Bands
…members of their band. Under section 10 of the Indian Act, bands may have their own membership codes if a majority of band electors consent to these codes, and if…
Indian Status
…own membership codes, and thereby determine who can participate in band politics and society, as well as who can access band resources such as band property. Bands, however, did not…
Global Actions
…and Sweden. Norway was the first country to establish a Saami Parliament in 1989, with Sweden to follow in 1993 and Finland in 1996. In Canada, the Assembly of First…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…where these two types of relations intersect, and where they diverge. As non-Aboriginal settlers first arrived in what is now Canada, they brought with them their patriarchal social codes and…
George Manuel
…of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples in Sweden, Manuel proposed drafting an international declaration to uphold and protect the rights of Indigenous peoples worldwide. This would eventually become the…
Totem Poles
…a fishing trip.17 The pole was then shipped to Sweden, where it remained in storage until 1980, when it was finally put on display at the national Museum of Ethnography…