Reserves
…selling produce or livestock produced on the reserve—to justify reducing reserve lands even further.) By the time government authorities began to create reserves in British Columbia in the 1850s, it…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…to improve the living conditions within First Nations communities, including providing adequate facilities on reserves, facilitating training programs, fighting discrimination, promoting equality and establishing political recognition for women and Aboriginal…
Métis
…other Métis communities. An abundance of independent small-scale Métis societies are, perhaps problematically, represented by provincial and national organizations that seek to expand and develop further recognition of Métis rights…
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…

The Residential School System
…communities affected. In 1951, with the amendments to the Indian Act, the half-day work/school system was progressively abandoned, conceding power to the provinces to apprehend children, and transitioning from the…
The Residential School System
…communities affected. In 1951, with the amendments to the Indian Act, the half-day work/school system was progressively abandoned, conceding power to the provinces to apprehend children, and transitioning from the…