UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…statement, for example, Member of Parliament Jenny Macklin called the Declaration “historic and aspirational.” And one year later, New Zealand’s Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr. Pita Sharples, described her government’s…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…largely to colonial efforts to eradicate Aboriginal identities as a part of the colonial project in Canada.1 The social and cultural legacies of this history continue to be experienced very…
Oral Traditions
…nugatory” any rights that they have (Simon v. The Queen, [1985] 2 S.C.R. 387, at p. 408). This process must be undertaken on a case-by-case basis. After Delgamuukw, a number…
The Indian Act
…displays of resistance was an underground potlatch hosted by ‘Namgis Chief Dan Cranmer in Alert Bay. To celebrate a wedding, Cranmer hosted a six-day potlatch over Christmas, 1921. Indian Agents…
Cedar
…years old. With its lightweight and rot-resistant wood, Red Cedar is the most versatile and most widely-used plant among coastal First Nations.4 Yellow Cedar bark is softer and more pliable…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Kamloops. You can visit the UBCIC’s official website here. How the UBCIC operates The current President of the UBCIC is Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Penticton Indian Band. Chief…
Bill C-31
…support reinstated individuals or bands in adding to their membership. Recommended reading Holmes, Joan. Bill C-31, equality or disparity? The effects of the new Indian Act on native women. Ottawa:…
Indian Status
…for band council and chief, and inherit band property. In 1985, an amendment to the Indian Act separated Indian status from band membership. Bands were granted the right to develop…
Totem Poles
…Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop, eds. Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt (New York: Cornell University Press, 2004), 80. 10 Halpin, 35. 11 Vickers, 60. 12 Halpin,…
Aboriginal Rights
…Calder Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007). Henderson, James Sákéj Youngblood. “Postcolonial Ledger Drawing.” In Marie Battiste, ed., Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision. (Vancouver: UBC…
