Métis
…across different communities, to applying to multiple identities that have arisen from diverse historical instances of Aboriginal-European heritage. Métis Identity Métis peoples have developed a rich material culture, which includes…
Sixties Scoop
…reluctance to publicly acknowledge such abuse at the time.9 The Aboriginal Committee of the Family and Children’s Services Legislation Review Panel’s report Liberating Our Children describes the negative consequences for…
Powley Case
…Ontario. By Tanisha Salomons & Erin Hanson. Recommended resources Court decisions: Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Powley, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 207, 2003 SCC 43: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2076/index.do Ontario Court of Appeal,…
The Residential School System
…action, the Canadian government made a motion to issue a formal apology. The motion passed unanimously. On June 11, 2008, the House of Commons gathered in a solemn ceremony to…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…a signatory has not resulted in any change to their official government policies or actions. Critics frequently point to the recent and ongoing government “intervention” in Indigenous communities in the…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Mongrel Media: Thornhill, Ont, 2006. 90 min. Sources Used Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, “Background of Ipperwash.” https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/ipperwash/ Canadian Press,“Ontario Set to Give Up Ipperwash.” CBC News. 1 March 2010. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-set-to-give-up-ipperwash-1.892907 Ipperwash…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Both the BC Fisheries Survival Coalition, a group of non-Native commercial fishers, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have called for an end to what Harper has termed “racially divided fisheries…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…www.issuesintheclass.com By Karrmen Crey. Works cited & recommended readings Books & Articles Lawrence, Bonita. Real Indians and Others: Mixed-blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood . Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004….
Van der Peet case
…as an Aboriginal person, her right to sell fish was protected under Section 35 of the Constitution Act. The provincial court ruled that Van der Peet’s right to sell fish…