Series contains records and files regarding financial funding arrangements/agreements for health and welfare funding for First Nations, and Health and Welfare programs for Indigenous peoples.
The series contain the following files/items:

2018.008.006.001 ASI Plans
2018.008.006.002 ASI - Jurisdiction #1
2018.008.006.003 ASI - Final Draft 3/98
2018.008.006.004 ASI - Oct 1997
2018.008.006.005 ASI Final Report 3/99
2018.008.006.006 AFN Soc. Dev 4/97
2018.008.006.007 ASI Projects 8/97
2018.008.006.008 Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Strategic Initiative: Directed Research Component
2018.008.006.009 AFA Jan 1986 - Native Funding
2018.008.006.010 FTA - AFN Docs 96-97
2018.008.006.011 Fiscal Update 10/97
2018.008.006.012 FTA Info - DIAND - 6/96
2018.008.006.013 FTA - 1/97
2018.008.006.014 FTA - COO - DIA Draft 6/97
2018.008.006.015 FTA - Analysis 6/96
2018.008.006.016 FTA: DIA Evaluation - 10/96
2018.008.006.017 FTA - 5/96
2018.008.006.018 FTA/MSB/CHST 4/98
2018.008.006.019 FTA - July 1999
2018.008.006.020 Health & Treaties
2018.008.006.021 UOI -Health - 1990-91
2018.008.006.022 AFN Health 11/95
2018.008.006.023 UCCM: Health 6/95
2018.008.006.024 Program Review - Health
2018.008.006.025 Fed. Legal Opinion - Treaty Right to Health
2018.008.006.026 Non-Insured Health
2018.008.006.027 Auditor General: NIHB 10/97
2018.008.006.028 Health Stats
2018.008.006.029 Health 6/97
2018.008.006.030 Community Healing and Aboriginal Social Security Reform

File contains the research proposal (1997) and draft #3 of "Social Development and First Nation Jurisdiction - a discussion paper" prepared by Peter Di Gangi for the Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Strategic Initiative.

File contains several reports dealing with Social Services and First Nations. Included are:
1) "Social Assistance Policy - Comparative Analysis" prepared for the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs by Rosanna Stafford
2) "Mi'kmaw/Maliseet Self-Government in Social Services - Jurisdictional Possibilities for the Future" prepared for the Mi'kmaw & Maliseet First Nations Member Chiefs by the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs secretariat
3) "Strategic Approaches to Social Services - a discussion paper on Exercising First Nations' Jurisdiction over Social Services"

File contains records created by the Department of Finance, specifically the October 1997 economic and fiscal update. Included in the file is the news release and presentation notes and a copy of "The Economic and Fiscal Update - Strong Economy Strong Society - Security & Opportunity".

File contains notes and presentation materials related to the Financial Transfer Arrangement between First Nations and the Government of Canada.

File contains records related to Financial Transfer Agreements (FTA). Included in the file are:
1) Fiscal Transfers and Dismantling of the Fiduciary Duty by Peter Di Gangi
2) Issue Summary - DIAND's New Funding Mechanism the FTA
3) Chiefs of Ontario bulletin Sept. 6, 1996
4) Briefing Note - FTA
5) notes
6) Assembly of First Nations working draft resolution on Fiscal Relationships
7) News release on Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council sigining of FTA

File contains records relating to First Nations health care and treaty rights. Included in the file are:
1) "Health Care and the Treaties - preliminary reports" compiled by the Centre for Treaty Advocacy for the National Committee on Treaties, Vancouver B. C. May 1-2, 1990
2) "The Aboriginal Right to Health, Treaty making and Indian Government Jurisdiction" prepared by the Centre for Treaty Advocacy for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
3) "Issues in First Nations Health Care" notes for remarks by First Nations Health Commission Director Richard Saunders at Community Health Seminar held Oct. 3, 1990 at the University of Ottawa
4) Correspondence re: Treaty No. 6 Medicine Chest Clause
5) "Interpretation and Enforcement of Treaty Rights of First Nations" prepared by D. E. Worme for Peter Di Gangi, Director Centre for Treaty Advocacy
6) "The Structural Injunction as a Remedy for Violations of Aboriginal Constitutional Rights" by Phil Lancaster for the Canadian Bar Association Committee on Native Justice.

File contains a letter from Health and Welfare Canada to Ovide Mercredi in his role as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Also in the file is an Indian and Inuit Health programs review.

