Oral Traditions
…and conveyed from generation to generation. Oral traditions form the foundation of Aboriginal societies, connecting speaker and listener in communal experience and uniting past and present in memory.”2 Western discourse…
About Sovereignty Performance
…I 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…
Global Actions
…Western society has emphasized individual rights and freedoms—seeking, basically, to protect the individual from abuses by the state or other powers. Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms predominantly protects individual…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…not 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…
Reserves
…sponsored the construction of housing on reserve. These houses were designed with the Western nuclear family unit in mind, and could not accommodate larger, more extensive Aboriginal families. Often shoddily…
ILO Convention 107
…help Indigenous peoples enter the (settler-based) market economy. Regarding land rights, Article 12.1 of the convention states that Indigenous populations “shall not be removed without their free consent from their…
Cedar
…cedar trees that grow in the temperate rainforests of coastal British Columbia: Yellow Cedar and Western Red Cedar. Yellow Cedar usually stands between 20 to 40 metres tall, and it…
Totem Poles
…a pole Carving a totem pole requires not only artistic skill, but an intimate understanding of cultural histories and forest ecology. Most totem poles are made from Western red cedar,…
The White Paper 1969
…by the Indian Act would “enable the Indian people to be free—free to develop Indian cultures in an environment of legal, social and economic equality with other Canadians.” To this…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…to be free from discrimination, and the right to a nationality. Read the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples here. Significantly, in Article 3 the UNDRIP recognizes Indigenous…