Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…“Aboriginal” became the mutually accepted term. In the Constitution, “Aboriginal” is used to include three groups previously defined by earlier categories: “Indian,” “Inuit,” and “Métis.” Each of these three predecessor…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…of the Australian Racial Discrimination Act in order to introduce policies that were previously outlawed, and has sparked much debate. Australia Read Australia’s official statement of support here. Click here…
Sixties Scoop
…adoptive family assessments. In many provinces and territories across Canada, a child is now entitled to know its background, and cultural appropriateness is considered in the assessment and screening of…
Bill C-31
…major goals: to address gender discrimination of the Indian Act, to restore Indian status to those who had been forcibly enfranchised due to previous discriminatory provisions, and to allow bands…
Métis
…or unrecognized Métis peoples has been and will continue to be a major area of academic, legal, and political inquiry in Canada. And as scholars and other recognized experts revisit…
Aboriginal Rights
…to accommodate Aboriginal peoples’ rights within a system that had not been initially designed to recognize them. Aboriginal perspectives on government-defined Aboriginal rights Some Aboriginal leaders and key figures oppose…
Gustafsen Lake
…personal communication. 22 As quoted by Mofino, Rick. “U.S. court refuses to extradite Canadian native.” the National Post. 23 November 2000, A4. 23 Switlo, personal communication, November 4, 2010….
Aboriginal Title
…acknowledge the continued existence Aboriginal title. The Supreme Court ruled that Aboriginal title had existed, but were divided on whether or not it continued to exist. Determining the potential continued…
Oral Traditions
…deaf ears, and while he accepted their oral history as evidence, Justice Allen McEachern concluded that it held no weight. In his now infamous ruling, he concluded that the Gitksan…
Totem Poles
…In the early 1990s, the Haisla people of the Kitimat area in B.C. began the process of repatriating a mortuary pole that had been taken away from their community in…
