Sixties Scoop
…Sinclair, December 8, 2005. As quoted and cited in Sinclair, Raven. “Identity lost and found: Lessons from the sixties scoop.” First Peoples Child and Family Review. 3(1), 2007: 66. 2…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…techniques, such as drying and smoking, needed to be closely adapted to individual runs. Local ecology and culture worked together to produce highly specialized salmon food products for food and…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Indigenous organizations.2 The draft declaration was subject to a series of reviews to assure U.N. member states that it remained consistent with established human rights, and did not contradict nor…
ILO Convention 169
…Lee. “A New Step in the International Law on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: ILO Convention No. 169 of 1989,” Oklahoma City University Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 1990….
ILO Convention 107
…in 18 countries.3 By Erin Hanson. Links & Recommended Resources International Labour Organization website: www.ilo.org Convention 107: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/fp=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C107 “Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/indigenous-tribal/lang–en/index.htm Nations that ratified Convention 107: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312252 Endnotes…
Global Actions
…important products of Indigenous activism at the United Nations. With its adoption, attention among Indigenous activists has now turned toward the challenges of implementation: how rights can be implemented and…
Ipperwash Crisis
…The Canadian Review of Policing Research, 1: 2005. Available online with restricted access: http://crpr.icaap.org/index.php/crpr/article/view/30/27 Edwards, Peter. One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police, and the Ipperwash Crisis. Toronto: Stoddart, 2001….
The Residential School System (2009)
…crisis counselling, referrals, and healing initiatives, as well as acting as a resource for information, research, training, and workshops.23 It was clear that a similar organization was needed at the…
Totem Poles
…the last 200 years.5 Most historians and other experts agree that totem pole carving did not reach its peak until the nineteenth century, when many coastal First Nations were involved…
Métis
…Virtual Museum 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/…
