1992 and beyond : an indigenous activists' resource kit
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog6933
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- E 91 A14 1992
- Place
- London ON
- Publisher
- OXFAM Canada / Indigenous Peoples Support Network
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical_Description
- [vi], 149 [+1] p. : ill. ; 28 x 21.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Compiled by Greg Patterson with the help of Murray Watson, Barbara MacQuarrie, Mark Priest and Drew Whittaker." -- p. [iii]
- "Edited by Greg Patterson". -- p. [iii].
- "March 1992". -- p. [iii].
- Includes bibliographical references, p. 130-131.
- "We've almost reached the Columbian Quincentary, October 12, 1992, 500 years later. .... This kit is not about Columbus. The Quincentary merely provides a focus for Native people, and non-Native people, to reflect on 500 years of colonialism, and to address issues of fundamental human rights, land rights, self-determination and the environment. .... This Resource Kit provides ecnouraging examples of ways in which certain sectors of society have taken initiatives to work in solidarity with First Nations people. It also provides practical suggestions for further actions that can be taken to support Indigenous people in Canada and the Third World. Our challenge for 1992, and beyond, is to acknowledge the historic reality of the past 500 years, to evaluate the present, and to work for a common future, based on new and meaningful relationships of mutual respect, trust and cooperation". -- Foreword.
- "This kit is a modest attempt to facilitate the work that activists and educators are engaged in to support Indigenous peoples. It provides perspectives on 500 years of colonialism from Indigenous writers in Canada, the United States and the South. It includes their thoughts and strategies about how to organize and rebuild their communities, and their nations, as well as their personal reflections on the meaning of 1992". -- Intro.
- Contents: Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Foreword / Bob Antone -- Introduction -- 1992 and Beyond -- 1492-1992 -- Modern Day Colonialism -- Indigenous Women -- Solidarity -- Resources.
- Each section contains several short articles by a variety of authors from many sources including Canadian church bodies.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - North America
- Indigenous peoples, Treatment of - North America
- Indigenous peoples - North America - First contact with Europeans
- Indigenous peoples - North America - Government relations
- Indigenous peoples - North America - History
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Columbus Quincentenary, 1992-1993
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Indigenous peoples in conservation of natural resources
- Call Number
- E 91 A14 1992
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Aboriginal Day of Prayer
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1329
- Date
- 1987 February 16-20
- Source
- House of Bishops Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 1-2-87
- Mover
- Bishop Morgan
- Seconder
- Archbishop Hambidge
- Prologue
- Bishop Morgan drew attention to the document "The New Covenant" stating that appeals have been received from native people that the Sunday before the First Minister's Conference be designated a Day of Prayer.
- Text
- That this House of Bishops respond to the request of Native leaders for the Churches to name a Day of Prayer to precede the final First Ministers' Conference to be held on March 26-27, by designating Sunday, March 22, as a Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples:
- And that we commend the document entitled "A New Covenant" prepared as a Pastoral Statement by leaders of the Christian Churches to be used as a focus for this Day of Prayer. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Day of Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples (22 March 1987)
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- First Ministers' Conference on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters (1987 : Ottawa, Ont.)
- A New Covenant
- Special Sundays
Aboriginal Rights
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official908
- Date
- 1987 May 13-15
- Source
- National Executive Council Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 56-05-87
- Date
- 1987 May 13-15
- Record Type
- Resolution 56-05-87
- Mover
- Mr. Kevin Barrett
- Seconder
- Rev. Percy Tait
- Text
- That this National Executive Council express to the Governments of Canada and the Provinces our dismay at the failure of the final scheduled First Ministers' Conference with Aboriginal self-government on the Constitution.
- Further, that we reaffirm our support for the Aboriginal Peoples in their struggle for self-government and commit ourselves to work together to find new ways to entrench the right of self-government in the Constitution. CARRIED #56-05-87
- Subjects
- First Ministers' Conference on Aboriginal Constitutional Matters (1987 : Ottawa, Ont.)
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Canada - Constitution
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
Aboriginal Rights and Native People
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official443
- Date
- 1986 June 14-22
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 32
- Mover
- Rev. P. Tait
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. C.J. Lawrence
- Text
- That General Synod support Native people in their opposition to the recommendations of the Nielsen Task Force: "Improved Program Delivery-Indians and Natives: A Study Team Report to the Task Force on Program Review"; and
- That General Synod inform the Prime Minister of Canada and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development of its continued support for Native self-determination. CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 32
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Nielsen Task Force
- Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Aboriginal Self-Government
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1813
- Date
- 1992 June 18-26
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 43
- Act 44
- Mover
- Mr. C. Bellis
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. A. Hutchison
- Text
- That this General Synod:
- 1. recognize aboriginal peoples as distinct societies with the inherent right to self-determination; and
- 2. call upon the Governments of Canada and the provinces and territories to do the same by explicitly entrenching these rights in the Canadian Constitution now.
- Following considerable discussion, it was -
- Moved by: Rev. Canon J. Irvine
- Seconded by: Rt. Rev. B. Curtis
- That the question be put. CARRIED Act 43
- The motion was then put and CARRIED Act 44.
- Notes
- The following members of Synod abstained: the Reverend Canon Andrew Gates, Mr. Justice Ronald Stevenson, Mr. Michael Wolff and Mr. Justice David Wright.
