Publication Information

[Ottawa] : Queen's Printer for Canada

Physical Description

ii, 54 p. : ports. 25 cm.

Notes

"March 1990.";Chairman: Ken Hughes.;Issued also in French under title: Questions en suspens.

Contents

The self-government agenda -- 1. Land claims -- 2. Other land and resource issues -- 3. Constitutional issues -- 4. Treaty rights and relations with treaty nations -- 5. INAC's self-government negotiations policy -- 6. Scope of federal activity under s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 -- 7. Indian Act amendments and the role and mandate of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development -- 8. Traditional and elective systems of government -- 9. The trust relationship -- 10. Fiscal arrangements -- 11. Justice -- 12. International treaties affecting Aboriginal rights -- 13. The Aboriginal affairs policy development process -- 14. Organizations representing Aboriginal peoples -- Additional national issues -- 15. Aboriginal women -- 16. Employment and economic development -- 17. Off-reserve Aboriginal people: Metis, non-status Indians and off-reserve status Indians -- 18. Environmental issues -- 19. Housing -- 20. Northern issues -- 21. Circumpolar issues -- 22. Human rights issues -- 23. Health -- 24. Childcare and child welfare -- 25. Traditional economy (hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering) -- 26. The fur issue -- 27. Taxation -- 28. Education -- 29. Aboriginal language retention -- 30. Literacy -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Witness and submissions -- Appendix B: Aboriginal people and national Aboriginal organizations -- Appendix C: Socioeconomic conditions of Native people in Canada.