Sixties Scoop
…at: http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0212/gm021221a.htm Lyons, Tom. “For more than 20 years, Canada took native children from their homes and placed them with white families. Now a lost generation want its history back.”…
The Residential School System (2009)
…life and without the knowledge and skills to raise their own families. The devastating effects of the residential schools are far-reaching and continue to have significant impact on Aboriginal communities….
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…states to give legal recognition to these territories. The Declaration does not override the rights of Indigenous peoples contained in their treaties and agreements with individual states, and it commands…
ILO Convention 169
…must consult Indigenous peoples on any changes in policy or legislation that would affect them, including resource extraction or alienation of their lands, but it does not give Indigenous peoples…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…sell fish any more. They said that only saltwater fish could be sold and that it is illegal to sell anything caught in fresh water. So they took away our…
Global Actions
…Greenlandic founding organizations, Canada (members of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the National Indian Brotherhood), as well as the Saami of Scandinavia. The following year, in 1974, the International Indian…
ILO Convention 107
…doing just fine in all of these areas before outside intrusion. ‘Integration’ created the very conditions of impoverishment that it intended to prevent.”1 Despite its shortcomings, Convention 107 took the…
MΓ©tis
…the recognizable Métis sashes, intricate beadwork, moose hair tufting, Red River carts, and so on. While this section does not go into detail on the Métis material culture and traditions,…
The Residential School System
…nurturing family life and without the knowledge and skills to raise their own families. The devastating effects of the residential schools are far-reaching and continue to have a significant impact…