File contains records related to First Nations Governance. Included in the file are:
1) news clippings
2) correspondence
3) draft "Facilitating the Exercise of Self Government: a co-operative approach between Canada and the Assembly of First Nations"
4) briefing notes
5) Anasazi newsletter Vol. 7 No. 1
6) "Is There Life After the Indian Act? Part 1

File contains records related to First Nations Governance. It includes correspondence, analysis, newspaper clippings and reports primarily related to the joint Assembly of First Nations - Department of Indian and Northern Development work plans for self government.

File contains records related to the Chiefs' Alternative Lands Legislation. Included in the file are:
1) AFN bulletin April 1991 "LRT Review Ends"
2) Comprehensive briefing package by Indian and Northern Affairs re: Chiefs' Alternative Lands Legislation
3) First Nations Chartered Land Act - Chiefs Steering Committee - correspondence, info and proposal
4) New Optional Lands Legislation - Chief Robert Louie's comments to the Union of Ontario Indians' Assembly

File contains records related to the Lands and Trust Services (LTS). Included in the file is correspondence, background information, AFN resolutions, and a copy of the AFN Land Rights Unit Inventory & Information Services Feasibility Study.

File contains records related to Federal Bill C-49 and Lands and Trusts Services (LTS). Included in the file is correspondence; news clippings; Lands and Trusts Services Issues Analysis by Peter Di Gangi; planning documents; Joint Initiative on Lands and Governance report and draft workplan; LTS Kit - AFN Executive; AFN/INAC Joint Initiative for Policy Development (LTS) kit; Bill C-49.

File contains booklet "The First Nations' Fiscal Institutions Initiative - General Information and Business Plans".

File contains a copy of "Made in Ottawa Governance (and other related initiatives) by Eagle Shield (Walter Rudnicki).

File contains newspaper clippings and a Chiefs of Ontario position statement regarding proposed Government policy and policy changes.

Series contains records related to Treaty Policy. Series contains the following files/items:

2018.008.015.001 Treaties + Xting - Alan Pratt
2018.008.015.002 Treaty Interpretation
2018.008.015.003 IAA - Treaty Remedies
2018.008.015.004 RCAP Treaty Policy - April 1994
2018.008.015.005 AFN Treaty - April 92
2018.008.015.006 AFN - Treaty 4/92 Vol. II
2018.008.015.007 AFN Treaty Conf. 11/95
2018.008.015.008 Crown Treaty Policy
2018.008.015.009 Treaty Federalism
2018.008.015.010 Treaties - Legal Personality 1990
2018.008.015.011 Bilateral
2018.008.015.012 Bilateral - Alternative Mechanisms
2018.008.015.013 AFN Bilateral/FMC's/Tru resolutions etc.
2018.008.015.014 Free Trade - Treaty
2018.008.015.015 Aronson - Crown Treaty Authority
2018.008.015.016 Apamuwek
2018.008.015.017 Apamuwek Vol. II
2018.008.015.018 Fur Trade, Rites, Treaties
2018.008.015.019 O-I
2018.008.015.020 Water Rites V. I

File contains records related to the National Treaty Conference "Indigenous Treaties/Self-Determination" held April 6-9, 1992. Included in the file is correspondence, reports, proposals, and other records related to the conference.

File contains records related to the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Commission on the Bilateral Process. Included in the file are:
1) Commission highlights report
2) Final draft of Commission's report to the 5th Annual General Assembly
3) Correspondence
4) Treaty Indian Nations and the Government of Canada - Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Bands
5) Process for Treaty and Indian Government Implementation
6) Indian Treaty Rights - Federation of Saskatchewan Indians
7) Treaty Indian Nations Bilateral Process
8) FSIN - Canada Bilateral Agreements - Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations

File contains records relating to alternative mechanisms for treaty implementation. Included in the file are:
1)2 copies - Alternative Approaches to First Nations Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada
2) Alternative Mechanisms for Treaty Implementation: A review of past and current approaches - AFN
3) A Brief Commentary on the Alternative Mechanisms
4) National Committee on Treaties - Working Group on Alternative Mechanisms meeting kit

File contains records created by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) regarding treaties, treaty rights, and the bilateral constitutional task force. Included are:
1) Statement of the Right to Self-Government and Land
2) Making Political and Legal Sense of the Treaties discussion paper
3) Treaty Rights: AFN Positions/Initiatives 1986-1991
4) AFN resolutions
5) Constitutional Working Group members list, memos, meeting schedule and meeting minutes
6) Report of the Bilateral Constitutional Task Force on Treaties and Treaty Rights
7) Treaty Rights Unit report on Treaties for A. F. N. Special Assembly
8) AFN Position on First Nations Treaties: Treaty Rights, Treaty Making and Implementation
9) 1983 Constitutional Accord on Aboriginal Rights
10) Proposal for an amendment on Self-Government and Treaties by AFN
11) A National First Nations-Canada Treaty - Chiefs Assembly AFN
12) FSIN - Canada Bilateral Agreements - Indian Governments of Saskatchewan
13) Restoring the Path, Renewing our Nations - AFN

