Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…their land base, as, for instance, many tribes in the US did in the 1950s under a government policy known as Termination, or might have in Canada under the Trudeau’s…
About the REDress project
…women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project seeks to collect 600 red dresses by community donation…
About Sovereignty Performance
…I have used everything from Moose antler to Acrylic paint, and any media from performance to video installation! Who or what inspires you the most? Inspiration comes to me from…
Constitution Express
…just how crucial this movement was for them.11 The train, however, was not always met with support. Arthur Manuel, for instance, recalls a bomb threat made against it while in…
ILO Convention 169
…Aboriginal rights. These instruments have not been without problems and controversies—many experts, for instance, now view the ILO conventions as yet another form of paternalism toward Indigenous peoples. However, these…
ILO Convention 107
…to develop international legislation to protect Aboriginal rights. These instruments have not been without problems and controversies—many experts, for instance, now view the ILO conventions as yet another form of…
Oral Traditions
…elsewhere, they would likely alter it to some degree to reflect their understandings of events and to better apply the story to its present context. In some instances, precision may…
About Jordan Bennett
…Currently, through the processes of sculpture, digital media, text based media, installation, painting, endurance performance and various others, I strive to push boundaries and play with the ideas of re-appropriation,…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…made sense of Aboriginal societies by viewing them through a European, patriarchal lens, assuming that Victorian principles represented the natural order of things. For instance, many settlers held onto Victorian…
Métis
…across different communities, to applying to multiple identities that have arisen from diverse historical instances of Aboriginal-European heritage. Métis Identity Métis peoples have developed a rich material culture, which includes…
