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RCAP release: 11/96

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"

RCAP: Fed response 1/98

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"

AFN RCAP Assembly 2/97

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

RCAP Analysis

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

C-31 Legal Opinion, 7/87

Final draft of legal opinion of Arki & Nahwegahbow, Barristers Solicitors Notaries pertaining to the constitutional validity of "An Act to Amend the Indian Act. S. C., 1985, c.27.

Self-Determination Symposium - AFN Toronto, 2000

File contains a copy of the Self-Determination Symposium held in Toronto in 2000. Symposium was jointly organized by the Assembly of First Nations in association with the University of Toronto, Department of Indian Affairs, and the Ontario Attorney General's Office.

Red Book Critiques

File contains records relating to the Liberal Parties' policies specifically relating to their Aboriginal platform.

Liberal Policy - 8/95

File contains:
1) New Release - Government Launches process for Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government (2 copies)
2) Creating Opportunity - Progress on Commitments to Aboriginal Peoples report
3) Federal Policy on Aboriginal Self-Government - policy guide, backgrounder (2 copies), and executive summary (2 copies)
4) Divide and Conquer 1969 Revisited - A discussion paper exploring the Federal Liberal Government's recent agenda to undermine First Nations rights and processes - Assembly of First Nations

Fed Policy 12/97

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

Liberal S. G. Policy Response

File contains records relating to the response to the Federal Liberal Government's self-government policy. It includes newspaper clippings; an analysis of the policy framework by the Chiefs of Ontario; the 1995 White paper; a copy of "Government Renewal of the '69 White Paper"; Assembly of First Nations response; and other materials.

Program Assessment & Review, 1994

File contains records relating to Federal Government programs and assessment of those programs. Included are a Program Assessment by Peter DiGangi for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs; newspaper clippings; a draft of "Programs, Policies and Approvals" for the RCAP Treaty Policy team; historical outline of Indian social welfare developments, 1945-1966; and Assembly of First Nations materials.

Self Govt - AFN/91

File contains agenda and supporting documents for the Assembly of First Nations Conference "First Nations-Crown Relations" held April 25 - 27, 1991.

Self Govt 1991 Vol. 1

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".

Taxation - 1/96

File contains correspondence, news releases and other records related to taxation and First Nations.

Taxation/GST: 1989-91

File contains records regarding taxation and introduction of the GST. Included is correspondence and accompanying materials, court case documentation; Report - First annual report of the Indian Taxation Advisory Board 1989/90; An Information Guide for Indian and Native Businesses on the Impact of GST; and the ABC's of GST and Indians.

Taxation - Jan/93

File contains 2 copies of "A Working Paper on Indian Government Taxation"; story from the Manitoba Law Journal "Taxation of Aboriginals in Canada" by Howard L. Morry; memos from Ovide Mercredi, National Chief Assembly of First Nations re: taxation issues planning committee meetings; and court decision in Williams v. Canada.

AFN - Taxation - 10/91

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations National Taxation meeting held in Ottawa October 3-4, 1991. Included in the file is a meeting summary; a brochure; handwritten notes; and correspondence with accompanying materials.

CHST - 95/96

File contains records relating to the Canadian Health and Social Transfer from the Federal to Provincial/Territorial Governments. Included in the file is correspondence; newspaper clippings; report "Social Policy Beyond the Budget" by the Canadian Council on Social Development; report "Looking for Mr. Good-Transfer, a guide to the CHST negotiations" by Michael Mendelson, Caledon Institute of Social Policy; draft #3 "Aboriginal Social Assistance Programs" by Allan Moscovitch and Andrew Webster; "Canadian Health and Social Transfer - Bill C-76 First Nations Impacts" Linden A. Pinay for the Assembly of First Nations; and copies of "Canadian Perspectives" the Council of Canadian magazine.

