The Indian Act
…body of laws that for over a century have controlled every aspect of Indian life. As a regulatory regime, the Indian Act provides ways of understanding Native identity, organizing a…
George Manuel
…for World Indigenous Studies, 1995. https://www.cwis.org/document/the-legacy-of-grand-chief-george-manuel/ Endnotes 1 McFarlane, Peter. Brotherhood to Nationhood: George Manuel and the Making of the Modern Indian Movement. Toronto: Between the Lines, 1993, 9….
Reserves
…http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_200911_06_e_33207.html. Accessed May 2010. 10 Harris, xvi. 11 Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs.Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy. Ottawa: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1969. Available…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…that could be combined with existing seasonal rounds and that were compatible with, and enhanced, Indigenous economies and forms of social organization. Anthropologists Charles Menzies and Caroline F. Butler write…
Sparrow Case
…burden of justifying any legislation that has some negative effect on any aboriginal right protected under s. 35(1). R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075 The Sparrow Test The Court’s…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…terms had existing functions in Canadian law. “Indian,” for instance, is the generic term used in the Indian Act, a centerpiece of state identity regulation, since 1876. The Indian Act…
Klamath Termination
…Indians, dispersed throughout the region and elsewhere. The effects on the Klamath Reservation tribes, and on other groups in Oregon and the Midwest who suffered a similar fate, were severe,…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…inform people of Indian residential school history and its effects during this time. To learn more about what happened on campus, see http://irsi.aboriginal.ubc.ca. Please note that, as described on the…
Constitution Express
…17 Smith, Melvin. “Some Perspectives on the Origin and Meaning of Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.” Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 2000. Available online: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/PerspectivesonSection35.pdf 18 Romanow, Roy J., Howard…
Cedar
…Cultural Modified Trees,” 6. 9 Stewart 114. 10 Styd and Feddema, 12. 11 Ibid. 12 Stewart, 174. 13 Stewart, 165. 14 Stewart, 87. 15 Stewart, 84. 16 Stewart, 180….
