The fonds contains records created by Peter Di Gangi (Sicani Research), containing research related to Indigenous governance in Canada. The content includes published and unpublished materials and topics include: policy and research papers on Indigenous law and policy, federal government reports and statistics, Ontario government reports and statistics (focused on northern and northwestern Ontario), draft reports and intervenor submissions prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP), Assembly of First Nations reports and committee kits, records from the Centre for Treaty Advocacy, policy papers on federal legislation and the Indian Act, social programs, taxation, lands, various court cases and decisions with analyses, materials on the evolution of federal Claims policy and efforts at reform, some material related to United States Indian policy and treaties.

The fonds has been divided into series by box (35 in total) and further divided into files and items. The series, file, and item titles were provided by the donor (with some exceptions).

Names and terminology used in the scope and content field reflect the names and terminology used in the files and on the items and is often outdated and out of use. (i.e. Department of Indian Affairs (DIA); Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations). Every attempt has been made to utilize the current names in the creator and access points fields in the records (i. e. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC); Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN).

File contains a copy of Andrew Webster's "The Impact of Spring 1994 Federal Budget Changes in INAC on First Nations - a preliminary analysis prepared for the Assembly of First Nations".

File contains records relating to the 1996 Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development program review and budget. Included are an info package released by DIAND and correspondence and information from an access to information request regarding the review.

File contains Insight Research Canada polling reports for 1996-1997. Reports received as part of and Access to Information request by Peter Di Gangi. Included in the file are:
1) Pollara - Perspectives Canada Vol. VI, No. 1 First Quarter 1997 subscriber analysis - DIAND
2) Perspectives Canada Fall 1994 and Winter 1995 - Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
3) Perspectives Canada Vol. IV, No. 2 - Subscriber analysis: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
4) Perspectives Canada Vol. IV, No. 3 - Subscriber analysis: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
5) Perspectives Canada Vol. IV, No. 4 - Subscriber analysis: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
6) Insight Canada Poll Results - Feb. 1996
7) Perspectives Canada Vol. V, No. 3 - Subscriber analysis: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs
8) Perspectives Canada Vol. V, No. 4 Fall 1996 - subscriber analysis - DIAND
9) Contract between Insight Research Canada and Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for the surveys.

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

Copy of "Subsidies for Substance - The Place of income security programs in supporting hunting, fishing and trapping as a way of life in Canada's Aboriginal communities". This copy is a preliminary working draft submission of the report for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Ignatius E. La Rustic.

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 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 four publications:
1) Indian News - Special Edition, Vol. 23 No. 2 May 1982 Indian and Inuit Affairs Program
2) Coalition of First Nations: Sovereignty & Nationhood
3) National Indian Brotherhood 1975
4) Statement by Dr. David Ahenakew, National Chief Assembly of First Nations

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 correspondence, a copy of the Chiefs' Governance Working Group Report, The Constitution and Self-Government information, and other records relating to self-governance.

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

File contains records relating to the Sechelt Indian Band and the Government of Canada. Included in the folder are correspondence regarding the Sechelt Band Comprehensive Claim; a copy of "A Practical Proposal for Resolving the Indian Land Claim in British Columbia as it Affects The Sechelt Indian Band" by the Sechelt Indian Band Council; 2 copies of the Sechelt Indian Band act; a copy of a Communique from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding the renewal of federal self-government funding to the Sechelt Indian Band.

File contains a copy of Sally M. Weaver's "Self Government Policy for Indians 1980-1990: Political Transformation of Symbolic Gestures"; 2 copies of "Notes on Cabinet Documents Relating to Self-Government"; Copy of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal and Provincial governments and the Nishnawbe-Aksi Nation, 1985; and a copy of "Self Government Negotiations status report.

File contains a copy of "Wahbung - Our Tomorrows" by The Indian Tribes of Manitoba 1871-1971, Manitoba Indian Brotherhood. Also in the file is a letter from the Treaty & Aboriginal Rights Research Centre of Manitoba, Inc.

