Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…contradicted the matrilineal system of many First Nations and disrupted a hereditary system that had been in place for hundreds of generations. Those who qualified as Indian under this legislated…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…also “set[s] the legal parameters by which Indigenousness can be said to be eliminated”: Once these parameters have been set, policies can be put into place to continuously restrict and…
The Residential School System (2009)
…This article has been archived. An updated version was published in 2020; read it here. Residential Schools Children’s dining room, Indian Residential School, Edmonton, Alberta. Between 1925-1936. United Church…
The Residential School System
…By Erin Hanson (2009), with updates and revisions by Daniel P. Gamez & Alexa Manuel (September 2020). The original version of this article has been archived, but may be…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Both the BC Fisheries Survival Coalition, a group of non-Native commercial fishers, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, have called for an end to what Harper has termed “racially divided fisheries…
The Residential School System
…By Erin Hanson (2009), with updates and revisions by Daniel P. Gamez & Alexa Manuel (September 2020). The original version of this article has been archived, but may be…
Sixties Scoop
…entered. What they believed constituted proper care was generally based on middle-class Euro-Canadian values. For example, when social workers entered the homes of families subsisting on a traditional Aboriginal diet…
Oral Traditions
…be crucial: both precision and contextualizing have their place in oral societies.7 In contrast, written history does not present a dialogue so much as a static record of an authority’s…
Aboriginal Rights
…sense. ‘Aboriginal rights’ are in fact the benefits accrued by indigenous peoples who have agreed to abandon their autonomy in order to enter the legal and political framework of the…
Reserves
…the far reaching consequences for the nation’s socio-economic, spiritual, and cultural health. When issues of Aboriginal title are discussed, this generally refers to the use and enjoyment of traditional territories….
