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Indigenous Peoples and Constitutional Reform Publications

*Publication titles below utilize the now dated term Aboriginal due to publication date and customary language use of the time.

Other Books from IIGR

Indigenous Nationals Canadian Citizens, From First Contact to Canada 150 and Beyond  by Thomas J. Courchene [PDF 17.2 MB]

Canada: The State of the Federation 2013 - Aboriginal Multilevel Governance edited by Martin Papillon & Andr茅 Juneau [PDF 4.9 MB]

Canada: The State of the Federation 2003 - Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations edited by Michael Murphy [PDF 2.2 MB]

Published Background Papers

Title Author/Editor Year
Providing Land and Resources for Aboriginal Peoples 16 [PDF 2.2 MB] Bradford W. Morse 1987
Aboriginal Self-Government Arrangements in Canada 15 [PDF 3.9 MB] Evelyn J. Peters 1987
The Political and Legal Inequities Among Aboriginal Peoples in Canada 14 [PDF 884 KB] Delia Opekokew 1987
Future Issues of Jurisdiction and Coordination Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Governments 13 [PDF 1.7 MB] Ian B. Cowie 1987
Public Administration Questions Relating to Aboriginal Self-Government 12 [PDF 3.0 MB] C.E.S. Franks 1987
Subjugation, Self-Management and Self-Government of Aboriginal Lands and Resources in Canada 11 [PDF 2.8 MB] Richard H. Bartlett 1986
Aboriginal Self-Government and Education in Canada 10 [PDF 3.7 MB] Jerry Paquette 1986
Financing Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada 9 [PDF 1.7 MB] Marc Malone 1986
Aboriginal Self-Determination Off a Land-Base 8 [PDF 1.4 MB] John Weinstein 1986
Negotiating Aboriginal Self-Government: Developments Surrounding the 1985 First Ministers' Conference 7 [PDF 1.3 MB] David C. Hawkes 1985
First Principals: Constitutional Reform with Respect to the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada, 1982-1984 6 [PDF 7.6 MB] Bryan P. Schwartz 1985
Aboriginal Self-Government in the United States 5 [PDF 2.0 MB] Douglas E. Sanders 1985
Aboriginal Self-Government in Australia and Canada 4 [PDF 3.4 MB] Bradford W. Morse 1985
Forms of Aboriginal Self-Government 2 [PDF 2.3 MB] David A. Boisvert 1985
Aboriginal Self-Government: Rights of Citizenship and Access to Governmental Services 1 [PDF 3.6 MB] Noel Lyon 1984

Published Discussion Papers

Title Author/Editor Year
Self-Government for Aboriginal Peoples Living in Urban Areas [PDF 1.7 MB] Jill Wherrett and Douglas Brown 1992
The Search for Accommodation [PDF 1.1 MB] David C. Hawkes 1987
Aboriginal Self-Government: What Does it Mean? [PDF 2.2 MB] David C. Hawkes 1985

Published Miscellaneous Papers

Title Author/Editor Year
First Nations and the Canadian State: In Search of Coexistence [PDF 520 KB] Alan C. Cairns 2002
An Evaluation of the Discussion at the Workshop on Aboriginal Self-Government and the Federation [PDF 1.8 MB] Kelly Speck  
Aboriginal Self-Government in Urban Areas [PDF 5.9 MB] Evelyn J. Peters 1995
Aboriginal Governments and Power Sharing in Canada [PDF 1.2 MB] Douglas Brown 1992
A First Nations Province [PDF 1.9 MB] Thomas J. Courchene and Lisa M. Powell 1992

Published Position Papers

Title Author/Editor Year
Completing Canada: Inuit Approaches to Self-Government [PDF 1.4 MB] Inuit Committee on National Issues 1987
Access to Survival: A Perspective on Aboriginal Self-Government for the Constituency of the Native Council of Canada [PDF 1.9 MB] Martin Dunn 1986

Final Report

Title Author/Editor Year
Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Reform: What Have We Learned? [PDF 2.5 MB]  David C. Hawkes 1989

Workshop Reports

Title Author/Editor Year
Issues in Entrenching Aboriginal Self-Government [PDF 3.7 MB] David C. Hawkes and Evelyn J. Peters 1987
Implementing Aboriginal Self-Government: Problems and Prospects [PDF 1.6 MB] David C. Hawkes and Evelyn J. Peters 1986

Bibliographies

Title Author/Editor Year
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: A Bibliography 1987-90 [PDF 1.0 MB] Evelyn J. Peters 1991
Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada: A Bibliography 1986 [PDF 2.7 MB] Evelyn J. Peters 1986