File contains records related to Indigenous water rights. Included in the file are:
1) Correspondence - International Indian Water Rights Coalition
2) Indian Resource and Water Rights - Kenneth J. Tyler
3) Title to the Water Bed: The Legal History of the Ad Medium Filum Aquae Rule - Rose Boyko Wuerscher
4) Indian Water Rights in the Western United States: An Historical Overview and Discussion of Some Current Issues - Jeffrey A. Ross
5) Peigan Nation Administration water rights lawsuit
6) Carrier Sekani Tribal Council legal documents re: Kemano II project

File contains records related to International Indigenous issues. Included in the file are:
1) "Indian Rights-Human Rights - Handbook for Indians on International Human Rights Complaints" Indian Law Resource Centre
2) United Nations List of Indigenous Organizations
3) Draft declaration as agreed upon by the members of the Working Group at its 11th session
4) "Implementation of the programme of action for the second decade to combat racism and racial discrimination" - Commission on Human Rights, United Nations
5) International Issues
6) "Advisory Services in the field of Human Rights - report of the Secretary General" Commission on Human Rights, United Nations
7) Report on the 5th General Assembly of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples, Lima Peru July 11-16, 1987

File contains copies of the Hutchins, Soroka & Dionne newsletter "Nouvelles Internationales HSD International News". Included in the file are Volume 1, Nos. 1-6; Volume 2, Nos. 1-3; Volume 3 No. 1-2; and Volume 4 No. 1-2.

File contains news clippings and United Nations reports regarding Canada and its Indigenous Peoples. United Nations reports are from United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Copy of the U.N. report by Miguel Alfonso Martinez "Study on Treaties, Agreements and other Constructive Arrangements between States and Indigenous Populations".

Two copies of "Study on treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and Indigenous populations" by Miguel Alfonso Martinez for the United Nations Economic and Social Council Commission on Human Rights sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

File contains report created by the Grand Council of the Crees for the United Nations Economic and Social Council - "To the Edge of Cultural and Political Extinction" a response concerning the covenant rights of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada to the Government of Canada's fourth periodic report on the implementation of the international covenant on civil and political rights.

Two copies of "Reciting the Symptoms, Ignoring the Cause: The Systematic Dispossession of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada" a response to the Government of Canada's third periodic report on the implementation of the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.

Sub-series contains documents related to the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe.

File contains 11 pages from the larger "The Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe : analysis and basic documents, 1972-1993" edited by Arie Bloed. Pages taken from "Two Decades of the CSCE Process".

Copy of "The First Nations and the Crown: A Study of Trust Relationships" by David C. Nahwegahbow, Michael W. Posluns, Don Allen & Associates, and Douglas Sanders. Created for the Special Committee of the House of Commons on Indian Self- Government with Keith Penner as the Chairman.

Copy of "The Economic Foundation of Indian Self-Government" a report prepared for the Special Committee of the House of Commons on Indian Self-Government by Thalassa Research Associates.

File contains master copies of legal briefs, analyses, speaking notes, and other records related to Bill C-79 - an act to permit certain modifications in the application of the Indian Act to bands that desire them created/collected by the Assembly of First Nations. Included are:
1) Preliminary notes on Bill C-79
2) correspondence between Assembly of First Nations and Nahwegahbow, Nadjiwan Barrister and Solicitors
3) Framework for Analysis: Diand's proposed Indian Act amendments
4) Remarks on Bill C-79. the 'Optional Indian Act Modification Act'
5) Submission to Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development on the Optional Indian Act Modification Act by the North Shore Tribal Council
6) copy of Bill C-79

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 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.

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 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.

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

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 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.

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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 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 correspondence, a draft report and a copy of "Negotiating Self-Government Agreements - The Experience of First Nations Involved in Self Government Negotiations".

File contains materials relating to self-government. Included are newspaper clippings; correspondence; records relating to the Chiefs' Governance Working Group; press releases; Assembly of First Nations bulletins; a copy of "Building Blocks towards Constitutionalizing First Nations Self-Government"; "Approach to First Nations Government"; and an information sheet "Indian Act Alternatives".

