Van der Peet case
…Peet: Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Law, 1973-96.” In Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand, edited by Paul Havemann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999: 428-445. Barsh, Russel Lawrence…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…status in more detail. 3 For further discussion of Indian status and Métis identity, see Bonita Lawrence, “Real” Indians and Others, 82-101. 4 The specific parameters of Indian status may…
Aboriginal Title
…Indian Land Question in British Columbia 1849-1989. (Vancouver: UBC Press), 1990. 3 UBCIC 4 Aboriginal Rights Coalition of British Columbia, What Have You Heard? Victoria, 1991. 7. 5 Ibid….
Guerin Case
…1 Musqueam Band. “Musqueam Day 2020.” https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-day-2020/ 2 Ibid. 3 Ibid. 4 Peter Kulchyski, Ed. Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts. (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994). 151-181….
Sparrow Case
R. v. Sparrow [1990] R v. Sparrow was a precedent-setting decision made by the Supreme Court of Canada that set out criteria to determine whether governmental infringement on…
Reserves
…2 Ibid. 3 Keith Thor Carlson, “Indian Reservations,” in A Stó:lō Coast Salish Historical Atlas, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre), 2001, 94. 4 Cole Harris, Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
What is Section 35 of the Constitution Act? Section 35 is the part of the Constitution Act that recognizes and affirms Aboriginal rights. The Canadian government did not…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is a non-profit political organization representing numerous First Nations across BC in order to protect and further Aboriginal title and…
Global Actions
…4 James Sa’ke’h Youngblood Henderson, Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving U.N. Recognition (Saskatoon: Purich Publishing, 2008), 37. 5 Douglas Sanders, “The Formation of the World Council of…
