Global Actions
…Cohen, Cynthia Price. The Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Ardsley, NY: Transnational Publishers, 1998. Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. “The First Decade of Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations.” Peace and Change, 31,…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…96. United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues official website: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/index.html Endnotes 1 James Sa’ke’j Youngblood Henderson, Indigenous Diplomacy and the Rights of Peoples: Achieving U.N. Recognition (Saskatoon: Purich Publishing,…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…an integral part of the distinctive Stó:lō culture which existed prior to contact and was therefore protected by s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982.”37 Indigenous peoples in British Columbia…
The Residential School System (2009)
…them to attend any other educational institution.1 Male students in the assembly hall of the Alberni Indian Residential School, 1960s. United Church Archives, Toronto, from Mission to Partnership Collection. Female…
The Residential School System
…1960s. United Church Archives, Toronto, from Mission to Partnership Collection. Female students in the assembly hall of the Alberni Indian Residential School, 1960s. United Church Archives, Toronto, from Mission to…
The Residential School System
…1960s. United Church Archives, Toronto, from Mission to Partnership Collection. Female students in the assembly hall of the Alberni Indian Residential School, 1960s. United Church Archives, Toronto, from Mission to…
Aboriginal Rights
…practiced and enjoyed since before European contact. Because each First Nation has historically functioned as a distinct society, there is no one official overarching Indigenous definition of what these rights…
The Indian Act
…in Canada and the United States: An Overview.” Hypatia. 18:2. 2003. 3.1 2 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Looking Forward, Looking back….
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Nationhood. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. —– “Gender, Race, and the Regulation of Native Identity in Canada and the United States: An Overview.” Hypatia 18(2): 2003. Available online at:…
Constitution Express
…Constitution. When this large-scale peaceful demonstration did not initially alter the Trudeau government’s position, delegations continued on to the United Nations in New York, and then to Europe to spread…
