LibGuides: Indigenous Resources: Government, Law, and Policies

Databases

CanLII
CanLII is a non-profit organization that has been engaged by the law societies of Canada that are members of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to establish, operate, maintain and provide to the law societies a website dedicated to providing continuous access to a virtual library of Canadian legal information. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible on the Internet.
GALLOP Portal
Government and Legislation Libraries Online Publications Portal.
CNDHI
Canadian National Digital Heritage Index is managed by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and supported by Library and Archives Canada (LAC).

Indigenous Government Departments and Ministries

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) continues to renew the nation-to-nation, Inuit-Crown, government-to-government relationship between Canada and First Nations, Inuit and Métis; modernize Government of Canada structures to enable Indigenous peoples to build capacity and support their vision of self-determination; and lead the Government of Canada's work in the North.
Indigenous Relations: Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO)
Indigenous resource page for AMO.
Indigenous Services Canada
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) works collaboratively with partners to improve access to high quality services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Our vision is to support and empower Indigenous peoples to independently deliver services and address the socio-economic conditions in their communities.
Government of Ontario: Ministry of Indigenous Affairs
Working to ensure a better future for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.

Government & Policy Resources

Indigenous Peoples and human rights (From Government of Canada)
Provides information about Indigenous people’s human rights in Canada. This includes explanation of the 2008 repeal to section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act that allows First Nations peoples to file human rights complaints, history of the Human Rights Act of Canada, changes to the act, human rights complaints, and international Indigenous affairs.
Infographic for Department of Indigenous Services
Government of Canada Info Base includes interactive hubs for the Department of Indigenous Services.
Indigenous documentary heritage initiatives (From Library and Archives Canada)
"Learn how Library and Archives Canada (LAC) increases access to Indigenous-related content in its collection and supports Indigenous communities to preserve First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation cultures and languages" (para. 1).
Principles respecting the Government of Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples
Laws and regulations
"Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) administers many pieces of legislation, either in whole or in part. CIRNAC develops and enforces regulations under authority delegated by the legislation that directly impact First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Northerners" (para. 1). This resource includes links to acts, regulations, regulatory plan, regulatory authorizations, administrative burdens, and policies.
Overview of Indigenous governance in Canada: Evolving relations and key issues and debates
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)- first chapter in the OECD Rural Policy Reviews Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development in Canada report.
Government Policy (From Indigenous Foundations - UBC)
Provides information about government policies related to Indigenous peoples.
Indigenous Peoples and Government Policy in Canada (From The Canadian Encyclopedia
Article by John Leonard Taylor provides overview about government policies with Indigenous Peoples and the Crown. Sections include early colonial-indigenous relationships and policies; settlement and post-confederation policies; Indian status; indigenous suffrage; residential schools; treaties, reserves and land claims; and indigenous initiatives toward self-government.
Self-government
Government resource about Indigenous self-government in Canada.
The Government of Canada's Approach to Implementation of the Inherent Right and the Negotiation of Aboriginal Self-Government
Government resources that outlines policies related to self-governing of Indigenous people's of Canada.
Indigenous Learning Series
"Under the themes of Recognition, Respect, Relationships and Reconciliation, the Indigenous Learning Series provides access to resources, courses, workshops and events on the history, heritage, cultures, rights and perspectives of Canada's Indigenous Peoples, as well as on their varied and long-standing relationships with the Crown" (From Government of Canada, 2021, para. 1).
Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Provides information about implementing the UN's declaration of the rights for Indigenous peoples.
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples "establishes a universal framework of minimum standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the indigenous peoples of the world and it elaborates on existing human rights standards and fundamental freedoms as they apply to the specific situation of indigenous peoples" (para. 2).
Legal Aid Ontario - Aboriginal Issues
Resource that provides links and Legal Aid Information specifically for Indigenous peoples: First Nations, Metis, and Inuit.
National Aboriginal Document Database
Provides links to Indigenous Statutes/Acts, Court Decisions, and Treaties.
Justice Laws Website - Search Tool
Provides access to federal acts and regulations of Canada.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Search Tool
Library and Archives of Canada search tool.
How Did We Get Here? A Concise, Unvarnished Account of the History of the Relationship Between Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Report by Senate of Canada detailing the history of Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Government of Canada Publications - Search Tool
Advance search tool for Government of Canada repositories, websites, documents and Statistics Canada.
Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (From Library and Archives Canada)
"The Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) concerns government policy with respect to the original historical nations of this country. Those nations are important to Canada, and how Canada relates to them defines in large measure its sense of justice and its image in its own eyes and before the world" (para. 1).