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 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.

File contains a variety of critiques of, and information on Canada's comprehensive claims policy. Included are:
1) Analysis of Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy - AFN - Land Rights Unit
2) The "Blackhole" of Specific Claims in Canada - Need it take another 500 years? by Ric Savino, presented to The Canadian Bar Association Continuing Legal Education seminar
3) The Implementation of Federal Claims Policy 1973-1980 - a working paper by Murray Angus
4) First Nations Submission on Claims - AFN
5) AFN's Crititique of Federal Government Land Claims Policies
6) Doublespeak of the 90's: A Comparison of Federal Government and First Nation Perception of Land Claims Process - AFN

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

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.001.001 Selkirk First Nation Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.001.002 Selkirk First Nation Final Agreement

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.002.001 Teslin Tlingit Council Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.002.002 Teslin Tlingit Council Final Agreement

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.004.001 The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.004.002 Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Final Agreement

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.005.001 Nisga'a Treaty Negotiations Agreement-in-Principle
2018.008.022.005.002 Nisga'a Final Agreement - Appendices

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.007.001 Entente sur L'Autonomie Gouvernementale de la Premiere Nation de Little Salmon/Carmacks
2018.008.022.007.002 Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation Final Agreement

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.008.001 Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.008.002 Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Final Agreement

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.009.001 Tr'ondek Hwech'in Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.009.002 Tr'ondek Hwech'in Final Agreement

File contains two published documents:
2018.008.022.010.001 First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Self-Government Agreement
2018.008.022.010.002 First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun Final Agreement

File contains newsclipping packages put together by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC). File includes:

2018.008.023.001.001 December '95 edition
2018.008.023.001.002 January '96 edition
2018.008.023.001.003 July '97 edition
2018.008.023.001.004 September '97 edition
2018.008.023.001.005 August '97 edition
2018.008.023.001.006 September '97 edition
2018.008.023.001.007 December '97 edition
2018.008.023.001.008 January '98 edition
2018.008.023.001.009 February '98 edition
2018.008.023.001.010 April '98 edition

File contains two reports
2018.008.023.006.001 1992-1994 annual report
2018.008.023.006.002 1996-1997 annual report

File contains three documents:

2018.008.023.007.001 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, July 13, 1991

2018.008.023.007.002 Gwich'in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement volumes 1 & 2, April 22, 1992

File contains four documents:

2018.008.023.008.001 1994-1995 annual report
2018.008.023.008.002 1995-1996 annual report
2018.008.023.008.003 1996-1997 annual report
2018.008.023.008.004 1997-1998 annual report

File contains Volumes I and II and a highlights booklet for the comprehensive land claim agreement between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and the Government of Canada.

File contains information kits for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs annual general assemblies.

2018.008.023.010.001 21st Annual General Assembly Nov. 14-16, 1989 Vancouver, B. C.
2018.008.023.010.002 22nd Annual General Assembly Oct. 23-25, 1990 Vancouver, B. C. (loose materials inside)
2018.008.023.010.003 23rd Annual General Assembly Oct. 22-24, 1991 Fort Rupert, B. C.
2018.008.023.010.004 26th Annual General Assembly Nov. 22-24, 1994 Richmond, B. C.
2018.008.023.010.005 Special General Assembly - Crisis in Indian Country: Aboriginal and Treaty Rights at the Crossroads July 10-12, 1995 Merritt, B. C.
2018.008.023.010.006 28th Annual General Assembly Oct. 23-25, 1996 Saanich, B. C. (loose materials inside)
2018.008.023.010.007 29th Annual General Assembly Oct. 21-23, 1997 Tsa'kis (Fort Rupert), B. C. (loose page at back)
2018.008.023.010.008 31st Annual General Assembly Nov. 2-4, 1999 Kelowna, B. C. (loose materials inside)

File contains a historical outline of land dealings in British Columbia and correspondence re: Cheslatta Carrier Nation specific land claim.

File contains records related to British Columbia land claims. Included in the file are newspaper clippings; Provincial memo re: lands and resources component of treaty negotiations; and "New Confederation - Building the New Canada with a New Federalism" by Preston Manning, leader of Reform Party of Canada.

