Series consists of records relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) and the Oka/Kanesatake blockades. The series has been divided into the following files and items:

2018.008.001.001 [RCAP terms of reference, research plans, publications]
2018.008.001.002 RCAP - Clippings
2018.008.001.003 RCAP release: 11/96
2018.008.001.004 For Seven Generations - An information Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
2018.008.001.005 Reclaiming Our Nationhood Strengthening Our Heritage
2018.008.001.006 RCAP: Fed Response 1/98
2018.008.001.007 AFN RCAP Assembly 2/97
2018.008.001.008 RCAP Analysis
2018.008.001.009 Agreement with Respect to Kanesatake Governance of the Interim Land Base
2018.008.001.010 Oka - Akwesasne
2018.008.001.011 4 Pillars - 9/90
2018.008.001.012 Oka - 1990
2018.008.001.013 Rebuilding the Iroquois Confederacy
2018.008.001.014 Post Oka
2018.008.001.015 Anasazi
2018.008.001.016 Miscellaneous periodicals
2018.008.001.017 The Ontario Indian
2018.008.001.018 Akwesasne Notes
2018.008.001.019 Battle of Oka t-shirt

File contains newspaper and magazine clippings relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) report and the reports release.

File contains:
1) invitation to sunrise ceremony to commemorate the completion of commission's work
2) address for the launch of the report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (2 copies)
3) Economist article ""The Wisdom of King George"" 1996
4) Guide to the principal findings and recommendations of the final report of The Royal Commission on Aborginal Peoples
5) Assembly of First Nations response and associated materials"

Sub-series consists of 13 books/booklets/brochures published by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. They include

2018.008.001.001.001 RCAP Public Hearings Discussion Paper 1 - Framing the Issues
2018.008.001.001.002 RCAP Public Hearings Discussion Paper 2 - Focusing the Dialogue
2018.008.001.001.003 RCAP Public Hearings Overview of the First Round
2018.008.001.001.004 RCAP Public Hearings Exploring the Options Overview of the third round
2018.008.001.001.005 The Circle newsletter Volume 1, No. 3
2018.008.001.001.006 RCAP - The Mandate
2018.008.001.001.007 RCAP - terms of reference
2018.008.001.001.008 Opening Statements on the Occasion of the Launch of the Public Hearings of RCAP
2018.008.001.001.009 RCAP Sharing the Harvest - the road to self reliance
2018.008.001.001.010 RCAP Integrated research plan (2 copies)
2018.008.001.001.011 RCAP People to People, Nation to Nation
2018.008.001.001.012 RCAP Partners in Confederation - Aboriginal Peoples, Self-Government, and the Constitution
2018.008.001.001.013 RCAP - The Right of Aboriginal Self-Government and the Constitution - a commentary

One copy of the Assembly of First Nations submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains:
1) newspaper clippings
2) copy of "An Agenda for Action with First Nations" Govt of Canada
3) copy of "Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan"
4) Agenda for Action with First Nations
5) Backgrounder newsletters from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
6) speeches and news releases re: "Gathering Strength - Canada's Aboriginal Action Plan"
7) Assembly of First Nations (AFN) proposed response to RCAP plan"

File contains notes, correspondence and other materials relating to Assembly of First Nations and their response to the RCAP final report.

File contains:
1) AFN RCAP Strategies for implementation discussion paper draft #1 Feb. 22, 1997
2) AFN RCAP Final Report and Recommendations preliminary analysis and commentary draft #3 Feb. 22, 1997
3) AFN RCAP preliminary assessment of the report of RCAP - recommendations on treaties, land and resources - AFN Land Rights Unit Feb. 21, 1997
4) correspondence
5) Summary and Issues Analysis of the Recommendations and Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples for Chiefs in Ontario, January 1997
6) Preliminary Assessment of the Report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - recommendations on residential schools

Copy of Bruce Doern's report "The Politics of Slow Progress: Federal Aboriginal Policy Processes". The study was prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains memo from Brian Slattery to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs regarding his personal research plan and a copy of his paper "Decolonizing the Constitution".

File contains:
1) newspaper clippings
2) Assembly of First Nations (AFN) memorandum re: Discussion on Canada's proposed response to RCAP and meeting with Fed. Government
3) Speaking notes from Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, to standing committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
4) News release re: National Aboriginal Financing Task Force

File contains Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples related materials. Included are: draft outline - Policy Options Paper: Aboriginal Governance; Minutes of 54th meeting Sept. 12-16, 1994; Memo to Treaty/Governance RCAP teams; and draft copy of The Treaty Relationship & Governance.

