Totem Poles
…and political mishandling of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.4 The totem pole designs that most people recognize today were, for the most part, developed in…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Muszynski, Alicja. “The Creation and Organization of Cheap Wage Labour in the British Columbia Fishing Industry.” PhD Dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1986. R G-10, Vol. 12338, Indian Agent’s Letterbook,…
Reserves
…workforce. This was partially due to growing competition from new immigrants (some of them willing to perform cheap labour) and to open racism in the hiring process.6 In addition, by…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Plint, a dorm supervisor at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School convicted of 16 counts of indecent assault, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Douglas Hogarth called Plint a “sexual terrorist.” Hogarth…
Global Actions
…people worldwide.7 Read the WCIP declaration of principles here. The first WCIP conference, held in 1975 in Port Alberni, British Columbia, was hosted by the Tseshaht First Nation and attended…
The Residential School System
…2020. Website. [Date accessed]. Chicago: Hanson, Eric, Daniel P. Games, and Alexa Manuel. “The Residential School System”. Indigenous Foundations. https://indigenousfoundations.web.arts.ubc.ca/residential-school-system-2020/. (accessed Month, day, year). APA: Hanson, E., Gamez, D., &…
Special Projects
…Mackenzie Valley, to Chicago. The Berger Inquiry broke precedent. For the first time, Aboriginal and environmental organizations were given funding so they could cross-examine oil company experts and call their…
About Indigenous Foundations
…Indigenous Foundations. First Nations and Indigenous Studies UBC, 2009. Website. [Date accessed]. Chicago format Foot/endnote: 1. Author surname, first name. “Article name”. Indigenous Foundations. indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca. (accessed Month, day, year). Bibliography:…
The Residential School System
…2020. Website. [Date accessed]. Chicago: Hanson, Eric, Daniel P. Games, and Alexa Manuel. “The Residential School System”. Indigenous Foundations. https://indigenousfoundations.web.arts.ubc.ca/residential-school-system-2020/. (accessed Month, day, year). APA: Hanson, E., Gamez, D., &…
