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…plan to include Aboriginal rights so extensively within the constitution when the Act was being redrafted in the early 1980s. Early drafts and discussions during the patriation of the Canadian…

…to maintain a historical record and sustain their cultures and identities. According to scholars Renée Hulan and Renate Eigenbrod, oral traditions are “the means by which knowledge is reproduced, preserved…

…people across Canada. As such, the Musqueam band decided to defend to the charge against Sparrow. They outlined five main arguments: That the Musqueam retained the right to fish on…

…What is a band? A “Band”, or “Indian Band,” is a governing unit of Indians in Canada instituted by the Indian Act, 1876. The Indian Act defines a “band”…

…Proclamation is still valid in Canada, since no law has overruled it.1 The Royal Proclamation is enshrined in Section 25 of the Constitution Act; this section of the Charter of…

…by the Indian Act would “enable the Indian people to be free—free to develop Indian cultures in an environment of legal, social and economic equality with other Canadians.” To this…

…Aboriginal peoples have consistently responded to and actively resisted against unilateral, top-down imposition of government policies that impact their rights and title. We have grouped together several key examples…

…recognition of Aboriginal rights in the proposed patriation of the Canadian constitution by the Trudeau government. A group of activists led by George Manuel, then president of the Union of…

…Indian Act to denote a grouping of status Indians. (For more information on this, see our section on bands.) Indigenous Indigenous is a term used to encompass a variety of…

…a case regarding 162 acres of Musqueam lands that had been leased to a Vancouver golf club in 1958. The Musqueam went to trial after discovering that the lands had…