Sixties Scoop
…child.”17 In 2007, the AFN filed a complaint with the Canada Human Rights Commission claiming that INAC’s funding provisions created inequality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. In May 2008, Canada’s…
Métis
…Ray, have termed this “Red River myopia,” as it stems from an unbalanced academic focus on Métis communities in the Red River region. This emphasis has rendered invisible the histories…
Powley Case
…Nation of Ontario recognized this as a test case for Métis rights, and provided financial support for the trial. In 1998, the Powleys were acquitted after the trial judge ruled…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Article 26 states that “Indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired,” and it directs states…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…deep-sea fishing for halibut, hand-logging, hunting; and many other activities. First Nations women working at Claxton Cannery. Image A-08198 courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives. Cannery operators considered Indigenous…
Ipperwash Crisis
…death began. The inquiry lasted from 2003 to 2006, and what it uncovered many considered shocking. Surveillance videotapes obtained by the CBC showed OPP members making racist remarks towards Aboriginal…
Cedar
…boxes could be used to hold all sorts of goods, and they also served as burial boxes for the deceased.14 Longhouses formed the central dwelling unit of each village, with…
Van der Peet case
…an Aboriginal person, her right to sell fish was protected under Section 35 of the Constitution Act. The provincial court ruled that Van der Peet’s right to sell fish was…
Totem Poles
…to be repatriated from overseas,” Ecotrust Canada, https://www.terracestandard.com/news/highway-of-tears-memorial-totem-pole-to-be-raised-on-kitsumkalum-territory-west-of-terrace/(accessed 22 December 2020). 17 “Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole- Film Description,” National Film Board of Canada, https://www.nfb.ca/film/totem_the_return_of_the_gpsgolox_pole/ (accessed 22 December…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…communities have historically challenged this legislation, the Indian Act has created legal and conceptual frameworks for lived and perceived understandings of Aboriginal identity, for both mainstream society and for Aboriginal…