About the REDress project
…that will later be installed in public spaces throughout Winnipeg and across Canada as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through…
Bill C-31
…conferred by Indian status, inciting concerns that already strained band resources would receive additional burdens. For instance, in British Columbia reserve housing is limited because reserve sizes are extremely small,…
Powley Case
…41 (2004): 1049-1083. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, “The Powley Case—Frequently Asked Questions.” https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1100100014419/1535469560872 Stevenson, Mark L. “The Métis Aboriginal Rights Revolution.” MLaw Thesis, Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 2004….
Sparrow Case
…conservation, and That a restriction on net length infringed on Musqueam’s fishing rights and was not justified by reason of conservation.1 The case was first heard in the British Columbia…
Culture
… First Nations of British Columbia. Click to enlarge. Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology, University of B.C., Vancouver. Aboriginal groups across what is now Canada each have…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…was developed by the First Nations Studies Program at the University of British Columbia, located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam people. Looking for a specific…
Berger Inquiry
…organizations, DIAND Minister Jean Chretien asked Justice Thomas Berger of the Supreme Court of British Columbia to lead the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. Thomas Berger (photo by Michael Jackson) Berger…
