Transcript of conference of Dr. Duncan C. Scott, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada, and W.E. Ditchburn, Chief Inspector of Indian Agencies of British Columbia with the Executive Committee of the Allied Indian Tribes of British Columbia.

Copied from photocopy loaned by Duane Thomson, Okanagan College, Penticton.

SUMMARY: This appears to be a unique and valuable series of interviews and on-the-spot raw material from a pivotal confrontation between loggers and the Haida on Lyell Island in the Queen Charlottes. Contents ;include: an interview with Harvey Hurd, Manager of Operations for Western Forest Products on the Q.C.I. (T4342:0033); helicopter tour conducted by Brian Eccles, October 1984 (T4342:0035); Frank Beban ;debating Peter Hamel, and interviews with native elders including Ada Yovanovich and Ethel Jones (T4342:0037 and/or 0038); interview with Neil and Betty Carey in Sandspit (T4342:0039).;

SUMMARY: Dub of a CBC Radio open-line show on the subject of native land claims in B.C. and the Yukon.;

The series contains records pulled from the office of Ken Baker, Assistant Deputy Minister of the Resource Management Division, Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management. In 2005, the functions of this office were moved to the Strategic Initiatives Division of the Integrated Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. These Records were used to inform the executive of current issues being dealt with by the ministry.
The records in this series mainly deal with important issues relating to Land Use Plans in land management areas. The records contain mainly briefing notes and correspondence sent to the executive explaining changes to Land Management programs, terminology, as well as updates on the progress with First Nations (mainly Haida) consultations and treaty negotiations related to land use planning. The records also contain numerous subject files on executive issues including several topics related to conservation, sustainable resource management plans, and plans for resource development such as mining, water, oil and gas. These files mainly contain correspondence, updates from committees, backgrounders, briefing or information notes, minutes of conference calls, presentations about land management/land use planning and assessment reports.
There are also copies of admin-related files that were reviewed by the ADM, such as changes in organizational structure, hiring, employee reviews and budget updates.

The records are arranged according to the Administrative Records Classification System. Records are filed under the following primary and secondary numbers:
102-20 : Administration - meetings - minutes
105-20 : Administration - organization - branch, region and district organization and responsibilities
125-20 : Legislation - British Columbia - B.C. Government legislation and regulations
155-08 : Invitations
160-20 : Association, club and society files
202-20 : Ministry committees
204-20 : Inter-ministerial committees
235-20 : Cooperation and liaison - federal - federal government departments, branches, and agencies
265-20 : Delegation of authority - authorizations/matrices
275-04 : Disaster planning
280-20 : Executive services - briefing notes
280-40 : Executive services - executive issues
350-20 : Legal issues
400-07 : Plans and programs - strategic planning
440-20 : General reports/statistics
1000-01 : Budgets - general
1300-01 : Personnel - general
1310-01 : Awards and honours - general

Records related to land disputes arising from conflicting claims and applications for the purchase of unsurveyed lands and pastoral lands in the vicinity of Port Simpson, Coast Land District. Includes correspondence, applications, sketches, and a copy of a report of the Executive Council dated 13 May 1891.

SUMMARY: A 55-minute program for CBC Ideas (edited down from a two-hour regional special) about the confrontation on Lyell Island in the Queen Charlottes and the Haida blockade of logging operations there. The; Haida, led by Miles Richardson, were confronting loggers working for local contractor Frank Beban, who was under contract to Western Forest Products. The blockade led to dozens of arrests and focused; international attention on the dispute.;

