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• Aboriginal Law and Legislation
• Indian Treaties of Canada
• Aboriginal Land Issues
• Federal and Provincial Aboriginal Affairs
• Aboriginal Case Law
• Aboriginal Politics, Communities and Other Info.
• Aboriginal Employment and Training
• Aboriginal Policing

The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry - The Full Report is Online
Native Law Centre - University of Saskatchewan
Aboriginal Law and Legislation - by: Bill Henderson - probably the most comprehensive
Royal Proclamation    by: you got it - Bill Henderson
The Indian Act
Bill Henderson Annotated Indian Act
IndianAct By-Laws
The Quebec Act, 1774
The Constitution Act, 1867
Rupert's Land Act, 1868
Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act, 1869
The British North America Act, 1871
The Manitoba Act, 1870
Annotated Canadian Constitution Act 1982 - by Bill Henderson
Adjacent Territories Order 1880
Statute of Westminister, 1931
Constitution Amendment Proclamation 1983
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms - by: Bill Henderson

Indian Treaties of Canada

Treaty No. 1 and 2
Treaty No. 3
Treaty No. 4
Treaty No. 5
Treaty No. 6
Treaty No. 7
Treaty No. 8
Treaty No. 9
Treaty No. 10
Treaty No. 11
Traité de 1763
The Robinson Superior Treaty
Treaty with the Chippewa - October 4, 1842
THE PARIS PEACE TREATY (PEACE TREATY of 1783)
The Jay Treaty
Convention of 1818 between the United States and Great Britian
 

Aboriginal Land Issues

Eco Thoughts Information Service - Aboriginal Land Issues
Canadian Aboriginal Land Negotiations Network
Indian Claims Commission
Indigenous Sovereignty - Settlers in Support of Indigenous Sovereignty

Delgamuukw v. British Columbia
The Queen v. Côté
The Queen v. Adams
The Queen v. Pamajewon
The Queen v. Gladstone
The Queen v. Nikal
The Queen v. N.T.C. Smokehouse Ltd.
The Queen v. Van der Peet
The Queen v. Badger
The Queen v. Lewis
Blueberry River Indian Band v. Canada
Sparrow v. The Queen  Annotation by Bill Henderson
Horseman v. The Queen
Sioui v. The Queen
Mitchell v. Peguis Indian Band
St-Mary's Indian Band v. Canbrook
Opetchesaht Indian Band v. The Queen
Native women's Association v. Canada
CP Ltd. v. Matsqui Indian Band
Roberts v. The Queen
Bear Island Foundation v. Ontario
Howard v. The Queen

Assembly of First Nations - Canadian National First Nation Organization
Grand Council of the Cree - James Bay Cree
Crees of Northern Quebec
James Bay Cree Communities
Canadian Law and Politics - Whole bunch of Links
Arrow Fax First Nation Directory -
Canadian Aboriginal Peoples - Contributions in Wars Canadians participated in
North American Ojibway Nation
FBI Hearing on Ruby Ridge
Yahoo! Full Coverage - First Nations News
Political Forum - Aboriginal Affairs
Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre
Saskatchewan Indian Elders - Site devoted to Elders from various places in Saskatchewan
A virtual online gallery and museum of the people of the plains art and artifacts
Aboriginal Resources Data Base - University of Saskatchewan
Fort Providence Dene Band - Fort Providence, N.W.T.
Hudson's Bay Archives - Recorded history of Metis, Indian, Inuit Communities and much more

The Metis National Council - New Website just launched - will have link up A.S.A.P.
The Metis Man - by: Michael Durocher

Justice and Mercy Denied - The Trial of Louis Riel - George Goulet B.A. LLB. LLM.
The Other Metis by: Martin Dunn
The Northwest Resistance - by: the University of Saskatchewan
The Hanging of Louis Riel - Cronological; taken from the 1885 Winnipeg Free Press by M.Durocher

