Royal Proclamation, 1763
…British colonists without Aboriginal input, and clearly establishes a monopoly over Aboriginal lands by the British Crown. Is the Royal Proclamation still valid? Some argue that the Royal Proclamation is…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…PhD Dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1986. R G-10, Vol. 12338, Indian Agent’s Letterbook, 1908-1911, p. 612.R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507. Smith, David A. “Salmon Populations…
Reserves
…was an effort to extinguish Aboriginal title through administrative and bureaucratic means.”3 Reserve reduction in British Columbia Reserves in British Columbia had barely been established before government officials moved to…
Aboriginal Title
…The cases Haida Nation v. British Columbia and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia have further determined that the Crown has a responsibility to consult and accommodate First…
The White Paper 1969
…Canadians to question inequality and discrimination in their own society, particularly the treatment of First Nations. In 1963, the federal government commissioned University of British Columbia anthropologist Harry B. Hawthorn…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Indian Chiefs. UBC Press, Vancouver, 2019 (Ebook Available Online through UBC Library) Manuel, Vera. “The History of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs – 20 Years of Struggle for…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…Clubs across British Columbia were united as the Indian Homemakers’ Association, the first one in the country. Charlie became the Association’s first president, and would go on to lead the…
Oral Traditions
…British Columbia [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010, par. 13. 20 Ibid., par. 87. 21 Tsihlqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2007 BSCS 1700, par. 177, http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/Jdb-txt/SC/07/17/2007BCSC1700.pdf 22 Ibid., par. 194. 23 Borrows….
Constitution Express
…time, instead of having its own constitution, Canada was governed by the British North America (BNA) Act. The Canadian Constitution fell under British law, which meant that only the British…
George Manuel
…the Neskonlith Indian Band of the Shuswap Nation in British Columbia. In his early life, Manuel attended residential school and worked in the forest industry as a boom boss. Manuel…