The Residential School System
…School System, 1879 to 1986.University of Manitoba Press, 1999. Xvii, 91–2. [4] Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. 2015. Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2 1939 to 2000. The…
Bill C-31
…her own family and community, as well as her connections to her heritage. The Indian Act amendments of 1951 went further in codifying provisions regarding Indian status that discriminated against…
The Residential School System
…School System, 1879 to 1986.University of Manitoba Press, 1999. Xvii, 91–2. [4] Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. 2015. Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2 1939 to 2000. The…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…but complementary roles. Many First Nations were matrilineal, meaning that descent – wealth, power, and inheritance — were passed down through the mother. Historians and scholars have emphasized the various…
Totem Poles
…Museum. The cultural variations of totem pole styles are complex and go beyond the purview of this section, but a few generalizations can be made about regional characteristics. The Coast…
Gustafsen Lake
…3 Switlo, 105. 4 Sandra. Lambertus. Wartime Images, Peacetime Wounds: The Media and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). 2007.38-40, 43. 5 Janice Switlo, personal communication with…
Van der Peet case
…Erin Hanson & Tanisha Salomons Recommended resources Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1407/index.do Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van der…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…tied to rural communities or reserves obscure their positions and perspectives. “Looking Aboriginal”: Race and Aboriginal Identity Anonymous postcard submitted to Post Secret. Image from www.postsecret.com The social realities of…
Guerin Case
…Constitution. By Tanisha Salomons & Erin Hanson Recommended Resources Supreme Court of Canada, Guerin v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 335. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2495/index.do Musqueam Band. “Musqueam Day 2020.” https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-day-2020/…
Sparrow Case
…1075. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/609/index.do Kulchyski, Peter. Ed. “Sparrow,” in Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994. 212-237. Helloing, Evaleen. “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020)….