ASI Plans

File contains records relating created in conjunction with the Assembly of First Nations/Aboriginal Strategic Initiative regarding First Nations social services. Included in the file are:
1) Towards a National Framework for a First Nations Social Security System - a discussion document (2 copies)
2) Selected Executive Summaries Aboriginal Strategic Initiative Comprehensive Research and Effective Practices on Social Security Reform (2 copies)
3) Discussion Paper - A First Nations' Agenda for the National Child Benefit
4) Towards a Framework for a First Nations Social Security System - Our Challenge Our Responsibility Facilitator Information Kit
5) ASI Jurisdiction History outline
6) Executive Summary Report on First Nations Children, Our Future; A Comprehensive Review on the Cultural Conflicts Contributing to First Nation Child Poverty
7) Memorandum of Agreement between Assembly of First Nations/Aboriginal Strategic Initiative and Peter Di Gangi

ASI - Jurisdiction #1

Draft #2 of discussion paper "Jurisdiction & Social Development" prepared by Peter Di Gangi for the Social Development Program Assembly of First Nations.

Di Gangi, Peter

ASI - Final Draft 3/98

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

Di Gangi, Peter

ASI - Oct 1997

File contains a final report by Windiroflow Consulting Inc. for the Assembly of First Nations titled "First Nations Social Security Systems - a review of literature for Assembly of First Nations". Also in the file are two copies of the Assembly of First Nations Social Security Reform newsletter, Vol. 1 No. 3 - October 1997.

ASI Final Report 3/99

Final Report of the Aboriginal Strategic Initiatives "Sharing Solutions First Nations Social Security Reform".

Aboriginal Strategic Initiatives

AFN Soc. Dev 4/97

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

ASI Projects 8/97

File contains reports and other materials. Included are:
1) Assembly of First Nations Report of the Proceedings of the National Symposium on Sharing Solutions: First Nations Social Security, held in Aylmer, Quebec May 5-7, 1997
2) Assembly of First Nations Social Security Reform Newsletter - Vol. 1, No's 1 and 2
3) Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development resource catalogue
4) First Nations Child Poverty Issues Research Paper prepared for the Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Strategic Initiative by Louise Lahache

FTA - AFN Docs 96-97

File contains records relating to Financial Transfer Agreements between the Federal Government and First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) Fiscal Relations - Dependency or Development? - discussion paper draft #2
2) Financial Transfer Arrangements: background information
3) Memorandum of Understanding Establishing a Fiscal Relations Table between the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs Saskatchewan, and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
4) Assembly of First Nations correspondence and resolutions
5) News releases, notes and other materials.

FTA - Analysis 6/96

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

Health & Treaties

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

AFN Health 11/95

File contains correspondence, notes, and newspapers. Topics include the First Nations Health Forum; First Nations Health and the Federal Government; and Non-insured health benefits.

UCCM: Health 6/95

File contains records pertaining to the Health Services Transfer agreement between the Federal Government and United Chiefs and Councils of Manitoulin (UCCM). Included are a copy of the agreement; UCCM report; news clippings; and other materials.

Program Review - Health

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

Non-Insured Health

File contains a records relating to non-insured health benefits )NIHB) for First Nations peoples. Included are: a newspaper "First Nations Health Bulletin" Vol. 1 No. 2, published by the Assembly of First Nations; Health Canada 1995-1996 Annual report on NIHB program analysis division; a 2 page paper "Issues pertaining to the transfer of non-insured health benefits"; "Non-Insured Health Services: The Saskatchewan Experience, a paper to be delivered at the BEC meeting by Duane Adams; and a Federal Government Aide de Memoire pertaining to non-insured health benefits for status Indians and Inuit.

Health 6/97

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

Community Healing and Aboriginal Social Security Reform

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

Four Worlds International Institute for Human and Community Development

Claims - Standing Committee - 1991

File contains speaking notes for Ovide Mercredi, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, for the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs on December 12, 1991. The File also contains a transcript of the December 10, 1991 meeting of the Indian Specific Claim Commission.

Claims - Post Oka Vol. I

File contains records pertaining to First Nations Land Claims and the Federal Governments policies. Included in the file are meeting notes and reports of the First Nations Task Force on Claims, Assembly of First Nations critique of Federal policies, correspondence, and meeting notes and radio interview with Tom Siddon, Federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs.

Claims - Post Oka Vol. II

File contains records pertaining to First Nations Land Claims and the Federal Governments policies. Included in the file are correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, speech transcriptions, and reports from the Federal Government, Chiefs Committee on Claims and others.

