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Cage
456
Larner, John William, Jr.
John William Larner
Papers
1971-1975
2 containers.
1.5 linear feet of shelf space.
515 items.
Correspondence, minutes, reports, legal
documents, clippings, publications and other papers relating to Canada's
National Indian Brotherhood, an advocacy organization.
Collection materials are in
English
John W. Larner, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 20,
1938. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 at Rice University and
received his Masters degree at Pittsburgh University in 1961. Larner completed
his doctoral work in history at West Virginia University in 1972. He served as
Supervisor of Indian Treaty Rights for Canada's National Indian Brotherhood
(N.I.B.) from 1971 to 1972 and worked for that organization as a free-lance
writer and researcher in the early 1970s. This collection of papers reflects
Larner's association with the National Indian Brotherhood of Canada.
The National Indian Brotherhood was founded in 1968 as the Canadian
government's representative federation of all provincial Indian organizations.
An economic and social non-profit association, the National Indian Brotherhood
is the official body advocating Indian issues, and acts in a consultative role
to the Canadian national government. The stated goals of the Brotherhood
include: collaboration with provincial and territorial organizations on
regional matters; securing, enforcing, and fulfilling of all Indian treaties
and aboriginal rights; and attaining national Indian unity. Interested in
environmental issues, the National Indian Brotherhood also seeks to
decentralize resources for Indian people. The National Indian Brotherhood
conducts meetings and workshops, as well as presents papers nation-wide on such
themes as education, communication, housing, the economy, and medicare. The
staff of the National Indian Brotherhood travels extensively throughout Canada
to engage in public relations activities and advocate the objectives of the
organization. The research arm of the National Indian Brotherhood conducts
studies on Indian rights, treaties, education, and legal matters.
Documents range from Canadian statutes and court decisions to position
papers, and from environmental literature to essays addressing various
questions pertaining to Canadian Indian cultural issues. Other papers include
Dr. Larner's correspondence with National Indian Brotherhood staff members,
minutes of tribal and governmental meetings, National Indian Brotherhood
committee reports, United Nations publications, and published or unpublished
literature on a variety of subjects from other Canadian Indian organizations.
The papers cover the years from 1971 to 1975, but bulk largest from 1971 to
1973.
The Larner papers are composed of one alphabetically arranged series.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
456, John William Larner
Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The John W. Larner papers were donated to the Washington State
University Libraries by Dr. Larner in June, l979 (UA 79-27). Dr. Larner donated
a copy of his Ph.D. dissertation in 2004.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Larner, John W. (John William), 1937- --Archives
National Indian Brotherhood
Indians of
North America--Canada--Government relations
Native Americans
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
1
1
"Aboriginal People of Canada
and their Environment,"
1973
1 item.
1
2
Aboriginal Rights
Conference
1971
1 item.
1
3
"Aboriginal
Title,"
1971
1 item.
1
4
"Activities of the National
Indian Brotherhood,"
1971-1972
1 item.
1
5
An Act Respecting
Indians
undated
1 item.
1
6
Annual Meeting, Indian Association
of Alberta
1971
1 item.
1
7
Black Mesa
undated
1 item.
1
8
"Calder et al. v. Attorney
General of British Columbia"
1970
1 item.
1
9
Canadian Task Force
1973
1 item.
1
10
"Citizen
Plus,"
1970
1 item.
1
11-12
"Claims based on Native
Title,"
1971-1972
2 items.
1
13
Declaration of Rights
1974
1 item.
1
14
Ecological Aspects of Overcoming
World Hunger
1969
1 item.
1
15
"Environment, Control of
Population Growth and Family Planning,"
1972
1 item.
1
16
Environment, General
1971-1973
15
items.
1
17
Finding Aids for Statistical
Information
1971-1972
25
items.
1
18
General Assembly,
Minutes
1972
1 item.
1
19
"Indians: Land and
Resources,"
1973
1 item.
1
20
Indian Legal Rights,
Lavell
1972
25
items.
1
21
Indian Research Under Indian
Control
1972
1 item.
1
22
Indians of Quebec
Association
1971
5 items.
1
23
Information Services
1972
10
items.
1
24
"Land Use Regulation in the
Yukon Territory,"
undated
1 item.
1
25
Larner, John
W.Correspondence
1972-1975
100
items.
1
26
Law and Native Peoples
undated
1 item.
1
27
"The Legal Status of the
Canadian Eskimo,"
undated
1 item.
1
28
Man and Resources
1972
10
items.
1
29
Man and Resources
Conference
undated
1 item.
National Indian
Brotherhood:
1
30
Constitutional Position
Paper
undated
2
items.
1
31
General Correspondence and
Notes
1972-1973
15
items.
1
32
TARR Working Meeting
1971
1
item.
1
33
National Preparatory
Committee
1972
10
items.
1
34
Natural Resources and Public
Property under Constitution of Canada
undated
1 item.
1
35
North Oil
1972
35
items.
1
36
Quebec Indians
Association
undated
1 item.
1
37
Resolutions, General
Assembly
undated
1 item.
1
38
"Rex v.
Commanda"
1939
1 item.
1
39
"Statement on Rights of the
Indian Nation of Canada,"
1974
1
40
Summer Work
1971
1 item.
1
41
"Together Today for Our
Children Tomorrow,"
1973
1 item.
2
42
Transportation and Hydrocarbon Oils
in Canadian Arctic
1971
1 item.
2
43
Union Lists
1971
5 items.
2
44
Union of Ontario
Indians
1971
25
items.
2
45-48
United Nations
1972
200
items.
2
49
"Who is an Indian?
Implications for Public Policy,"
1972
1 item.
3
50-53
John W. Larner, "The Kootenay
Plains (Alberta) Land Question and Canadian Indian Policy, 1799-1947." "
Ph.D. dissertation, West Virginia University,
1972
589 pp.
typescript.