Discussion paper "Social Assistance and Aboriginal People" by Allan Moscovitch and Andrew Webster. Paper was prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains copies of reports created by Goss Gilroy Inc. for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The two reports are "Federal, Territorial and Provincial Expenditures relating to Aboriginal Peoples" and "Report on Assignment 2 The Costs of Policy and Program Failure". Also in the file is a working draft of a report "Current Practices in Financing Aborignal Government" by Torben Drewes and Harry Kitchen of Trent University.

File contains proposal, outline, and a working draft copy of the paper "First Nations Taxation Exemption and Jurisdiction: The Legal Context and Policy Options". Paper was authored for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

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 newspaper clippings, brochures, and other records related to the National Day of Action April 17, 1997.

File contains four writings regarding treaty policy. In the file are:
1) Evolving New International Laws from the Fourth World - Rudolph C. Ryser
2) Will Canadian Accept the New Relationship - thoughts on the seminar on sovereignty, citizenship, and treaties - James Tully
3) Making Waves newsletter Vol. 4, No. 3 (August 1993)
4) The North and National Policy - Peter Jull

Letter and accompanying discussion paper "The Numbered Treaties and Extinguishment: A Legal Analysis" authored by Alan Pratt for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains authored papers regarding treaty interpretation. Included in the file are:
1) A People of Law - Paul Williams
2) The Incorporation of International Law in Domestic Law - Hutchins, Soroka & Dionne
3) The Nature and Status of the Oral Agreements as Distinct from the Written Terms of the Treaties - Delia Opekokew
4) The Interpretation of the Treaties Entered into by the First Nations and the Crown... - Delia Opekokew

Report titled "Disputes about the Meanings of Indian Treaties between the Crown and First Nations" by the Indian Association of Alberta for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains a copy of the Federal Treaty Policy Study by Stephen Aronson and Ron Maguire; a copy of the completed Aboriginal Treaties questionnaire for RCAP - submitted by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada; and copies of the questionnaire question and a list of people it was sent to.

File contains a copy of "Exploring Concepts of Treaty Federalism - a Comparative Perspective" by Thomas O. Hueglin, Wilfred Laurier University. Paper was prepared for the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations - Queen's University on behalf of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Draft Final Report of "International Context of Crown-Aboriginal Treaties in Canada". Report was prepared by Russel Lawrence Barsh and James Youngblood Henderson, in their roles with the Apamuwek Institute, under contract to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains report authored by Tony Hall for Leroy Little Bear and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Report is in two parts: Part 1 - The Fur Trade and Aboriginal Rights: History, Education and Constitutional Meaning; and Part 2 - Aboriginal-Crown Treaties in the History and Constitution of Canada: Basic Principles, Basic Interpretations.

File contains records related to the Federal NDP party. Included in the file are:
1) The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples final report - NDP stance
2) Aboriginal Rights Coalition questionnaire responses by Gordon Earle, Halifax West NDP Campaign.
3) NDP 1997 election platform in relation to Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains letter and copy of "Treaty-making in the Spirit of Co-existence: Alternatives to Extinguishment in Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements" second draft by Patrick Macklem.

File contains records relating to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples claims working group and research on claims and extinguishment. File contains two copies of the paper "Extinguishment and Federal Comprehensive Claims Policy Recommendations for Alternatives: A report prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples" by Michael Asch.

Copy of "The Aboriginal Lands and Treaties Tribunal - a section of the Lands and Resources Chapter of the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples" by John M. Evans.

File contains records related to the Royal Commission on Aboriginals Peoples Land and Resources Policy team and their work on dispute resolution mechanisms.

File folder containing the report "Northern Comprehensive Aboriginal Claims Agreements" prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Letha J. MacLachlan, barrister and solicitor. Also in the file are charts of information on each of the 14 comprehensive land claims examined for the report.

File contains three reports created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP).
1) Comprehensive Claims Agreements as Tools for Local/Regional Development - Roy Erasmus
2) A Brief to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Intervenor Participation Program - Alliance Tribal Council of Delta British Columbia
3) Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Final Report, July 30, 1993

File contains records related to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Extinguishment of Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Governance project. In the file are:
1) RCAP extinguishment project detailed research plan
2) RCAP Extinguishment of rights interim report - Paul Joffe, Dick Spaulding, Chris Tennant, Mary Ellen Turpel
3) Alternatives to Extinguishment - a report prepared for RCAP - Michael Jackson

Letter regarding and copy of final draft of the report "Analysis of Canada's Comprehensive and Specific Claims Policies and Suggested Alternatives". Report created by Morris/Rose/Ledgett Barristers and Solicitors for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Report by Michael Jackson, prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, titled "A New Covenant Chain: An Alternative Model to Extinguishment for Land Claims Agreements".

