ILO Convention 107
…countries that have ratified it, but has since been amended in many countries by ILO Convention 169. Read ILO Convention 107 here Since the mid-twentieth century, world leaders have attempted…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, here: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/report/index.html Amnesty International, The Ipperwash Crisis. https://www.amnesty.ca/legal-brief/ipperwash-inquiry CBC News, The Ipperwash Inquiry. https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/ipperwash/ Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, “The Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry:…
Gustafsen Lake
…later confirmed that RCMP had deliberately spread misinformation. A video of RCMP officers discussing smear tactics against the campers was later submitted as evidence in court, and today can be…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…a relatively short time. These impacts continue to be felt by Aboriginal women across Canada today. Aboriginal Women’s Traditional Roles & Power Women were respected for their spiritual and mental…
About Indigenous Foundations
…meaning or intent of the content. Images FNIS cannot authorize reproduction of images. Permission for reproduction of images must be requested from the original source. Videos Videos cannot be reproduced,…
Constitution Express
…UBCIC News, April, 1981. Click to visit UBCIC’s Constitution Express Digital Collection. The Constitution Express was a movement organized in 1980 and 1981 to protest the lack of…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Social Council of the United Nations. Since its inception, the UBCIC has established several publications, including its newspaper NESIKA, the UBCIC News, and Indian World. These publications along with frequent…
The Indian Act
…conceptual framework that has shaped contemporary Native life in ways that are now so familiar as to almost seem “natural.” –Bonita Lawrence1 You can read the Indian Act online, at…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…were once decried by cannery owners as “barricades” that prevented fish from reaching the spawning grounds, and are still considered illegal by DFO, some environmentalists today are looking to weirs…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…Read more about R. v. Guerin R. v. Guerin Media Archive Sparrow Sparrow v. The Queen (1990) was a case involving Aboriginal fishing rights in British Columbia. In 1984, Musqueam…