File contains records related to Bill C-7, the Federal Government's First Nations Governance Act. Included in the file is correspondence, a guide to Bill C-7, news releases, briefs, minutes, analyses, and newspaper clippings.

File contains records related to work with the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples(RCAP). Specifically relating to treaty research. Included in the file are:
1) Assembly of First Nations Preliminary Work Plan of Intervenor Activities before the RCAP
2) Draft Outline - Land and Resource Base - AFN-RCAP

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

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 treaty making and non-extinguishment. Included are:
1) Indigenous Peoples Treaty Making Workshop
2) Treaty-Making and Title: A Non-extinguishment alternative for settling the land question in British Columbia, discussion paper #1 - UBCIC 21st annual general assembly, 1989
3) Inter-Tribal Treaties on the Land Question: B. C. Indians' Strategy for the 1990s, discussion paper #2 - UBCIC 21st annual general assembly, 1989
4) Presentation on claims, reserves, and self government
5) Memorandum - Alternatives to Extinguishment - Jeff Richstone, Inuit Committee on National Issues
6) Discussion paper on the Federal Government's Extinguishment Policy with Respect to Land Claims Agreements
7) General Statement on Extinguishment Policy - Conseil Atikamekw-Montagnais

File contains records relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Claims Focus Group. Included in the file are handwritten notes by Peter Di Gangi, contact lists, discussion papers, and a copy of "Federal Policy for the Settlement of Native Claims".

File contains records related to Bill C-6 The Specific Claims Resolution Act. Included in the file is correspondence, meeting minutes, and draft discussion papers.

File contains records related to Bill C-6 and Bill C-60. Included are emails, notes, press releases, strategy documents, papers, and presentations from various bodies in reaction to the Bills. Also included are copies of the Bills themselves.

File contains papers and articles written about Residential Schools. Included in the file are:
1) Anglican Journal April 2000 and May 2000
2) Presbyterian Record, January 2003
3) Federal Rules of Engagement - The Government's War Against Survivors and the Churches by Alvin Tolley
4) Article for Anasazi - "Federal Rules of Engagement: Canada's War Against Survivors and the Churches"

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.

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 records related to the Federal Government's Migratory Birds Convention Act (MBCA) and Indigenous peoples. Included in the file are legal documents, correspondence, and other related materials.

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.

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 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 relating to the Fraser Institute and the conference "The Delgamuukw Case: Aboriginal Land Claims and Canada's Regions" held in Ottawa on May 26-27, 1999.
Included in the file are:
1) handwritten notes from conference
2) Conference kit
3) Conference paper #1 "The Probable Effects of Delgamuukw" by John Howard
4) Conference paper #2 "Aboriginal Title as a Constitutionally Protected Property Right" by Kent NcNeil
5) Conference paper #3 "Converting the Communal Aboriginal Interest into Private Property: Sarnia, Osoyoos, The Nisga'a Treaty, and other Post-Delgamuukw Developments" by Jack Woodward
6) Conference paper #4 "Aboriginal Title: Origins and Character" by Brian Slattery
7) Conference paper #5 "What My Elders Taught Me: Oral Traditions as Evidence in Aboriginal Litigation" by Alexander von Gernet
8) Conference paper #6 "The Delgamuukw Case: What does it mean and what do we do now?" by Melvin H. Smith
9) Conference paper #7 "Delgamuukw and Diplomacy: First Nations and Municipalities in British Columbia" by Paul Tennant
10) Conference paper #8 "The Effect of the Delgamuukw Decision upon Alberta Land Claims" by Tom Flanagan
11) Conference paper #9 "Will Delgamuukw Eclipse the Prairie Sun? The Implications of the Supreme Court's Decision for the Prairie Treaties" by Ken Tyler
12) Conference paper #10 "Delgamuukw and the Interpretation of the Prairie Treaties" by Norman Zlotkin
13) Conference paper #11 "Take your Time and Do It Right: Delgamuukw and the Dynamics of Self-Government Advocacy" by Kerry Wilkins
14) Conference paper #12 "Delgamuukw: Its Implications and Potential Effects in Quebec" by Paul Joffe
15) Conference paper #13 "The Delgamuukw Decision: An Invaluable Lever for Quebec's Aboriginal Communities" by Claude Bachand
16) Conference paper #14 "Rights and Wrongs: Finding a Just Middle Ground in Land Claim Disputes" by Don Cayo
17) Conference paper #15 "Impact of Delgamuukw Guidelines in Atlantic Canada" by James Sa'ke'j Youngblood Henderson
18) Conference paper #16 "The Impact of Delgamuukw in Newfoundland and Labrador" by Adrian Tanner
19) The Fraser Institute 1998 Annual Report
20) The Nisga'a Template: Facts the Government isn't sharing" Office of the Official Opposition Liberal Caucus of British Columbia
21) "A Principled Analysis of the Nisga'a Treaty" by Gordon Gibson, Public Policy Sources, No. 27

