UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…refused to change the draft, arguing that the document simply extended to Indigenous peoples the rights already guaranteed to colonialists.3 The authors of the UN Declaration sought to break free…
Gustafsen Lake
…not reveal that it was in fact their own ERT. The RCMP would phone back once the ERT mission was over, revealing the men as RCMP officers.8 Several other meetings…
Reserves
…was formed in 1867. Newcomers began occupying the traditional territories of Aboriginal peoples in increasing numbers (some with the financial assistance of their governments). Colonial authorities and some Aboriginal people…
Oral Traditions
…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 valuable…
Sixties Scoop
…was one of these areas.2 In 1951, twenty-nine Aboriginal children were in provincial care in British Columbia; by 1964, that number was 1,466. Aboriginal children, who had comprised only 1…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…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 levels of the river…
Global Actions
…began to unite with other Aboriginal groups to increase their effectiveness in the fight for their rights. Since the 1970s, increasing numbers of Indigenous peoples have organized across geographic and…
Klamath Termination
Oral Narratives of the Klamath Termination: Individual Elders Reflect on Time and Change is a video archive that records the observations of a group of six members of the Klamath,…
Indian Status
…have now changed and it is widely recognized that Aboriginal peoples will retain their cultures and customs, legal experts point out that the Canadian government has managed to change its…
Constitution Express
…Canadian history, as it ultimately changed the Constitution.1 What was the patriation, and why were First Nations opposed to it? Before 1982, Canada was a dominion of Britain. At that…