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Consolidated meeting materials, including

  • Meeting agenda
  • Committee minutes
  • Various correspondence
  • Resolutions of the Treaty 8 Women's First Nation Gathering

Additionally, a significant amount of other related material, consisting of printed-off internet webpages and documents, are included.

14th Annual Assembly

Consolidated meeting materials, including

  • Meeting Agenda
  • Minutes and motions of the last general assembly
  • Financial statements
  • Assorted reports, plans and memorandums
  • A copy of the overlap agreement between the Dene/Metis and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut
22nd Annual Assembly

Consolidated meeting materials, including:

  • Summaries of, and resolutions from, the prior year's General Assembly
  • Financial statements
  • Assorted reports
  • A copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Metis Heritage Association
  • Documents associated with accords and protocols

Assorted items chiefly on aboriginal - government relations, including an April 2001 status report on negotiations and agreement implementation with native groups, a position paper from the 1987 First Minister's conference on aboriginal matters, a Jan. 7, 1998 news release by the Federal government on the 'aboriginal action plan', a summary report on the same plan, the notes for a Jan. 7, 1998 address by Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development Jane Stewart, a Jan. 31, 1983 news release by Northwest Territories government on the Aboriginal Rights process, and opinion paper prepared for the Dene Nation by Thomas R. Berger on Aboriginal Rights and constitutional issues, and a paper by Dr. Clare Brant on Native ethics and principles.

Assorted materials on aboriginal claims, government policy thereon, and draft agreements, including:

  • Nov 19 - 22, 1985 notes on comprehensive aboriginal claims
  • Sessional papers on aboriginal rights and constitutional development,
  • An Apr. 25, 1983 agreement-in-principle on identification of Inuit land title areas
  • A Jan. 1984 report on municipal lands provisions of an agreement-in-principle

Assorted materials chiefly produced by, or associated with, the Government of the Northwest Territories' Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development Secretariat, including:

  • Mar. 28, 1985 notes for discussion at the 1985 First Ministers' Conference on Aboriginal Rights
  • An undated ministerial briefing note on the secretariat
  • Jan. 12, 1988 notes for the Steve Kakfwi, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development at the standing committee on finance budget review
  • A copy of the May 10, 1985 Interim agreement between the Government of Canada and the Dene/Metis
  • A Sept. 5, 1984 status report on the TFN Claim
  • A memorandum on the TFN negotiations from July 7 - 13, 1989
  • April 1984 notes for a statement by Dennis Patterson, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development
  • A Nov. 8, 1984 report on the mandate of the Aboriginal Rights and Constitutional Development Secretariat, with an executive member's brief appended to its front
  • A report by Stephen Kakfwi on the 'partnership concept of governement' for presentation to the Constitutional Alliance
  • A Mar. 1978 interpretation of the Mandate of the Special Representative for Constitutional Development in the Northwest Territories
Aboriginal Summit Materials

Assorted materials related to the Northwest Territories Aboriginal Summit, including:

  • Summer 2002 and summer 2003 copies of the newsletter, 'Summit Notes', on the summit, published by the business arm of the summit.
  • A Nov. 25, 1995 statement from the Western NWT Aboriginal Summit.
  • Printed pages from the NWT Aboriginal Summit website, dated Mar. 17, 2004.
  • A transcript from the Federal Government presentation on the Inherent Right on Jan. 24, 1996, at the summit.
  • The summary of a Jan. 11, 1996 conference call about the summit, and an attached, but unrelated Jan. 29 news release on the 1996 aboriginal summit.
  • Minutes of a Nov. 23, 1995 meeting.
  • Minutes of the June 7 - 8, 1995 Aboriginal summit

Subtitles are:

  • Aboriginal Health Program
  • Achievements
  • Western Australian Co-ordinated Care Trial
  • Bilateral Agreement on Aboriginal Health
  • National Performance Indicators
  • Aboriginal Food and Nutrition Plicy for Western Australia
  • 1997 WA Aboriginal environmental Health Survey
  • Aboriginal Environmental Health Program
  • Strategic Direction and Development of Mental Health Services for Aboriginal People
  • The 'Bringing then Home' Report
  • Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
  • Aboriginal Family Futures Program
  • Enhancing Access to Health Services
  • Strengthening Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations
  • Improving Cultural Security in Health Services
  • Improving the Quality and Use of Information

Assorted materials, chiefly relating to the Assembly of the First Nation, including:

  • A summary of a research proposal
  • The text of June 7, 2000 remarks by Philip Martin, Chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, to the Assembly of First Nations.

