Sixties Scoop
…child.”17 In 2007, the AFN filed a complaint with the Canada Human Rights Commission claiming that INAC’s funding provisions created inequality between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. In May 2008, Canada’s…
Métis
…of Métis History and Culture, by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. http://www.metismuseum.com/ Political Organizations Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/ Métis Nation of BC: http://www.mnbc.ca/ Métis Nation…
Powley Case
…Métis issues and has expanded popular thought about Métis from being limited to Red River Métis to understanding that Métis communities exist elsewhere—the Powleys being from Sault Ste Marie, Ontario….
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…a consideration much debated during initial discussions. There was much tension between U.N. member states and Indigenous peoples’ representatives during the drafting, due to presumed competing interests. Many U.N. member…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…deep-sea fishing for halibut, hand-logging, hunting; and many other activities. First Nations women working at Claxton Cannery. Image A-08198 courtesy of Royal BC Museum, BC Archives. Cannery operators considered Indigenous…
Ipperwash Crisis
…death began. The inquiry lasted from 2003 to 2006, and what it uncovered many considered shocking. Surveillance videotapes obtained by the CBC showed OPP members making racist remarks towards Aboriginal…
Cedar
…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 Canada….
Van der Peet case
…& Tanisha Salomons Recommended resources 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 Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van der Peet: Aboriginal…
Totem Poles
…to be repatriated from overseas,” Ecotrust Canada, https://www.terracestandard.com/news/highway-of-tears-memorial-totem-pole-to-be-raised-on-kitsumkalum-territory-west-of-terrace/(accessed 22 December 2020). 17 “Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole- Film Description,” National Film Board of Canada, https://www.nfb.ca/film/totem_the_return_of_the_gpsgolox_pole/ (accessed 22 December…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…communities have historically challenged this legislation, the Indian Act has created legal and conceptual frameworks for lived and perceived understandings of Aboriginal identity, for both mainstream society and for Aboriginal…