Aboriginal Rights
…Patterns?” In Thunder in My Soul: A Mohawk Woman Speaks. (Halifax: Fernwood, 1995). 152-168. Newman, Dwight G. “You Still Know Nothin’ ‘Bout Me: Towards Cross-Cultural Theorizing of Aboriginal Rights.” McGill…
Indian Status
…(For more information on how taxation applies to status Indians, visit the Canadian Revenue Agency’s website here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/brgnls/menu-eng.html). Who can have Indian Status? There are complex rules governing Indian status,…
Powley Case
…41 (2004): 1049-1083. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, “The Powley Case—Frequently Asked Questions.” https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100014419/1535469560872 Stevenson, Mark L. “The Métis Aboriginal Rights Revolution.” MLaw Thesis, Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 2004….
Van der Peet case
…Distinctive Culture Test.” Human Rights Dialogue: “Cultural Rights.” 2.12 (2005). Available online at: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/dialogue/2_12/section_3/5149 Lambert, Douglas . “Van der Peet and Delgamuukw: Ten Unresolved Issues.” University of British Columbia Law…
Guerin Case
…Peter Kulchyski, Ed. “Guerin,” in Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts. (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994). 151-181. Endnotes 1 Musqueam Band. “Musqueam Day 2020.” https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-day-2020/ 2 Ibid. 3…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…tied to rural communities or reserves obscure their positions and perspectives. “Looking Aboriginal”: Race and Aboriginal Identity Anonymous postcard submitted to Post Secret. Image from www.postsecret.com The social realities of…
Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
…lands were fragmented and alienated from a much larger Indigenous landscape. The next 100 years saw the reserve intersected with railway lines, the Burrard Street bridge, and various leases. By…
Bands
…According to the Indian Act, a band may have one elected chief and one elected councilor for every 100 band members, with a minimum of two councilors required per band….
The Indian Act
…date on new episodes of RevisionQuest by visiting its official site at http://www.cbc.ca/revisionquest/ The “Potlatch Law” & Section 141 One of the most famous examples of this oppression and subsequent…
The Residential School System
…was incorporated. Recommended resources Books & Articles Canada. Royal Commission on Indigenous Peoples. Report of the Royal Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Volume 1: Looking Forward, Looking Back. Chapter 10, “Residential…