File contains records related to the British Columbia Treaty Commission. Along with newspaper clippings, correspondence, and other related materials there are:
1) two copies of "Building a New Relationship with First Nations in British Columbia - Canada's response to the report of the B. C. Claims Task Force
2) newsletter "Pride in Partnership - British Columbia"
3) two copies of "British Columbia Treaty Commission Agreement"
4) newsletter "Treaty News" July 1995, and December 1996 editions
5) "The Report of The British Columbia Claims Task Force" July 28, 1991
6) "Aboriginal Rights and Title - A Made in B. C. Approach" by the Westbank Indian Council
7) Form 11 - Chief R. Kwasistala on behalf of the Lichkwilthach hereditary chiefs and others v. Canadian Government
8) Outline and background on BC Treaty Commission

File contains records related to the British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC). Included in the file are news releases and clippings, as well as:
1) brochures "Treaties in British Columbia" and "Treaty Making" from the First Nations Summit Perspective
2) brochure "The British Columbia Treaty Commission" from the UBCIC
3) brochure "Treaty Negotiations in B. C. ' an Overview" from the Federal Treaty Negotiation Office
4) "BCTC & The Land Question"
5) "BCTC 1997 Annual Report excerpts
6) Report on the Treaty Process in British Columbia
7) Musqueam Indian Band - Band Council Resolution
8) Understanding the B. C. Treaty Process - an opportunity for dialogue
9) newsletter "British Columbia Treaty Commission update"

File contains materials related to the Nisga'a Agreement with the Federal and Provincial governments. Included along with the news clippings are:
1) Notes for remarks by Tom Siddon, Minister of Indian Affairs at Nisga'a Ceremony
2) newsletter "British Columbia Treaty Commission update"
3) Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs information bulletin re: legal opinion involving Nisga'a Final Agreement
4) Interior Alliance press release denouncing Nisga'a agreement
5) Press release re: Kincolith Hereditary Chiefs Treaty

The majority of the file contains invitations, programs, and fact sheets for the "Voice of the Peoples" gathering at Cayoose Creek Indian Band Campgrounds, Stl'Atl'Imx Territory in Lillooet, British Columbia. Gathering was held July 11-12, 1997. Also in the file is a booklet created by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs titled "Certainty: Canada's Struggle to Extinguish Aboriginal Title".

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Aboriginal Rights Position Paper Resource Kit.

File contains one over-sized poster "Comprehensive Framework Treaty between First Nations in British Columbia and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada" dated May 1991. File also contains an over-sized information booklet "Buffalo Stampede of the 1990s: The Report of the B. C. Land Claims Task Force".

File contains a variety of documents created/collected by the Union of British Columbia Chiefs (UBCIC). Included in the file are:
1) brochures - Shuswap Cultural Working Committee
2) booklets -Shuswap Nation Tribal Council
3) Press releases and press statements from UBCIC
4) National Committee on Treaties - Resolution Respecting Treaty-Making & the Constitutional Definition of Aboriginal Rights
5) First Nations' Meeting agenda and accompanying materials Oct. 23-24, 1990
6) Inter-Tribal Treaties on Land Question: B. C. Indian Nations' Strategy for the 1990s discussion paper 2 - UBCIC
7) UBCIC Statement of Principles and Interim Process on Aboriginal Fishing in British Columbia
8) UBCIC Aboriginal Title and Rights Position Paper
9) Constitution of The Provisional Government of The Confederacy of Aboriginal Nations draft #5
10) Philip Christopher Paul memorial booklet
11) Meeting and speech notes

Copy of Aboriginal Royal Commission: B. C. Issues by Mandell Pinder and created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains records relating to British Columbia claims and claims policy. Included in the file are two copies of "Truth Behind Treaty Making: Canada's 1986 Comprehensive Claims Policy"; UBCIC 1999 case highlights; resolutions; correspondence; and a news clipping.

File contains "The Vancouver Island Treaties (1850-1854) by Dennis Madill; "B. C. Indian Treaties in Historical Perspective" by Dennis Madill, published by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; and correspondence between The First Nations of South Island to Deputy Minister Harry Swain re: Treaty and Aboriginal Rights.

