Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…due to pressure from cannery owners objecting the economic independence such licenses would create.21 As the fishery began to centralize after World War II, and as larger boats with expensive…
Cedar
…strength and revitalization. The deep respect for cedar is a rich tradition that spans thousands of years and continues to be culturally, spiritually, and economically important. By Alice Huang Recommended…
Reserves
…of B.C. Indian Chiefs. http://ourhomesarebleeding.ubcic.bc.ca A fantastic resource about reserves and the cut-off lands in B.C., including the testimonies of those affected first-hand by the McKenna-McBride Commission, maps, photographs, and…
The Residential School System
…2019, BC ended its practice of “birth alerts” in child welfare cases, which allowed child welfare agencies and hospitals to flag mothers deemed “high risk” without their consent -a practice…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Accessed February 17, 2011. Available online at http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/02/16/breaking-the-silence-about-canadas-800-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-interview-with-cree-academic-and-activist-robyn-bourgeois-a-photo-essay-of-the-no-more-silence-rally-feb-14th-201/ 15 Emberley, 61. 16 Emberley, 62. 17 McGrath & Stevenson, 41. 18 Emberley, 61. 19 Razack, 92. 20 Lowman, John. “Violence against…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Montgomery, 2006. 119. 2 Roberts, 119. 3 Joseph, Bobby. Guest lecture. Introduction to First Nations Studies. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. 12 March 2009. 4 Haig-Brown, Celia. Resistance and…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…not experience discrimination in their lives or that they cannot speak to a certain Aboriginal reality, but color functions socially in a person’s experience of discrimination, and for dark-skinned people…
Global Actions
…with consultative status to the U.N. Social and Economic Council awarded in 1977. The IITC maintains a strong Canadian presence in the Treaty 6 area. George Manuel. Photo used with…
Oral Traditions
…Nations’ Oral Evidence and the Listening Ear of the Courts,” in Aboriginal Oral Traditions: Theory, Practice, Ethics, 90. 15 McHalsie (Naxaxalhts’i), 92. 16 See, for example, Bruce Miller, Oral Narratives…