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The file consists of copies of records relating to scrip issued to Metis people in the Mackenzie River District. The original records are held by Library and Archives Canada.

The file consists of copies of records relating to scrip issued to Metis people in the Mackenzie River District. The original records are held by Library and Archives Canada.

The file consists of research materials, including notes and lists, and copies of records relating to scrip issued to Metis people in the Mackenzie River District. The original records are held by Library and Archives Canada.

This series consists of records relating to the governance of the Metis Association and Metis Nation, including Board of Directors meeting packages and minutes, Executive Committee meeting minutes, Management Committee meeting minutes, and Annual General Assembly meeting packages and minutes. Associated material like agendas, motions and resolutions, reports, correspondence, delegate lists, financial statements, Constitution and Bylaws and proposed amendments, memoranda of understanding and agreements, discussion papers, affiliation and membership applications, job descriptions, press releases, Administrative Policy Manual, and election rules are also occasionally included. Meeting minutes are usually summaries, but sometimes verbatim.

The records were originally arranged in three sets of records: Minutes, Annual General Meeting packages, and Board packages. These sets have been maintained within the overall Governance series, with some related files inserted by the Archivist from the boxes of miscellaneous records.

The file consists of records relating to economic development. The records include correspondence, a project outline, draft job description, Information Regarding Total Requirements for carrying on business in the Northwest Territories, conference agenda, contract worksheet, funding proposal, speaking notes, and briefing material about the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation.

The file consists of an office floor plan.

The file consists of records relating to the Fort Smith local, including correspondence, a Northern Life Museum pamphlet, activity reports, project and investment proposals, an Open Letter to the Catholic Bishops of Canada, affiliation applications for 1976-1978, membership lists, United Native Families report, Dene Nation Agreement in Principle newspaper clipping, Constitution and Bylaws 1977, AGM minutes for 1974, meeting minutes April 1972, February, April, May 1973, November 1976-January 1977, a motion, a budget, a press release, a floor plan for the Roaring Rapids Hall, and copies of plans for proposed offices and drop-in centre.

The file consists of records relating to interactions with the Committee of Original People's Entitlement (COPE), including correspondence, COPE Community Consensus Opinion Poll on the Boundary, COPE Overlap Position, Akana Newsletter, draft Memoranda of Agreement, reports on overlap meetings, maps showing boundary options, Explanation of Types of Land Ownership in C.O.P.E. Agreement-in-Principle with Federal Government, a newspaper article, verbatim reports from CBC Inuvik, a press release, and a resolution.

This series consists of records relating to the Locals of the Metis Association and Metis Nation in communities across what was at the time the western Northwest Territories, including Fort Smith (#50), Hay River (#51), Fort Simpson (#52), Fort Resolution (#53), Fort Good Hope (#54), Yellowknife (#55, #66, #77), Aklavik (#56), Fort Providence (#57), Fort McPherson (#58), Norman Wells (#59), Fort Norman/Tulita (#60), Inuvik (#62), Arctic Red River/Tsiigehtchic (#63), Rae/Edzo/Behchoko (#64), Pine Point (#65), Fort Liard (#67), and Fort Franklin/Deline (#75). Records, primarily minutes and correspondence, of other Metis-related organizations, including the South Slave Regional Council, South Slave Metis Tribal Council, North Slave Metis Alliance, and Hay River Metis Government Council are also included in this series.

The records include incoming and outgoing correspondence, meeting minutes submitted by the Locals, Constitutions and Bylaws of the Locals, budgets, financial records, affiliation applications and certificates, membership lists, activity reports, press releases, land use applications, Local Handbook, and information packages.The records also occasionally include meeting minutes of other community organizations.

The records would likely have originally been maintained as part of the central filing system under classification 210. However, the majority of the records had been gathered into a Locals series by the time they were processed by the Archivist. The Locals records still in the main filing system (1990-91, 1998-99, 1999-2000) were moved to the Locals series by the Archivist. The entire Locals series was arranged in essentially chronological order, while maintaining the sets of records originally apparent. Original order within the each file has mostly been maintained, although a change in the appraisal metric mid-way through processing meant that some records had to be reinserted, disrupting the original order. The files were also heavily weeded to remove duplicates.

The file consists of minutes from the Metis Association Board of Directors for May 20-21, 1972, September 2-3, 1972, December 9-10, 1972, January 28, 1973, March 24-28, 1973, May 4, 1973, May 11, 1973, and June 15-16, 1973, Annual General Assembly minutes for January 26-28, 1973 and August 9-12, 1974, and a Financial Statement for August 1972. Associated material like agendas, reports, list of advisory councils and board of directors, delegate lists, and election rules are also occasionally included. Meeting minutes are usually summaries, but sometimes verbatim.