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

One copy of "Aboriginal Issues Study - Alerts Bulletin" by the Angus Reid Group, April 1994. Report looked at Aboriginal Rights and Government Services, Native Land Claims, Control of Natural Resources, Aboriginal Self-Government, Public Reaction to recent Initiatives, Confidence in players and institutions, and Aboriginal Leadership and Tactics.

Report prepared by Ovide Mercredi for the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains two copies of the discussion report on Indian Taxation by W. E. Daugherty and released by the Treaties and Historical Research Centre.

One copy of the draft Property Tax By-law written by the Indian Taxation Advisory Board.

File contains records relating to the Canadian Health and Social Transfer from the Federal to Provincial/Territorial Governments. Included in the file is correspondence; newspaper clippings; report "Social Policy Beyond the Budget" by the Canadian Council on Social Development; report "Looking for Mr. Good-Transfer, a guide to the CHST negotiations" by Michael Mendelson, Caledon Institute of Social Policy; draft #3 "Aboriginal Social Assistance Programs" by Allan Moscovitch and Andrew Webster; "Canadian Health and Social Transfer - Bill C-76 First Nations Impacts" Linden A. Pinay for the Assembly of First Nations; and copies of "Canadian Perspectives" the Council of Canadian magazine.

Annual publication of the Carleton University School of Public Administration. Number 20 in the series titled "Shape Shifting: Canadian Governance Toward the 21st Century" edited by Leslie A. Pal.

File contains records relating to Financial Transfer Agreements between the Federal Government and First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) Fiscal Relations - Dependency or Development? - discussion paper draft #2
2) Financial Transfer Arrangements: background information
3) Memorandum of Understanding Establishing a Fiscal Relations Table between the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs Saskatchewan, and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
4) Assembly of First Nations correspondence and resolutions
5) News releases, notes and other materials.

File contains a draft Financial Transfer Agreement between The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and First Nations.

File contains records relating to the Joint Health Canada - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development approach to the Financial Transfer Arrangements/Agreements.

File contains correspondence, notes, and newspapers. Topics include the First Nations Health Forum; First Nations Health and the Federal Government; and Non-insured health benefits.

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 records pertaining to First Nations Land Claims and the Federal Governments policies. Included in the file are meeting notes and reports of the First Nations Task Force on Claims, Assembly of First Nations critique of Federal policies, correspondence, and meeting notes and radio interview with Tom Siddon, Federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.

File contains brochures, information booklets, and information packages about the Indian Claims Commission. Also in the file are two copies of the Indian Claims Review newsletter Spring 1995.

File contains the agenda and accompanying materials for the December 9, 1991 meeting of the National Chiefs Commission on Claims held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Also in the file are a meeting follow-up, correspondence, speaking notes, and an extract from the Auditor General of Canada's report.

File contains records created by or related for the National Chiefs Committee on Claims. Included in the file are:
1) Summary notes from April 15-16 meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2) Chiefs Assembly resolutions on land claims
3) Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG) chronology of meetings and discussions
4) First Nations Submission on Claims - Dec. 14, 1990
5) Draft objectives for new First Nations claims resolution process and accompanying materials
6) Quarterly report from JWG

File contains records relating to land claims and land claim process reform. Some of the items included in the file are:
1) "Beyond Lawful Obligation" by Michael Bossin
2) "First Nations Land Rights in Ontario and the Canadian Land Claims Process - a proposal for change" Ontario Land Rights Working Group
3) draft copies of "Claims Policy Reforms" by the Chiefs Committee on Claims
4) "Technical Requirements for the Establishment of an Independent Body"
5) memorandum regarding 1963 draft bill C-130 "An Act to provide for the Disposition of Indian Claims".
6) "Draft Recommendations Prepared by Neutral" - Singleton Urquhart MacDonald

File contains a program for the Assembly of First Nations National Land Claims Conference held in Quebec City November 5-6, 1997. Also in the file is a "Joint First Nations - Crown Task Force on Claims Policy Reform" (also found in the conference program) and "First Nations Independent Claims Commission Act" by Bruce Gilpin.

File contains records related to the establishment of an Independent Claims Body (ICB). Included in the file is correspondence, updates, a proposed ICB model, and other related materials.

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Independent Claims Body (ICB) technical team and initiative. In the file is correspondence, meeting agenda and other materials and a copy of "Landmark" Vol. 8 No. 3.

