Sixties Scoop
…at: https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_200805_04_e_30700.html Canadian Council of Provincial Child and Youth Advocates. “Aboriginal Children & Youth in Canada: Canada Must do Better.” June 23, 2010. Available online at: http://www.cccya.ca/images/english/pdf/aboriginal_children_youth_advocates_position_paper_2010.pdf Johnston, Patrick. Native…
The Residential School System (2009)
…the Canadian government and administered by churches that had the nominal objective of educating Aboriginal children but also the more damaging and equally explicit objectives of indoctrinating them into Euro-Canadian…
Ipperwash Crisis
…During World War II, the federal government decided to build a military camp on reserve land occupied by the Stony Point First Nation and located in Ipperwash Provincial Park,…
Métis
…the recognizable Métis sashes, intricate beadwork, moose hair tufting, Red River carts, and so on. While this section does not go into detail on the Métis material culture and traditions,…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…14 Ibid. 15 Lightfoot. 16 Ibid. 17 Canada. Canada’s Statement of Support on the United Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. November 12, 2010. Available online at http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ap/ia/dcl/stmt-eng.asp…
Aboriginal Title
…Aboriginal people, and existed (and could be extinguished) at the pleasure of the Crown. The St Catherine’s Milling decision claimed that Aboriginal title was granted by the Crown through the…
Community & Politics
…National Council – http://www.metisnation.ca/ Pauktuutit – http://www.pauktuutit.ca Direct Actions Instances of direct action, such as blockades, are frequently presented to and interpreted by the public as being a nuisance, caused…
Totem Poles
…at the main entrance and often contained an opening for passage into the house. Mortuary poles, which contained the remains of the deceased in grave boxes, served as both a…
ILO Convention 107
…Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the ILO began the process of writing a convention outlining government obligations to the Indigenous peoples under their jurisdictions. Discussions lasted 11 years, culminating…
ILO Convention 169
…International Labor Office, 1995. Endnotes 1 Schutling, Gerard. “ILO Convention 169: Can it help?” http://www.abyayalanews.org/document/2444 2 Schutling. 3 Rachel Seider, ed., Multiculturalism in Latin America: Indigenous Rights, Diversity and Democracy…
