Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…to accommodate growing settler populations and designed policy and legislation to this end. In Canada, the Indian Act is the primary piece of legislation designed to assimilate and dispossess Aboriginal…
Indian Status
…of the Indian Act, thus defining who qualifies for Indian status. Given the government’s historical unilateral authority to determine who is legally Indian, the Assembly of First Nations as well…
Powley Case
…41 (2004): 1049-1083. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, “The Powley Case—Frequently Asked Questions.” https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100014419/1535469560872 Stevenson, Mark L. “The Métis Aboriginal Rights Revolution.” MLaw Thesis, Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 2004….
Van der Peet case
…significance to the Aboriginal society in question; The practices, customs and traditions which constitute Aboriginal rights are those which have continuity with the practices, customs and traditions that existed prior…
Guerin Case
…Constitution. By Tanisha Salomons & Erin Hanson Recommended Resources Supreme Court of Canada, Guerin v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 335. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2495/index.do Musqueam Band. “Musqueam Day 2020.” https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-day-2020/…
Aboriginal Rights
…the ensuing First Ministers’ Conferences could not reach a consensus on what specifically qualifies as an Aboriginal right, and the federal government has since recognized that, while Aboriginal rights exist,…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…This land includes the University of British Columbia Golf Course lands, the Bridgeport Casino lands and two parcels of land from the Pacific Spirit Regional Park. University lands Media Archive…
The Indian Act
…Act has also enabled the government to determine the land base of these groups in the form of reserves, and even to define who qualifies as Indian in the form…
The Residential School System
…responsibility—became the primary means to this end. Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald commissioned journalist and politician Nicholas Flood Davin to study industrial schools for Indigenous children in the United…
Constitution Express
…17 Smith, Melvin. “Some Perspectives on the Origin and Meaning of Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.” Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 2000. Available online: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/PerspectivesonSection35.pdf 18 Romanow, Roy J., Howard…