File contains records related to the Agreement in Principle between the Nisga'a Tribal Council and the Governments of Canada and British Columbia. Included in the file are "Nisga'a Treaty Negotiations - Agreement in Principle brief"; news clippings; and two copies of "Part I: Executive Summary and Analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty Negotiations Agreement in Principle" by Mandell Pinder LLP Barristers and Solicitors for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs.

File contains a variety of newspaper clippings, correspondence and brochures regarding Indigenous Nations of Interior British Columbia.

File contains correspondence, reports, and news clippings regarding British Columbia First Nations treaty negotiations, and materials from the First Nations Summit. Included are annual reports from the B. C. Treaty Commission, and information packages from the First Nations Summit.

File contains newspaper clippings and stories regarding logging and fishing in British Columbia.

File contains correspondence, news clippings and stories regarding the Nisga'a Agreement in Principle with the Governments of British Columbia and Canada. Also in the file are Nisga'a Land Claim Negotiation brochures; a copy of framework agreement; and a copy of a statement of Claim by the Pacific Fishermen's Defence Alliance, and others against the Government of Canada, with the Nisga'a Tribal Council as the Intervenor.

File contains records related to the British Columbia Treaty Commission. Included in the file are:
1) British Columbia Treaty Commission Feb. and Nov. 1999 update
2) Correspondence and accompanying material related to the First Nations Summit Task Group
3) News clippings
4) Speech by Honourable Dale Lovick to the First Nations Summit
5) B. C. Treaty Commission annual report 1999
6) Fax copy of the "Tripartite Review of the B. C. Treaty Process Report of the Working Group".

File contains records related to land claims and specific court cases related to logging in British Columbia. There are affidavits and reasons for judgement in the Supreme Court of British Columbia cases - Ron Derrickson et al. v. Province of British Columbia, and Chief Dan Wilson et. al v. Province of British Columbia.

File contains copies of the judgement, commentary, and analysis on the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Ronald Edward Sparrow v. Her Majesty the Queen and The National Indian Brotherhood/ Assembly of First Nations (intervenors).

File contains copies of the judgement, commentary, and analysis on the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in Delbert Guerin, Joseph Becker, Eddie Campbell, Mary Charles, Gertrude Guerin and Gail Sparrow suing on their own behalf and on the behalf of all other members of the Musqueam Indian Band v. Her Majesty the Queen and The National Indian Brotherhood (Intervenors).

File contains the judgement and newspaper clippings regarding Shubenacadie Indian Band lobster trapping court case in relation to R vs. Marshall.

File contains the following documents:
1) Canada's Approach for Dealing with Section 35 rights
2) Consultation strategy for First Nation Governance (FNG)
3) DIAND's Key Priorities at the Start of a New Mandate
4) DIAND Communication Strategy
5) Memorandum to cabinet re: long term response to R. v. Marshall
6) newsclippings on FNG

File contains records related to Batchewana Indian Band v. Canada (Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs). Included in the file is a copy of the decision, notes by Pete Di Gangi, and "Response to Corbiere" by the Assembly of First Nations.

File contains articles, papers, memos, and reports. Included in the file are:
1) Presentation by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
2) memo from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Re: exploratory actions needed as result of the Guerin Case
3) Briefing Memorandum on Musqueam Case
4) The Meaning of Trust by Walter Rudnicki
5) Instructions to the Crown in Right of Canada and to the Governor General in Council acting in the Fiduciary Capacity respecting all unsurrendered lands the Aboriginal title to which remains vested in the Shuswap Nation
6) UFO's - Unidentified Fiduciary Obligations - when do fiduciary obligations arise? by Peter W. Hutchins
7) In Sparrow we Trust: Federal and Provincial Fiduciary Responsibilities by M. E. Turpei
8) Lac Minerals Ltd v International Corona Resources Ltd: Confidential Geological Information in the Supreme Court of Canada by Barry Barton - Newsletter of the Canadian Institute of Resources Law, No. 28 (Fall 1989)
9) Lac Minerals Ltd. v. International Corona Resources Ltd. by Donovan W. M. Waters - The Canadian Bar Review, Vol. 69
10) Fiduciary Relationship of the Crown with Aboriginal Peoples: Implementation and Management Issues a Guide for Managers - report of an interdisciplinary working group to the Committee of Deputy Ministers on Justice and Legal Affairs