File contains Access to Information and Privacy requests by Peter Di Gangi to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding the costs associated with Bill C-79.

Series contains records related to First Nations Governance, fiscal management and government policy. Series has been divided into the following files and items:

2018.008.014.001 Dan Goodleaf 1993
2018.008.014.002 Frank Mag
2018.008.014.003 DIA Staff/Reorg: 91-93
2018.008.014.004 CH. Lands Vol. I - 91-92
2018.008.014.005 CH. Lands Vol. II - 92-93
2018.008.014.006 CH. Lands Vol. III - 94-96
2018.008.014.007 LRT - Mawiw - 1/91
2018.008.014.008 AFN/ Lands & Trusts
2018.008.014.009 Lands Act C-75 12/96
2018.008.014.010 Bill C-49 Lands Act 1999
2018.008.014.011 AFN - LTS - 9/98
2018.008.014.012 AFN - LTS - ATR Policy 11/98
2018.008.014.013 Liberal Trix 1997
2018.008.014.014 Fed Election 1997
2018.008.014.015 AFN- DIA Fiscal - Feb 2001
2018.008.014.016 DIA - AFN Fiscal - 2001
2018.008.014.017 AFN AGA 7/2000
2018.008.014.018 W. Rudnicki: Corbiere
2018.008.014.019 FNG - W. Rudnicki 5/2001
2018.008.014.020 Coalition Kit - 12/2001
2018.008.014.021 LTS - AFN - DIA 2001
2018.008.014.022 COO- Nov-Dec 2001
2018.008.014.023 Association of Iroquois & Allied Indians Annual Report 1992
2018.008.014.024 AFN Confederacy - 12/01
2018.008.014.025 AFN Resolutions Etc. 2001
2018.008.014.026 FNG Minutes - Nov-Dec/2001
2018.008.014.027 FNG 2002 Vol. I
2018.008.014.028 FNG - March 2002
2018.008.014.029 FNG - June 2002
2018.008.014.030 Fiscal Institutions - 2002

File contains records related to the United Indian Councils (UIC). Included in the file are:
1) The United Indian Councils and the Canadian Provincial Government Co-Management Seminar and Workshops kit. Nov. 23-24, 1991
2) Correspondence and accompanying materials re: UIC co-management workshop
3) Indian Treaty Rights Newsletter Vol. 2 No. 2
4) UIC newspaper - Smoke Signals

Yellow folder with label - "MacKenzie Valley Pipline Inquiry Commissioner Mr. Justice Thomas R. Berger". Inside folder are a press release, chronology of events, fact sheet, synopsis, and maps relating to the inquiry. Also in the folder is a booklet "The Dene - Land and Unity for the Native People of the MacKenzie Valley" and two oversized newsletters "Denendeh - The Dene Struggle for a Pluralist Province".

