Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…his knowledge of the capacity of the camp, of the number of children that extended families had, of the number of fishing rocks that were accessible according to the varying…
Sparrow Case
…1 Helloing, Evaleen, “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020). http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ 2 Peter Kulchyski, Ed. Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994. 212….
Oral Traditions
…stone anyone who misbehaved, resulting in a number of distinct geological formations throughout S’olh Temexw (or Stó:lō territory). Xe:xals also rewarded individuals who showed exemplary behaviour by turning them into…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…the case to court, arguing that such an increase in rents amounted to extortion. The Federal Court ruled that leased Aboriginal land was only worth half of freehold land, and…
Aboriginal Title
…afforded to non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under Canadian common law. Over time, various court decisions have contributed to this definition of title. Along with defining Aboriginal title in more precise terms,…
Van der Peet case
…Review. 32 (1998): 249-270. Endnotes 1 Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1407/index.do 2 Russell Lawrence Barsh & James Youngblood Henderson….
Métis
…David. “Louis Riel will smile: Appeal will find court decision on Métis flawed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 January 2008. Available online at Manitoba Métis Federation, Land Claims Decisions. Downloadable to…
Aboriginal Rights
…on a case-by-case basis. There have since been a number of court cases that have contributed to this definition. The 1990 R v Sparrow decision, for example, created the “Sparrow…
Gustafsen Lake
…Overview of the Gustafsen Lake Stand-off Gustafsen Lake or Ts’Peten, a region close to 100 Mile House in British Columbia, in Secwepemec (Shuswap) territory, was the location of a…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Plint, a dorm supervisor at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School convicted of 16 counts of indecent assault, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Douglas Hogarth called Plint a “sexual terrorist.” Hogarth…
