Aboriginal Title
…Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007. Foster, Hamar, “Letting Go The Bone: The Idea of Indian Title in British Columbia, 1849-1927,” in Foster and McLaren, eds., Essays in the History of Canadian…
Global Actions
…with consultative status to the U.N. Social and Economic Council awarded in 1977. The IITC maintains a strong Canadian presence in the Treaty 6 area. George Manuel. Photo used with…
Aboriginal Rights
…relationship. While each treaty differed, many historical treaties guaranteed that Aboriginal peoples would receive certain payments and rights, such as a right to hunt or fish, and rights to education….
Métis
…or unrecognized Métis peoples has been and will continue to be a major area of academic, legal, and political inquiry in Canada. And as scholars and other recognized experts revisit…
Gustafsen Lake
…Should Avoid Waco-Style Shootout In B.C.” Montreal Gazette. Tuesday, August 29, 1995. Reproduced in Switlo, 119. 12 Lambertus, 89. 13 Lambertus, 85-7. 14 Switlo, 119. 15 Switlo claims the RCMP…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Indigenous Peoples. Somerset: Transaction Publishers, 2009. Henderson, James Sa’ke’j Youngblood. Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving UN Recognition. Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 2008. Lightfoot, Sheryl. “A Sea Change on…
Sixties Scoop
…This amendment specifically applied to Section 88 of the Indian Act. Pivot, 21 . 3 Liberating our children, 2; Pivot, 21 4 Fournier, Suzanne and Ernie Crey. Stolen from Our…
Cedar
…Forests. Coast Salish peoples have a creation story that explains the origins of Cedar. According to the story, there once lived a good man who always gave away his belongings…
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,…