for Local/Regional Development - Roy Erasmus
2) A Brief to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Intervenor Participation Program - Alliance Tribal Council of Delta British Columbia
3) Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Final Report, July 30, 1993

File contains records related to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Extinguishment of Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Governance project. In the file are:
1) RCAP extinguishment project detailed research plan
2) RCAP Extinguishment of rights interim report - Paul Joffe, Dick Spaulding, Chris Tennant, Mary Ellen Turpel
3) Alternatives to Extinguishment - a report prepared for RCAP - Michael Jackson

Letter regarding and copy of final draft of the report "Analysis of Canada's Comprehensive and Specific Claims Policies and Suggested Alternatives". Report created by Morris/Rose/Ledgett Barristers and Solicitors for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Report by Michael Jackson, prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, titled "A New Covenant Chain: An Alternative Model to Extinguishment for Land Claims Agreements".

Two file folders contains the three volume "Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Extinguishment of Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Governance Project - Extinguishment of the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples: Problems and Alternatives".

File contains a variety of information related to the James Bay Northern Quebec Agreement and the Northeastern Quebec Agreement. Included in the file are:
1) Article in Nature Canada Spring 1991 - "The Geese have lost their way..." by Jamie Linton
2) memo "Naskapi: Committees, Commissions and Boards" re: the Northeastern Quebec Agreement
3) "Implementation of the Cree/Naskapi (of Quebec) Act and the Implications for Indian Programs"
4) "The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement - general information"
5) "Development of the James Bay Crees (of Quebec) since the signing of the James Bay Agreement 1975-1985"
6) Address by Chief Ted Moses, Eastmain Band, James Bay 13 June 1988
7) The Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation vs Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada
8) Equinox magazine January/February 1992

File contains a paper and a report regarding Indigenous land claims in Northern Canada. Included in the file are:
1) The Political Economy of Native Land Claims in the Canadian North by J. I. Prattis
2) A Survey of the History and Claims of the Native Peoples of Northern Canada by William R. Morrison for Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

Copy of "Negotiating a Way of Life" by Ingatius E. La Rusic, Serge Bouchard, Alan Penn, Taylor Brelsford, Jean-Guy Deschenes, and Richard F. Salisbury. Report was created for the Research Division, Policy, Research and Evaluation group of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

File contains records pertaining to the James Bay & Northern Quebec Agreement. Included in the file are:
1) Highlights of the Negotiations leading to the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement - Grand Chief Billy Diamond
2) Macleans magazine, June 1, 1981
3) Grand Council of the Crees annual report, 1982
4) article "Grand Council of the Crees (of Quebec) - Marsha G. Smoke
5) Cree School Board annual report, 1982
6) James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement implementation review, February 1982

File contains records related to the Cree-Quebec agreement of 2002. Included in the file are excerpts from the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975); excerpts from the Cree-Quebec agreement; and notes by Peter Di Gangi regarding the 2002 agreement.

Photocopy of the Cree-Naskapi (of Quebec) Act of 1984.

Copy of the 1996 annual report for the JBNQA and NGA agreements.

Copy of the 1998 report of the Cree-Naskapi Commission. Report is written in English, French, Cree and Naskapi.

