Sixties Scoop
…the 1950s and 1960s as the public began to understand its devastating impacts on families. It was the general belief of government authorities at the time that Aboriginal children could…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…Best Experimental – ImagineNATIVE Film Festival (Toronto, ON) Best Indigenous Language Production – ImagineNATIVE Film Festival (Toronto, ON) Best Short Film – Art Gallery of Hamilton Film Festival (Hamilton, ON)…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…of grace, which may be withdrawn at any time.”28 As time went on, the regulations of Native fisheries increased. In 1917, new amendments stipulated that food fishing permits would be…
The Residential School System
…part-time and worked for the school the rest of the time: girls did the housekeeping; boys, general maintenance and agriculture. This work, which was involuntary and unpaid, was presented as…
The Residential School System
…part-time and worked for the school the rest of the time: girls did the housekeeping; boys, general maintenance and agriculture. This work, which was involuntary and unpaid, was presented as…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…those it has defined and to deny them the rights accorded to citizens, since until 1960 “Indians” could not simultaneously be citizens with the right to vote. In past times,…
The Residential School System (2009)
…do laundry, sew, cook, and clean. Boys were taught carpentry, tinsmithing, and farming. Many students attended class part-time and worked for the school the rest of the time: girls did…
Guerin Case
…the sui generis right of Aboriginal title. In 1956, Musqueam held just over 400 acres of reserve land overlooking the Fraser River in Vancouver’s prestigious Southlands neighbourhood. At that time,…
Global Actions
…from the University of British Columbia Archives. [UBC 1.1/16108] Around this time, George Manuel, of the Shuswap Nation in British Columbia, then president of the National Indian Brotherhood of Canada,…
Gustafsen Lake
…Lambertus, Sandra. Wartime Images, Peacetime Wounds: The Media and the Gustafsen Lake Standoff. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press). 2007. —- “Terms of engagement, an anthropological case study of the media…
