Gustafsen Lake
…actions within the community.4 Escalating Violence There are several widely disparate versions of events that have been expressed over time. It is agreed that there were several instances of gunfire…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…Indian, Inuit and Métis as all Aboriginal with existing rights, and that recognition has been further defined for each group (as, for instance, for Métis in the decision). Aboriginal rights…
Community & Politics
…National 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…
Reserves
…in Canada. They are typically isolated communities with high instances of poverty, substance abuse, suicide, unemployment, and mortality. Some reserves exhibit what has been controversially described as Third World conditions,…
Enfranchisement
…gaining a university education, for leaving reserves for long periods – for instance, for employment – and, for Aboriginal women, if they married non-Indian men or if their Indian husbands…
Bill C-31
…conferred by Indian status, inciting concerns that already strained band resources would receive additional burdens. For instance, in British Columbia reserve housing is limited because reserve sizes are extremely small,…
Indian Status
Government-issued Indian Status card. Image courtesy of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. What is Indian Status? “Indian Status” refers to a specific legal identity of an Aboriginal person…
Government Policy
…consistently responded to and actively resisted against it since its inception. In some instances, this resistance has managed to affect and shape some policy. Regardless, the colonial origins of Aboriginal…
Guerin Case
R. v. Guerin [1984] R. v. Guerin is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the Canadian government’s fiduciary duty to First Nations, a trust-like relationship…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…“racial mixing” could be measured, for instance, by the color of a person’s skin, hair texture, and other physical traits (Lawrence, 40). Indian status is not strictly based on blood…
