Oral Traditions
…oral narratives often present variations—subtle or otherwise—each time they are told. Narrators may adjust a story to place it in context, to emphasize particular aspects of the story or to…
Gustafsen Lake
…during the occupation, although where it came from, and who it was aimed at, depended largely on who was telling the story. Switlo, who visited the site shortly after the…
Cedar
…Forests. Coast Salish peoples have a creation story that explains the origins of Cedar. According to the story, there once lived a good man who always gave away his belongings…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…sea and the rivers has generally been plentiful and easily obtained. Recently, however, the fishing regulations have been not only more strict, but are more strictly enforced, and it will…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Indigenous Peoples. Somerset: Transaction Publishers, 2009. Henderson, James Sa’ke’j Youngblood. Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving UN Recognition. Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 2008. Lightfoot, Sheryl. “A Sea Change on…
Berger Inquiry
…the Mackenzie Delta, began a house-to-house campaign to explain the land claim to families in six communities around the Beaufort Sea. In Yellowknife, the chiefs at the Indian Brotherhood of…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0067761 Moran, Bridget. Stoney Creek Woman, Sai’k;uz Ts;eke: The Story of Mary John. Vancouver: Tillacum Library, 1988. 110-117. Sources Used Barkaskas, Patricia. The Indian Voice: Centering Women in the Gendered…
Totem Poles
…Totem Poles. Calgary: Altitude Publishing, 2004. Jonaitis, Aldona, and Aaron Glass. The Totem Pole: An Intercultural History. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2010. Ramsay, Heather. “Totem Poles: Myth and Fact.”…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…Lands and Territories lying to the Westward of the Sources of the Rivers which fall into the Sea from the West and North West as aforesaid. And We do hereby…
The Indian Act
…system.” Assembly of First Nations, “Assembly of First Nations- The Story.” Available online at: http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf 10 Cardinal, Harold. The Unjust Society. 2nd ed. Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, 1999. 140….
