Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…The AMCS continues to provide for urban Aboriginal mothers and children, and is one of many legacies the IHA has left for successive generations. During this time, however, the IHA…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…Proclamation is still valid, Aboriginal peoples continually have had to prove their existing title to the land through legal disputes. In British Columbia in particular, this issue has been of…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…may have legal implications that often operate in surprising ways. In this section, we go over the various ways in which Aboriginal peoples in Canada self-identify and are defined by…
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….
The White Paper 1969
…Trudeau and his Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chrétien, unveiled a policy paper that proposed ending the special legal relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the Canadian state and dismantling the…
Cedar
…Time Memorial” SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. https://swswlibrary.com/culture-and-history/a-journey-into-time-immemorial/ “Thunderbird Park” Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C. https://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibits/tbird-park/main.htm?lang=eng Books & Articles McMillan, Alan D., and Eldon Yellowhorn. First Peoples in…
ILO Convention 107
…help Indigenous peoples enter the (settler-based) market economy. Regarding land rights, Article 12.1 of the convention states that Indigenous populations “shall not be removed without their free consent from their…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…just as important and relevant as the other. It also came from a place where I wanted to explore a new way to engage with language. There have been many…
Land & Rights
…ecosystems. As scholars Bonita Lawrence and Enakshi Dua point out using historical examples, “to separate Indigenous peoples from their land” is to “preempt Indigenous sovereignty.” Land and Aboriginal rights are…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…many Indigenous Peoples has remained a powerful yet invisible force. Ardith Walkem and Halie Bruce8 On the other hand, John Borrows of the Nawash First Nation and Law Foundation at…