File contains records related to fishing rights for the Chippewas of Nawash, Saugeen First Nation., and he Haida Nation. Included is correspondence, Dibaudjimoh newsletter, press release, and newspaper clippings.

File contains records related to Ontario Governmental Policy. The file consists of mostly newspaper clippings, but there is some correspondence and PC Party documents.

File contains correspondence, brochures, and clippings related to the Reform Party of Canada, and Canada's Indigenous peoples.

File contains correspondence and a copy of "Challenging Perceptions: Twenty-five Years of Influential Ideas - The Fraser Institute A retrospective".

File contains records related to the Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters. Included in the file are clippings, correspondence and a copy of "Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters position paper on Co-management of Crown Lands and Resources in Ontario".

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

File contains two posters "Red Alert!! - Special Chiefs' Assembly: Canada's Termination Policy and DIAND's Proposed Amendments to the Indian Act, Sept. 23-24, 1996 Winnipeg, Manitoba.

File contains a news release, summary report and final reports by ARA Consulting Group for the Government of British Columbia. Report was titled "Social and Economic Impacts of Aboriginal Land Claim Settlements".

File contains litigation related documents created by the Assembly of First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) 2 copies of memorandum "Review of Section 35 Case Law and a Discussion of Concepts that may Generate Future Dialogue on the content of Treaties and the Enforceability of Treaty Rights" - includes synopsis of some case law
2) National Committee on Treaties Litigation Update, May 1990 - Flett, Mik'maq Fishery, The Queen vs. Ireland & Jamieson, Oldman Dam, and Barriere Lake
3) National Committee on Treaties Litigation Update - analysis of potential impact of recent supreme court decisions on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, Sparrow Case, and Sioui Case.

File contains copies of papers given at the "Litigating Aboriginal Law" hosted by the Pacific Business and Law Institute in Ottawa on June 6 & 7, 2002. Papers include:
1) "When does the Obligation of Aboriginal Consultation Arise?" John J. L. Hunter
2) "The Benoit Case and Treaty Interpretation" Alan Pratt
3) "Litigation Based on Breach of Fiduciary Obligation" Ben A. Jetten
4) "The Crown's Fiduciary Obligations to Consult and Accomodate First Nations" Maria Morellato
5) "Finding and Keeping Money: Funding Aboriginal Litigation, Litigation Alternatives and Making Litigation and Negotiated Settlement Stick" Nancy Kleer
6) "Money in the Battle for Rights - Financing Aboriginal Title Litigation" Stuart Rush
7) "Proof of Aboriginal Title - Interpreting Delgamuukw" Stuart Rush
8) "The Use of Oral History as Evidence - The Benoit Decision" Heather L. Treacy
9) "Expert Witnesses and Litigation on Aboriginal and Treaty Rights" Anjali Choksi
10) "The Pros and Cons of Litigating Specific Claims" Kathleen Lickers

File contains copies of papers given at the "The New Specific Claims Resolution Act" conference hosted by the Pacific Business and Law Institute in Ottawa on September 19 & 20, 2002. Papers include:
1) "The Future of Specific Claims" Phil Fontaine
2) "Specific Claims, Bill C-60 and the Provinces" Neil Reddekopp
3) "A Sobering Second Thought" Kathleen Lickers
4) The Michipicoten Pilot Project for Specific Claims" Kim Fullerton
5) "The Primrose Lake Inquiry" Alan Pratt
6) "The Specific Claims Policy and the Law - some thoughts from a Claim Practitioner's Perspective" Alan Pratt
7) "Lessons from Australia, New Zealand and the United States" Bradford Morse and Christina Vechsler
8) "Will the New Specific Claims Process Address the Faults of the Current Process? - The Position of the Assembly of First Nations" Rolland Pangowish
9) "Legal Analysis of Bill C-60" Bryan Schwartz
10) "12 Suggestions to Improve Crown/First Nation Claim and Rights Settlement Negotiations" Jerome Slavik
11) "Indian Claims Commission - Mediation" Ralph Brant
12) "Bill C-60 Process for Specific Claims Resolution or Management?" David Knoll

File contains records pertaining to the Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ). The majority of the file contains copies of "The Catalyst" the CPJ's newsletter. Also in the file is their 1996 annual report and "CPJ in the News" - containing 2 articles from other publications.