File contains two papers:
1) "Specific Claims" - The Skeletons Come Out of the Closet (The Lower Kootenay Band & Harvey Gansner) by Peter Di Gangi
2) Crown Fiduciary Obligations in All Phases of Aboriginal Land Claims in Canada: Policy Development, Negotiations, Litigation and Settlement by Mary Ellen Turpel

File contains background information relating to the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation. Included in the file are information packages sent out by the Nation; "Lubicon Lake: A Case Study" by the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation; and an article from Saturday Night magazine dated Feb. 1988 "Forked Tongues".

File contains records relating to the Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review (LSCR). Included in the file are:
1) Correspondence re: LSCR final report
2) Lubicon Lake Cree Nation backgrounder
3) Two copies of the LCSR final review
4) Review final report media coverage
5) Information package re: LSCR status report

File contains records relating to the Lubicon Settlement Commission. Included in the file are:
1) two copies of "The Lubicon Settlement Commission of Review Final Report" March 1993
2) info package regarding recommendations of Commission
3) Information package re: Lubicon Lake
4) Information package re: Woodland Cree Band-Governments of Canada and Alberta agreement
5) Correspondence to Peter Di Gangi re: Woodland Cree-Federal Government-Alberta Provincial Government agreement in principle

File contains various records relating to the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation. Included in the file are:
1) memo from The Mimir Corporation re: Woodland Cree Settlement
2) Law of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation Respecting the use of its Traditional Territory
3) Correspondence to Peter Di Gangi from the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation including Woodland Cree - Federal Government-Alberta Provincial Government agreement in principle
4) Copy of E. Davie Fulton's "Lubicon Lake Indian Band Inquiry - Discussion Paper"
5) Letter from Lubicon Lake Indian Nation to the Chiefs of Alberta
6) Lubicon Lake: a Case Study by the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation

File contains a copy of E. Davie Fulton's "Lubicon Lake Indian Band - Inquiry" discussion paper and a paper "Indian Tribal Councils".

File contains Basic Departmental Data from the Statistics Section, Information Quality and Research Directorate - Information Management Branch of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Included are:
2018.008.026.001.001 Basic Departmental Data 1990
2018.008.026.001.002 Basic Departmental Data 1994
2018.008.026.001.003 Basic Departmental Data 1996

File contains annual reports produced by the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Included in the file are:
2018.008.026.002.001 Annual Report 1984-1985
2018.008.026.002.002 Annual Report 1985-1986
2018.008.026.002.003 Annual Report 1986-1987
2018.008.026.002.004 Annual Report 1990-1991
2018.008.026.002.005 Performance Report for the Period Ending March 21, 1996

File contains performance and expenditure reports from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and the Canadian Polar Commission. Included in the file are:
2018.008.026.003.001 1993-1994 Estimates Part III
2018.008.026.003.002 1997-1998 Estimates - A Report on Plans and Priorities Pilot Document (2 copies)
2018.008.026.003.003 Estimates Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 1998
2018.008.026.003.004 1998-1999 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
2018.008.026.003.005 Estimates Performance Report for the period ending March 31, 1999
2018.008.023.003.006 1999-2000 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities
2018.008.023.003.007 2000-2001 Estimates Part III - Report on Plans and Priorities

In 1995 the Clerk of the Privy Council established Task Forces, led by Deputy Ministers, to explore a variety of issues identified by the program review undertaken regarding public services. The file contains final reports resulting from these task forces. Included in the file are:
2018.008.026.004.001 DM Task Force Vol. I - Deputy Minister Task Forces - From Studies to Action
2018.008.026.004.002 DM Task Force Vol. II - Toward Citizen-Centred Service Case Studies
2018.008.026.004.003 DM Task Force Vol. III - Scenarios
2018.008.026.004.004 DM Task Force Vol. IV - Examining the Key Questions
2018.008.026.004.005 Discussion Paper on Service Delivery Models, Vol. I

Report (in two volumes) prepared by Bernard R. Blishen, Alexander Lockhart, Prudence Craib, and Elizabeth Lockhart for the Research Branch, Policy, Research and Evaluation Group in the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

File contains records related to the establishment of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). Included in the file are:
1) Press release and terms of reference for the commission
2) Press release re: appointment of David Crombie as chairman of intervenor participation program
3) Copies of "The Circle" Vol. 1 No. 1 and No.2 - newsletter of RCAP

File contains four copies of the "Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Final Draft - Ethical Guidelines for Research".

