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Legislation, Land Claims and Self-Government (Indigenous Peoples)


Quebec Land Claim Agreements

  • This page contains the final agreements and implementation measures of the Indigenous groups living in Quebec, which includes the James Bay and Northern Quebec , the Nunavik Inuit, and the Cree's of You Istchee.
  • This page includes the final agreements made with each of these specific groups, along with the annual reports or implementation reports that go along with them.

Final Land Claim Agreements

  • This resource from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada contains all of the final agreements relating to land claims and self-government and it is organized by province (it includes British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon).
  • It also includes some descriptions of what is found in the data base and other related links.

Land Claims Under Negotiations

  • This resource from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada highlights the land claims and self-government agreements that are still under negotiation and it has been separated by province and territory (it includes Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan).
  • It also contains links to other resources relating to ongoing land claims and self-government agreements.

Revenue for Self-Governing Indigenous Governments

  • This page includes how self-governing Indigenous governments are generating their own revenue aside from what is given by the government, it also discusses the Government of Canada's own-source revenue policy, and how the Canadian government's own-source revenue policy changed in 2015.
  • Own-source revenue is revenue collected by Indigenous governments through taxes, resource revenues, or through business, etc., which allows them to provide more services and program

Comprehensive Claims

  • After several influential court decisions including the James Bay Superior Court of Quebec case, the Calder Case, and the Caveat decision, the Department of Indian Affirms and Northern Development (which is now Aboriginal and Northern Development Canada) began the process of settling and negotiating land claims through a new policy called the Comprehensive Claims Policy (which sparked the creation of agreements, which are now known as Modern Treaties.
  • The first ag