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
…of Ottawa came to us and asked us how we were doing and we told her, well, we only had about, we could count the number of billets we’d arranged…
About Sovereignty Performance
…large number of people that came by, hung out and even took part. I was even interviewed and was the front page story in“The Western Star” a local newspaper that…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…in North America. Historically, colonial policy and legislation had the explicit goal of terminating Aboriginal peoples’ cultural and social identities in order to assimilate them into colonial society. Colonial governments…
Métis
…in North America. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1985. Sawchuck, Joe. “The Métis, Non-Status Indians, and the New Aboriginality: Government Influence on Native political Alliances and Identity.” Canadian Ethnic Studies…
Lease Lands Press
…The Vancouver Courier, February 3, 1972 The Vancouver Courier, February 15, 1995 The Province, February 19, 1995 The Vancouver Sun, February 24, 1995 The North Shore News, January…
The Residential School System (2009)
…to 44, suicide and self-inflicted injury is the number one cause of death, responsible for almost 40 percent of mortalities.18 First Nations women attempt suicide eight times more often than…
About the REDress project
…that will later be installed in public spaces throughout Winnipeg and across Canada as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through…
Totem Poles
…1981), 16. 2 Edward Malin, Totem Poles of the Pacific North Coast (Portland: Timber Press, 1986), 45-51. 3 Halpin, 23. 4 William Yardley, “Recovery Still Incomplete After Valdez Spill,” The…
Global Actions
…Haudenosaunee. Deskaheh returned to North America but settled in New York to escape harassment and targeting from the RCMP who would eventually succeed in dismantling the traditional Haudenosaunee government. Deskaheh…