Indian Claims Commission proceedings volume 11. Included are reports on: Gamblers First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement inquiry; Nekaneet First Nation Agricultural and other benefits under Treaty 4 inquiry; Moose Deer Point First Nation Pottawatomi Rights inquiry. Also in the volume are responses from the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development to Gamblers First Nation Treaty Land Entitlement inquiry and response regarding the Qu'Appelle Valley Indian Development Authority flooding claim inquiry to the Muscowpetung First Nation, Pasqua First Nation, Standing Buffalo First Nation, Sakimay First Nation, Cowessess First Nation, and Ochapowace First Nations.

Conference program for "The Mechanics of Aboriginal Land Settlements - Preparing and Negotiating Claims" held September 30 - October 1, 1993 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Published book of land claims agreements between The Government of Canada and the Inuit of Labrador.

Copy of the meeting kit for the the Assembly of First Nations "Delgamuukw: A National Review" informal round table held October 1-2, 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

File contains three conference papers:
1) The Delgamuukw Decision Analysis prepared by Louise Mandell, Q.C. for the Pacific Business & Law Institute conference Feb. 12-13, 1998
2) The Definition and Proof of Aboriginal Title by Brian Slattery, Osgoode Law School for the Pacific Business & Law Institute conference Feb. 12-13, 1998
3) The SCC Decision in Delagamuukw comments by Denis de Keruzec, General Counsel Department of Justice, Canada for the conference "The Supreme Court of Canada Decision in Delgamuukw" Jan. 12-13, 1998

File contains news clippings and press releases regarding treaty negotiations and Indigenous land claims in British Columbia after the Delgamuukw v. British Columbia Supreme Court ruling.

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Developement (DIAND) Joint Technical Committee: Delgamuukw Review Process. Included in the file are:
1) AFN Delgamuukw National Review: Making Delgamuukw Come Alive - a summary of activities and plans
2) The Delgamuukw National Review Eastern and Western Fora - a short summary
3) Responding to Delgamuukw - a summary of a think tank sponsored by AFN and DIAND
4) Record of Decision - Meeting #2 of AFN-DIAND Joint Technicial Committee

One copy of "Truth Behind Treaty Making" by the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.

File contains documents related to Delgammukw. They include "Common Ground - Toward Reconciliation of Aboriginal & Crown Title", press releases; multiple copies of "Statement on Review Developments" and "Statement on the Report of the Special Rapporteur", both presented to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations by Chief Arthur Manuel of the Interior Alliance; and information regarding AFN-AGA Resolution 5/99 "Motion to Implement the Delgamuukw Decision".

File contains records relating to Delgamuukw strategy. Included are a copy of "Common Ground - Toward Reconciliation of Aboriginal & Crown Title" and records related to the Federal Government's Comprehensive Claims Policy and the need to change it.

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee and comprehensive claim policy. Included in the file is correspondence, and an information package re: Delgamuukw implementation.

One copy of the National Treaty Conference "Indigenous Treaties - Self-Determination Past Present Future" final report. The Conference was held April 6-9, 1992 in Edmonton, Alberta.

File contains various reports and papers related to the National Indian Brotherhood - Assembly of First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) Background - The Assembly of First Nations: A History of Challenge
2) "Report on Problem and Resolutions related to the Assembly of First Nations' Operations, Structure and Organization" from the IVth annual Assembly of First Nations held May 16-18, 1983 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prepared by Dennia Cromarty, Commissioner Nishnawbe-Aski Commission
3) Letter to Chiefs of Ontario from Peter Kelly/Kinew, Onigaming Indian Reserve
4) Listing of working committees on structure within the Assembly of First Nations
5) Organizational Structure of the Assembly of First Nations background papers
6) Resolutions passed at the Special Assembly of First Nations Conference held Feb. 6-8, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario
7) A Guide to Native Political Associations in Canada by Wayne Daugherty, Treaties and Historical Research Centre

File contains federal communication strategy, background papers, and Ontario Government analysis related to FMC (First Ministers' Conference) . Included are:
1) Aboriginal Issues - a background paper, March 1983
2) Correspondence and Communication Strategy for the Constitutional Conference on Aboriginal Rights
3) Media Activities related to FMC (First Ministers' Conference
4) Press Paper - FMC pre-conference media activities
5) Indian Sovereignty and Self-Determination - first draft, Optional position paper No. 3 Assembly of First Nations
6) The Constitution Act, 1982: Potential Impact of The Provisions Regarding the Aboriginal Peoples, and Options for Ontario.

File contains records related to the Charlottetown accord, Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada, and the AFN Constitutional Working Group. Included in the file are clippings, memos and:
1) Charlottetown Referendum results by Reserve
2) Submission to the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada - AFN
3) AFN Constitutional Working group papers
4) First Nations Circle on the Constitution papers
5) Notes for speech by Joe Clark, president of the Privy Council and Minister responsible for Constitutional Affairs.