R. v. Guerin Press
The Province, May 8, 1973 The Province, September 16, 1979 The Vancouver Sun, September 19, 1979 The Vancouver Sun, September 20, 1979 The Province, September 24, 1979 The Province, October…
Canadian Press, June 14, 1983
Canadian Press, June 14, 1983 The Province, August 4, 1981 The Province, August 5, 1981 The Province, May 8, 1973 The Province, July 5, 1981 The Province, May 22, 1981…
Constitution Express
…Chiefs chartered two trains from Vancouver that eventually carried approximately one thousand people to Ottawa to publicize concerns that Aboriginal rights would be abolished in the proposed Canadian Constitution. When…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…UBCIC was founded in November 1969 when a number of chiefs across British Columbia united in response to the federal government’s proposed “White Paper,” a policy paper in which the…
The Indian Act
…Indian Act of 1867. This act effectively treated Aboriginal people as children—a homogenizing and paternalistic relationship. Since the first pieces of legislation were passed, Aboriginal peoples have resisted oppression and…
George Manuel
…of European expansion “the Fourth World.” To give “the Fourth World” a unified voice, he launched the UN-affiliated World Council of Indigenous Peoples in 1975. Manuel also wrote a book…
Bill C-31
…Bill C-31 was passed, which finally revised Indian status to address the gender discrimination of Act. The Indian Act of 1985 abolished enfranchisement and restored status to those who had…
The White Paper 1969
…First Nations were also outraged that Indigenous peoples’ opinions, expressed during the consultation process, appeared to have been disregarded. Instead of amending the Indian Act, the government had decided to…
Community & Politics
…Council – http://www.metisnation.ca/ Pauktuutit – http://www.pauktuutit.ca Direct Actions Instances of direct action, such as blockades, are frequently presented to and interpreted by the public as being a nuisance, caused by…
Oral Traditions
…been increasingly recognized in academia as a valuable contribution to the historical record. Interviews were and are recorded, transcribed, reread, and analyzed. Yet oral historian Alessandro Portelli cautions that the…