Series contains records related to comprehensive land claims, policies, extinguishment, and agreements. The series is divided into files and items:
2018.008.021.001 Xting - Hamilton 9/95
2018.008.021.002 Xting: Fact Finder
2018.008.021.003 Xting 84 Vol. I
2018.008.021.004 Xting 84 Vol. II
2018.008.021.005 I. C. C. AB. Rites v. Savino 1975
2018.008.021.006 Internal Cdn. Imperialism - Zlotkin + Colborne, 1975
2018.008.021.007 Slattery 1982-87
2018.008.021.008 Land Rites - WCC/83
2018.008.021.009 Librtn Theology
2018.008.021.010 Coolican Rpt.
2018.008.021.011 Non-xting Treaty
2018.008.021.012 Natnl Treaty - 91
2018.008.021.013 CYI-Bckgrnd
2018.008.021.014 C. Y. I. Umbrella
2018.008.021.015 CYI - Bands
2018.008.021.016 DIA Audit - CCP - 10/1983
2018.008.021.017 Nisga'a Fee Simple
2018.008.021.018 Dene/Metis - 90
2018.008.021.019 Treaties 8 & 11
2018.008.021.020 Dene
2018.008.021.021 CAM
2018.008.021.022 Innu Impacts - Voisey/98
2018.008.021.023 Agreement in Principle of a General Nature between the First Nations of Mamuitun and Nutashkuan and the Government of Quebec and the Government of Canada
2018.008.021.024 Comp. Claims Status 3/96
2018.008.021.025 Auditor General CCP 9/98
2018.008.021.026 SCAA + Comp Claims - 10-11/98
2018.008.021.027 Auditor General CCP 1998-1999
2018.008.021.028 Auditor General - CCP - 2001
2018.008.021.029 Delgamuukw - Govts
2018.008.021.030 BCTC - Sept. 2001
2018.008.021.031 MC CCP 1986 + More
2018.008.021.032 Claims - Critiques of Policies
2018.008.021.033 Justice Opinions - General

First of two folders filled with materials from the November 1984 Assembly of First Nations conference on Land Claims and Extinguishment. Also in the file are meeting notes from the Land Claims Steering Committee meetings held in October of that year.

Photocopy of "Internal Canadian Imperialism and the Native Peoples" by Norman K. Zlotkin and Donald Colborne.

File contains a copy of "Canada and Aboriginal Peoples - A New Partnership" report of the Honourable A. C. Hamilton Fact Finder for Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; draft copy of "Analysis of the Report of The Honourable A. C. Hamilton, Fact Finder for the Minister of Indian & Northern Development"; news release regarding the report release; and correspondence regarding the Assembly of First Nations report analysis.

File contain records relating to the Honourable Alvin C. Hamilton's role as fact finder for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. This role's purpose was to find alternatives to "surrender provisions" used in claim settlements and was initiated in response to a special report by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Included in the file are "Extinguishing Extinguishment: Bringing an Era to an End" presented by Ovide Mercredi in his role as National Chief of Assembly of First Nations; copies of background paper "Achieving Certainty in Comprehensive Land Claims Settlements"; correspondence; and other materials related to this research.

Second of two folders from the Assembly of First Nations conference on Land Claims and Extinguishment. Included in the file is correspondence, reports and copies of:
1) "Indian Land Title Extinguishment" by Brian Davey, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
2) "The James Bay Treaty and the Federal Government's Comprehensive Land Claims Policy"
3) The Unconscionable Treaty between the Crown and the Cree/Ojibway People of Northern Ontario" by Brian Davey, Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
4) "Alternative Approaches to Alaska Native Land and Governance" by Ralph W. Johnson for the Alaska Native Review Commission
5) "Extinguishment: An Analysis and Strategy" by Murray Angus for Dene-Metis Negotiations Secretariate
6) "Towards a New Federal Policy for Comprehensive Claims Settlements" John A. Olthuis, for AFN
7) "Extinguishment of Aboriginal Rights as a Result of Supersession by Law and Third Party Alienation" Squamish Nation
8) French and English version of "Condensed Version of the Review of the Comprehensive Claims Process"
9) "A New Proposal for Claims Resolution in Ontario" presentation by Association of Iroquois & Allied Indians, Grand Council Treaty #3, and Union of Ontario Indians to Minister of Indian Affairs
10) "The Political Economy of Native Land Claims in the Canadian North" J. I. Prattis
11) "The Black Hills Case - from the Dakota Nations" Cy Standing and Clair Henderson

Photocopy of "Aboriginal Rights in Canada" by V. S. Salvino for the Indian Claims Commission.

File contains records relating to written works by Brian Slattery. Included in the file is a letter and accompanying synopsis of his work "The Land Rights of Indigenous Canadian Peoples" by Peter Di Gangi and a photocopy of "The Canadian Bar Review" Journal Vol. 66 No. 4, Dec. 1987 with an article "Understanding Aboriginal Rights" by Brian Slattery.

