The Indian Act
…“Bill C-21: An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act.” Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Law and Governance Division, 2008. Available online at: https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/392LS577E 9 “This apartheid law prohibited…
Aboriginal Rights
…is bound by the UN Charter (1945) to foster “friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.” 1 However, Canadian governments…
Indian Status
…Canada. With the creation of the in 1876, the Canadian government developed criteria for who would be legally considered an Indian. This criteria continues to be outlined in Section 6…
The Residential School System (2009)
…The Canadian Government and the Residential School System, 1879 to 1986. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Indian Residential Schools: The Nuu-Chah-Nulth Experience. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, 1996….
The Residential School System
…1: Looking Forward, Looking Back. Chapter 10, “1.2 Changing Policies.” Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1996. 344-353. [3] Milloy, John S. A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential…
The Residential School System
…1: Looking Forward, Looking Back. Chapter 10, “1.2 Changing Policies.” Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada, 1996. 344-353. [3] Milloy, John S. A National Crime: The Canadian Government and the Residential…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…Race and Culture in Courtrooms and Classrooms. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. Retzlaff, Steffi. “What’s in a Name? The Politics of Labelling and Native Identity Constructions.” The Canadian Journal…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…reading Books & articles Asch, Michael. Home and Native Land: Aboriginal Rights and the Canadian Constitution. Agincourt: Methuen, 1984. Aki-Kwe/Mary Ellen Turpel, “Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Charter of Rights…
Sixties Scoop
…by child welfare services and to the need to act.12 In 1983, the Canadian Council on Social Development commissioned Patrick Johnston to undertake what became the first comprehensive statistical overview…
Gustafsen Lake
…stand-off in 1995 between the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and sundancers and their helpers (Sundancers) conducting religious ceremony that lasted more than thirty days. Gustafsen Lake has been called…
