Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…of 1982. The Constitution itself was a site of struggle for Native rights in Canada, and in the negotiations leading to the inclusion of section 35, which acknowledges Aboriginal rights,…
The Residential School System
…Church Leaders’ Tour to Prepare for Truth and Reconciliation. This site contains the Presbyterian church’s 1994 confession here. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Indigenous policing and reconciliation Statement of apology to…
The Residential School System
…Church Leaders’ Tour to Prepare for Truth and Reconciliation. This site contains the Presbyterian church’s 1994 confession here. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Indigenous policing and reconciliation Statement of apology to…
The Indian Act
…date on new episodes of RevisionQuest by visiting its official site at http://www.cbc.ca/revisionquest/ The “Potlatch Law” & Section 141 One of the most famous examples of this oppression and subsequent…
Powley Case
…the historical time frame of a right must be after European contact, but before the Crown had effective control over the community in question. For example, while the Crown may…
George Manuel
…excerpts and so on available online via Doreen Manuel’s website, “Running Wolf Productions:” http://www.runningwolf.ca/from-the-heart/ Manuel, George, and Michael Posluns. The Fourth World: An Indian Reality. Toronto: Collier-Macmillan Canada, 1974. McFarlane,…
The White Paper 1969
…In spite of all government attempts to convince Indians to accept the white paper, their efforts will fail, because Indians understand that the path outlined by the Department of…
Indian Status
…(For more information on how taxation applies to status Indians, visit the Canadian Revenue Agency’s website here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/brgnls/menu-eng.html). Who can have Indian Status? There are complex rules governing Indian status,…
Van der Peet case
…Distinctive Culture Test.” Human Rights Dialogue: “Cultural Rights.” 2.12 (2005). Available online at: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/dialogue/2_12/section_3/5149 Lambert, Douglas . “Van der Peet and Delgamuukw: Ten Unresolved Issues.” University of British Columbia Law…
Guerin Case
…the lease were kept secret from the Musqueam for 12 years, until an employee at the DIA revealed them to then-chief Delbert Guerin. It took five years before Musqueam was…
