Totem Poles
…a chief, or may be commissioned to celebrate an important milestone or event, the reason for the pole’s creation is shared and celebrated in such ceremonies. Photograph (c) 2009 Robyn…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…First Nations; instead, at the same time that it returned status to those entitled to it, Bill C31 also introduced additional legal categories of Aboriginal identity that added further bureaucratic…
Gustafsen Lake
…12 September 1995, A1. As quoted in Lambertus, 112. 19 Lambertus, 109. 20 Switlo, personal communication. 21 Switlo, personal communication. 22 As quoted by Mofino, Rick. “U.S. court refuses to…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…reserve was suddenly denied many women who had strong ties and Aboriginal rights to their territory. Historically, through the Indian Act a woman has had to leave the reserve community…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Aboriginal Rights.” 1989. Endnotes 1 Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), “About.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/about 2 UBCIC, “Mandate.” September 10, 2010. https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/mandate 3 UBCIC, “Constitution and Bylaws,” June 2019. https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/constitution 4 Tennant,…
Global Actions
…1970s. In 1973, the first Arctic Peoples’ Conference was held in Copenhagen to acknowledge and address common issues and rights among Arctic populations. The conference comprised representatives from its Greenlandic…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…rights in existence when the Constitution Act, 1982 came into effect; it does not revive extinguished rights. An existing aboriginal right cannot be read so as to incorporate the specific…
Reserves
…affected most Native opportunities and movements. Once put in place, they had a long life. Only now, more than a hundred years after most of them were laid out, are…
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
…what Musqueam had agreed to. Musqueam had been told that they would profit off of the 75-year lease, with rents being adjusted to fair market rates every decade. Unbeknownst to…