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Governance
354-S01 · Series · 1972-2000
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

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.

Locals
354-S02 · Series · 1972-2000
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

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.

Chronos
354-S03 · Series · 1975-2000
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

This series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence and internal memorandums of the Metis Association and Metis Nation. Topics include housing program, land claims, self-government, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry, Norman Wells Project, Alberta-Pacific Pulp Mill, Bill C-31, court workers, criminal justice system, activity updates, relationship with Dene Nation, Metis Census project, Metis history project, Great Slave Lake Clean-up Project, Youth Services Historic Site Identification and Clean-up Project (Tulu Project), Youth Environmental Corps, Northern Contaminants Program, Métis Tutorial Program, Metis Development Corporation, economic development, employment, education, Student Financial Assistance Program, health, Metis Health Benefits, constitutional development, alcohol and drug abuse, aboriginal rights, wildlife and resource management, climate change, trapping and fur, devolution, division with Nunavut, advocacy, funding, and internal administration.

The records also include letters of support, press releases, presentation notes, briefing notes, reports, financial records, meeting minutes, draft resolutions, funding proposals and applications, agreements, court documents, conference information, job postings, scholarship criteria and application forms, and the Metis Declaration.

The majority of the files were originally arranged in chronological order, which has been maintained. Additional files of correspondence from boxes of miscellaneous files have been inserted into the series by the Archivist.

Administration
354-S04 · Series · 1974-2000
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

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.

Membership/Enumeration
354-S05 · Series · 1977-1994
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

This series consists of records relating to censuses and surveys conducted of the Metis population of the Northwest Territories and to gaining membership in the Metis Association/Metis Nation at the Local or general level. The membership records include completed application forms and membership lists. Census and questionnaire records include completed forms for the 1977-79 and 1993 censuses and the ca. 1980 questionnaire, compiled results for the 1977-79 census and ca. 1980 questionnaire, enumerators’ logs from the 1993 census, and a project guide, registration forms, application control lists, tracking forms, and correspondence for the 1977-79 census. Participants from the following communities were included: Arctic Red River (Tsiigehtchic), Little Doctor Lake, Fort Reliance, Kakisa, Aklavik, Colville Lake, Fort Franklin (Deline), Fort Good Hope, Fort Liard, Fort McPherson, Fort Norman (Tulita), Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Hay River, Inuvik, Pine Point, Tuktoyaktuk, Sachs Harbour, Norman Wells, Rae-Edzo (Behchoko), Yellowknife, Dettah, Lutselk'e, Iqaluit, Grise Fiord, Arviat, Big Buffalo River Junction, Cambridge Bay, Cape Dorset, Coppermine (Kugluktuk), and Rankin Inlet, as well as people currently residing in other places of Canada and the United States.

The records fit within the central filing system under classification 200.7, however, many of the census and questionnaire records had already been gathered into records sets. Additional related records and membership records were added by the Archivist, particularly from the boxes of miscellaneous files, and some forms moved to centralize forms from the same location. The Archivist also centralized into one file the compiled totals of the questionnaire results.

Some of the records have been damaged by mould. Appropriate care should be taken when accessing these records.

Projects
354-S06 · Series · 1973-1999
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

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.

N-2001-016: 1-1 · File · 1972-1974
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

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.

N-2001-016: 1-2 · File · 1975-1976
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of minutes from the Metis Association Board of Directors for April 6-9, 1976, June 24-25, 1976, July 8-9, 1976, August 17-20, 1976, and September 3, 1976, Annual General Assembly minutes for August 29-31, 1975, and Special Assembly motions for July 9-11, 1976.
Associated material like agendas, delegate lists, and memoranda of understanding are also occasionally included. Meeting minutes are usually summaries, but sometimes verbatim.