2 copies of folders. Each contains

  • CD entitled "Assembly of First Nations Health and Social Secretariat, Action Plans (ELCC, HCC, NIHB Health Research) & Blueprint on Aboriginal Health Nov 24-25 2005"
  • Print out of a PowerPoint presentation entitled "NWT Region Public Health Focus Groups - March 1 2006 - Dr. Kim Barker Assembly of First Nations"
  • Where Should We Go From Here? Building a First Nations Public Health Framework: A Dialogue Initiative Undertaken by the Assembly of First Nations January 2006
  • Print out of a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Overview of First Nations Telehealth - Valerie Gideon Health and Social Development Assembly of First Nations"
  • AFN Telehealth Planning Guide/ Templates / Framework
  • Print out of a PowerPoint presentation entitled "Developing a comprehensive Norther Regional Housing Implementation Plan for First Nations - Post FMM Implementation Strategy - Chiefs of the Northwest Territoires March 1 2006"
  • business card

Assorted materials partially, or entirely written in one or more aboriginal language, including:

  • A 1991 Inuktitut-language brochure, featuring statistical or financial information
  • A booklet of stories of NWT residents, with some stories reproduced in various local languages
  • An account of a visit to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in both English and Inuktitut.
  • An Inukitut-language booklet
  • An Inukitut-language coil-bound booklet
Assorted Dene Materials

Assorted materials related to Dene organizations, such as the Dene Nation, including:

  • A summary of the Mar. 4 - 9, 2002, Dene Nation Elders Gathering
  • An Oct. 25, 1985 proposal to the Dene Nation for the development of a conference to develop a Dene cultural strategy and institute
  • A proposal by Frank E. Laviolette, member of the Dened National Committee, to the chiefs of the South Slave Region, to assume control of the Hook Lake bison management program from the Government of the Northwest Territories.
  • A summary report of the Mar. 5 - 7, 1996 Dene Enviromental Gathering.
  • A proposal by Marie Blackdick for the establishment of a game farm.
  • A copy of the July 1997 newsletter 'On the Trapline'
  • A brochure on efforts by the Western Constitutional Forum to assert self-government in the Northwest Territories.
  • A Mar. 31, 1982 agreement between the Dene Nation and Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, and th Dene council and Metis Local
  • A presentation to the Dec. 3, 1980 Dene leadership meeting
  • A June 18, 1995 discussion paper on welfare reform in the Northwest Territories.
  • A June, 2005 proposal for creating community prevsion plan for children with special needs and disabilities in Lutselk'e, Northwest Territories
  • An April 1, 1981 report on the Dene Education Program
  • A copy of the constitution and by-laws of the Dene and Yukon Native Broadcasting Organization
  • A Nov. 5, 1981 discussion paper, sent from Georges Erasmus to the Dene negotiating team members, on the the process of achieving an agreement on aboriginal rights.

Assorted materials produced by, or related to, the Dene/Metis joint initiatives and oraganizations, including:

  • A report on the Dene/Metis Decision on the Agreement-in-Principle with the Federal Government. Attached to this is a July 10, 1988 rejection of the final agreement by the Joint Dene/Metis National Assembly
  • A Dec. 7, 1982 report on a meeting between the Dene Nation, Metis Association, and the Council of the Yukon Indians
  • Sept. 1993 highlights of the Sahtu Dene and Metis comprehensive land claim agreement
  • A June 1986 issues paper on Dene/Metis sub-agreements
  • A report on the July 4 - 5, 1984 Dene/Metis Claims Negotiations, and a July 5, 1984 draft copy of Norman Wells Resource Agreement.
  • A July 9, 1985 interim agreement on key elements of land and resources, along with a Jan. 1986 executive summary of the same agreement
  • A July 28, 1983 basis of agreement for norther land use planning.
  • Consolidated meeting materials associated with a Sept. 9 - 13, 1985 workshop held by the Dene/Metis negotiations secretariat
  • A Jan. 30, 1985 summary of the Dene/Metis interim agreement on wildlife harvesting and management.
  • A Dec. 7, 1989 proposal to the Dene-Metis Negotiations Secretariat for the provision of an Economic Development conference/workshop
  • A briefing note on the Dene/Metis claim negotiations
  • A report on the Dene/Metis claims framework agreement
  • A draft Dene/Metis final report on the Dene/Metis human resource assessment model

Assorted materials, chiefly related to environmental management, including Sept. 1, 1982 motions by the Dene Nation, an Aug. 1982 letter from M.E. Taschereau to Georges Erasmus, President of the Dene Nation, on Mackenzie Delta and Beaufort Sea oil exploration, an Aug. 19, 1982 news release by Environment Canada on the appointment of a new member to the Beaufort Sea Environmental Assement panel, and a Aug. 25, 1982 report on the activities of the Beaufort Sea Environmental Assement panel.

Additionally, an Aug. 17, 1982 unrelated press release by the Minister responsible for the Status of Women on housing assistance for victims of family violence is appened to this package.

