UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…of heart this way: New Zealand Read New Zealand’s official statement of support, from April 20, 2010, here. Read New Zealand Parliament’s Question and Answer Period regarding the UNDRIP here….
Global Actions
…UK: Ashgate Dartmouth, 2003. ———. Indigenous Peoples in International Law. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Beier, J. Marshall, ed. Indigenous Diplomacies. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009….
Sixties Scoop
…http://www.fact.on.ca/news/news0212/gm021221a.htm Lyons, Tom. “For more than 20 years, Canada took native children from their homes and placed them with white families. Now a lost generation want its history back.” http://www.cuckoografik.org/trained_tales/orp_pages/news/news5.html…
Oral Traditions
…a lesson in a new light, among other reasons. Through multiple tellings, a story is fleshed out, creating a broader, more comprehensive narrative. Should listeners ever recount the narrative elsewhere,…
The Residential School System (2009)
…seven generations from now. My ancestors did the same seven generations ago and they tried hard to fight against you because they knew what was happening. They knew what was…
Gustafsen Lake
…not reveal that it was in fact their own ERT. The RCMP would phone back once the ERT mission was over, revealing the men as RCMP officers.8 Several other meetings…
Constitution Express
…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 1981, the…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…“Returning to Selective Fishing,” 447. 16 Newell, Tangled Webs, 54 17 Newell, Tangled Webs, 53, 77. 18 Newell, Tangled Webs, 54 19 Newell, Tangled Webs, 86, 109 20 Newell, Tangled…
Métis
…Free People—Otipemisiwak,” Batoche, Saskatchewan, 1870–1930. Ottawa: National Historical Parks and Sites, Canada Parks Service, 1990. Peterson, Jacqueline, and Jennifer Brown, eds. The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North…
The Indian Act
…three years to change any law that was not in line with the new constitution and Charter. After consultations and negotiations, the Indian Act was amended in 1985, and Bill…