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

Aboriginal Rights Coalition "Together on Turtle Island - Land Rights Information Primer" kit containing a map, Aboriginal Organizations contact list, and information booklet.

File contains announcement and copy of "Change and Choice: A Policy Vision for British Columbia - Out of Our Past: A New Perspective on Aboriginal Land Claims in British Columbia".

File contains records related to the Centre for Excellence in Municipal-Aboriginal Relations. Included in the file are press releases, newspaper clippings, job postings, and two copies of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and Aboriginal Peoples proposal to establish a Centre for Municipal-Aboriginal Relations.

Copy of the submission "Municipalities and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada" by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities in co-operation with the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Copy of Stephen Aronson's final report "Selected Documents Concerning Indian Treaties in Canada and Hunting and Fishing Rights". Report created for the Department of Indian Affairs.

File contains records related to the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Included is correspondence regarding anti-aboriginal harvesting campaign, and a copy of "A Strategy for the Conservation of Ontario Fish and Wildlife specific to Government/Aboriginal Agendas".

Copy of "The Formative Period in the Subjugation of Ontario Indians to the Game Laws, 1892-1916"

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 two copies of "Putting Nature First: Conservation Principles to Guide Settlement of Aboriginal Land Claims" a brief for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Land Claims Work Group of the Federation of Ontario Naturalists. One of the copies is complete, the other is only the odd numbered pages of the report.

File contains two reports:
1) Aboriginal Benefits in Canada - A Reform Party of Canada Research Study, Aug. 1997
2) When History Meets Law: Specific Claims and the Role of Historical Research - by Lisa Patterson, Indian Claims Commission

File contains faxed copies of the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat land claims policy fact sheets. Included are:
1) Aboriginal Land Claims and the Federal and Provincial Governments
2) Ontario's Approach to Aboriginal Land Claims: the highlights
3) Aboriginal Land Claims and Ontario's Negotiation Process
4) Aboriginal Land Claims and Public Involvement
5) Aboriginal Land Claim Settlements

File contains records related to Ontario's Mining Policy. Included in the file are:
1) Ontario's Mineral Development Strategy, 2006 [ENG/FR]
2) Toward Developing an Aboriginal Consultation Approach for Mineral Sector Activities - a discussion paper, Winter 2007

File contains records related to the Reform Party of Canada. Included in the file are:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Reform Party of Canada Aboriginal Affairs Task Force report, Sept. 1995
3) Reform Party of Canada Assembly '96 policy resolution vote results
4) correspondence
5) multiple copies of "Background paper - Aboriginal Affairs Task Force"

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.

File contains newspaper clippings regarding Ontario's Government. Also in the file are two listings - on of members of parliament and the other for members of the cabinet.

File contains records related to the Government of Ontario's Interim Enforcement Policy (IEP). Included in the file are:
1) letter to the editor re: changes to the IEP, 1997
2) letter from Ministry of Natural Resouces and accompanying draft of IEP guidelines to West Bay First Nation, 1997
3) News release and accompanying statement to legislature re: introduction of IEP, 1991

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 Land Claim and Natural Resource use policies. Included in the file are:
1) Land Claims policy analysis - Peter Di Gangi
2) correspondence re: fur trapping
3) correspondence re: commercial fisheries
4) Ministry of Natural Resources - Office of Indian Resources Policy info package
5) Grand Council Treaty #9 "Opinions - Ontario Government Policies for Dealing with Indian Land Claims"
6) correspondence re: constitutional amendments
7) correspondence re: Indian Land Claims Policies (policy statements)

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.

