Berger Inquiry
…into the early days of the on-going battle to secure Indigenous rights in Canada. Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry To resolve the looming conflict between the petroleum companies and the aboriginal…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…range of directorial skills within alternative media. I have been exploring the relationship between ideas and medium. I am experimenting with the notion that ideas are not completely defined or…
About Sovereignty Performance
…2010, Jordan participated in an artist residency at Manitoba’s major alternative space, Plug In ICA, in Winnipeg and was accepted to a thematic residency at the Banff Centre for the…
Calder Case
…the Supreme Court of Canada for recognition of their Aboriginal title to their traditional, ancestral and unceded lands. Their appeal was a landmark move that posed considerable risk not only…
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…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…History of the Indian Residential Schools Beverly Jacobs (former President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada and Respondent at the Apology in Parliament): The Apology as a political moment;…
Culture
…for it– have had far-reaching consequences in Canadian court rooms when it comes to Aboriginal rights and title. Languages: Canada has an incredible amount of linguistic diversity, with approximately 59…
Identity
…explores who determines identity, and how the government has managed to regulate Aboriginal identity in Canada, and focuses in particular on questions of authenticity: as identity is regulated and negotiated,…
About Jordan Bennett
…Biography I am a multi-disciplinary visual artist of Mi’kmaq decent who calls the west coast of Newfoundland home. My work is derived from a combination of popular and traditional…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Welcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support…