The Treaty Right to Health - legal opinion for David Harris, National Health and Welfare by Marie LaForest, Counsel, Native Law Section.

File contains news clippings and a a copy of Chapter 13 of the Auditor General's 1997 report "Health Canada - First Nations Health". Also in the file is correspondence regarding correspondence regarding the Lovelace v. The Queen in right of Ontario court case.

File contains two reports by Health Canada:
1) "Health Status of Canadian Indians and Inuit - update 1987" Indian and Northern Health Services, Medical Services Branch
2) "Health Status of Canadian Indians and Inuit - 1990"

Community Healing and Aboriginal Social Security Reform - a study prepared for the Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Social Security Reform Strategic Initiative. Study was prepared by Michael Bopp, Judie Bopp, and Phil Lane, Jr.

File contains two copies of "Discussion Paper Regarding First Nation Land Claims" by the Indian Commission of Ontario. Attached to one of the reports is a letter to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains records pertaining to/created by the Chiefs Committee on Claims. Included in the file are meeting minutes, briefing notes, memorandums, reports, and correspondence.

File contains records created by and related to the National Chiefs Claims Commission, the Assembly of First Nations, the Specific Claims Joint Working Group, and the Indian Claims Commission. Contents included correspondence and accompanying materials, updates, notes, resolutions, and draft resolutions.

File contains a copy of the meeting agenda and accompanying material for the Joint Working Group on Claims Policy held February 23-25, 1993 in Ottawa, Ontario. Included is information on the previous meetings held in Val D'Or, Winnipeg, and Ottawa.

File contains records created by or related to the Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG). Included are meeting minutes, correspondence and other materials relating to JWG, National Chiefs Committee on Claims, and the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains related to the Independent Claims Body (ICB). Included in the file are:
1) "Made in Ottawa Governance (and other initiatives)" by Eagle Shield (Walter Rudnicki)
2) memorandum and accompanying materials - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) ICB
3) update on ICB
4) Report of the Joint First Nations-Canada Task Force on Specific Claims Policy Reform
5) booklet of documents by the AFN regarding land claims
6) notes for an address by Daniel J. Bellegarde, Commissioner - Indian Land Claims Commission to the Aboriginal Law Conference
7) INAC document - proposed ICB model

Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Committee on Claims meeting kit. Meeting was held September 26, 2002 in Vancouver BC.

DIAND Specific Claims Branch specific claims tatus reports for Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon.

File contains kit handed out to attendees at the Tribal Council and Band Advisory Services Program Workshop held December 10 and 11, 2002 in Gatineau, Quebec.

File contains the program for the "1st Special National Conference on Delgamuukw" held February 24-26, 1999. It was co-hosted by the Interior Alliance and the Assembly of First Nations.

Conference program for "Litigating Aboriginal Law" held in Ottawa, Ontario on June 6-7, 2002. Conference was given by the Pacific Business & Law Institute.

Series contains records related to the Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee and Comprehensive Land Claims. The series is divided into items and files:
2018.008.001.001 Assembly of First Nations Delgamuukw: A National Review Informal Round Table
2018.008.001.002 Delgamuukw Vancouver
2018.008.001.003 Aboriginal Title & Comprehensive Claims conference
2018.008.001.004 AFN - Delgamuukw 2/98
2018.008.001.005 Delgamuukw clippings
2018.008.001.006 Delgamuukw Thing
2018.008.001.007 AFN Delgamuukw proposal 1998
2018.008.001.008 AFN Delgamuukw 7/1999
2018.008.001.009 InterTribal - Fall 1999
2018.008.001.010 UBCIC Treaties 11/99
2018.008.001.011 Kamloops Mtng 2/99
2018.008.001.012 Kamloops II - 2/99
2018.008.001.013 AFN Vancouver 1/00
2018.008.001.014 AFN Delg/April 2000
2018.008.001.015 DELG/CONFED April/00
2018.008.001.016 AFN DISC May 2000
2018.008.001.017 Interior Alliance 5/2000
2018.008.001.018 AFN Delg/May 2000
2018.008.001.019 DISC June 2000
2018.008.001.020 DISC July 2000
2018.008.001.021 DISC October 2000
2018.008.001.022 DISC December 2000
2018.008.001.023 AFN DISC Jan 2001

File contains correspondence, resolutions, notes and other materials related to Delgamuukw, treaties, and land claims.

