Gustafsen Lake
…stand-off in 1995 between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and sundancers and their helpers (Sundancers) conducting religious ceremony that lasted more than thirty days. Gustafsen Lake has been called…
Indian Status
…of eventually removing Indian status entirely is still served; Bill C-31 simply deferred it a generation. People affected by the “second-generation cutoff” may face certain pressures from their community regarding…
Global Actions
…right to subsistence economies, the right to governance, and the right to land, protect the foundations of the society. They can be critical when these societies and cultures are threatened….
Métis
…the following links are valuable resources for learning more about these ways in which Métis cultures are expressed. Learn Michif Manitoba Métis Resource Centre Métis Museum Métis peoples insist that…
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…
Aboriginal Title
…https://tinyurl.com/y2te6wps McNeil, Kent. “The Meaning of Aboriginal Title.” In Michael Asch, ed. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equality, and Respect for Difference. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997….
Bill C-31
…or non-status) would lose her status. If she married an Indian man from another Indian band, she would cease to be a member of her own band and become a…
Oral Traditions
…Us,” in Be of Good Mind: Essays on the Coast Salish, ed. Bruce Granville Miller (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007), 82. 4 Robert Perks and Alistair Thomson, eds., The Oral History…
Sixties Scoop
…of Aboriginal child welfare. The results showed that Aboriginal children were consistently overrepresented in child welfare services. In 1985, Justice Edwin Kimelman released a highly critical review of Aboriginal child…
Totem Poles
…What are totem poles? House frontal poles outside the Haida Heritage Centre, Kaay Llnagay, BC. Photo (c) 2010, Robyn Hanson. Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of…