File contains two copies of "Liberation Theology and Our Missions of Canada" by Jean-Guy Goulet.

File contains two items - a newspaper clipping from the Ottawa Citizen February 10, 1986 - "Natives should be able to keep aboriginal rights and have say in land development: task force"; and a report "Key Components for Required Change to the Federal Policy on Comprehensive Land Claims" Sept. 1990

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.

Photocopy of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs "A National First Nations-Canada Treaty".

File contains a copy of the Council for Yukon Indians Comprehensive Land Claims Agreement in Principle, a newspaper clipping, and correspondence between the Minister of Indian Affairs and the Council for Yukon Indians.

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.

Photocopy of the Review of Comprehensive Claims Process by the Departmental Audit Branch, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Photocopy of the executive summary and report to the summit regarding special First Nations Chief Negotiators meeting regarding "Fee Simple Status". Included is a copy of the presentation by the Nisga'a Lisims Government "Nisga'a Lisims Government Lands Presentation".

Photocopy of the agreement between the Vuntut Gwich'in First Nation, the Government of the Yukon, and the Government of Canada. Some of the agreement pages have handwritten notes on them.

Copy of the comprehensive land claim between the Canadian government and the Dene/Metis Negotiations Secretariat.

File contains records related to Treaties 8 and 11. Included are:
1) Bay River Community Workshop: Resource materials - Assembly of First Nations Centre for Treaty Advocacy
2) Report of the Commission appointed to investigate the unfulfilled provisions of Treaties 8 and 11 as they apply to the Indians of the MacKenzie District, 1959
3) news release (2 copies) re: ratification of agreement with Treaty 8 Tribal Council
4) Treaty No. 11 (June 27, 1921) and Adhesion (July 17, 1922) with reports etc.
5) Treaty Research Report - Treaty Eleven

Bound copy of the Agreement in Principle of a General Nature.

File contains information on settled and in negotiation comprehensive claims between 1973 and March 1996.

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 records related to comprehensive claims policy and information on specific claims. In the file is section 14 - "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Comprehensive Land Claims" of the Auditor General of Canada's 1998 report; Comprehensive Claims Policy and Status of Claims - Nov. 21, 1997 from Indigenous Affairs and Northern Development website; and transcript from the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Oct. 22, 1998 meeting.

File contains Conseil Attikamekw-Montagnais records related to comprehensive claims and other records related to this.

File contains records related to agreements between various Indigenous nations and mining corporations. Included in the file are:
1) Ntesinan Nteshiniminan Nteniunan - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Innu Nation Task Force on Mining Activities final report
2) Memorandum of Understanding between the Innu Nation and Diamond Fields Resources Inc.
3) Morris/Rose/Ledgett memo - Summary of Impact Benefit Agreements

File contains records related to the treaty process in British Columbia. Included in the file are:
1) British Columbia Treaty Commission dual report - Treaty Commission 2001 annual report/Looking Forward Looking Back a review of the BC Treaty Process
2) newspaper clipping re: BC treaty talks
3) news release re: referendum ballot from the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs

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 a copy of section 14 of the Auditor General of Canada's 1998 report - "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Comprehensive Land Claims" and a copy of 22nd Report to the House (1999) regarding section 14 of the Auditor General's report.

File contains a photocopy of the 2001 Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons - other observations and appendices. Includes follow up of section 14 of the 1998 report "Indian and Northern Affairs Canada - Comprehensive Land Claims".

File contains various analyses and reports regarding the impact of the Delamuukw decision. Included in the file are:
1) Union of British Columbia Municipalities - Conference on the Supreme Court of Canada Decision on Delgamuukw
2) three analysis by Bull, Housser & Tupper barristers and solicitor regarding decision
3) Specific claims and Delgamuukw by Mandell Pinder for UBCIC
4) Delgamuukw - a preliminary anaylsis of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision for a discussion with legal counsel for British Columbia and First Nations - Dept. of Justice

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.