Cedar
…is rarely found in inland regions. Unlike Yellow Cedar, Red Cedar is common both on the coast and in moist slopes and valleys of the Interior. As a result, some…
Totem Poles
…and would be erected to be visible within a community. Most totem poles display beings, or crest animals, marking a family’s lineage and validating the powerful rights and privileges that…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…but complementary roles. Many First Nations were matrilineal, meaning that descent – wealth, power, and inheritance — were passed down through the mother. Historians and scholars have emphasized the various…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…www.issuesintheclass.com By Karrmen Crey. Works cited & recommended readings Books & Articles Lawrence, Bonita. Real Indians and Others: Mixed-blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood . Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004….
Governance and Land Claims
…to Delbert Guerin explain the rocky road to “the honour of the Crown” (Land Claims 3,56), or Satsan (Herb George) tell a fantastic story about community values and outside experts…
The Residential School System
…make it, committed suicide or died violent deaths, or alcohol got them. And it wasn’t just my generation. My grandmother, who’s in her late nineties, to this day it’s too…
The Residential School System
…make it, committed suicide or died violent deaths, or alcohol got them. And it wasn’t just my generation. My grandmother, who’s in her late nineties, to this day it’s too…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…a strong and spiritual connection to the land and other cultural traditions. Identification based on connection to land and territory can become very difficult, however, for communities who have lost…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Volume 1: Looking Forward, Looking Back. Chapter 10, “Residential Schools.” Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1996. Fournier, Suzanne…
Oral Traditions
…Aboriginal or otherwise, have now adopted the written word as a tool for documentation, expression and communication, many still depend on oral traditions and greatly value the oral transmission of…