Commission appointing James A.J. McKenna a Special Commissioner to investigate claims put forth by and on behalf of the Indians of British Columbia as to lands and rights ... (1912) and a copy of the Commission appointing Edward Ludlow Wetmore et al Commissioners to settle all differences between the Governments of the Dominion of Canada and of the Province of British Columbia respecting Indian Lands and Indian Affairs in the said Province (1913). This collection also includes the minutes of the B.C. Indian Arts Society meetings, 1970-1982. G. Macrina Parker was the granddaughter of James McKenna and the niece of Grace Horgan, secretary of the B.C. Indian Arts Society.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Miles Richardson, President, Council of the Haida Nation. Topics; the Haida Nation; Aboriginal land claims; self-determination; population. Mike Harcourt; Vancouver mayor and NDP candidate; Bob Skelly, Social Credit; Cambie Street Bridge. Rita Johnson; Sunday liquor laws; the Public Service. Deputy Premier Grace McCarthy, Social Credit; economic strategy; airport improvements; transportation to airport; Port of Vancouver; Roberts Bank development; Bill Vander Zalm; Bill Bennett; Expo 86; Louisiana Pacific loan; gambling; abortion; lottery funds; teachers right to strike; Kerkhof Hyundai; recession; East Vancouver.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Audio missing for first two minutes. To start the show, Jack speaks with former police office Brian Lawrie about having former police officers defend people in traffic court in Ontario; Mr. Lawrie is in BC to sell franchises at a price of $35,000 for his business, called POINTTS. Also in the studio, Frank Maczko, Secretary of the Law Society of BC. Jack speaks with actuary Byron Straight about ownership of pension plans. To close the show, one in a series on Native Land Claims in BC. Jack speaks with Eddie John, Tribal Chief of the Carrier/Sekani.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Jack speaks with Bill Vander Zalm, live from Victoria. They discuss Mr. Vander Zalm’s appointment as leader of the Social Credit party; Bill’s personality and leadership style; minimum wage; casino gambling; the IWA; cheap beer; stumpage fees. Then a story about child abuse in BC schools. Jack speaks with Barry Sullivan, author of an inquiry ordered by the Attorney General in reaction to the Robert Noyes case. Jack talks about countervailing duties and the IWA and speaks with Keith Bennett, President of Forest Industrial Relations. Then, another story about Native land claims, this time, the Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en. Jack talks with Neil Sterritt of the Gitksan-Wet’suwet’en Tribal Council.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Panel of Richard Briggs (Walt Disney Pictures), Dianne Neufeld (BC Film Commission), and Jim Westwell (Film accountant) warn Jack about threats facing “Hollywood North” and the film industry in Canada. Pierre Jeanniot, President and CEO of Air Canada, discusses the airline industry. Nishga Tribal Council land claims are the topic of discussion with Rod Robinson, Chief of Nishga Tribal Council.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Earl Mindell, author of “The Pill Bible”, on the value of vitamins. Sexual abuse of children is discussed with Elsie McMurphy, president of the BC Teachers’ Federation, and Eric Buckley, president of the BC School Trustees Association. Bob Pascoe, the chief of Jack Creek Band, talks about the Alliance of Tribal Councils, and the CNR.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Harry Goldberg, Chief Electoral Officer, is in the studio with Jack on the topic of electoral and voting issues. Chairman of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council, George Watts, discusses land claims on Vancouver Island.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Bruce Strachan of Intergovernmental Relations discusses First Nations land claim issues. Stephen Scott of the Canadian Federation of Students, Jill Spicer (graduate) and Kyong-Ae Kim (student) discuss the rising cost of college tuition and subsequent high debt resulting from school loans.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Carole Taylor, Non-Partisan Association (NPA), City of Vancouver Independent candidate for Vancouver alderman; Robin Lecky; Art Phillips; property endowment fund; Harry Rankin; prostitution barricades; Capital Plan for Vancouver; Vancouver Zoo; food bank; Sylvia Russell; Expo 86 pilings in False Creek. Newsmakers Match. Karen Owens, nutritional biochemist from California; smoking; smoking in the workplace; second-hand smoke and lung cancer; free-radicals; tryptophan for insomnia; racket ball; ventilation; UCLA; UC Davis; vitamin E; pollution; Pritikin Diet. Aboriginal land claims; Kootenay West Indian Bands; Sophie Pierre, chief of St. Mary's Band Cranbrook, Kootenay Nation; Kootenay area land claim; economic conditions; unemployment; quality of life; Charter of Rights and the Indian Act; lack of freedom; cultural survival; language; recognition; reserve lands; five bands; housing; Kootenay Indian area council; forestry dispute language. Jack Munro, President, International Woodworkers Association-Canada; Justice Hutcheon Report; Crown forest; contracting out; strike; election.

