Gustafsen Lake
…explosive device), or a landmine, planted by the RCMP as instructed by military advisors. The young woman watched in horror as her pet dog who had jumped out of the…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…gendered and racialized, and has studied how gendered and racialized urban spaces have encouraged and condoned violent behaviour against Aboriginal women. (See “Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: The Murder…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…once every three months. The Executive Committee consists of the President, Vice President, and Secretary-Treasurer. Members of the Executive Committee are nominated and voted in by members of the Chiefs‘…
Global Actions
…power dynamics, or had been imposed by the colonizers. Given the diversity of Indigenous experience, no universally accepted definition has been drafted. Nonetheless, in the 1980s, the United Nations Special…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…First Ministers’ Conference on Aboriginal Rights in March 1983.5 These clauses were added after lengthy campaigns by women’s groups, who were unrepresented in the initial discussions and experienced systemic gender…
Reserves
…Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1969. Available online via http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/inac-ainc/indian_policy-e/cp1969_e.pdf Accessed December 2020. 12 Indian Association of Alberta. Citizens Plus. (“The Red Paper.”) Edmonton: Indian Association of Alberta, 1970….
Sparrow Case
…rights are hereby recognized and affirmed” in Section 35. Section 35 had been added to the Constitution in 1982 to protect Aboriginal rights. However, those rights had yet to be…
Guerin Case
…however, appealed this ruling and the compensation was repealed. Musqueam in turn appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in Musqueam’s favour and re-instated…
Aboriginal Title
…the continued existence Aboriginal title. The Supreme Court ruled that Aboriginal title had existed, but were divided on whether or not it continued to exist. Determining the potential continued existence…