Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…may have legal implications that often operate in surprising ways. In this section, we go over the various ways in which Aboriginal peoples in Canada self-identify and are defined by…
The Residential School System
…only reached grade five by the time they were 18. At this point, students were sent away. Many were discouraged from pursuing further education. Abuse at the schools was widespread:…
Indian Status
…Interior, Annual Report for the year ended 30th June, 1876 (Parliament, Sessional Papers, No. 11, 1877), p. xiv. 3 Aboriginal Rights Coalition, What Have You Heard? Victoria: Aboriginal Rights Coalition,…
Métis
…Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture, by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. http://www.metismuseum.com/ Political Organizations Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/ Métis Nation of BC: http://www.mnbc.ca/…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Aboriginal organizations’ responses Assembly of First Nations’ response. Inuit Tapriit Kanatami’s response. Native Women’s Association of Canada’s response. Union of BC Indian Chiefs’ response. Indigenous representatives from Canada had been…
Global Actions
…7 Sanders. 8 Sanders. 9 The Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), “Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC),” http://inuitcircumpolar.com/index.php?ID=16&Lang=En&Parent_ID=16 10 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, “Structure within ECOSOC,” https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/about/pdf/ecosoc_chart.pdf 11 Ibid….
Bill C-31
…Indian women. Section 12(1)(b) removed status of any woman who married a non-Indian, including American Indians and non-status Aboriginal men in Canada. Section 12(I)(a)(iv) introduced the “double mother” clause, wherein…
Oral Traditions
…and Renate Eigenbrod, eds. Aboriginal Oral Traditions: Theory, Practice, Ethics. Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2008. Hymes, Dell. “ In Vain I Tried to Tell You”: Essays in Native American Ethnopoetics. Lincoln:…
Totem Poles
…What are totem poles? House frontal poles outside the Haida Heritage Centre, Kaay Llnagay, BC. Photo (c) 2010, Robyn Hanson. Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…BC, in which Frank Calder lost his case for Aboriginal title in 1973, may have turned out differently had Section 35 been in place at that time. Borrows also feels…
