The Residential School System
…were often given numbers, and their days were strictly regimented by timetables. Boys and girls were kept separate, and even siblings rarely interacted, further weakening family ties. Chief Bobby Joseph…

The Residential School System
…were often given numbers, and their days were strictly regimented by timetables. Boys and girls were kept separate, and even siblings rarely interacted, further weakening family ties. Chief Bobby Joseph…
Sixties Scoop
…homes and placed, in most cases, into middle-class Euro-Canadian families. This overrepresentation continues today. An epidemic of Aboriginal child apprehension The government began phasing out compulsory residential school education in…
About the REDress project
…will later be installed in public spaces throughout Winnipeg and across Canada as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through the…
Global Actions
…away shortly after in 1925, but to this day remains an important figure in leadership and bringing Indigenous rights to the international stage. From the earliest days of contact between…
The Indian Act
…it authorizes the Canadian federal government to regulate and administer in the affairs and day-to-day lives of registered Indians and reserve communities. This authority has ranged from overarching political control,…
Oral Traditions
…certain seasons, at a particular time of day, or in specific places. In the same vein, some stories are meant to be heard only by specific people.6 Such stories often…
Métis
…scrip had to be redeemed at Lands Title offices that were hundreds of kilometers apart, necessitating several days of travel by each grantee. Some people sent others to redeem scrip…
ILO Convention 169
…“A New Step in the International Law on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: ILO Convention No. 169 of 1989,” Oklahoma City University Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 1990. 696-710….
Lease Lands Press
…The Westender, January 7, 1999 The Vancouver Sun, January 14, 1999 The Vancouver Sun, January 19, 1999 The Vancouver Courier, January 31, 1999 Terminal City News, February 5, 1999 The…