Ipperwash Crisis
…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 the…
Terminology
…a legal definition. While “First Nations” refers to the ethnicity of First Nations peoples, the singular “First Nation” can refer to a band, a reserve-based community, or a larger tribal…
Berger Inquiry
…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 organized…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…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 topic?…
Sparrow Case
…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 (BC)…
Bill C-31
…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, and…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…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 programming…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…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 classes for…
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 their…
