Special Projects
…Much of the content on Indigenous Foundations is designed to provide you with concise information on key topics in Indigenous studies. Some parts of this site, however, contain special…
The Residential School System
…for Indigenous peoples as the genocidal acts of the past.” –Pamela Palmater, Mi’kmaq lawyer, professor, activist, and politician (National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Canada) et…
Cedar
…a forest utilization site containing a CMT created prior to 1846 is protected by law.10 Today, Aboriginal peoples continue to create new CMTs as part of their cultural and economic…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…mission.7 Scholar Joan Sangster points out that female sexuality was regulated in numerous ways, with colonial law as “one crucial site of sexual regulation.”8 The Indian Act gave the agent…
Sixties Scoop
…“Canada has been slow to honour its commitment to uphold those rights and ensure the well-being of children.” The report addressed the situation of Aboriginal children in particular: “Improvements are…
The Indian Act
…Act has also enabled the government to determine the land base of these groups in the form of reserves, and even to define who qualifies as Indian in the form…
Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
…False Creek, in what is now Vancouver, British Columbia, was the site of an ancient village known in the Musqueam language, hən’q’emin’əm’, as sən’a?qw and in Skwxwú7mesh as Sen’ákw….
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…to the topic of the Indian Residential Schools, see Government Policy: The Residential School System. Special Project: The Berger Inquiry. This site now includes a special project on the MacKenzie…
The Residential School System
…for Indigenous peoples as the genocidal acts of the past.” –Pamela Palmater, Mi’kmaq lawyer, professor, activist, and politician (National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Canada) et…