File contains resolutions, clippings, correspondence and notes regarding the Degamuukw decision and implementing the decision. Also in the file is a booklet "People of the Plateau - Southern Carrier St'at'imc Secwepemc Nlaka'pamux Okanagan - Defending Our Forests".

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Implementation Committee. Included in the file are:
1) newspaper clippings
2) meeting agendas and other materials
3) Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation protocol on the environment
4) Nlaka'Pamux Aboriginal Title and Rights
5) Correspondence - Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations
6) Comprehensive Claims Policy Review meeting notes
7) Transcript of May 9, 2000 Assembly of First Nations / Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Comprehensive Land Claims Policy working session
8) AFN resolutions re: Delgamuukw and land claims
9) BC Treaty Commission annual report, 2000
10) information about other land claims

Series contains reports, meeting kits, and publications on a variety of topics including treaties, residential schools, and education. Included are:
2018.008.011.001 Assembly of First Nations annual reports

2018.008.011.002 World Assembly of First Nations (WAFN) 82 magazine

2018.008.011.003 National Committee on Treaties/AFN Centre for Treaty Advocacy meeting kits

2018.008.011.004 National Treaty Conference final report

2018.008.011.005 Breaking the Silence - An interpretive study of Residential School impact and healing as illustrated by the stories of First Nations individuals

2018.008.011.006 "From the past, in the present; for the future" National Aboriginal Youth Conference report

2018.008.011.007 Reports on the Future Management of the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program

2018.008.011.008 Tradition and Education Towards a Vision of Our Future

2018.008.011.009 Lands, Revenues and Trusts (LRT) Review

Annual reports of by the Assembly of First Nations delivered at their annual Chiefs Assembly. Included are:

2018.008.011.001.001 "Ours to Build - Forward in Unity" Third annual Assembly of First Nations Conference April 20-22, 1982 Penticton, British Columbia

2018.008.011.001.002 Report to VI Annual Assembly of the Assembly of First Nations July 29-31, 1985 Vancouver, British Columbia

2018.008.011.001.003 Report to VIIIth Annual General Assembly June 24-26, 1987 Toronto, Ontario

2018.008.011.001.004 "Sovereignty and Self-Determination The Next Step" Assembly of First Nations Annual Report for the IXth General Assembly May 30-June 2, 1998 Edmonton, Alberta

2018.008.011.001.005 "Rebuilding First Nations" Assembly of First Nations Annual Report for the Xth Annual Chiefs Assembly July 5-7, 1989 Quebec City, Quebec. Also included is "Text of the Convention Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, submitted by the drafting committee".

2018.008.011.001.006 "Determining our Agenda Through Reconciliation of Our Past Lives" Assembly of First Nations Annual Report for the XIth Annual Chiefs Assembly May 4-7, 1990 Whitehorse, Yukon. Included with the report are some handouts from the assembly.

2018.008.011.001.007 "Our Land Our Government Our Heritage Our Future" Assembly of First Nations Annual Report for the XIIth Assembly of First Nations June 10-12, 1991 Winnipeg, Manitoba

Assembly of First Nations published "Breaking the Silence - an interpretive study of Residential School impact and healing as illustrated by the stories of First Nations individuals".

National Aboriginal Youth Conference "from the past, in the present; for the future" was held in Ottawa, Ontario on Feb 10-13, 1989.

Tradition and Education - Towards a Vision of Our Future four volume publication published by the Assembly of First Nations.
1) A Declaration of First Nations Jurisdiction over Education
2) Volume I - National Review of First Nations Education
3) Volume II - National Review of First Nations Education
4) Volume III - Executive Summary

File contains several copies of brochure "Support the Right to Self-Government" put out by the Assembly of First Nations, and a copy of "Indian Development Issues Post-Patriation" notes from a speech given by W. Rudnicki at McMaster University, June 2, 1982.

File contains draft agenda and accompanying materials for the Confederacy of Nations Meeting held in Ottawa, Ontario on March 19-20th, 1991.

File contains mostly newspaper clippings regarding the 1991 election for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Also included in the file is a memo from the Indian Governments of Saskatechewan re: candidates questionnaire.

File contains records related to the Assembly of First Nations XVI Annual General Assembly. Included are a list of adopted resolutions, newspaper clippings, and a copy of "Reflection Unity Action" Assembly of First Nations Annual Report 1995.

