UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…13 Stephen Hui, “Throne Speech Offers “Illusion of Support” for U.N. Declaration, First Nations Leader Says,” The Georgia Straight, March 3, 2010, . 14 Ibid. 15 Lightfoot. 16 Ibid. 17…
Sixties Scoop
…of First Nations Children and Youth.” First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2004. Available online at: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/docs/KeepingThePromise.pdf Fournier, Suzanne and Ernie Crey. Stolen from Our Embrace. Vancouver:…
Global Actions
…Nations (AFN) gives a unified voice to First Nations across Canada, in federal politics as well as on the international stage. The AFN participated in drafting the U.N. Declaration on…
The Residential School System (2009)
…and Ernie Crey. Stolen from our Embrace: The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Aboriginal Communities. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1997. Haig-Brown, Celia. Resistance and Renewal: Surviving…
Totem Poles
…a rot-resistant tree that is straight-grained and easy to carve.7 Before a cedar tree is harvested for a totem pole, many coastal First Nations communities will perform a ceremony of…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Vision and Community Survival. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2003. Blair, Peggy J. “Rights of Aboriginal Women On- and Off-Reserve.” Vancouver: The Scow Institute, 2005. Cole, Susan C. “Voices of First Nations…
Métis
…including communities that were not only an amalgamation of European-Aboriginal unions, but also of unions between different First Nations. The Powley case in 2003 set the legal definition of “Métis”…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…http://bcelders.com/Newsletter/Sept06.pdf Butler, Caroline. “Regulating Tradition: Sto:lo Wind Drying and Aboriginal Rights” (M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1998).> Claxton, Nicholas Xumthoult, “ ISTÁ SĆIÁNEW, ISTÁ SXOLE: ‘To Fish as…
The Indian Act
…system.” Assembly of First Nations, “Assembly of First Nations– The Story.” Available online at: http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf 10 Cardinal, Harold. The Unjust Society. 2nd ed. Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, 1999. 140….
Constitution Express
…such as timelines, newspaper articles, UBCIC papers, archived petitions, and video interviews. Endnotes 1 Manuel, Arthur. Guest lecture, Introduction to First Nations Studies. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. 24…
