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…
Aboriginal Title
…1985. Available online: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861461/12_aboriginalrightspositionpaper1985.pdf?1484861461 —– “Aboriginal Title Implementation.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/aboriginal_title_implementation_ubcic_1998 —– “’Certainty:’ Canada’s Struggle to Extinguish Aboriginal Title.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/certainty_canada_s_struggle_to_extinguish_aboriginal_title —– “Two World Views in Law.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/two_world_views_in_law Endnotes 1 Union of British…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…First Nations Languages Program: Language recovery and revitalization as a response; cooperative university-community initiatives to ensure cultural survival Leah Walker (UBC Faculty of Medicine): Practitioner training in health; understanding residential…
George Manuel
…of Indian Affairs Coordinator of the Field worker program with the Alberta Brotherhood Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood (now Assembly of First Nations) (1970-1976) Founder and President of the…
The White Paper 1969
…recommendations, Chrétien decided to amend the Indian Act. The federal government began a national program of consultation with First Nations communities across Canada. The government distributed the informational booklet Choosing…
Sparrow Case
…http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ Musqueam Indian Band. “Statement on the passing of Ronald “Bud” Sparrow.” (2020). https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/statement-passing-ron-bud-sparrow/ Endnotes 1 Helloing, Evaleen, “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020). http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ 2 Peter Kulchyski, Ed….
Video Resources
…its aftermath. Go to this archive. Governance and Land Claims First Nations Studies Program Internet Speakers Series (2005): Governance and Land Claims. This archive contains eight public lecture sessions given…
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/…
Powley Case
…were harvesting their meat for winter.1 The pair were subsequently charged with unlawfully hunting moose and possessing game hunted in breach of the Game and Fish Act. The Powleys pled…
Aboriginal Rights
…Section 35. (Vancouver: Theytus Books Ltd, 2003.) Endnotes 1 Article 1(2) of the United Nations Charter, https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-i/index.html Manitoba, Justice Institute. “Aboriginal And Treaty Rights.” http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter5.html#9 2 Avigail Eisenberg, “Reasoning about…