The file consists of records relating to Locals, including an excerpt from a board meeting and a newspaper article.

The file consists of records relating to the South Slave Regional Council, including correspondence, Constitution and Bylaws, minutes for January and May 1988, motions from May and September 1988 and January 1989, minutes for the South Slave Tribal Council January 1988 and motions from May 1988, resolutions, water quality reference material, Slave River Lowlands Wood Bison Ranch Project Summary, and minutes from the Land Use Planning Workshop in March 1988.

The file consists of records relating to the Hay River local, including correspondence, press releases and a news article, affiliation application for 1976-1978, membership lists, meeting minutes for April, July 1977, January 1978, caveat registration, Fisherman's Federation meeting minutes and other material, Report on the Commercial Fishing Industry on Great Slave Lake, Constitution and Bylaws, activity and project reports, project proposal, and list of Locals' executive members.

The file consists of records relating to the Fort Good Hope local, including correspondence, affiliation applications for 1976-1978, membership lists, an application for use of school facilities, meeting minutes for August 1977, December 1977-January 1978, motions, and minutes for the 1973 AGM 1973.

This series consists of records relating to projects undertaken by the Metis Association and Metis Nation and areas of interest and involvement, including the Metis History Project, Norman Wells Project (Community and Social Development Projects), oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea, Bill C-31 (reinstatement of Indian status), land claims, Metis Elders Workshop, Northern Contaminants Program, Youth Environmental Corps, and the Tulu Projects. The records include research materials, correspondence, briefing notes, financial records, reports, press releases, meeting minutes and motions, funding proposals, agreements, survey responses, work plans, applications, presentations and speaking notes, position and discussion papers, community acceptance vote forms, voter lists, and results, curriculum materials, job descriptions, participant forms and feedback, maps, and photographs.

Project records have been assembled by the Archivist and arranged in approximately chronological order by project. Some of the projects might have originally been classified under the central filing system and additional records may be found in the central filing system records sets within the Administration series.

The file consists of records relating to land claims, including Position Paper of Native Council of Canada on Aboriginal Rights, meeting minutes, legal affadavit, Critique of "The Dene Proposal -- July 1977", A Presentation to the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, correspondence, loan agreement, budgets, "Towards a Land Settlement in the Treaty Areas of the Northwest Territories", Indian and Eskimo Claims Policy, Parties and Process Crossing the Threshhold of Dene and Metis Claims in the Mackenzie Valley, A Basis for the Enrollment of the Metis and Non-Status Indians of the Northwest Territories, notes on eligibility, Political Evolution proposal, list of Areas for Study for Land Claims Proposal.

The file consists of records relating to Annual General Assemblies, including correspondence, travel itinerary, notices of meeting and invitations, 1979 summary minutes, 1978 Constitution and Bylaws, 1978 tentative agenda, 1976 motions, 1977 summary minutes, 1976 bylaw amendments, and 1976 nomination forms.

The file consists of records relating to the Liason Program Develoment Project of the Native Council of Canada. The records include correspondence, Summary of Activity in Current Projects and Programs, job descriptions, a job posting, workshop agenda and minutes, discussion papers, and travel guidelines.

This series relates to the administration of the Metis Association and Metis and also includes existing segments of the central filing system. The records relate to the general topics of constitution and bylaws, policies, agreements, assembly planning, meetings, membership, communications, strategic planning, legal matters, self-government, constitutional development, Metis history, curriculum development, fur advocacy, Liason Program Development Project, Metis Health Benefits, Youth Service Canada Project, and interactions with Dene Nation, Metis Development Corporation, West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, Native Council of Canada, and other external organizations, committees, and government departments.

The records include correspondence, constitutions and bylaws, policies and procedures, manuals, financial records, funding submissions, agreements, meeting agendas and minutes, strategic plans, reports, press releases, newsletters, radio scripts, news articles, presentations, membership applications, application forms, job descriptions, court documents, biographies, discussion and research papers, briefing materials, reference material, and conference information.

There appear to be several discernable sets of records, of varying levels of completeness, belonging to the central filing system: ca. 1970s, C-series ca. 1980s, 1991/92, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, and 1999/00. These sets have been maintained or reconstructed by the Archivist as much as possible and the sets arranged in chronological order. A final set of administrative records, which was gathered by the Archivist, particularly from boxes of miscellaneous files, is arranged to mirror the central file plan and is found at the end of the series.

The file consists of records relating to the Tulita (Fort Norman) local, including a Societies certificate, Constitution and bylaws 1977, correspondence, June 1974 and November-December 1977 meeting minutes, affiliation applications for 1976-1977, Colin Campbell School newsletters, Fort Norman Settlement Council minutes for January-February, June-November 1976, list of General Hunting License holders,