Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…had the unintended effect of strengthening traditional fisheries governance structures, yet reckless levels of industrial seining at the mouths of bays as well as log drives down salmon-bearing rivers destroyed…
The Residential School System (2009)
…not close its doors until 1996. Many of the leaders, teachers, parents, and grandparents of today’s Aboriginal communities are residential school survivors. There is, in addition, an intergenerational effect: many…
The Residential School System
…“Sister Marie Baptiste had a supply of sticks as long and thick as pool cues. When she heard me speak my language, she’d lift up her hands and bring the…
Sixties Scoop
…and family services from the province or territory to the local band. Under the program, bands administer these services according to provincial or territorial legislation and child welfare standards, and…
Reserves
…effect, it was an effort to extinguish Aboriginal title through administrative and bureaucratic means.”3 Reserve reduction in British Columbia Reserves in British Columbia had barely been established before government officials…
Global Actions
…century, policymakers have been obliged to balance individual rights with collective rights through new international instruments. A history of global Indigenous organizations Chief Deskaheh Chief Levi General (1873–1925), now better…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…country with the goal of assimilating and “civilizing” First Nations peoples based on a European model. These policies had profound effects on Aboriginal women across the country. By outlining these…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…to listen to an April 2009 episode of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s program “Awaye!,” about the implications of Australia’s endorsement. United States Read the transcript of President Barack Obama’s statement…
Métis
…acts as treasonable and wanted him executed. Riel fled to the United States. Despite these setbacks, the Métis provisional government won federal approval of the Manitoba Act, which took effect…