Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…the US), “Aboriginal” or “First Nations” (in Canada) or, more commonly now, “Indigenous” (worldwide) to identify themselves as part of larger collective identity, shaped by a common history both of…
Aboriginal Title
…Available online: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861461/12_aboriginalrightspositionpaper1985.pdf?1484861461 —– “Aboriginal Title Implementation.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/aboriginal_title_implementation_ubcic_1998 —– “’Certainty:’ Canada’s Struggle to Extinguish Aboriginal Title.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/certainty_canada_s_struggle_to_extinguish_aboriginal_title —– “Two World Views in Law.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/two_world_views_in_law Endnotes 1 Union of British Columbia…
Klamath Termination
…Schonchin (Oral Narratives 11,3). All of the participants, in various ways, talk about the effects of Termination, but these observations by Morrie Jimenez (Oral Narratives 1,17) and Delphine Jackson (Oral…
Totem Poles
…Film Board http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/keyword/en/totem_poles/ Totem Pole Photos – SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology https://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/northwest-coast-totem-poles.html Totem Poles-The Bill Reid Centre- Simon Fraser University https://www.sfu.ca/brc/art_architecture/totem_poles.html Books & articles Black, Martha. “Totem Poles…
Sparrow Case
…Musqueam Indian Band. “Statement on the passing of Ronald “Bud” Sparrow.” (2020). https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/statement-passing-ron-bud-sparrow/ Endnotes 1 Helloing, Evaleen, “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020). http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ 2 Peter Kulchyski, Ed. Unjust…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…with the goal of assimilating and “civilizing” First Nations peoples based on a European model. These policies had profound effects on Aboriginal women across the country. By outlining these early…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…a percentage. Blood quantum assumes that a person’s Indigeneity can be empirically measured and has its history in pseudo-sciences common in the 19th century that proposed that degrees of “racial…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…for work to continue Larry Grant (Musqueam Indian Band): The impact of the residential schools on communities; loss of culture, community stability; effects on families Louisa Smith A survivor’s account…
MΓ©tis
…of Métis History and Culture, by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. http://www.metismuseum.com/ Political Organizations Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/ Métis Nation of BC: http://www.mnbc.ca/ Métis Nation…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…countries share very similar colonial histories and, as a result, have common concerns. Each nation argued that the level of autonomy recognized for Indigenous peoples in the UNDRIP was problematic…
