UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” New Zealand Law Journal (October 2006): 335–337. http://www.apc.org.nz/pma/cc001006.pdf Charters, Claire, and Rodolfo Stavenhagen, eds. Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
Global Actions
…began visiting Indigenous communities around the world, including nations in Tanzania, Scandinavia, and New Zealand, to learn first hand their experiences and struggles. He then decided to form an international…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…British Columbia 1850-1930 (Coqualeetza Education Training Centre, 1983), 30-32; Newell, Tangled Webs, 117. 33 Harris, Landing Native Fisheries, 121. 34 Newell, Tangled Webs, 117-119. 35 R. v. Sparrow, [1990] 1…
Indian Status
…Endnotes 1 Assembly of First Nations, “The Story,” http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf Clifton, James A, Ed. The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policy. New Brunswick: Transaction, 1990, 350. 2 Department of the…
The White Paper 1969
…the white paper as focal point, First Nations across the province came together in new ways. They were spearheaded by a younger generation of leaders who, like Cardinal, were university…
Oral Traditions
…present a lesson in a new light, among other reasons. Through multiple tellings, a story is fleshed out, creating a broader, more comprehensive narrative. Should listeners ever recount the narrative…
Totem Poles
…in the fish and fur trade with Europeans. During this time, coastal First Nations acquired new tools that enabled them to construct more elaborate poles. Most poles, even though they…
Constitution Express
…The Constitution Express from Vancouver to Ottawa, New York, and London In order to bring national and international attention to the issue, as well as to potentially delay the patriation…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Manuel resigned from the National Indian Brotherhood and accepted the invitation to lead the UBCIC in a new direction. Manuel created the Aboriginal Rights Position Paper (available here), a foundation…
Reserves
…charges. At Sillery in New France (now part of the Canadian province of Quebec), these settlements were created with the intention to encourage Aboriginal peoples to adopt Christianity.1 These first…