Riel's Trial and Execution
Metis Nation Homepage - Tom Lalonde
Metis Nation of Alberta - Official home page of Alberta Metis
Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association
Louis Riel Home Page
Books on Metis People - Bibliography
Hay River Metis Nation - Hay River, NWT
Metis of Ile-a-la-Crosse - Rossignol School - Hometown of Michael Durocher
Metis Nation of Ontario - Region Seven - Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario
New bill aims to help Metis Settlements - Alberta Government Newsrelease
Fort Providence Metis Local No. 57 - Fort Providence, N.W.T.
The Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Society - Arizona - Also, has teachings in Toronto
The Association of Southern Metis, Inc. - Metis Central - American Metis Site
Metis Resource Centre - Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Metis Sash - A place to buy your own sash and probably more items you can custom order
Cajun Sites - Many links to our Metis cousins, the cajuns of the Southern U.S. of  Aye !
Recap of Metis Chapter - Royal Commission on Aboriginal People - downloadable
Metis Genealogy Resources and Guide for tracing family trees in the North West.
Metis National Council of Women - Article prepared by Sheila D. Genaille

Nunavut Act
Nunavut - by: SchoolNet
Exploring Numavut

Aboriginal Women, the Law, and Prisons
Aboriginal Women of Saskatchewan
Employment Information for Aboriginal Women
Victoria Belcourt Callihoo  (1861-1966)  104 Year Old Métis Historian

Aboriginal Youth Network
Kids from Kanata

Aboriginal Super Information Highway
Justice and Healing
National Inuit Youth
CataLaw - Aboriginal Issues Links

Aboriginal Liason Directorate - Regional Bilateral Agreements
Urban Aboriginal Employment Initiative - Canada
SIMAS - Programs and Services
Native American Employment Opportunities
Key North Office Services and Training
Human Resource Development Canada - Employment Opportunities
Centre for Restorative Justice - Simon Fraser University

Federal Legislation

Consolidated Statutes of Canada

Index of Royal Commissions in Canada

Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

Canadian Court Decisions

Supreme Court of Canada Decisions

Canadian Native Law Cases: 1763-1978

Native Law Centre (U. Sask)

Legislation: Constitutional Enactments

1670 - Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company

1667 - 1999 Maps: Territorial Evolution of Canada

1763- Treaty of Paris

1763 - The Royal Proclamation

1774 - The Quebec Act

1791 - Constitutional Act

1840 - Act of Union

1867 - Constitution Act

1868 - Rupert's Land Act

1869 - Temporary Government of Rupert's Land Act

1870 - Manitoba Act

1870 - Rupert's Land & North-Western Territory Order

1871 - British Columbia Terms of Union

1871 - Constitution Act

1873 - Prince Edward Island Terms of Union

1880 - Adjacent Territories Order

1886 - Constitution Act

1888 - St. Catherine's Milling Case

1889 - Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act

1898 - Yukon Territory Act

1905 - Alberta Act

1905 - Saskatchewan Act

1912 - Quebec Boundaries Extension Act

1930 - Constitution Act: Natural Resources Transfer Agreements

1931 - Statute of Westminster

1947 - Letters Patent: Office of The Governor General

1949 - Newfoundland Act

1982 - Constitution Act

1983 - Constitution Amendment Proclamation

1985 - The Indian Act, R.S.C. Charter of Rights & Freedoms

Constitution Acts List

Solon's Canadian Constitution Site ***

Indian Treaties in Canada

Cases by Date

1984 - Guerin v. The Queen

1990 - Sparrow v. The Queen

(June 21, 1990) Mitchell v. Peguis Indian Band

(Aug. 15, 1991) Ontario (Attorney General) v. Bear Island Foundation

1992 - Re Williams and The Queen

(May. 12, 1994) R. v. Howard

(October 27, 1994) Native Women's Association v. Canada

(Jan. 26, 1995) Canadian Pacific Ltd. v. Matsqui Indian Band

(Dec. 14, 1995) Blueberry River Indian Band v. Canada (DIAND)

(April 4, 1996) Badger v. The Queen

(April 25, 1996) Lewis v. The Queen

(April 25, 1996) Nikal v. The Queen

(Aug. 21, 1996) R. v. N.T.C. Smokehouse Ltd.

(Aug. 21, 1996) R. v. Van der Peet

(Aug. 22, 1996) R. v. Pamajewon

(Oct. 3, 1996) R. v. Côté

(Oct. 3, 1996) R. v. Adams

(May 22, 1997) Opetchesaht Indian Band v. Canada

(June 22, 1997) St-Mary's Indian Band v. Cranbrook

Construing Delgamuukw: Abstract