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

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 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 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 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