Reserves
…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 1950s,…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…the American Indians, which was published originally in 1755, James Adair derided this unique political institution as a petticoat government—a direct jab, according to Paula Gunn Allen (Laguna Pueblo) at…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Knowledge,” American Indian Quarterly 31, 3 (2007): 451-452. Menzies, Charles and Caroline Butler, “The Indigenous Foundation of the Resource Economy of BC’s North Coast, Labour 61 (Spring 2008): 143. Naxaxalhts’i,…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
On November 1, 2011, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, the First Nations House of Learning at UBC hosted a day-long Dialogue on the History and Legacy…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
On November 1, 2011, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, the First Nations House of Learning at UBC hosted a day-long Dialogue on the History and Legacy…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
Video Controls TimeCode Chapt ChapterSelect — Chapters — Ceremonial Opening (Evening, Oct 31) Opening Remarks Musqueam welcome; remarks by Linc Kesler, Director of UBC First Nations House of Learning; Musqueam…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…of affection. And in the US, given a different social and regulatory history, “Indian” or “American Indian” is still a preferred term, though “Native American,” a term deriving from the…
Terminology
…through this legislation and a myriad of other distinctions (i.e., “treaty” and “non-treaty,” etc.). In the United States, however, the term “American Indian” and “Native Indian” are both in current…
Bill C-31
…women. Section 12(1)(b) removed status of any woman who married a non-Indian, including American Indians and non-status Aboriginal men in Canada. Section 12(I)(a)(iv) introduced the “double mother” clause, wherein an…
Totem Poles
…A Journey from Tree to Totem (Vancouver: Raincoat Books, 1996), 26. 9 Aldona Jonaitis and Aaron Glass, “Totem Poles and Contemporary Tourism,” in The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays…