File contains memos, schedules, minutes and other records related to the various policy teams under the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Majority of information is on the Policy Committee on Treaties.

File contains records related to the RCAP Intervenor Participation Program. Included in the file are two intervenor characteristic reports; and a Project Description Abstracts report.

File contains records related to the RCAP Treaties and Lands research. Included in the file is a project outline; Integrated research plan; two copies of the Treaty/Lands Research Project outlines; and RCAP Treaties & Lands Research revised projects outlines draft #3 Dec. 1992.

File contains information on and instructions for using the RCAP Folio V. I. P. database.

File contains research results from searchers conducted on the RCAP Folio infobase. Topics include Off reserve; territory and overlaps; representation, beneficiaries, off reserve; and aboriginal laws.

File contains print out of results from Folio infobase under search terms "Treat Implen" - Treaty Implementation and "clai implen" - Claims Implementation.

File contains print out of results from Folio infobase under search terms "treaty making negotiatio" - Treaty making negotiations and "Treaty making".

File contains print out of results from Folio infobase under search terms "treaty rem" - Treaty Perspective remedies. Also in the file is a report created from the search results.

File contains print out of results from Folio infobase under search terms "rcap hear consent" - Treaty Hearings Consent

File contains a copy of "Justice Briefing Book" and a copy of the presentation by the Swampy Cree Tribal Council to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains handwritten text by Walter Rudnicki for his Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples reports - "The Bilateral Dilemma" and "Saskatchewan Treaty Commission".

Collection of results from RCAP hearings and Intervener Participation Program submissions regarding lands and resources.

File contains records related to the March 17-18, 1993 RCAP Treaties and Governance workshop. Included in the file is an agenda; handwritten notes; a discussion paper "Treaty Perspectives and Obstacles to Recognition"; summary notes; paper "Aboriginal Self-Government and Treaties: A Discussion" by Leroy Little Bear; and "Dispute Settlement among the Naidanac.

File contains a print out of a resolution to "Acknowledge the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the U. S. Constitution" from the 100th Congress of the U. S. A. and a copy of "The Authority of the Crown to Make Treaties with Indians". by Stephen Aronson.

File contains three intervener participation program reports. The reports are from the Winnipeg First Nations Tribal Council, the Saskatoon Treaty and First Nations Assembly Inc./The Aboriginal Women's Council of Saskatchewan Inc., and the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council.

File contains submissions to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples from Newfoundland Indigenous Peoples. Presentation given at the Gander, Newfoundland hearings held November 5, 1992. Included in the file are:
1) Federation of Newfoundland Indians presentation by Gerard Webb
2) Aboriginal Self-Government - Port-au-Port Indian Band
3) presentation by Stephenville Crossing Band Council
4) statement by Chief Lawrence Jeddore, Glenwood Indian Band Council
5) presentation by Gander Bay Indian Band Council, Chief Calvin Francis
6) St. George's Indian Band Council, Victor Muise Jr.
7) Bartlett's Harbour Indian Band Council report
8) Benoit's Cove Indian Band Council, Chief Walter Barry
9) statement from the Miawpukek Band by Chief Geraldine Kelly
10) Corner Brook Indian Band Council presentation
11) presentation by Exploit's Valley Native Indian Band Council
12) The Endless Story by Tony John
13) presentation by Flat Bay Indian Band Council

File contains records related to Inuit Government and Treaty Rights. File contains a trip report "Inuit Tapirisat of Canada Roundtables" in Pangnirtung, NWT; and a report by Wendy Moss "A Review of Inuit Perspectives on Treaty Rights and Governance Issues".

