Aboriginal Title
…across what is now known as North America have maintained a strong connection to the land since time immemorial. Although there is vast cultural variation between First Nations, most groups…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Politics, Activism, Culture. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010), 43-55. Settler mischaracterization of Aboriginal women’s roles As settlers arrived in what is now North America, they brought with them a foreign patriarchal…
Oral Traditions
…Hereditary Chief and Keptin of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council1 Throughout history, Aboriginal societies in North America have relied on the oral transmission of stories, histories, lessons and other knowledge to…
Lease Lands Press
The Vancouver Courier, February 3, 1972 The Vancouver Courier, February 15, 1995 The Province, February 19, 1995 The Vancouver Sun, February 24, 1995 The North Shore News, January 6, 1999…
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…

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…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…North America. Historically, colonial policy and legislation had the explicit goal of terminating Aboriginal peoples’ cultural and social identities in order to assimilate them into colonial society. Colonial governments and…
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….
The Indian Act
…Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), formerly the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). The Indian Act is a part of a long history of assimilation policies that…