The item consists of handwritten copies of a lecture on the Indians title to the lands of B.C. It was given by Rev. A.E. O'Meara and delivered at Aberdeen School, Vancouver, April 22nd, 1910.

SUMMARY: A program about some of the First Nations of the Gulf of Georgia -- early days, encounters with white explorers, and contemporary experiences -- and particularly about the Sechelt, Cape Mudge and Musqueam people, including the latter's struggle with Vancouver City Council over the development of land on their reserve. Voices heard are: Chief Clarence Joe of Sechelt, Chief Councillor Moon of Cape Mudge, Ed Sparrow of Musqueam, and Roderick Haig-Brown.

Documentary. Traces the historical cases for land claims of British Columbia Indians.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Segment 7, start missed. To start the show, Jack talks about a Vancouver police office, Bernie Smith, also known as “Whistling” Smith. Jack shows film of the roast held in his honour the previous night. Then Jack speaks with Mary Easterton, Council for Yukon Indians, and Jim Antoine, Chief of the Dene Nation. They discuss the difficulties facing the northern First Nations; land settlement rights and land claims; education; protection of language, heritage and culture; the Mackenzie Valley pipeline; housing; self-determination; status versus non-status Indians.

The series consists of meeting minutes, reports, presentations, correspondence, work plans, briefing notes, and summaries of court decisions. The records were created between 1989 and 2008 by the Local Government First Nations Relations section of the Ministry of Community Services and are arranged alphabetically by topic. The records document the relationship between the provincial government and First Nations representatives, and provide evidence of the overall approach for developing effective working relations between the two. The series includes several files on Aboriginal litigation, and includes records citing the Delgamuukw case. The series consists of records dealing with capacity building, amendments to reserve land and boundary extensions, First Nations taxation, the Economic Measures fund, treaties and planning. The series is covered by BC ORCS schedule 126379 (Local Government Services), secondary 55500-40.

Records of British Columbia Indian Agencies; letterbooks, letters inward, subject files, general administration files, agents' journals, constable's reports, agricultural and industrial statistics, correspondence re Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (1913-1916). Includes Alert Bay (1891-1909, 1913-1914), Babine (1888-1905), Bella Coola (1915-1921), Cowichan (1881-1948), Kamloops (1888-1915), Kootenay (1906-1919), New Westminster (1897-1922), Queen Charlotte (1888-1923), Stuart Lake (1910-1919), and West Coast (1895-1920) Indian Agencies. From volumes 1325-1328, 1336-1392, 1442-1449 1451-1495, 1563-1567, 1583-1591, 1648-1654, 1658-1665, Record Group 10.

This series consists of resource management plans (RMPs) and aboriginal liaison files from the Northern Interior and surrounding region. Most records date from 1999 to 2010. These records document the creation of various kinds of land and resource management plans, as well as the government’s related consultation and relations with Indigenous groups. Many files relate to Old Growth Management Areas (OGMAs) and other forestry resources.

This series includes a wide variety of types of records and subjects. Each records type has been assigned an ORCS number from the Resource Management ORCS (schedule 144100). This number is included at the beginning of each file code in the finding aid. These are the file numbers used by the creator. In order to search for a particular file type, try searching for all or part of the ORCS number in the finding aid. The following types of files are included in the series:

Aboriginal liaison case files document the government’s resource management involvement with First Nations groups and consultation with respect to resource management plans. Each file documents consultation and communication with a particular First Nation, Tribal Council or other Indigenous group regarding a variety of issues and practices related to resource management and use. Many files document the creation and finalization of various kinds of agreements between the Ministry and First Nations groups. Files also include the planning and execution of joint projects, workshops and meetings to consult First Nations about the creation of resource management plans or to address specific resource management issues. Classified under ORCS number 17020-20.

