Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
Musqueam Legal History — A Digital Media Archive The Musqueam Indian Band has been involved in a number of precedent-setting legal battles over the past few decades. Four of these…
Video Resources
…Oregon tribes, and some in the midwest, suffered a similar fate through a policy that was generally known as Termination. This archive explores their experience of that change and its…
Bill C-31
…under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It proposed modifications to various sections of the Indian Act, including significant changes to Indian status and band membership, with three major…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Pipeline Inquiry that, in the 1970s, held extensive hearings in Aboriginal communities in the north on the potential effects of the building of a pipeline through their territories. The findings…
The White Paper 1969
…become the cornerstone of UBCIC’s policy. Recommended resources Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs. Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy. Ottawa: Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, 1969….
Government Policy
This painting depicts the drafting of the British North America Act in 1866. Painted in 1899 by John David Kelly. (c) 2007 Library and Archives Canada. Image courtesy of…
Ipperwash Crisis
…a group of approximately 30 members of the band, including a number of children, began their occupation of the park on September 4, 1995. They planned to peacefully occupy the…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…One of these demonstrations was the Constitution Express, an action that contemporary activist Arthur Manuel describes as the most effective direct action in Canadian history, as it ultimately changed the…
Aboriginal Rights
…peoples’ rights would be surrendered or legislated away, often in exchange for treaty rights. Treaties were negotiated between Canada and Aboriginal leaders in respect of the aforementioned nation-to-nation relationship. While…