Chiefs Claims Committee - Aug./91

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.

CCC - Vancouver Dec 9/91

File contains records pertaining to the Chiefs Committee Claims, specifically their meeting in Vancouver on December 9, 1991. Included is the agenda and accompanying materials for the meeting; an extract from the Auditor General of Canada's report on specific land claims; and speaking notes from Ovide Mercredi, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, presentation to the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs.

CCC Dec-Jan/92

File contains the agenda and accompanying materials for the December 9, 1991 meeting of the National Chiefs Commission on Claims held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Also in the file are a meeting follow-up, correspondence, speaking notes, and an extract from the Auditor General of Canada's report.

CCC Ottawa, February 26/92

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

Claims - JWG: December/92

File contains records created by/for the Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG). Records included correspondence; draft resolutions; JWG meeting minutes - Ottawa December 8-9, 1992; chronology of JWG meetings and discussions; JWG meeting minutes - Winnipeg January 26-27, 1993; Chiefs Committee on Claims meeting agenda, January 28-29, 1993; JWG meeting minutes - Val D'Or, Quebec November 3-5, 1992; and report - consultation on ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution) systems.

CCC - Halifax April/93

File contains records created by or related for the National Chiefs Committee on Claims. Included in the file are:
1) Summary notes from April 15-16 meeting held in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2) Chiefs Assembly resolutions on land claims
3) Specific Claims Joint Working Group (JWG) chronology of meetings and discussions
4) First Nations Submission on Claims - Dec. 14, 1990
5) Draft objectives for new First Nations claims resolution process and accompanying materials
6) Quarterly report from JWG

AFN Claims - 5/93

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

Claims - CCC 7/93

File contains records created by or related the the National Chiefs Committee on Claims. Records include meeting related correspondence; a summary of notes from the April 15-16, 1993 meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Draft Recommendations prepared by Neutral (Singleton Urquhart MacDonald); and a bound book "Specific Claims Joint Working Group" Vol. I (background documents).

AFN Claims 14/9/94

File contains records relating to the land claims reform process. Included are:
1) AFN proposal - Land Claims Reform Process: Towards an Adequate First Nation Land and Resource Base
2) Summary report on the Reform of Federal Land Claims Policies
3) draft summary of notes from Chiefs Committee meeting held June 1-2, 1994 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
4) draft proposal on reform of Federal Claims Policy
5) Background & Approach to Changing the Federal Claims Process.

AFN Claims Jan/96

File contains records related to Land Claims, policy and procedural reform. Included are background documents on litigation, independent claims bodies etc and an annotated bibliography on claims reform.

AFN Claims 21/2/96

File contains records relating to land claims and land claim process reform. Some of the items included in the file are:
1) "Beyond Lawful Obligation" by Michael Bossin
2) "First Nations Land Rights in Ontario and the Canadian Land Claims Process - a proposal for change" Ontario Land Rights Working Group
3) draft copies of "Claims Policy Reforms" by the Chiefs Committee on Claims
4) "Technical Requirements for the Establishment of an Independent Body"
5) memorandum regarding 1963 draft bill C-130 "An Act to provide for the Disposition of Indian Claims".
6) "Draft Recommendations Prepared by Neutral" - Singleton Urquhart MacDonald

AFN/DIA Claims 2/96-

File contains records created by or regarding the Assembly of First Nations and land claims reform. Some of the records in the file are: Land Rights Unit update; First Nations Land Rights in Canada seminar; Rolling draft #4 - Claims Policy Reform; letter to Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development re: reform of Federal claims policies.

