File 2009.6.9.02 - Nisga'a Agreement-in-Principle

textual records

File consists of correspondence, publications, press releases, newspaper clippings, guidelines, and speeches. Includes:

• Copy of Nisga’a Nation 35th Annual Convention, Convention Book
• Publication: “Nisga’a: People of the Mighty River”
• Computer printout: “Nisga’a, British Columbia and Canada sign Agreement-in-Principle, February 15, 1996
• Nisga’a Treaty Negotiations, Agreement-in-Principle in Brief
• Chronology of events leading to an Agreement-in-Principle with the Nisga’a Tribal Council
• Nisga’a, British Columbia and Canada release historic Agreement-in-Principle
• Lock-up Guidelines, Nisga’a Agreement-in-Principle
• Speaking notes for the Honourable Ronald A. Irwin, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development re: Nisga’a Agreement-in-Principle, February 15, 1996
• Publication: Treaty No.8 Made June 21, 1899 and Adhesions, Reports, etc
• Publication: Treaty No.11 (June 27, 1921) and Adhesion (July 17, 1922) with Reports, etc.
• Publication: Indian Act, September, 1989
• Handwritten note: “The view only changes for the land (?)”
• Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Hon. Ronald A. Irwin re: thank you for support of Nisga’a Agreement-in-Principle, April 18, 1996
• Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien re: thank you for support of Nisga’a Agreement-in-Principle, April 15, 1996
• Faxed letter to Ms. Marjorie Percival, Land Claims Secretary, Nisga’a Tribal Council, from Iona Campagnolo re: Agreement-in-Principle Signing Ceremony and 39th Annual Convention, March 19, 1996
• Faxed letter to Chief Harry Nyce, Nisga’a Tribal Council, from Iona Campagnolo re: regrets for Agreement-in-Principle Signing Ceremony, March 18, 1996
• Faxed letter to Iona Campagnolo from to Ms. Marjorie Percival, Land Claims Secretary, Nisga’a Tribal Council, re: Agreement-in-Principle Signing Ceremony and 39th Annual Convention, March 18, 1996
• Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Paulette Francoeur, Head, Correspondence Unit, Office of the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, re: letter of acknowledgement, February 23, 1996
• Faxed letter to Ms. Megan Olesky, Federal Treaty Negotiation Office, from Iona Campagnolo re: event attendance, February 14, 1996
• Handwritten notes re: Nisga’a
• Handwritten notes re: First Nations Summit and Nisga’a
• Faxed letter to Iona Campagnolo from Doreen Mullings, Executive Director, Federal Treaty Negotiation Office and Joy Illington, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs re: Nisga’a Agreement-in-Principle and News Conference Invitation, February 14, 1996
• Fax to Iona Campagnolo re: “Talking points on the Nisga’a Agreement-in-Principle”, February 15, 1996
• Letter to Iona Campagnolo from Honourable Ronald A. Irwin, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development re: Nisga’a treaty negotiations, October 20, 1995
• Letter to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from Iona Campagnolo re: appreciation of government in support of Nisga’a treaty negotiations, February 12, 1996
• Letter to John Watson, Regional Director General, Indian Affairs and Northern Development from Iona Campagnolo re: thank you for briefing on Nisga’a Agreement, October 1, 1997
• Letter to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from Iona Campagnolo re: commendation of John Watson, and the Nisga’a people towards determining an Agreement, October 1, 1997
• Letter to Hon. Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development from Iona Campagnolo re: commendation of her leadership, October 1, 1997
• Newspaper clippings:
  • “Guujaaw: A man of his people” The Vancouver Sun, March 16, 2002
  • “Found Haida tattoo kit comes to light” The Vancouver Sun, March 16, 2002
  • “A culture rises again” The Vancouver Sun, March 16, 2002
  • “Balance of power” The Vancouver Sun, March 16, 2002
  • “Voices of Haida Gwaii” The Vancouver Sun, March 16, 2002
  • “Selling a philosophy of peace in Indian Country” The Globe and Mail, March 2, 1996
  • Letters to the Editor, The Globe and Mail, March 2, 1996
  • “Caution surrounds Nisga’a signing” The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1996
  • “At last! A settlement in native land claims” Times Colonist, February 25, 1996
  • “The Nisga’a agreement: a great deal or a great steal?” The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1996
  • “Natives denied land-claims justice” Times Colonist, September 15, 1990
  • “B.C. land-claim deal sails into storm” The Globe and Mail, February 16, 1996
  • “Beyond the thunder of dissent lies the fire of revolution” The Vancouver Sun (undated)
  • “The fallout will be far-reaching from the B.C. ruling on aboriginal rights” The Globe and Mail (undated)
  • “Judge the Nisga’a deal on its practical merits” The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1996
  • “The B.C. government must deal in good faith with the Nisga’a” The Globe and Mail, 1995
  • “Nisga’a negotiate an exemplary land-claim agreement in principle” The Globe and Mail, (undated)
  • “Native goals more in harmony with populist mood” (unidentified)
  • “No quick fixes expected from Nisga’a settlement” The Globe and Mail, March 25, 1996
  • “Nisga’a deal an honourable settlement” The Globe and Mail, February 24, 1996
  • “Lessons from the Nisga’a” Simon Fraser News, March 7, 1996