File contains parts of two reports created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Included are:
1) Institutional and Human Resource Development Implications of the Nunavut Agreement preliminary report by K. Knight - Chapters I and III
2) Nunavut: Aboriginal Self-Determination through Public Government by Gurston Dacks - Parts 1, 2, 5, 6 and appendices

File contains correspondence between Harry Daniels and Jean Chretien re: land claim; Memorandum of Understanding between the Metis Nation and the Royal Commission on Aborginal Peoples; Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples research - Metis Claims Group Workshop papers; and a copy of the Metis National Council's Intervenor report for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains a copy of the draft final report by Public Policy Nexus Group Inc. titled "Metis Land Rights - Legal and Historical Issues" created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. File also includes correspondence and invoices regarding the creation of the report.

File contains two copies of the report "Submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs: Metis Land Rights in Canada" by Louise Mandell of Mandell Pinder barristers solicitors.

File contains regards related to the Indigenous Nations of Sasketchewan and treaties signed. File includes a report and presentation by First Nations Consultants Inc and Coopers & Lybrand titled "An Assessment of the Benefits Received and Forgone by the Indian Nations as a Result of the Treaties signed between the Crown and the Indian Nations of Saskatchewan".

File contains records related to treaties and Indigenous self-government. Included are:
1) Aboriginal Self-Government and Treaties: A Discussion - Leroy Little Bear
2) Treaties and Governance project write up
3) memorandum from RCAP - Governance and Treaties

File contains records related to the Innu Nation. Included are:
1) Everything has been said, we all know the solutions...a time to change and a time to act - Foundation Analysis of the Political Development of the Innu of Ntesinan by Armand Mckenzie
2) Response of the Innu Nation to the discussion paper of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador "An Accelerated Approach to Aboriginal Land Claims Settlement".

File contains correspondence and accompanying report "Country Study - New Zealand Indigenous Governance" by Tipene O'Regan, Aoraki Consultant Services.

File contains records articles about Indigenous Land title and treaty rights. Articles include:
1) "Reclaiming the land: Aboriginal title, treaty rights and land claims in Canada" by Peter J. Usher, Frank J. Tough, and Robert M. Galois. Published in Applied Geography (1992), 12, 109-132.
2) "Aboriginal Rights Versus the Deed of Surrender: The Legal Rights of Native Peoples and Canada's Acquisition of the Hudson's Bay Company Territory" by Frank J. Tough. Published in Prairie Forum, Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 1992) pp. 225-250
3) "Economic Aspects of Aboriginal Title in Northern Manitoba: Treaty 5 Adhesions and Metis Scrip" by Frank Tough. Published in Manitoba History, No. 15, Spring 1988

File contains a copy of "Contemporary Aboriginal Lands, Resources, and Environment Regimes - Origins, Problems, and Prospects" by Peter J. Usher of P. J. Usher Consulting Services. It is a background paper prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Also included in the file is a revised list of sources for the report.

File contains a copy of "The Northern Flood Agreement - History of Negotiation and Implementation, and Recommendations for Improvement" a report prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by The Northern Flood Committee, Inc. and Patrica A. Cobb of Symbion Consultants.

File contains copies of "Justice in Our Land" by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs for the Manitoba Constitutional Task Force; and "Planning Change" a report to the 5th annual Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Files contain a copy of "A Comprehensive Presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations". Report was divided into two file folders FSIN Vol. I and FSIN Vol. 2 because of the size of the report.

File contains "A Discussion Paper - Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs" and "Reclaiming our Nationhood Strengthening our Heritage - report to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples".

File contains records related to the environment. Included are "Guidelines for Wildlife Policy in Canada"; First Nations Environmental Focus Group; news clippings; United Nations Conference on Environment and Development; and Imprimis newsletter.

File contains records related to forestry and mining in Canada. Included in the file are magazine and newspaper clippings; Canadian Crossroads International newsletter, Aug. 1978; "Pulp and Paper Report: New Challenges"; and "About Pulp and Paper".

