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Anglican Church Body Urges Mediator for Lubicon Dispute; Supports Japanese Canadians Seeking Compensation
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official6882
- Date
- 1988 February 14
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- Toronto - Warning of the potential for serious conflict, a Canadian church group has called for the government of Canada to enter into negotiations with the Lubicon Indian Band, using the services of Davie Fulton, the former Minister of Justice, as Mediator. The Lubicon Band has been involved in a dispute about land claims for most of this century, with no resolution.
- The Program Committee of the Anglican Church of Canada, meeting here today, has endorsed a resolution of the House of Commons standing committee on aboriginal affairs and northern development, which proposed the mediation. The Reverend Peter Hamel, the Anglican Church's staff person related to national affairs, participated in the Standing Committee's meeting.
- "Unless there is a dramatic intervention by the Canadian government to reach a just and equitable settlement within the next three to four weeks, there is a real danger that a serious confrontation will take place at Little Buffalo Lake," Hamel warns. "The frustration is so high now because of the stonewalling that has gone on for so long."
- In a letter to the Prime Minister, the church says it has "consistently supported the struggle of the Lubicon people to achieve a just settlement of their aboriginal claim. In March of 1984, for example, the former Primate, Archbishop Ted Scott, participated with the Right Reverend Gary Woolsey, Bishop of Athabasca, in an ecumenical fact-finding mission to the Lubicon community."
- "On February 9, the Hon. E. Davie Fulton, testifying before the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, stated that the conflicts between the Band and the Federal Government could be resolved within six months. We believe that the appointment of Mr. Fulton could be a key factor in resolving this longstanding human rights issue."
- In other actions, the group moved to support the efforts of the National Association of Japanese Canadians in their efforts to seek compensation for the seizure of their property during the Second World War.
- The NAJC has launched a national coalition redress campaign to focus renewed public attention on its demands, after talks with the government broke down in July.
- In considering the request for support, the church's program committee reviewed its history of concern. A resolution adopted in 1947 urged the government to restore all rights to (Japanese) Canadian citizens or legal residents, "and in particular urges the government to take all steps possible to see that full compensation be made to those who, by reason of earlier governmental action, had their properties appropriated and sold, or who have otherwise suffered crippling financial loss by their removal and resettlement."
- Earlier resolutions, during and immediately after the War, consistently supported the Japanese Canadians and deplored the removal of their civil rights. Today, 40 years later, the church reaffirms its stand.
- The three-day meeting concluded Sunday.
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- For further information, contact:
- Doug Tindal, Director of Communications
- Anglican Church of Canada
- 600 Jarvis Street
- Toronto M4Y 2J6
- (416) 924-9192 (bus)
- (416) 335-8348 (res)
- Subjects
- Lubicon Lake First Nation - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Hamel, Peter J. (Peter John)
- Japanese Canadians - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
- Japanese Canadians - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Program Committee
An outline of the history of the Blood Indians
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/744
- Author
- Middleton, Samuel Henry, 1884-1964
- Material Type
- Leaflet
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .S11.1
- Physical_Description
- 4 p.
- Material Type
- Leaflet
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .S11.1
Eleventh Annual Pictorial Review - Charles Camsell Indian Hospital and Canadian Indians and Eskimos, Edmonton, Alberta 1958
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/2380
- Author
- Cloutier, Edmond
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .C342
- Author
- Cloutier, Edmond
- Place
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- Queen's Printer
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Physical_Description
- 191 p. : illus.
- Material Type
- Book
- Subjects
- Charles Camsell Indian Hospital (Edmonton, Alta.)
- Indigenous peoples - Alberta
- Inuit - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Northwest Territories - Residential Schools
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .C342
Kainai chieftainship: history, evolution and culture of the Blood Indians, origin of the sun-dance
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/2558
- Author
- Middleton, Samuel Henry, 1884-1964
- Publication Date
- 1954
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .M37
- Place
- Lethbridge, AB
- Publisher
- The Lethbridge Hearald
- Publication Date
- 1954
- Physical_Description
- 178 p. : illus. : ports
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Foreward by His Excellency, Field Marshal Rt. Hon. the Viscount Alexander of Tunis, Governor General of Canada
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .M37
Last stand of the Lubicon Cree
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6606
- Author
- Goddard, John, 1950-
- Publication Date
- c1991
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- E 78 A34 G63 1991
- Author
- Goddard, John, 1950-
- Place
- Vancouver BC and Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- c1991
- Physical_Description
- xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] John Goddard".
