Indian Status
…between the Crown and First Nations, when the Crown guaranteed particular services in exchange for title to the land.3 Those with Indian status do not pay taxes for most purchases…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…only with other people with Indian status – in effect, a form of racial engineering.2 The logic of Indian status flows from thinking of Indigeneity (or ethnicity more broadly) as…
Video Resources
…Oregon tribes, and some in the midwest, suffered a similar fate through a policy that was generally known as Termination. This archive explores their experience of that change and its…
Bill C-31
…under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It proposed modifications to various sections of the Indian Act, including significant changes to Indian status and band membership, with three major…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…dried before the arrival of blowflies and wasps. 4 Despite government intervention, and changes in technology to fishing by boat with gill nets, the practice of wind-drying continues to this…
Aboriginal Title
…been addressed through historical treaties. The comprehensive claims process was fundamentally established as a means to extinguish Aboriginal title in exchange for rights and benefits clearly outlined in the settlement…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…generally, such as “Aboriginal” or “Indigenous,” some have current use, some are regarded more as depreciated historical legacy terms, and all are used with varying degrees of specificity in different…
