Endnotes to Chapter 10

1 J.M. Bumstead, 1999, Dictionary of Manitoba Biography, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press.

2 Prince and Myron v. The Queen, [1964] S.C.R. 81, Supreme Court of Canada, https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/6590/index.do.

3 Leona Freed, interview with author, July 1999.

4 Ibid.

5 Mike Scott, MP, speaking in 36th Parliament, 1st Session, Hansard, No. 128, September 29, 1998.

6 Paul Melting Tallow, 1998, “Leaked letter leads to libel lawsuit,” Windspeaker, Vol. 15, Issue 11.

7 Paul Melting Tallow, 1998, “No answers, no culprits in leaked letter investigation,” Alberta Sweetgrass, Vol. 15, Issue 4.

8 Windspeaker Staff, 1998, “Protect the Whistle Blower,” Windspeaker, Vol. 15, Issue 11.

9 Ibid.

10 Leona Freed, interview with author, July 1999.

11 Ibid.

12 Jane Stewart, Address by the Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, on the occasion of the unveiling of Gathering Strength — Canada’s Aboriginal Action Plan, Ottawa, January 7, 1998, 12.

13 Jane Stewart, 1998 as quoted in “Federal government makes untimely response to RCAP,” Saskatchewan Indian, Vol. 29, No. 1, 25.

14 Dianne Rinehart, “Indian women say fraud, nepotism rife on reserves,” Vancouver Sun, April 13, 1999.

15 Roy MacGregor, “The man from Wild Rose hasn’t felt this alive for nearly half a century,” The Globe and Mail, June 11, 2004.

16 James Brooke, “Canada’s Tribal Women Fight (Mostly Male) Graft,” New York Times, January 1, 2001, http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/01/world/canada-s-tribal-women-fight-mostly-male-graft.html.

17 Myron Thompson, speaking on First Nations Ombudsman Act, Second Reading of Bill C-222, House of Commons, November 4, 1999, https://openparliament.ca/debates/1999/11/4/myron-thompson-2/only/.

18 Myron Thompson, speaking on The First Nations Ombudsman Act, House of Commons, November 4, 1999, https://openparliament.ca/debates/1999/11/4/myron-thompson-2/only/.

19 Leona Freed, interview with author, August 2017.

20 Rinehart, 1999.

21 Thompson, 1999.

22 Marcia Nickerson, 2017, “Characteristics of a Nation-to-Nation Relationship,” Institute on Governance, 16.

23 First Nations Elections: The Choice is Inherently Theirs, Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, 2010, 22.

24 Harry Swain, 2010, Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy, Douglas & McIntyre, 28.

25 Freed, 2017.

26 Leona Freed, 1999, Evidence, Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples, Room 160-S, Tuesday, March 2, 1999.

27 Ibid.

28 Ibid.

29 Ibid.

30 Ibid.

31 Sheldon Alberts, “Self-government is self-destruction, native group says,” National Post, March 3, 1999.

32 Bill C-222, First Nations Ombudsman Act, 1999, http://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=9554&Language=E.