File contains two papers:
1) "An examination of the religious-philosophical system of the Indian as it related to the use of wildlife resources at the time of contact" by L. G. Ugarenko, course work for Anthropology 723 McMaster University
2) two copies "Spatial and temporal identification of a Swampy Cree Band" by Dana-Mae Grainger

File contains Canadian Government Green Plan materials and reaction from the Assembly of First Nations to the plan. Included in the file are:
1) brochures - "Canada's Green Plan and First Nations"
2) "Greenprint for Canada" a Federal agenda for the environment - Greenprint for Canada Committee
3) "A Framework for Discussion on the Environment" - The Green Plan, a national challenge.
4) AFN responses to plan

File contains records related created by or related to the Assembly of First Nations Comittee on the Environment. Included in the folder are:
1) Centre for Treaty Advocacy - Identifying First Nation Environmental Flash Points
2) Discussions regarding the Environment - AFN Centre for Treaty Advocacy
3) Summary of the position of Environmental Committee on the proposed Environmental Assessment Act
4) Environmental Law Update - Fraser & Beatty, Barristers and Solicitors
5) Canada Gazette Announcement - Environmental Contaminants Act

File contains two reports generated by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak Inc. regarding the First Nations Environmental Assessment project. File contains the initial report (March 1990) and an interim report (April 1990).

File contains records related to Great Lakes Environment and Indigenous Health. Included in the file are:
1) "Great Lakes Environmental Impacts on Native Health - phase one" Carole Mills and Vince Shea - Centre for Treaty Advocacy
2) "Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes and Associated Effects - synopsis" - Government of Canada
3) "Summary of Selected Information Relevant to Human Exposure and Associated Health Effects of Selected Hazardous Agents in Native People in the Great Lakes Basin" - Katherine Davies, Ecosystems Consulting Inc.
4) AFN job postings for Great Lakes Environmental Impacts project
5) AFN First Nations Health Commission information package
6) AFN initial assessment of the Government of Canada's Green Plan
7) Great Lakes Fact Sheet
8) Ontario Fisheries Advisory Council annual report 1991-1992

File contains two copies of "Discussion Paper: Towards an Indian Affairs Environmental Management Policy" by C. K. Marchant of Capital Cities Consultants (International) Ltd.

File contains records related to land and resource strategy of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN). Included in the file are:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Nishnawbe-Aski Resource Development project 2nd draft of discussion paper on policy
3) Background paper by Jane Henson and Heather Ross
4) Natural Resources in Northern Ontario: private and public revenues - Peter Di Gangi, Nishnawbe-Aski Research Unit
5) Summary Paper - Lands and Resources Strategy - Jane Henson and Heather Ross
6) handwritten notes
7) Nishnawbe-Aski Resource Development project progress report - Mike Paul-Martin
8) variety of correspondence, memos, and resolutions
9) two copies of presentation by Chief John B. Nakogee, Attawapiskat Band
10) Economic Development by Frank Price

File contains records related to the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN) and land/resource use. Included in the file are:
1) Proposal for traditional lands occupancy study
2) The Land - our culture, our heritage, our tradition and our future - position paper presented to the Government of Ontario by NAN
3) Positions and strategies regarding Nishnawbe-Aski Nation Land - 2nd annual Keewaywin Conference
4) Land use: recommendations
5) notes
6) The People and the land are one
7) A position paper on resource and economic development - proposed by Chiefs of the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation
8) Land and socio-economic development in Treaty No. 9 - submitted to Premier William Davis by Grand Council Treaty #9

File contains two copies of a paper authored by Henry Lickers comparing environmental law in the U. S. and Canada and the power that Indigenous peoples in both countries have in relation to the natural environment.

File contains records related to Indigenous fishing rights and the Federal Fisheries program. Included in the file are:
1) Department of Fisheries and Oceans program review
2) The Aboriginal Fisheries and the Sparrow Decision - Jane Allain and Jean-Denis Frechette
3) A Statement by Don Jones, Ontario Representative, First Nations/Canada Joint Working Group on the Claims Policy of Canada
4) The Constitutional Status of Native Hunting and Fishing Rights in Canada and the United States: A Comparative Analysis - James M. Janetta

File contains records created by the Royal Commission on the Northern Environment. Included in the file are a copy of the Issues Report; Interim Report and Recommendations; and a background reference booklet of maps, graphs, and charts of Ontario, North of 50.