N-2001-016: 1-4 · File · 1977-1979
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of minutes from the Metis Association Board of Directors for January 11-13, March 29-30, April 23-24, May 19-20, June 28, July 7, August 8-9, September 19, October 28, November 29-30, 1977, January 24-26, March 7-9, April 15, May 24-25, June 19, August 15, September 19, 1978, and January 23-25, 1979, minutes of a meeting with Indian Brotherhood Chiefs on January 26-28, 1977, Annual General Assembly minutes for July 5-7, 1977 and July 4-7, 1978, a telephone resolution, and delegate lists.

N-2001-016: 1-5 · File · 1979-1981
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of minutes from the Metis Association Board of Directors for May 14-18, August 4-5, September 14-15, September 18, October 17-18, 1979, February 2-3, March 30, June 7-8, June 22, November 1-2, 1980 and February 19-20, 1981, Annual General Assembly minutes for July 17-19, 1979 and March 29-30, 1980, and associated material like delegate lists, correspondence, an agenda, presentation notes, and Metis Development Corporation Share Structure.

N-2001-016: 10-1 · File · 1980, 1990-1991
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of the Constitution and Bylaws, The Metis Declaration, a federal government Communique, Summary of the Dene/Metis Claim Chronology, Backgrounder, Summary of the Provisions of the Dene/Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement, updates on status of resolutions 1-10 made at the 1990 Annual General Assembly, including correspondence.

N-2001-016: 10-3 · File · 1991
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of the package for the 1991 Annual General Assembly. The records include numbers of voting delegates, draft rules of order and election rules, a blank resolution form, a map of Fort Smith, committee and delegate lists, information about the design of the NWT Metis sash, Constitution and Bylaws and proposed amendments, a tentative agenda, a resolution on the land claim from the 1990 Dene/Metis Joint National Assembly, summary of status of resolutions from 1990 Annual General Assembly, reports from the president and vice president, 1991 Financial Statements, Metis Heritage Association Co-ordinator's Summary, reports from the Dene/Metis Training Co-ordinating Group, information on the Program Delivery Initiative Aboriginal Business Development Program CAEDS, records relating to the Commission for Constitutional Development, records relating to Metis health benefits and proposed Metis Enumeration Project, and a draft Metis Housing Needs Survey.

N-2001-016: 10-4 · File · 1992
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of the package for the 1992 Annual General Assembly. The records include Government Accountability: A Legislative Action Paper on Access to Government, tentative agenda, proxy, and application for renewal of affiliation from August 1992 board meeting, information about the Assembly hotel, draft rules of order, list of delgates, tentative agenda, resolutions made at the 1990 Annual General Assembly, president's message, 1992 Financial Statements, Constitution and Bylaws and proposed amendments, copy of Metis Nation Accord, Status Report on the Multilateral Meetings on the Constitution, a draft resolution, and information on various environmental initiatives.

N-2001-016: 10-5 · File · 1992-1993
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of part of the package for the 1993 Annual General Assembly. The records include a delegate list, opening prayer, Constitution and Bylaws and proposed amendments, pamphlets on the Community Resource Management Program and the Environmental Action Program, draft rules of order and election rules, tentative agenda, excerpts on Extended Public Government from a NWT Constitutional Commission publication, reports on motions and resolutions from the 1992 Annual General Assembly, Guidelines for Locals Respecting Misuse of Alcohol at Metis Gatherings, president's report, 1993 Financial Statements, and a copy of the Metis Accord.

N-2001-016: 10-6 · File · 1993
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of part of the package for the 1993 Annual General Assembly. The records include The Future of Canada's Aboriginal Trapping Economy, records relating to the aboriginal Regional Management Boards, Environmental Report and funding request, records relating to constitutional development, and Metis Heritage Association annual report, 1993 Financial Statements, and Constitution and Bylaws.

N-2001-016: 11-1 · File · 1993-1994
Part of Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories fonds

The file consists of part of the package for the 1994 Annual General Assembly. The records include resolutions, delegate list, Constitution and Bylaws, draft rules of order, tentative agenda, summary minutes for 1993 Annual General Assembly and resolutions update, Executive Report from the president and vice president, 1994 Financial Statements, and a legal opinion on membership.