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Acadiensis : draft

File consists of a typescript copy of William Wicken's article, "The Mi'kmaq, the State, and the University : R. v. Donald Marshall Junior, 1993-1996," with handwritten comments regarding subsequent changes added by Wicken in March 2003.

Atlantic Policy Congress Secretariat of Chiefs : governance

File consists of a report written by Noah C. Augustine, Metepenagiag First Nation, Red Band, New Brunswick, "Traditional governance : identification of traditional governance principles and practices of the Atlantic First Nations, impact of change and contemporary governance considerations."

Book

File consists of research notes.

Canada/cabinet : document

File consists of ministerial recommendations to the federal cabinet regarding section 35 rights associated with land and natural resources, and a report on "Renewing treaties, claims and self-government negotiation processed to support a 'quality of life' agenda" for the Reference Group of Ministers on Aboriginal Policy, February 2002.

Gaspe : document list

File consists of lists of published and archival documents set out in a chronology of land, use, and occupancy.

Googoo v. R. : Bruce Wildsmith

File consists of correspondence with the counsel for Roderick Googoo, Edward Googoo, Vaughan Pictou, and Jo-Anne Toney Thorpe, Mi'kmaq retail vendors on a reserve, in their action against the Crown regarding assessments by Revenue Canada for Goods and Services Tax on sales made to non-Indians.

Googoo v. R. : outline

File consists of correspondence and reports regarding taxation, the redistribution of goods in the aboriginal economy, treaty-making, and relations between British authorities and the Mi'kmaq.

Interviews and testimony

File consists of sound recordings of interviews with Ellen Robinson, 5 June 2002, and Elsie Basque, 5 September 2002, regarding Mi'kmaq life in connection with Shubenacadie Indian Band v. Attorney General of Canada and R. v. MacDonald, as well as William Wicken's testimony on 28 October 2002. (See 2010-004/003(22) and (24) and 2010-004/004(10) for textual documentation regarding the project proposal.)

Invoices

File consists of correspondence, invoices, and supporting documentation associated with William Wicken's work as an expert witness.

MAWIW report

File consists of William Wicken's "Report on French and English documentation regarding treaty making between the Mi'kmaq and Maliseet Peoples and the British Crown."

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : Acadia

File consists of notes made from primary documents held by Library and Archives Canada and Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management regarding fishing and moose hunting by the Mi'kmaq.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : briefing notes

File consists of documents pertaining to the report by Kenny and Parenteau, and negotiations with the Departments of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and Fisheries and Oceans after the Supreme Court of Canada's Marshall Decision in September 1999.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : briefing notes

File consists of documents outlining discussions with Tom Molloy, Chief Federal Negotiator, involvement of the Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island in negotiations, research needed to support a comprehensive land claim in Gespegewagi, and possible creation of a Treaty Commission.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : Chief John Martin

File consists of a letter to Tom Molloy, Chief Federal Negotiator, regarding proposals for further research into Mi'kmaq rights, and a process to integrate the issues of the Mi'kmaq of Gespe'gewa'gig into forthcoming negotiations.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : contract

File consists of an overview of the research project to determine Mi'kmaq title to the Seventh District, and the contract with William Wicken to report on Mi'kmaq use and occupancy of this territory during the 19th and 20th centuries.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : Denis Jean

File consists of the uncorrected version of Jean's report, "The Mi'gmaq presence between Gespeg and Rimouski, including the Matapedia Valley," 14 September 2005, with William Wicken's handwritten notes.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : Department of Justice

File consists of a contingency plan to deal with reactions from stakeholders and the media in response to a forthcoming decision by the New Brunswick Court of Appeal in R. v. Joshua Bernard, a case dealing with harvesting and selling lumber cut from Crown land.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : Gaspe : summary

File consists of a report by William Wicken, "Summary of research reports, Wesgijinua'luet Research Title Project," with correspondence between Chief John Martin, Chair of the Mi'gmawei Miwiomi Assembly, and Tom Malloy, Chief Federal Negotiator.

Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat : proposal

File consists of a document submitted to the Deparment of Indian and Northern Affairs for funding comprehensive land claims research on behalf of the Mi'kmaq First Nations of Gespe'gewa'gig.

Mik'maq aboriginal title, 1997

File consists of a bound compendium of reports produced during the 1970s on the impact of the state welfare system, the status of land claims as of 1 July 1970, hunting allotments in Nova Scotia, transcripts of 17th- and 18th-century documents, the relationship between Crown land rights and the hunting and fishing rights of the Mik'maq, a review of the taxation exemptions positions held by the Union of Nova Scotia Indians, and an excerpts from the Ph.D. thesis of B.G. Hoffman dealing with Mik'maq ecology and life of the individual.

Mission property claim

File consists of the report prepared for the Confederation of Indians of Quebec by Carmen Lambert and Taylor Brelsford, "Restigouche Micmacs' specific land claims : Mann-Fraser estate, Busteed estate, Mission property," July 1980, with annotations.

Mitchell v. R

File consists of William Wicken's report, "Summary of comments on 'The Mohawks and Akwesasne : territory, political relations and trade,' report and opinion of Alexander von Gernet in the case of Grand Chief Michael Mitchell and the Minister of National Revenue."

Notes

File consists of handwritten notes concerning R. v. Bernard, meetings with Bruce Wildsmith, discussions with the Union of New Brunswick Indians regarding the applications for permits by Enbridge Gas to construct pipelines across southern New Brunswick, testimony in R. v. Stephen Frederick Marshall, and work with the Mi'gmawei Mawiomi Secretariat.

Notes

File consists of handwritten notes regarding archival documents, and a daily account of activities during August and September 2000 including research for R. v. Drew, R. v. Duthie, Shubenacadie Indian Band v. Attorney General of Canada and the Viger title claim, and court proceedings for Indian Brook v. Attorney General of Canada.

Notes : includes Marshall case

File consists of William Wicken's handwritten notes concerning research, observations, and issues for further investigation for his book on the Donald Marshall Junior case.

Nova Scotia : Tom Malloy : agreement

File consists of the text of an umbrella agreement between the Mi'kmaq and the governments of Nova Scotia and Canada regarding a Tripartite Forum and broad negotiation and consultative processes to investigate, discuss, and resolve issues associated with treaty and constitutionally protected aboriginal rights.

Patterson, Stephen

File consists of reports written by Patterson for the governments of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on land, treaties, and aboriginal rights.

R. v. Augustine

File consists of correspondence from a Crown Prosecutor in New Bruswick, requesting an opinion regarding traditional boundaries for moose hunting between Mi'kmaq and Maliseet territories.

R. v. Babin

File consists of reports by William Wicken, "The Metis in Southwestern Nova Scotia," October 2004, and "Review of Alexander von Gernet's opinion in R. v. Babin," April 2008.

R. v. Babin : interviews by Janet E. Chute : master tapes

File consists of sound recordings of interviews with Lillian Melanson, Delbert Muise, John Paul Babin, Ella Muise, John Muise, Leslie Muise, Paul Babin, Helen Babin, Bernie Doucet, Beatrice Doucette, James Breen, Andy Nickerson, and Tony Gaudet, August 2004.

R. v. Bernard : Bruce Wildsmith

File consists of correspondence with the counsel for Joshua Bernard in a case heard before the New Brunswick Provincial Court and Supreme Court of Canada regarding aboriginal rights associated with use, occupancy, and logging on Crown lands.

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