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The records relate to former Northwest Territories Commissioner John Parker's role as a high-level bureaucrat with the Government of the Northwest Territories, most notably as Deputy Commissioner (1967-1979) and Commissioner (1979-1989). The records include meeting minutes and correspondence relating to land claims, division of the Northwest Territories, the Drury Commission, constitutional development, and Executive Council activities (including thinktank retreats). The records also detail his involvement with community and/or territorial-based organizations such as St. John Ambulance, the Fox Moth Society, and the Legislative Assembly Building Society.

This fonds consists of 3 m of textual material created by John H. Parker throughout his career spent in the Northwest Territories. Included are records related to the transfer of responsibilities from the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs to the then fledgling Government of the Northwest Territories. There are also files on a variety of political subjects including constitutional development, devolution of responsibility from the Commissioner's Office to the elected Executive Council, and land claims and the division of the Northwest Territories. John Parker was also involved in many groups and associations. Records of the Legislative Assembly Building Society, the Science Institute of the Northwest Territories, the Fox Moth Society, and St. John Ambulance are found here.

[Relates to John Parker's position as a member of the Inuvialuit Final Agreement Arbitration Board, as appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Includes meeting notes and correspondence with the committee members.]

Transfer of Departmental Programs to the Territorial Government. [Index lists ten sections: 1. Naming the Seat of Government of the Northwest Territories and Relocating the Territorial Administration Therein. 2. Residual Responsibiliies. 3. Finance. 4. Engineering. 5. Personnel. 6. Education. 7. Welfare. 8. Northern Housing. 9. Materiel Management. 10. Industrial.]

Transfer of Departmental Programs to the Territorial Government. [Index to Volume One lists ten sections: 1. Naming the Seat of Government of the Northwest Territories and Relocating the Territorial Administration Therein. 2. Residual Responsibiliies. 3. Finance. 4. Engineering. 5. Personnel. 6. Education. 7. Welfare. 8. Northern Housing. 9. Materiel Management. 10. Industrial.]

[Division of the NWT. File spans January to April 1987, the period of negotiation for the boundary plebiscite. Includes a copy of the 'Boundary and Constitutional Agreement for the Implementation of Division of the Northwest Territories Between the Western Constitutional Forum and the Nunavut Constitutional Forum', from January 15, 1987. Also included are sketch maps showing the various parties' positions on the boundary.]

[Notes from meetings held between the Northwest Territories' Legislature and the Prime Minister's Office regarding the Constitution of Canada. In attendance were Prime Minister Trudeau, Jean Chretien, Paul Tellier, John Munro, Peter Ittinuar, Kit Spence, Neil Faulkner, and John Parker, among others. Secondary meetings were held with John Munro and with Fred Gibson. Also includes a brief relating to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Special Committee on the Constitution press conference held November 16, 1981. George Braden and Nellie Cournoyea were Co-Chairs of the Committee.]

[Consists of a report by the Bureau of Statistics entitled 'Plebiscite on the Division of the Northwest Territories - Voter Choice, Participation and Eligibility'. Also includes the 'Report of the Special Committee on Unity Recommendations as Amended' from the 3rd Session of the 9th Legislative Assembly'.]

Nunavut/Western Conflict. [Includes legislative material and background information relating to Inuit land claims, the creation of Nunavut, and the role of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada. Also includes a report entitled 'Overlap Agreement Between the Dene/Metis and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut'.]

Unity-Division [of the Northwest Territories, including the proposed plebiscite. Includes letters of support for both camps from Robert Engle of Northwest Territorial Airways, the Metis Association, Dene Nation, and various members of the Legislative Assembly.]

[Projected populations of the Northwest Territories as it relates to Division. Multiple scenarios are shown based on the placement of the line used to split the territory.]

COPE [Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement. File relating to the Inuvialuit land claim.]

[Commissioner Parker's meeting notes relating to the division of the Northwest Territories. He met with Stephen Kakfwi, John Amagoalik, Nick Sibbeston, Tagak Curley, and Gordon Wray.]

[Boundary plebiscite of March 1987 which did not proceed. Includes the original correspondence from the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, Metis Association of the Northwest Territories, and Dene Nation notifying the Commissioner's Office of their relative positions concerning the proposed border.]

Salt Plains Indian Reserve - NWT. [Relates to the repopulation of the Salt River Indian Reserve settlement in the late 1970s by a small group of families and the subsequent implications for the Federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.]

[Results of the 1982 plebiscite on the division of the Northwest Territories. Includes a presentation by Yellowknife South MLA Lynda Sorensen entitled 'Together We Have a Chance'.]

[Correspondence between Commissioner Parker and Government Leader George Braden. Includes a copy of the 'Presentation to the Special Joint Committee on the Reform of the Senate of Canada by the Honourable George Braden, Leader of the Elected Executive'.]

[Correspondence between the Commissioner's Office and Executive Council member Nellie Cournoyea.]

[Drafts of working papers of interest re: Nunavut. Includes a set of questions posed by Deputy Commissioner Parker to the Federal Government on the issue.]

[Correspondence between Commissioner Parker and Supreme Court Justice Mark de Weerdt. Relates to Paulette et. Al. v. The Queen, the legal case of Francois Paulette and aboriginal land title.]