Series contains records related to the Federal Government's Bill C-79: An Act to permit certain modifications in the application of the Indian Act to bands that desire them; and First Nations Governance. The series is divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.013.001 Assembly of First Nations XVII Annual General Assembly kit, 1996
2018.008.013.002 Indian Act - AFN July 1996
2018.008.013.003 Indian Act Amendment Project Final Report - Phase II March 1996
2018.008.013.004 Day of Action
2018.008.013.005 C-79 SCAA
2018.008.013.006 C-79 Docs
2018.008.013.007 S-9/S-10 Senate
2018.008.013.008 Indian Act II - Bill C-79
2018.008.013.009 AFN - ATIP 96-97
2018.008.013.010 Ind. Act: Clippings
2018.008.013.011 Ind. Act: Winnipeg 12/96
2018.008.013.012 Dec 1996
2018.008.013.013 Ind. Act - Rejections
2018.008.013.014 Ind. Act - Res/Bckgrnd
2018.008.013.015 AFN Election 7/97
2018.008.013.016 AFN Restructuring 2/97
2018.008.013.017 AFN Confederacy 12/98
2018.008.013.018 AFN Confederacy 12/99
2018.008.013.019 AFN Fiscal Relations 1999-2000
2018.008.013.020 AFN Confederacy 4/99
2018.008.013.021 AFN 2000 - Election etc.
2018.008.013.022 FNG - April 2001
2018.008.013.023 FNG - Redress - 3/2001
2018.008.013.024 FNG - May 2001 Confed.
2018.008.013.025 FNG - June/July 2001
2018.008.013.026 FNG Fall 2001

File contains a copy of the "Indian Act Amendment project phase II final report".

File contains two copies Bill S-9 - An Act providing for self-government by the First Nations of Canada (1996) and one copy of Bill S-10 - An Act providing for self-government by the First Nations of Canada (1995)

File contains newspaper clippings and an Assembly of First Nations bulletin regarding the proposed changes to the Indian Act.

Copy of "Documentation Regarding First Nations Formal Rejection of DIAND's Proposed Indian Act Amendments".

File contains a redacted Government pre-budget consultation report and a news story about Indigenous Affairs in the media.

File contains newspaper clippings about First Nations Governance and other Federal Policies relating to First Nations.

Copy of "The Canadian Bar Review" Vol. 66 No. 4 from December 1987. Included in the edition are:
1) The Problem of Price Adequacy in Foreclosure Sales - Joseph T. Robertson
2) Understanding Aboriginal Rights - Brian Slattery
3) Duplication in Personal Injury Damages Awards - Bruce Feldthusen
4) Arctic Baselines: A Litore Usque Ad Litus - J. Bruce McKinnon

Copy of the Canadian Bar Association Committee on Aboriginal Rights in Canada's "An Agenda for Action".

Copy of "Aboriginal Rights in Canada" by Alfred Odjig (Fisher) with materials found in Library and Archives Canada.

File contains records related to NDP government policy in regards to Canada's Indigenous peoples. Inlcuded in the file are news clippings, policy notices, Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat information, a copy of "Conserving Ontario's Old Growth Forest Ecosystems", and copies of "Statement of Political Relationship" between First Nations and the Government of Ontario.

File contains records related to the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat. Included in the file is the report "Self-Government and Land Claims Task Group" and an accompanying letter.

File contains a copy of the Ontario Government's Interim Enforcement Policy in regards to hunting and fishing by Indigenous Peoples.

File contains records related to the Ontario Government's policies regarding Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file are newspaper clippings; two copies of discussion paper "Aboriginal Land Claim Negotiations: Ontario's Participation discussion paper; The Aboriginal Policy Framework and accompanying records; Ministry of Natural Resources restructuring plan; Ministry of the Attorney General restructuring plan; correspondence; and "Doing Better for Less - Ministry Core Business Summaries".

File contain newspaper clippings regarding the Ontario Harris Government and casinos.

File contains records related to Ontario's Aboriginal Policy. Included in the are two copies of "Ontario's New Approach to Aboriginal Affairs - Prosperous and Healthy Aboriginal Communities Create a Better Future for Aboriginal Children and Youth"; and a newspaper article critiquing the new approach and the Federal Government's policy.

Copy of the Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples "Self-Government and Co-management in Ontario".

Copy of Frank Tough's "Ontario's Appropriation of Indian Hunting: Provincial Conservation Policies vs. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, ca. 1892-1930". Report authored for the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat.

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Decision. Included in the file are early analyses; notes; correspondence; and news clippings.