Assorted documents, chiefly related to the Indian Brotherhood of the Northwest Territories, including:

  • A Mar. 23, 1976 press release by Georges Erasmus and George Barnaby, on their decision to run for the leadership of the Indian Brotherhood
  • The text of an undated speech
  • A paper by Ian Brownlie, on the position of the Indian Brotherhood in light of international law.
  • Text of an undated presentation by Georges Erasmus, then-Director of Community Development for the Indian Brotherhood

Assorted materials related to the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, including:

  • An undated text of a president's address by Jim Bourque
  • A summary of the Nov. 17 - 19, 1981 Metis/Dene Housing Conference
  • Vol. 1, No. 11 (July 17, 1981) copy of the 'Metis Newsletter', published by the association.
Assorted Metis Materials

Assorted materials relating to the Metis Associaton of the Northwest Territories, including:

  • A report by Nick Sibbeston for the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, entitled "Half-Breed Scrip in the MacKenzie Area of the Northwest Territories"
  • A copy of the May, 1982 'Focus on the North' newsletter
  • A presentation to the special committee on Aboriginal Languages, on behalf of the Metis Heritage Association and the Metis Assocation of the Northwest Territories.

Assorted materials, including:

  • 1 folder cover, bearing the logo of the Languages Commissioner of the N.W.T., with handwritten notes written on the front.
  • A brochure on the Federal Government's procurement strategy for aboriginal business
  • A brochure on the 'Igloo Tag' mark of authenticity on aboriginal carvings
    -A brochure for the Norther Life Museum and National Exhibition Centre in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, and two booklets relating to the same museum
  • Government of the Northwest Territories policy and directive document on community organizations working on the preservation and development of indigenous culture
  • An April 2000 presentation by Stuart Swanson, special advisor to the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, to the Canadian Bar Association Conference on the evolution of First Nations public finance.
  • A Oct. 22, 1980 report of the Special Committee on Unity to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
  • A July 10, 1983 message from the Dene Nation executive, on a previously recieved telex.
  • A July 19, 1982 address given by Chief Solomon Sanderson.
  • A package of various maps of the Northwest Territories
  • A copy of the Vol. 1, No. 8 (Nov. 1977) issue of 'The Northern Breed' magazine
  • A text of Sept. 16, 1984 radio message by Pope John Paul II
  • A copy of the Vol. 1, No. 3 (Feb. 1984) issue of the 'Commission Bulletin', a publication detailing the activities of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada
  • An essay on NWT Official Languages by Bren Kolson
  • A copy the Aboriginal Languages Act, with an attached open letter by First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres
  • A news release on a socio-economic agreement between the Government of the Northwest Territories and Cullaton Lake Gold Mines Ltd.
  • A news release, stamped July 29, 1983, on recomendations to create two tax zones in the Northwest Territories, with a summary of this report, and the curriculum vitae of Richard M. Bird, the author, being attached.
  • An Oct. 1977 profile of the municipality of Sachs Harbour.

Assorted documents, many of which, but not all, are on the Beaufort Sea, including:

  • A brief outline of contracts with, and purchases from, Northern businesses and communities, by Dome Petroleum Ltd.
  • A letter from A.W. Johnson, President of the CBC, to Cynthia C. Hill, in reply to a letter concerning news coverage in the north.
  • Transcript of a May 11, 1982, CBC news report on northern oil development.
  • Transcript of a July 6, 1982 CBC news report on a possible extension of the NWT Legislative Assembly term
  • Transcript of a July 6, 1982 CBC news report on relations between COPE and the Constitutional Alliance.
  • A June 21, 1982 news release on the disbandment of the Beaufort Sea Research Coalition
  • A list of employment changes for the Beaufort Sea Community Advisory Committee, dated July 2, 1982
  • Assorted photocopies of newspaper cutouts on the North Slope Borough oil development, and the state of Caribou populations.
  • A brief article on Esso Resources' pipeline plans.

Assorted documents produced by the Government of the Northwest Territories, including:

  • An Aug. 1983 handbook on the Executive Committee system
  • A package of reports on Aboriginal rights claims and constitutional development in the Northwest Territories.
  • A report of on the role of central agencies within the executive branch
  • A Jan. 1984 briefing book on the Priorities and Planning Secretariat
  • Assorted other brief reports and correspondence

Assorted materials associated with the governments of the Yukon and Alaska, including:

  • An Oct. 1980 paper by Timothy Woolstencroft on options for structural reform in the Yukon government.
  • A Jan. 20, 1979 proposal for a Yukon Indian settlement, produced by the council for Yukon Indians.
  • A report on his trip to rural Alaska, by Thomas Berger, commissioner of the Alaska Native Review Commission
  • Assorted documents associated with the Alaska Native Review Commission