Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Act The European belief that the patriarchal, nuclear family was a natural means of organization influenced settler-Aboriginal relationships. Many First Nations historically have operated on a matrilineal system where descent…
George Manuel
…Indian Affairs Coordinator of the Field worker program with the Alberta Brotherhood Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood (now Assembly of First Nations) (1970-1976) Founder and President of the World…
Métis
…that is protected by s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. [After a series of appeals by the Crown] on September 19, 2003, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Canadian Review of Policing Research, 1: 2005. Available online with restricted access: http://crpr.icaap.org/index.php/crpr/article/view/30/27 Edwards, Peter. One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis. Toronto: Stoddart, 2001. Hedican,…
Constitution Express
…Aboriginal leaders, the federal government agreed to the demands of Aboriginal organizations.17 Section 35 was added to the Canadian Constitution to specifically recognize and affirm Aboriginal and treaty rights. Eventually,…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…organization which would go on to become one of the most influential Aboriginal organizations in Canada. See the embedded video to hear Dr Rose Charlie speak about this experience first-hand….