00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.844566 CaOODSP 20221107152754 cr ||||||||||| 170926s1988 oncd #o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- R5-492/1988E-PDF Nickason, M. The Westbank Inquiry [electronic resource] : managing the response of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs / M. Nickason. Ottawa : Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1988. 1 v. (various pagings) : graphs "September, 1988." Digitized edition from print [produced by Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada]. "The Westbank Inquiry was established by the Government of Canada on August 12, 1986, to investigate serious allegations of wrongdoing made against the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) and the former Chief and Council of the Westbank Indian Band. These accusations were made by members of the Band and the larger community, and by Members of Parliament. The Inquiry was the result of a controversy which had developed within the community over a period of 12 years and had escalated to the point where it was debated in Parliament. During that period, the former Chief had been accused of murder, extortion, fraud and abuse of office. The Department had been accused of maladministration and attempting to cover up its wrongdoing. A number of earlier departmental and RCMP investigations had failed to defuse the controversy."--Executive Summary. gccst Aboriginal reserves gccst Parliament gccst Inquiry Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. PDF 7.42 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/aanc-inac/R5-492-1988-eng.pdf