ILO Convention 107
…to develop international legislation to protect Aboriginal rights. These instruments have not been without problems and controversies—many experts, for instance, now view the ILO conventions as yet another form of…
Enfranchisement
…gaining a university education, for leaving reserves for long periods – for instance, for employment – and, for Aboriginal women, if they married non-Indian men or if their Indian husbands…
About Nicholas Galanin
…Biography Born in Sitka, Alaska, Nicholas Galanin has struck an intriguing balance between his origins and the course of his practice. Having trained extensively in ‘traditional’ as well as…
About Jaime Black
… (c) 2010 Jaime Black, The REDress Project. Photo: Malay Pilz. Jaime Black is an emerging, metis multidisciplinary artist based in Winnipeg. She studied English Literature at the University…
Artistic Expressions
…layering foreground and background, light and shadow, lace curtains and branches of trees, our representations of our worlds should be thick with meaning. It has become too easy for the…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…northern Manitoba. Swampy Cree is our dialect. I was raised there, but am currently living in Winnipeg, after an eleven year hiatus in Vancouver, BC. When creating a new piece,…
R. v. Sparrow Press
The Province, July 18, 1967 The Vancouver Sun, August 20, 1988 The Vancouver Sun, November 4, 1988 The Vancouver Sun, May 28, 1990 The Vancouver Sun, May…
Gustafsen Lake
…actions within the community.4 Escalating Violence There are several widely disparate versions of events that have been expressed over time. It is agreed that there were several instances of gunfire…
ILO Convention 169
…Aboriginal rights. These instruments have not been without problems and controversies—many experts, for instance, now view the ILO conventions as yet another form of paternalism toward Indigenous peoples. However, these…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…and Territories not included within the Limits of Our said Three new Governments, or within the Limits of the Territory granted to the Hudson’s Bay Company, as also all the…
