Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…of the Chehalis First Nation, Willie Charlie, was drift-netting on the Fraser River near the mouth of the Harrison River. As he prepared to deploy his net at a traditional…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…2008), 119. 2 United Nations, “History (brief).” https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2.html 3 Henderson, 70. 4 Ibid. 5 Lightfoot, “Emerging International Indigenous Rights Norms and ‘Over-compliance’ in New Zealand and Canada,” Political Science vol….
Métis
…Red River Métis in the Nineteenth Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Pannekoek, Frits. “Métis Studies: The Development of a Field and New Directions.” In From Rupert’s Land to…
Global Actions
…century, policymakers have been obliged to balance individual rights with collective rights through new international instruments. A history of global Indigenous organizations Chief Deskaheh Chief Levi General (1873–1925), now better…
Oral Traditions
…stone 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…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…The UBCIC was founded in November 1969 when a number of chiefs across British Columbia united in response to the federal government’s proposed “White Paper,” a policy paper in which…
Constitution Express
…As a result, 41 people immediately continued on to the United Nations headquarters in New York City, and presented their concerns before the United Nations to gain international attention.15 In…
Totem Poles
…New York Times (New York, NY), May 5, 2010. 5 Halpin, 24. 6 Halpin, 23. 7 Hilary Stewart, Cedar (Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre: 1984), 25. 8 Roy Henry Vickers, Spirit…
Indian Status
…their band, and their registration number. “Status Indians” are wards of the Canadian federal government, a paternalistic legal relationship that illustrates the historical imperial notion that Aboriginal peoples are “children”…
ILO Convention 169
…Lee. “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….
