Royal Proclamation, 1763
…Will and Pleasure, that no Governor or Commander in Chief in any of our Colonies of Quebec, East Florida. or West Florida, do presume, upon any Pretence whatever, to grant…
The Indian Act
…the coming years. The potlatch was one of the most important ceremonies for coastal First Nations in the west, and marked important occasions as well as served a crucial role…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…only between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, but between Aboriginal people as well. The relationship between assimilation and Western education Western education in North America has historically functioned as a mechanism…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…in which women were able to hold positions of power and leadership in their community. Lisa J. Udel, for example, explains that motherhood was honoured and revered as key to…
Powley Case
…laid claim to Rupert’s Land and beyond, many Métis populations in the west did not experience any on-the-ground evidence of this authority for generations and continued to function as independent,…
Métis
…The lack of satisfactory response from Canada led to the Northwest Rebellion which ended after two months. Riel was tried for treason and executed in Regina on November 16, 1885….
About Jordan Bennett
Biography I am a multi-disciplinary visual artist of Mi’kmaq decent who calls the west coast of Newfoundland home. My work is derived from a combination of popular and traditional cultural…
About Sovereignty Performance
…am from a small town called Stephenville Crossing in Western Newfoundland. When creating a new piece, which materials do you gravitate towards and why? Usually when I create a piece…
Totem Poles
…Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest, and…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support students…