- Includes bibliographical references (p.[221]-223) and index.
- "The Lubicon Cree of northern Alberta attracted international attention in 1988 with their call to boycott the Winter Olympic Games at Calgary and their six-day takeover of a giant oil field, Their simple goal has been to secure the reserve they were promised in 1940 and to build an alternative to a once-thriving bush economy destroyed in the rush for oil and gas. But despite widespread support for the Lubicon cause, first the provincial government of Peter Lougheed and now the federal government of Brian Mulroney have put one obstacle after another in the way of a negotiated settlement. .... With insight, drama and an eye for detail, writer John Goddard presents the Lubicon Cree story in a way that illuminates the current national crisis in native affairs and points the way to solutions". -- inside front dust jacket.
- Contents: Preface -- To Live and Do Well -- Good Big Chief -- Brutally Reduced to Silence -- Marten River -- The Only Good Indian -- Picking Up the Pieces -- Our White Man -- The Master Strategy -- Genocidal Consequences -- Trusting the Law -- Special Envoy -- A New Focus -- Boycott -- The Premier Takes Charge -- Lubicon Lake Nation -- Take It or Leave It -- The Woodland Cree -- Sources and Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Subjects
- Lubicon Lake Indian Nation - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Treatment of - Alberta - Lubicon Lake Region
- Indigenous peoples - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Land tenure
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Land transfers
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Ominayak, Bernard, 1950-
- ISBN
- 0-88894-716-X (bound)
- Call Number
- E 78 A34 G63 1991
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Lubicon Lake Band
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official715
- Date
- 1988 November 16-18
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1988 November 16-18
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Dr. L.L. Whytehead
- Seconder
- Rev. M.C. Ingham
- Text
- That this National Executive Council:
- a) rejoices at the agreement reached between the Lubicon Band and the Province of Alberta;
- b) supports the action of the Lubicon Lake Band which led to the agreement;
- c) urges the Federal Government to negotiate a mutually acceptable framework for a just settlement of Lubicon Band rights;
- d) gives full support to those Anglicans who have chosen to witness in solidarity with the Lubicon Lake Band. CARRIED #55-11-88
- Notes
- These statements are to be forwarded to the parties mentioned in the motion.
- Subjects
- Cree - Alberta
- Lubicon Lake First Nation - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
Lubicon Lake Band
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1512
- Date
- 1988 February 8-12
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 19-2-88
- Mover
- Bishop Curtis
- Seconder
- Bishop Woolsey
- Prologue
- Bishop Woolsey read a letter which went to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney from Archbishop Edward Scott, President of the Canadian Council of Churches, in which Archbishop Scott, on behalf of the Canadian Council of Churches, urged the immediate implementation of the resolution passed on February 9th by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development calling on the Government of Canada to initiate bilateral negotiations with the Lubicon Lake Indian Band over the next six months and to appoint the Hon. E. Davie Fulton as mediator in a determined effort to seek a just settlement on this long, outstanding land claims dispute.
- Text
- That this House request the Primate to write a letter to the Prime Minister urging him to implement the resolution passed on 9 February, 1988 by the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development calling on the Government of Canada to initiate bilateral negotiations with the Lubicon Lake Indian Band over the next six months, and to appoint the Hon. E. Davie Fulton as Mediator in a determined effort to see a just settlement on this long outstanding land claims dispute. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Lubicon Lake First Nation - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Alberta
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Canadian Council of Churches
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Report on the Blackfoot Tribes to the Committee appointed for the purpose of investigation and publishing reports on the physical characters, languages and industrial and social condition of the North-Western Tribes of the Dominion of Canada.
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/2627
- Author
- Wilson, E.F. (Edward Francis), 1844-1915
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Material Type
- Journal article
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .W55
- Publisher
- British Association for the Advancement of Science
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Physical_Description
- 28 p.
- Material Type
- Journal article
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- MM29.7 .W55