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Self Govt - Fed Neg Mandate/97

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.

Inherent Rite Cab Doc 5/95

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.

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)

Auditor General: NIHB 10/97

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.

AFN Delg/May 2000

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw decision and the Canadian Government. Included in the file are:
1) Delgamuukw Implementation Committee background materials and meeting minutes
2) draft strategy framework on the recognition & affirmation of Aboriginal title
3) agendas and accompanying materials related to the May 6-7, 2000 Comprehensive Claims Strategy meeting and the May 8-9, 2000 joint AFN/DOJ/DIAND working session on comprehensive claims policy review
4) Correspondence and press releases
5) Assembly of First Nations - Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy: The Need for Fundamental Change
6) News release re: Fraser Valley Blockade

Ind. Act: Res/Bckgrnd

File contains records related to the proposed amendments to the Indian Act. Included in the file is correspondence and an Assembly of First Nations "Resolutions and Related Correspondence" packet of documents.

FMC & Claims & Self Govt. 1980s

File contains records related to the First Ministers' Conference, Land Claims, and Self-Government. Included in the file are:
1) A New Covenant - Towards the Constitutional Recognition and Protection of Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada
2) Bill S-18 - An Act to further the aspirations of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
3) Senate news release re: Aboriginal Peoples Act
4) Address by Chief Ted Moses, Eastmain Band, James Bay June 13, 1988, Yellowknift, N. W. T.
5) Minister's Letter - Issue 5, April 1984
6) Correspondence re: proposed constitutional amendments, 1981
7) Copy of notes and actual speech given by National Chief to open the First Ministers' Constitutional Conference, 1983
8) Strength in Unity - Association of Iroquois and Allied Nations newsletter
9) The Implementation of Federal Claims Policy 1973-1980 - a working paper - Murray Angus
10) Public Lands, Native Land Claims and Land Use - Peter A. Cumming
11) The Federal-Indian Trust Relationship: An Historical Overview and Discussion of Some Current Issues - Jeffrey A. Ross
12) The Political Economy of Land Claims: Critical Reflections on the 1973 Federal Policy Statement on Native Claims in Canada - James Murray Angus
13) Towards a New Federal Policy for Comprehensive Claims Settlements

Delgamuukw - Govt's

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

Justice Opinions - General

File contains records related to the Department of Justice Canada and Indigenous law. Included in the file are:
1) Trending in Native Law - Native Law, Public Law Sector - Department of Justice
2) Current Native Litigation Report, Issue No. 13 (April 1988) - Native Law, Public Law Sector - Department of Justice
3) memo from within the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development regarding the Sparrow c. The Queen court case

Geoff Lester, DOJ Claims

Copy of paper by Geoffrey S. Lester of the Department of Justice, Ottawa. Paper titled "Understanding the Present: The Historical and Legal Background to Aboriginal Claims in Canada".

MBCA Vol. I

File contains records related to the Federal Government's Migratory Birds Convention Act (MBCA) and Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file are a copy of the act; correspondence; clippings; legal documents related to criminal cases; Migratory Birds Working Group notes; and a copy of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan.

UBCIC - MBC- April/95

File contains records regarding the Migratory Birds Convention between The U. S. and Canada. Included in the file is correspondence regarding amendments to convention; news clippings; Notes on the convention; Amendment negotiating team records; Copies of the 1973 and 1994 conventions; and other related records.

MBCA March 1992 Vol. I

File contains records relating to the Migratory Birds Convention Act and Indigenous Peoples. Included in the file are resolutions; correspondence and other records regarding amendments to the act; a copy of "Migratory Birds Convention Amendments - a discussion paper by the Canadian Wildlife Service; Canadian Arctic Resources consultation workshops information.