Bands
…are elected by band members typically every two years under election procedures defined by the Indian Act, or alternatively by custom election codes also authorized under the Indian Act. According…
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…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…gendered and racialized, and has studied how gendered and racialized urban spaces have encouraged and condoned violent behaviour against Aboriginal women. (See “Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: The Murder…
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…
Sixties Scoop
…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 apprehension…
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 Rights
…about your provincial government? This section refers exclusively to Aboriginal rights in Canada. How are Aboriginal rights addressed in the United States? How do other nation-states acknowledge Aboriginal rights within…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Many were discouraged from pursuing further education. Abuse at the schools was widespread: emotional and psychological abuse was constant, physical abuse was meted out as punishment, and sexual abuse was…

The Residential School System
…the 1990s onward, the government and the churches involved—Anglican, Presbyterian, United, and Roman Catholic—began to acknowledge their responsibility for an education scheme that was specifically designed to “kill the Indian…
The Residential School System
…the 1990s onward, the government and the churches involved—Anglican, Presbyterian, United, and Roman Catholic—began to acknowledge their responsibility for an education scheme that was specifically designed to “kill the Indian…