Métis
…Constitution.8 The courts further established the “Powley test” to determine what constitutes a Métis right, much as the Van der Peet test established guidelines to determine First Nations’ constitutional rights….
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…serious concerns of the Stó:lō First Nation bands who depend on the Fraser River for salmon. “The Fraser River’s Aboriginal people are now engaged in a desperate struggle to catch…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…state to step up and protect us. And these stereotypes provide the justification for why the State doesn’t step up.14 Indian Act Gendered Discrimination Now that we’ve explored the ways…
Gustafsen Lake
…the rest of his article here: http://www.nationnewsarchives.ca/article/rcmp-should-avoid-waco-style-shootout-in-b-c/.) Then-Attorney General Ujjal Dosanj would infamously state, “Where’s the other side of the story? There is only one side of the story. There…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…day, participants, who included administrators, faculty, staff, and students from UBC and other institutions, and Aboriginal leaders, school survivors, and community members, heard testimony from scholars, survivors, students, leaders, and…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…experiencing pain or distress as a result of his or her residential school experience. UBC Faculty and Staff Faculty and staff have access to counselling services (face-to-face, telephone, and e-counselling)…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…for work to continue Larry Grant (Musqueam Indian Band): The impact of the residential schools on communities; loss of culture, community stability; effects on families Louisa Smith A survivor’s account…
Reserves
…along in the different world that had overtaken them…Their identities were still Native, still Nisga’a, Tsimshian, Nuxalk, or Nlha7kapmx, and they still lived, for the most part, within the territories…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…recognized members of them. In this restricted sense, “First Nations” refers to status Indians who are members of a First Nation. In this usage, it excludes non-status Indians, Inuit, Métis,…
Sixties Scoop
…2, “Families.” Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1996. 9-106. Bennett, Marilyn. “First Nations Fact Sheet: A General Profile on First Nations Child Welfare in Canada.” First Nations Child…