Resource management plan referral case files relate to the review of plans submitted by organizations outside government, such as industry, First Nations, non-profit groups, and other government bodies. Classified under ORCS number 17490-20.

Land and Resource Management Plans (LRMPs) are sub-regional integrated RMPs. They are large scale and cover a number of resource sectors (a discrete natural or social resource such as tourism, forestry or mining). Regions are divided into smaller management areas called sub-regions. Records may relate to the development, including research, consultation with interested parties and creating terms of reference; implementation; monitoring to determined if the plans objectives are being met; and amendment of LRMPs over time. Similar steps are used for all RMPs in this series. Includes LRMP files for Mackenzie, Prince George, Fort St. James, Vanderhoof, and Kalum. Classified under ORCS numbers 17550-02, 17550-25, 17550-50 and 17550-60.

Landscape unit plants relate to the development, implementation, monitoring and amendment of landscape unit RMPs. Landscape unit plans often result in a set of legally binding resource management goals called 'landscape unit objectives'. These objectives are measurable goals defined by a geographic area, a specific timeframe and an individual resource or use of a resource. Classified under ORCS numbers 17580-55, 17580-25 and 17580-03.

Sustainable resource management plans (SRMPs) cover a relatively small area (usually under 100,000 hectares), referred to as a landscape unit, and address multiple resource management issues in the area. An SRMP is divided into chapters, with each chapter providing the planning for a specific resource value. Records relate to the development, implementation, monitoring and amendment of sustainable resource management plans (SRMPs). This series includes records related to the Fort St. James, Mackenzie, South Trench, Prince George Timber Supply Area, Interior Cedar Hemlock Biodiversity Project, McBride Valemount, Robson Valley and Slim/Dome SRMPs. Classified under ORCS numbers 17730-02, 17730-20, 17730-25 and 17730-30.

Many files relate to a particular Indigenous group, mostly from the Northern Interior region of BC. These include (outdated names used in the records are listed in brackets): Carrier Sekani Tribal Council, Cheslatta Carrier Nation, Gitxsan, Iskut, Lake Babine Nation, Lheidli T’enneh, Lhoosk’uz Dene, Lhtako Dené (Red Bluff), Nadleh Whut’en, Nak’azdli, Nakawē (Saulteau), Nazko, Nisga’a, Saik’uz, Simpcw (North Thompson), Stellat’en, Takla Lake, Tl’azt’en, Tsay Keh Dene, Tse’khene (Kwadacha and McLeod), Tsq’escen (Canim Lake), Ulkatcho, Xat’sūll (Soda Creek), and Yekooche.

Record types include approved plans, terms of reference, objectives, consultation case files, First Nations consultation files, implementation files, planning team records, development case files, correspondence, memoranda, maps, photographs, data, and reports.

The item is a microfiche copy of a thesis by Naneen Ethyl Grace Stuckey titled "Tsimshian testimony before the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the province of British Columbia (1913-1916)." x, 169 leaves: maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of Victoria, 1981. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 152-155. Canadian theses on microfiche, 55915.

Edited typescript of an interview of the Executive Council (Premier McBride, Hon. Dr. Young, Hon. Price Ellison, Hon. Thomas Taylor and Hon. A.E. McPhillips) with Indians, Chief B.P. Kelly from Hartley Bay, Chief John Chilheetsa of Douglas Lake and Sub-chief George Quakatston of the Cowichans representing all Indians of the province. The Indians make an appeal for justice regarding ownership of the land. McBride responds. J.A. Teit acts as interpreter. [From 1975-1998 this was called Add.MSS. 115.]