Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Welcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support…
About Jordan Bennett
…for language, mainly directed towards learning my ancestors native tongue of Mi’kmaq. Growing up in Newfoundland has influenced my art a great deal, with a very unique cultural background consisting…
Berger Inquiry
…of a large pool of oil at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. The petroleum industry had served notice that if commercial quantities of oil and gas were discovered, the industry would…
Enfranchisement
…enfranchised, his wife and children would automatically be enfranchised. However, very few Aboriginal people or groups were willing to abandon their cultural and legal identities, as anticipated by the colonial…
About the REDress project
…connecting and questioning our current and historical socio-political framework and the ways in which we behave within that framework. I aim to provoke and incite dialogue around these issues by…
Culture
… First Nations of British Columbia. Click to enlarge. Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology, University of B.C., Vancouver. Aboriginal groups across what is now Canada each have…
Glossary
…Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia Aboriginal Identity & Terminology Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom Aboriginal Rights Aboriginal Title About Indigenous Foundations About Jaime Black About Jordan Bennett About…
Artistic Expressions
…language. Through these media, these themes are articulated, investigated and documented here by six contemporary Aboriginal artists. This section is by no means an all-inclusive representation of contemporary artists exploring…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…range of directorial skills within alternative media. I have been exploring the relationship between ideas and medium. I am experimenting with the notion that ideas are not completely defined or…