Copy of the "Living Arctic: Hunters of the Canadian North" an exhibition at the Museum of Mankind sponsored by Indigenous Survival International (Canada) 1987-1990. Book is a report and exhibit catalogue. Exhibit was a the British Museum in London, England.

Copy of the United Nations publication "Human Rights - a compilation of international instruments".

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

File contains two documents created by the Federal Government:
1) Aboriginal Policy: Legal and Constitutional Framework, Oct. 2001
2) Renewing Treaties, Claims and Self-Government Negotiation Processes to support a "Quality of Life" Agenda - Reference Group of Ministers on Aboriginal Policy, Feb. 2002

File contains "secret" advice to Minister regarding First Nations governance and an Ontario Government redacted briefing note regarding the Batchewana First Nation.

File contains records created by the Indian Claims Commission (ICC). Included in the file are:
1) 2 ICC information packages
2) Chippewas of the Thames First Nation report on: Clench Defalcation Inquiry
3) Mistawasis First Nation report on: 1911, 1917 and 1919 surrenders
4) ICC Annual reports for 1998/99, 1999/00 and 2000/01

Series contains records related to the Ontario Government, Indigenous Policy, Hunting and Fishing Rights, and Claims. It contains reports from The Fraser Institute and the Pacific Business and Law Institute. The series has been divided into the following files/items:

2018.008.035.001 Human Rights - a compilation of international instruments, United Nations
2018.008.035.002 Living Arctic report and catalogue
2018.008.035.003 The Canadian Bar Review, Vol. 66 No. 4 December 1987
2018.008.035.004 Aboriginal Rights in Canada: An Agenda for Action, The Canadian Bar Association Committee Report
2018.008.035.005 Aboriginal Rights in Canada, Library and Archives Canada
2018.008.035.006 Ontario Policies - 1970's - 1980's
2018.008.035.007 Ontario - NDP Policy
2018.008.035.008 Ont. Claims 93
2018.008.035.009 Ont - H&F Regs 91
2018.008.035.010 1995 Ontario Election
2018.008.035.011 Ontario Policy 1996-98
2018.008.035.012 Ont - Interim Enf. Policy - 8/97
2018.008.035.013 Harris - Casino
2018.008.035.014 Ontario Policy 1995-99
2018.008.035.015 Ontario Claims Policy 2000
2018.008.035.016 Ont. Aboriginal Policy - 05 2005
2018.008.035.017 Ontario Mining Policy 2007
2018.008.035.018 Reform 12/95
2018.008.035.019 Reform - Aboriginal Benefits - 8/1997
2018.008.035.020 Reform & Aboriginal Media coverage - 1990's
2018.008.035.021 Ont. Fed. Nature - RCAP
2018.008.035.022 H & F: OFAH 1993
2018.008.035.023 OFAH to RCAP 1993
2018.008.035.024 OFAH - June 1994
2018.008.035.025 Hunt/Fish Steve Aronson
2018.008.035.026 Ont. H & F - Davidson
2018.008.035.027 Ont H & F: Frank Tough
2018.008.035.028 Fed. Can. Mun
2018.008.035.029 Municipalites - RCAP
2018.008.035.030 ARC: Land Claims 1991
2018.008.035.031 Fraser Instititute 25 years!
2018.008.035.032 Fraser Instit. Claims - 12/95
2018.008.035.033 Delgamuukw 1991: Early Analysis
2018.008.035.034 BC: Economic Impact of Claims 1996
2018.008.035.035 Litig. Updt -AFN 1990
2018.008.035.036 Litigating Aboriginal Law
2018.008.035.037 PBLI: Specific Claims 2002
2018.008.035.038 Catalyst periodical 1996-1999
2018.008.035.039 Red Alert!!

