Lease Lands Press
…6, 1999 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,…
Guerin Case
…able to find a lawyer who would take on the case, as there was little to no legal or governmental acknowledgement of Aboriginal rights and title at that time.3 The…
Video Resources
…in communities related to them (British Columbia is distinguished in Canada in having relatively few treaties and therefore little legal surrender of rights). The eighteen speakers in the archive include…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…had not been consulted about the new constitution, and there was initially very little reference to Aboriginal rights. Aboriginal groups across Canada became concerned that, with the transfer of constitutional…
Sparrow Case
…would be conservation of natural resources, in which First Nations interest would come second only to that; “There has been as little infringement as possible in order to effect the…
Aboriginal Rights
…the arrival of settlers, but have received little to no recognition by the colonial institutions that facilitated these infringements. Historically, some non-Aboriginal politicians claimed to support the petitions and other…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…and privileges, such as exemption from taxes under certain circumstances and eligibility for certain government services, though its primary purpose throughout most of Canadian history has been to regulate and…
The White Paper 1969
…be sold by the band or its members Transfer responsibility for Indian affairs from the federal government to the province and integrate these services into those provided to other Canadian…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…child and family services for the prevention of child apprehension, a culturally-sensitive model for female Aboriginal inmate rehabilitation, and so on.8 The BCIHA provided a voice for Aboriginal women who…
