Terminology
…“Aboriginal peoples” (plural) indicates a number of separate Aboriginal populations. To capitalize or to not capitalize? There is no official consensus on when to capitalize certain terms. Some people consider…
Ipperwash Crisis
…land, a group of approximately 30 members of the band, including a number of children, began their occupation of the park on September 4, 1995. They planned to peacefully occupy…
Berger Inquiry
…organizations, DIAND Minister Jean Chretien asked Justice Thomas Berger of the Supreme Court of British Columbia to lead the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. Thomas Berger (photo by Michael Jackson) Berger…
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…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…For more information on the Indian Residential School System, see the parent page to this one, The Residential School System. On September 18, 2013, the University of British Columbia suspended…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…September 18, 2013, the University of British Columbia suspended classes for the first day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s National Event in Vancouver. A considerable amount of…
Sparrow Case
…conservation, and That a restriction on net length infringed on Musqueam’s fishing rights and was not justified by reason of conservation.1 The case was first heard in the British Columbia…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…was developed by the First Nations Studies Program at the University of British Columbia, located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. Looking for a specific…
Bill C-31
…conferred by Indian status, inciting concerns that already strained band resources would receive additional burdens. For instance, in British Columbia reserve housing is limited because reserve sizes are extremely small,…