File contains a copy of a memorandum to Cabinet regarding First Nations Governance Legislation. Also in the file is a copy of the article "Colonialism 101 How Governments Keep Control" by Rarihokwats.

A copy of the Native Council of Nova Scotia's "Mi'Kmaq Harvester Wildlife Conservation/Harvest Effort Record" booklet with detachable cards to be filled out and mailed to the Council.

File contains an agenda and accompanying materials from the Assembly of First Nations B.C. Region, First Nations Summit, and Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs special Chiefs Assembly held May 19-20, 2005. Also in the file is a letter between AFN Quebec-Labrador region and the Organization of United Reborn Survivors.

File contains records related to Federal program review funding cuts. Included is a Federal Program Review synopsis for Indian Affairs, Privy Council, and Fisheries and Oceans, and 2 news stories from the Hill Times regarding the expenditure review.

File contains records related to First Nations fiscal institutions and First Nation Land Management. Included in the file are:
1) Indian Taxation Advisory Board materials
2) First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Institutions Initiative materials
3) Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management questions and answers

File contains records related to Provincial/Territorial Organization (PTO) funding. Included is:
1) PTO Funding Policy, Feb. 26, 2003
2) memo and accompanying material regarding the PTO Funding Policy Technical Working Session, Feb. 26-27, 2003

File contains records related to First Nations Governance. Included in the file are:
1) news stories
2) Assembly of First Nations Bulletin re: Minister Nault's Governance Initiative Act
3) "A Report on the First Month's Work of Minister Nault's 'Joint Advisory Committee' on Governance Legislation"
4) "Putting the Nault Governance Act into Context: The Long History of Opposition"

File contains copies of secret Federal Policy documents related to changes to Aboriginal Policy. Included are:
1) Policy Directions in the Six Areas of Focus
2) A Framework for Renewing Canada's Policies with Respect to Aboriginal and Treaty Rights

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.

File contains a report on the status of Comprehensive Claims from the Department of Indian Affairs as of February 2003.

File contains records related to Federal Indigenous policy. Included in the file are:
1) memo and accompanying report on Assembly of First Nations Special Chiefs' Assembly on Renewal
2) two copies of "Our Nations, Our Governments: Choosing our own Paths" the final report of the Joint Committee of Chiefs and Advisors on the Recognition and Implementation of First Nations Governments
3) Actions for Change - Working with Aboriginal Peoples of Canada on an Agenda for Change
4) "On the Right Path Together: A Sustainable Future for First Nations, Inuit and Northern Communities" Sustainable Development Strategy 2004-2006

File contains a conference program "Redifining Relationships: Learning from a Decade of Land Claims Implementation" held November 11-14, 2003 in Ottawa. Also in the file is a brochure from the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs "The British Columbia Treaty Commission".

File contains records related to amendments to the Indian Act. Included in the file is a speech by DIAND Minister Ronald Irwin; DIAND press release and accompanying proposed changes to Indian Act; and an annotated summary of DIAND's Indian Act Amendments.

File contains photocopies of documents from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding Alberta Indian consultations on amendments to the Indian Act between 1967-1968.

File contains a memo and attached "Indian Act Project: Research Component Workplan Outline Draft #1" by Peter Di Gangi.

File contains photocopies of documents from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding Saskatchewan Indian consultations on amendments to the Indian Act between 1958-1970.

File contains records related to amendments to the Indian Act. Included in the file is a speech by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Ronald Irwin; correspondence and attached proposed amendments to act from DIAND; and a letter from Minister Irwin to Ovide Mercredi, National Chief AFN.

File contains records related to the Indian Act. Included are:
1) Indian Act amendments chronology of events 1995-1996
2) News clipping
3) Proposal of the Union of Nova Scotia Indians for the revision of the Indian Act 2 August 1979
4) INAC press release