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Canada - Constitution
Aboriginal Self-Government
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official864
- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 107
- Mover
- Rt. Rev. E.K. Lackey
- Seconder
- Rev. P. Tait
- Text
- That the Government of Canada be called upon to entrench in the Constitution the right of Aboriginal peoples to self-government which will:
- 1) recognize aboriginal authority in defined areas of jurisdiction;
- 2) develop structures for exercising that authority;
- 3) provide economic resources needed to make the structures work; and
- 4) require consent from aboriginal peoples regarding such constitutional amendments. CARRIED WITHOUT DEBATE Act 107
- Subjects
- Canada - Constitution
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Anglican Church of Canada
- Self-determination
"...And the last shall be first" : native policy in an era of cutbacks
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog644
- Author
- Angus, Murray, 1950-
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- E 92 A54 1990
- Author
- Angus, Murray, 1950-
- Place
- Ottawa ON
- Publisher
- Aboriginal Rights Coalition (Project North)
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Physical_Description
- viii, 87 p.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references
- Added Entry
- Aboriginal Rights Coalition (Project North)
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Legal status, laws, etc.
- Inuit - Canada - Claims
- Inuit - Canada - Legal status, laws, etc.
- Metis - Canada - Claims
- Metis - Canada - Legal status, laws, etc.
- ISBN
- 0-9694610-0-3
- Call Number
- E 92 A54 1990
- Location
- General Synod Archives
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
Anglican Church Leader Condemns Government Handling of Mohawk Dispute
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1622
- Date
- 1990 July 27
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- The Most Rev. Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has accused the federal government of ignoring "its constitutional responsibility to deal directly with the Mohawk Nation" to resolve the aboriginal land rights conflict at Oka, Quebec.
- In a first letter to the Prime Minister, dated July 12, Archbishop Peers urged the Federal Government to "become more directly involved with the negotiations until there is a land claims agreement in place which is acceptable to the Mohawk nation." He also urged that the situation be resolved by nonviolent means; that all armaments be put down; and that the police be withdrawn.
- He pointed out that "underlying the conflict are the issues of Land Claims and development of Aboriginal Lands. These issues are a federal responsibility."
- In a follow-up letter, dated July 26, the Primate expressed dismay that the federal government continues to ignore its constitutional responsibility to deal directly with the Mohawk Nation.
- "The actions of your government lead me to the conclusion that you reject the Supreme Court of Canada's position in the recent Sparrow case that 'the relationship between the Government and aboriginals is trust-like, rather than adversarial...'."
- "I am also disturbed," he added, "by the continuation of human rights violations by the Surete du Quebec. Yesterday the Quebec Human Rights Commission declared that 'the massive police operation against Mohawks in Oka is illegal'. The provincial police, through harassment and discrimination, are violating the fundamental rights of people living behind blockades, including the denial of food and medical services. As External Affairs Minister Joe Clark told the House of Commons two years ago, 'food should not be used as a weapon.'."
- The Anglican Church of Canada has long been an advocate of the justice struggles of Native peoples in Canada. The General Synod in 1989 expressed its support of nonviolent direct action in defence of unsurrendered Aboriginal Ancestral land, stating "That Aboriginal Peoples and Anglicans and others involved in nonviolent direct action in defence of unsurrendered Aboriginal ancestral lands and their environment be supported."
- "It is crucial that the Federal Government make the just settlement of land claims a priority. Such action would do much to create healing between the government and the First Nations of this land" the letter concludes.
- Notes
- For more information, contact: The Reverend Peter Hamel, Anglican Church of Canada, 600 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario, 416-924-9192
- Subjects
- Mohawk (Oka, Que.)
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Human rights - Canada
- Human rights - Quebec (Province)
- Human rights - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Nonviolence - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican church welcomes court decision on native land claims
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official7018
- Date
- 1997 December 12
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press release
- Text
- TORONTO (Dec. 12) -- The Anglican Church welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling recognizing the rights of native peoples to the ownership of ancestral lands that have not specifically been signed away through treaties.
- The ruling overturned a previous British Columbia ruling dealing with land claims by the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en people. The Supreme Court ruled that the trial judge erred in not recognizing the validity of native peoples' oral history and ordered a new trial.
- Donna Bomberry, the Anglican Church's Coordinator of Indigenous Ministries, said she hopes the decision will open up a new era in the way governments deal with native land claims.
- She added that because of the level at which the ruling was made, it is likely to have repercussions on many other land claims throughout the country.
- "I feel elated," Ms. Bomberry said. "It is a real breakthrough in the way land rights issues should be handled."
- Catherine Morrison, the Anglican Church's Coordinator of Indigenous Justice, said that with this ruling, Canada recognizes the value of the history and culture of native people. The decision, she added refutes the trial judge's statement that "aboriginal life in the territory was at best nasty, brutish and short."
- "With this ruling, we are seeing a level of respect for aboriginal peoples that has not existed since the first settlers were welcomed to this country," Ms. Morrison said.
- Last spring, the Anglican Council of General Synod passed a resolution expressing its support for the Gitxsan and Wet'suwet'en people in its battle through the courts. The church has also supported them through the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples, its EcoJustice Committee and the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund.
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- For more information, contact Donna Bomberry at (416) 924-9199 ext. 626; email dbomberry@national.anglican.ca; or Catherine Morrison, (416) 924-9199 ext. 239; email cmorrison@national.anglican.ca
- Contact: Doug Tindal, Director of Information Resources: 416-924-9199 ext. 286; 905-335-8349 (residence) or Sam Carriere, Editor, Print Resources: 416-924-9199 ext. 256
- Subjects
- Gitxsan - British Columbia
- Wet'suwet'en - British Columbia
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Claims
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Government relations - 1951-
- Canada. Supreme Court