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5 Indigenous L.J. 1 (2006)

handle is hein.journals/ilj5 and id is 1 raw text is: The Expectation of Justice DENJELLE BOISSONEAU-THUNDERCHILD* I INTRODUCTION 3 II GENESIS AND EVOLIUTION OF THE SPECIFIC CLAIMS POLICY 6 The Institutional Structure: Specific Claims Branch 12 Criteria for Acceptance of a Claim for Negotiation Under the Policy 13 Compensation Criteria under the Policy 14 Stages of the Policy 16 Unwritten Compensation Implementation Practices 19 The Unwritten Requirement of a Modern Surrender 20 III FIDUCIARY DUTY, THE HONOLUR OF THE CROWN AND RECONCILIATION 22 IV CASE SAMPLES 26 Garden River First Nation's 1987 Settlement 27 The Lands 27 The Unlawful Alienation 28 B.H.J. (University of Regina), LL.B. (University of Toronto), LL.M (University of Ottawa). Denielle is Anishnabe-Nehiyew. A member of the Garden River (Anishinabe) First Nation in Ontario, Denielle also spent half her life in Saskatchewan, where her father's family originates from Thunderchild (Nehiyew) First Nation. Denielle completed her year of articles with the Indian Claims Commission and continued on as associate legal counsel after her call to the Law Society of Upper Canada in 2002. While there, she had the opportunity to work on a number of diverse specific claim issues from across Canada. In 2004, Denielle began work as a sole practitioner and her law practice has since focused mainly on specific claims and other First Nation land protection issues. Denielle is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada in Ontario and the British Columbia Law Society. She continues to work for First Nations as a sole practitioner out of her office located in the Greater Victoria area in British Columbia. She dedicates this article to her late Uncle Ron and her Auntie Gloria, with love and admiration. Indigenous Law Journal/Volume 5/Fall 2006

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