Van der Peet case
…Despite Stót:lō peoples’ traditional practice of engaging in complex trade and barter relationships with other First Nations, the Court ruled that trade in salmon did not amount to an Aboriginal…
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…
Aboriginal Title
…afforded to non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under Canadian common law. Over time, various court decisions have contributed to this definition of title. Along with defining Aboriginal title in more precise terms,…
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
…defining decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding Aboriginal rights. Musqueam community members recognized Sparrow’s arrest as a threat to their collective rights, and to the rights of Aboriginal…
Reserves
…this, see the Royal Commission of Aboriginal Peoples, “Differing Assumptions and Understandings” in Looking Forward Looking Back, 1996.) Colonial agents frequently insisted that a prime motive for establishing the reserve…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…Two. Dir. Maurice Bulbulian. National Film Board of Canada, 1987. Endnotes s Juristocracy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. 196. 3 R. v Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075. Accessed online:https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/609/index.do 4…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…bulletins have played important roles in British Columbia’s political history by circulating up-to-date political information to distant and otherwise isolated Aboriginal communities. The UBCIC also serves as a central information…
Global Actions
…Special Rapporteur on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations, José Martínez Cobo, developed a working definition for use with the Working Group of Indigenous Populations: Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those…