Surveys & Related Documents
First Nation Lands under a Land Code remain Federal Lands under Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act 1982 and are [...]
Land Use Planning
Introduction and Summary It is widely acknowledged that the development of Land Use Plans (LUPs) is one of the best [...]
Knowledge Sharing
The Resource Centre (RC) is committed to assisting operational communities in identifying their priorities, needs, and work planning for successful [...]
Wills & Estates
INAC will continue to help manage the estates of deceased, minor or mentally incompetent status First Nations individuals who were [...]
Environment
Common Environmental Acronyms: EAEnvironmentalAssessment• Predicts the potential environmental, social and cultural effects of a project before the project occurs• Proposes [...]
Natural Resources
Operational First Nations will have Natural Resource provisions under their Land Codes, including removal requirements. You may want to consider [...]
Law Development
Where does your authority come from to create a Law? Land Code Self-Government Treaty A broad, general principle to set [...]
Website Development
The following is a suggested list of items you may wish to include on your website: Logo, Pictures and Background [...]
Mapping (GIS)
Mapping (GIS) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can be a powerful tool for Land Governance under the Framework Agreement. It can [...]
Lands Inventory & File Management
ELECTRONIC LANDS INVENTORY To assist in building your Electronic Lands Inventory, you can extract reports from FNLRS. Search Instrument – [...]
Traditional Land Holdings
First Nations are working to develop Traditional Land Holdings Laws (Family Holdings, Custom Holdings, etc.) that merge the non-registered historical [...]
Individual Interests/Land Rights and Allotments
Individual interests/land rights (QC) are rights given to individual First Nation members to use, occupy and possess specific parcels of [...]
Land Registry Checklists & Procedures
The following registration procedures are samples that have been developed by operational First Nations. You are encouraged to use them [...]
First Nation Land Registry
NOTE concerning terminology The Framework Agreement and the First Nations Land Registry Regulations use the term “document” (in English and [...]
Operational Start Up
There are three main components an operational First Nation should look to formalize when starting up their Lands Governance Office. [...]
Land Governance Authority
LEGAL STATUS AND POWERS OF FIRST NATIONS The Framework Agreement provides the option to govern and manage reserve lands outside [...]
Background
This project came about as requested by a number of operational and developmental First Nations over the years. It’s a [...]
Climate Change
Section 1: Technical Background – Basics of Climate Science Key Terms Adaptation: Climate adaptation refers to the reaction or response [...]