AFN - Claims - 7/96

File contains records relating to federal land claims policy reform. Included in the file are:
1) Press statement - Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
2) blank protocol agreement between AFN and the Federal Government
3) Land Rights Update - XVII Annual General Assembly
4) Rolling Draft IV - AFN Chiefs Committee on Claims and AFN Land Rights Unit
5) Correspondence between Chiefs Committee on Claims and Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
6) Nation Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations Land Rights Unit Report - dispute resolution and First Nations land rights
7) National Indian Brotherhood/Assembly of First Nations Land Rights Unit - Claims Policy Reform annotated bibliography

AFN Claims 7/97

File contains records relating to claims policy reform. Included in the file are:
1) Joint First Nations - Crown Task Force on Claims Policy Reform
2) Report to the AFN Chiefs Committee on Claims
3) Joint Task Force meeting summaries
4) Deputy's Paper for the Australian Reconciliation Convention (ARC)
5) "Natural Justice and Procedural Fairness" by Bruce Gilpin

AFN Claims - 12/1997

File contains a program for the Assembly of First Nations National Land Claims Conference held in Quebec City November 5-6, 1997. Also in the file is a "Joint First Nations - Crown Task Force on Claims Policy Reform" (also found in the conference program) and "First Nations Independent Claims Commission Act" by Bruce Gilpin.

AFN Claims - 5-6/98 I

File contains records relating claims, and claims resolution. Included are:
1) "Assessing the Fiscal Impacts of Settling Specific Claims" presented to the Assembly of First Nations and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development by Fiscal Realities
2) "Specific Claims" by P. King
3) Indian Claims Commission - Status of Claims as of May 15, 1998
4) "A First Nations Specific Claims Process - models in other countries" by Douglas Saunders
5) "A First Nations Specific Claims Process - Constitutional Issues" by Douglas Saunders
6) other assorted draft reports, notes, correspondence related to land claims

AFN Claims - 5-6/98 II

File contains several reports including:
1) Assembly of First Nations Aboriginal Title & Comprehensive Claims conference report
2) Workplan for a Joint Review of Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy
3) Assembly of First Nations after Delgamuukw: Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy - a national review submitted by Herb George
4) Political Lobby Strategy for a New, Independent and Fair Specific Claims Policy and Process

AFN Claims - 9/1998

File contains a briefing package for the Joint First Nations-Canada Task Force on Claims Policy Reform and accompanying materials.

AFN Claims - 11/98

File contains records relating to the Joint First Nations-Canada Task Force on Claims Policy Reform and the creation of an independent claims body. Included in the file are correspondence; meeting minutes; memorandum and:
1) Drafts "First Nations Specific Claims Resolution Act"
2) First Nations Specific Claims Commission Tribunal Joint AFN-DIAND communication plan

AFN Claims - 4/1999

File contains records relating to the Joint First Nations/Canada Task Force (JTF) on Specific Claims Reform and lobbying of an Independent Claims Body. Included in the file are:
1) Assembly of First Nations/Fraternite Nationale des Indiens - "First Nations Specific Claims Commission and Tribunal" cabinet lobby update
2) "The Joint FIrst Nations-Canada Task Force on Specific Claims Reform" by Rolland Pangowish
3) Lists of reserves by province
4) "Rapport du Groupe de Travail Mixte Premieres Nations - Canada sur la Reforme de la Politique sur les Revendications Particulieres"

AFN/JTF - March 2001

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations and the First Nations-Canada Joint Task Force (JST) on Specific Claims Reform. Included in the file are:
1) correspondence between Robert D. Nault, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Matthew Coon Come, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations re: Independent Claims Body
2) Presentation "Proposed Independent Claims Body"
3) JTF/Chiefs Council on Claims meeting related records

AFN-ICB - May 2001

File contains records related to the establishment of an Independent Claims Body. Included is correspondence between Matthew Coon Come, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and Robert D. Nault, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development; Assembly of First Nations update: Independent Claims Body - AFN Confederacy report; and other records.

AFN/ICB- Toronto - June 2001

File contains records related to the establishment of an Independent Claims Body (ICB). Included in the file is correspondence, updates, a proposed ICB model, and other related materials.

ICB - Fall 2001

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the Independent Claims Body (ICB) initiative. In the file is a resolution on the ICB; memorandum; and information on the AFN ICB Technical Group.

ICB - 2001-2002

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Independent Claims Body (ICB) technical team and initiative. In the file is correspondence, meeting agenda and other materials and a copy of "Landmark" Vol. 8 No. 3.

CCC - Vancouver Feb 2002

Copy of the program from the Assembly of First Nations Chiefs Committee on Claims - Independent Claims Body (ICB) meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia on February 13-14, 2002. Included in the program is background information on ICB, the ICB proposal, claims updates, and other related materials.

