Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…rights, serving as a source of information for bands across the province, and building capacity for Aboriginal communities.2 The UBCIC also holds a special consultative status with the Economic and…
George Manuel
…of the Neskonlith Indian Band of the Shuswap Nation in British Columbia. In his early life, Manuel attended residential school and worked in the forest industry as a boom boss….
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…Due to difficulties in access to funding and a general lack of support from government and other organizations, the Indian Homemaker’s Association dissolved in the early 2000s. Their quick dissolution…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…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…
About the REDress project
…women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project seeks to collect 600 red dresses by community donation…
Van der Peet case
…Peet: Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Law, 1973-96.” In Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand, edited by Paul Havemann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999: 428-445. Barsh, Russel Lawrence…
Powley Case
…Métis 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…
About Indigenous Foundations
…of issues relevant to Aboriginal histories, peoples, and cultures. It is intended to provide concise and accurate information on core topics that students, instructors and others have identified as fundamental…
ILO Convention 169
…processes that affect their lives, it limits Indigenous participation in political, social and economic matters to a system controlled by state governments and corporations. For example, under Convention 169, governments…
Calder Case
…Supreme Court’s 1973 decision was the first time that the Canadian legal system acknowledged the existence of Aboriginal title to land and that such title existed outside of, and was…