Two file folders contains the three volume "Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Extinguishment of Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Governance Project - Extinguishment of the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples: Problems and Alternatives".

File contains a copy of "Canada and Aboriginal Peoples - A New Partnership" report of the Honourable A. C. Hamilton Fact Finder for Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; draft copy of "Analysis of the Report of The Honourable A. C. Hamilton, Fact Finder for the Minister of Indian & Northern Development"; news release regarding the report release; and correspondence regarding the Assembly of First Nations report analysis.

File contain records relating to the Honourable Alvin C. Hamilton's role as fact finder for the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. This role's purpose was to find alternatives to "surrender provisions" used in claim settlements and was initiated in response to a special report by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Included in the file are "Extinguishing Extinguishment: Bringing an Era to an End" presented by Ovide Mercredi in his role as National Chief of Assembly of First Nations; copies of background paper "Achieving Certainty in Comprehensive Land Claims Settlements"; correspondence; and other materials related to this research.

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

File contains a copy of the Douglas Treaty Case Study by the Nanoose First Nation for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Draft final report by Peter Hutchins (Hutchins, Soroka & Dionne) titled "Renouncing the Old Rules of the Game: Crown Conduct within the Context of Litigation involving Aboriginal Peoples". Report was prepared for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

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

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.

Sub-series contains folders containing records related to the RCAP's Folio infobase and is divided into 5 files.

Treaty References in RCAP's infobase report created by the Information Management Unit.

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

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

Copy of Professor Douglas Sander's "The Current Status of International Indigenous Issues Affecting the Aboriginal People of Canada".

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

Lands & Resources Policy prepared for the Commissioners of The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the RCAP Lands & Resources Team.

Copy of "Economics Policy" prepared for the Commissioners of the The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the RCAP Policy Team.

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 copy of "The Beneficiaries of Section 35" by Dale Gibson.

Health and Family Wellness References in RCAP's Infobase prepared by the Information Management Unit of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Copy of Will Kymlicka's "Multicultural Citizenship: a liberal theory of minority rights".

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.

"The Constitutional Basis of Aboriginal Self- Government in Urban Areas" by Brian Slattery.

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

Copy of "Relocation of Indigenous Peoples of Canada" by Rarihokwats for Walter Rudnicki and the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains copy of "Proposal from Newfoundland: Accelerated Land Claims".

Submission of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Inuit Tapiriiksat Kanatami (Inuit Tapirisat of Canada).

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

Cover letter and report "Canadian Government and Aboriginal Peoples - The Northwest Territories" by Gurston Dacks.

Report authored by Frank Tough and Leah Dorion "the claims of the Half-breeds...have been finally closed: A Study of Treaty Ten and Treaty Five Adhesion Scrip" for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Report "Metis National Council Report of the Development and Implementation of a National Registry System for the Metis People of Canada" for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

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.

Report authored by Don McMahon and Fred Martin for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples titled "The Metis and 91(24): Is Inclusion the Issue?".

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.

Draft final report to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples "Metis Land Rights - Legal and Historical Issues".

Report authored by Bradford W. Morse and John Giokas for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples titled "Do the Metis Fall Within Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 and if so, What are the Ramifications in 1993?".

"Corlaer's Moon - Aboriginal Laws and the Spirit of the Land" by Paul Williams for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

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".

"Normative Dimensions of the Right of Aboriginal Self-Government" by Patrick Macklem.

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

"Aboriginal Self-Government in the United States - A Qualitative Political Analysis" by Russel Lawrence Barsh for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

"Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in the Resolution of Comprehensive Aboriginal Claims: Power Imbalance Between Aboriginal Claimants and Governments" by Andrea McCallum

"Self Government of Native Nations in the United States" by Theresa Julnes for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Photocopy of Canadian Arctic Resources Committee "Aboriginal Peoples, Comprehensive Land Claims, and Sustainable Development in the Territorial North". The brief was created for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

File contains copy of the report submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Touchwood File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council.

Copy of the letter and submission by the National Aboriginal Forestry Association titled "Forest Lands and Resources for Aboriginal Peoples" for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Copy of the submission put forward by the Native Brotherhood of British Columbia to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

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.

Copy of "Issues of Jurisdiction" presented to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by the Saugeen Ojibway Nations.

Copy of the Windigo First Nations Council's submission to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples.

Copy of the presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs - intervenor participation program by the Treaty 7 Tribal Council.

Copy of the presentation by the Swampy Cree Tribal Council 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.