AFN-ICB- Feb-March 2002

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

Delgamuukw - One Year After conference

File contains program for the "Delgamuukw: One Year After" conference. The conference was sponsored by The Aboriginal Policy Forum and The University of Victoria and was held February 18-19, 1999 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Aboriginal Title & Comprehensive Claims conference

Conference kit for the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) "Title & Comprehensive Claims Conference" held February 24-25, 1998 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is unclear if all the materials were included in the kit or added later. Included in the file folder are:
1) Joint Statement on the Comprehensive Claims Policy, April 7, 1993
2) AFN Preliminary Assessment of the Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: RCAP Recommendations on Treaties, Lands and Resources, February 21, 1997
3) Extinguishing Extinguishment: Bringing an Era to an End by Ovide Mercredi, May 1995
4) Correspondence between Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs and the Assembly of FIrst Nations
5) Federal Policy of the Settlement of Native Claims, March 1993
6) The Delgamuukw Case - What does it mean and what do we do now? by Melvin H. Smith Q.C., Feb. 10, 1998
7)Draft - Aboriginal Title and Comprehensive Claims Special Meeting notes
8) First Nations Summit - Analysis, Strategy and Statement on Delgamuukw, February 3, 1998
9) Newspaper and newspaper clippings
10) AFN Aboriginal Title & Comprehensive Claims conference report
11) background information and conference agenda

Delgamuukw Thing

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

AFN Delgamuukw 7/1999

File contains records relating to the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) - Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Developement (DIAND) Joint Technical Committee: Delgamuukw Review Process. Included in the file are:
1) AFN Delgamuukw National Review: Making Delgamuukw Come Alive - a summary of activities and plans
2) The Delgamuukw National Review Eastern and Western Fora - a short summary
3) Responding to Delgamuukw - a summary of a think tank sponsored by AFN and DIAND
4) Record of Decision - Meeting #2 of AFN-DIAND Joint Technicial Committee

InterTribal - Fall 1999

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

Kamloops II - 2/99

File contains documents related to Delgammukw. They include "Common Ground - Toward Reconciliation of Aboriginal & Crown Title", press releases; multiple copies of "Statement on Review Developments" and "Statement on the Report of the Special Rapporteur", both presented to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations by Chief Arthur Manuel of the Interior Alliance; and information regarding AFN-AGA Resolution 5/99 "Motion to Implement the Delgamuukw Decision".

AFN Vancouver 1/00

File contains records relating to Delgamuukw strategy. Included are a copy of "Common Ground - Toward Reconciliation of Aboriginal & Crown Title" and records related to the Federal Government's Comprehensive Claims Policy and the need to change it.

AFN Delg/April 2000

File contains records related to the implementation of the Delgamuukw decision. They include two copies of Resolution 7/00 - Delgamuukw Implementation of the Confederacy of Nations; multiple AFN resolutions regarding claims and claims policy; a meeting kit for the Recognition and Affirmation of Aboriginal Title Strategy Meeting; and other records.

DELG/CONFED April/00

File contains records related to implementation of Delgamuukw. Included in the file is correspondence, papers, reports, and resolutions.

AFN DISC May 2000

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Strategic Implementation Committee. Also in the file is information on the Federal Government's Comprehensive Claim Policy and a copy of "Common Ground - Toward Reconciliation of Aboriginal & Crown Title".

Interior Alliance 5/2000

File contains records created by/related to the Interior Alliance. Included in the file are press releases, a page titled "Tripartite Political Accord on Treaty Negotiation", and a legal update on Logging Cases for the AFN Committee to Implement Delgamuukw.

AFN Delg/May 2000

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

DISC June 2000

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

DISC July 2000

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee. Included in the file is correspondence, reports, and other materials related to claim policy and Delgamuukw.

DISC October 2000

File contains records related to the Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee and comprehensive claim policy. Included in the file is correspondence, and an information package re: Delgamuukw implementation.

DISC December 2000

File contains a variety of documents. Included are:
1) Federal Government's Proposed "Non-assertion/Fall-back release technique": a preliminary assessment" by Paul Joffe
2) multiple copies of "Canada's Approach for Dealing with section 35 Rights" - Ministerial recommendations to Cabinet
3) Sun Peaks Resort expansion correspondence
4) Assembly of First Nations - Delgamuukw Implementation Strategic Committee Dec. 12, 2000 meeting kit

AFN DISC Jan 2001

File contains a variety of records. Included are:
1) Memorandum to Cabinet re: Long Term Response to R. v. Marshall
2) Consultation Strategy for First Nations Governance
3) AFN "National First Nations Policy Review on Fisheries" concept paper
4) AFN National Health Conference agenda and program, February 2001
5) Delgamuukw Implementation Strategy Committee Meetings materials
6) booklet of AFN resolutions regarding Delgamuukw principles and implementation
7) booklet of correspondence and other materials regarding Comprehensive Land Claims
8) Society for the Threatened Peoples Austria Working Circle for North American Indians campaign
9) DIANDS Key Priorities at the Start of a New Mandate
10) DIAND Communications strategy, 2001
11) Approach for Dealing with Section 35 Rights - Ministerial Recommendations to Cabinet

Assembly of First Nations annual reports

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lands, Revenues and Trusts (LRT) Review

Sub-series contains reports and associated materials from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Lands, Revenues and Trusts Review. Included are:

2018.008.011.009.001 LRT Phase I Report, 1988

2018.008.011.009.002 LRT Phase I Report #7 Ligitation [sic] - Office of the Comptroller General of Canada, Econosault-Lavalin, DPA Group Inc. and MacLeod Lyle Smith McManus, November 1987

2018.008.011.009.003 LRT Phase II Report

2018.008.011.009.004 LRT Phase II Report Appendix B By-laws/Enforcement Indian Justice System Options - Lang Michener Lash Johnston Barristers & Solicitors

2018.008.011.009.005 LRT Phase II Report Appendix C Substantive Guidelines and Model By-laws

2018.008.011.009.006 LRT Phase II Final Report First Nations Law Executive Summary

2018.008.011.009.007 LRT Phase II Final Report Powers of Bands and Band Councils - Gowling, Strathy & Henderson Barristers & Solicitors - Sept. 1989

2018.008.011.009.008 LRT Phase II Final Report Elections - Eliasson, Apostle, Patterson and Associates - Dec. 9, 1988

2018.008.011.009.009 LRT Phase II Final Report Individual Accounts - Price Waterhouse - Aug. 3, 1989

2018.008.011.009.010 LRT Phase II Final Report Membership - Aug, 1989

2018.008.011.009.011 LRT Phase II Final Report Band Moneys - Price Waterhouse - Aug. 15, 1989

2018.008.011.009.012 LRT Phase II Report Indian Government Issues Elections of Chiefs and Band Councils - Potential Changes to Legislation, Regulations and The Appeal Process - Eliasson, Apostle, Patterson and Associates - Dec. 8, 1988

2018.008.011.009.013 LRT Review of the Legal Liaison and Support Directorate - Stevenson Kellogg Ernst & Whinney Management Consultants - Jan. 1989

2018.008.011.009.014 Executive Summary of the DIAND LRT Review Phase II Reports - AFN LRT Review

2018.008.011.009.015 The Lands, Revenues and Trusts (LRT) Review - The Great Debate

NIB/AFN: 1975-1982

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

NIB/AFN 1982

File contains various reports and papers related to the National Indian Brotherhood - Assembly of First Nations. Included in the file are:
1) Background - The Assembly of First Nations: A History of Challenge
2) "Report on Problem and Resolutions related to the Assembly of First Nations' Operations, Structure and Organization" from the IVth annual Assembly of First Nations held May 16-18, 1983 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prepared by Dennia Cromarty, Commissioner Nishnawbe-Aski Commission
3) Letter to Chiefs of Ontario from Peter Kelly/Kinew, Onigaming Indian Reserve
4) Listing of working committees on structure within the Assembly of First Nations
5) Organizational Structure of the Assembly of First Nations background papers
6) Resolutions passed at the Special Assembly of First Nations Conference held Feb. 6-8, 1984 in Toronto, Ontario
7) A Guide to Native Political Associations in Canada by Wayne Daugherty, Treaties and Historical Research Centre

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