UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…This New Human Rights Instrument,” NationTalk, May 1, 2008, http://www.nationtalk.ca/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9167 12 “Canada Slammed at UN over Indigenous Rights,” Reuters, May 1, 2008,. Available online at: http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAN0134751220080501 (accessed January 2010). 13…
Sixties Scoop
…Websites Indian & Northern Affairs Child and Family Services Program: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/hb/sp/fncf/index-eng.asp First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (FNCFCS):http://www.fncfcs.com/home.html FNCFCS First Nations Research Site: http://www.fncfcs.com/projects/FNRS.html FNCFCS Resource list:…
Totem Poles
…to be repatriated from overseas,” Ecotrust Canada, https://www.terracestandard.com/news/highway-of-tears-memorial-totem-pole-to-be-raised-on-kitsumkalum-territory-west-of-terrace/(accessed 22 December 2020). 17 “Totem: The Return of the G’psgolox Pole- Film Description,” National Film Board of Canada, https://www.nfb.ca/film/totem_the_return_of_the_gpsgolox_pole/ (accessed 22 December…
Global Actions
…http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00—off-0ipc–00-0—-0-10-0—0—0direct-10—4——-0-1l–11-en-50—20-about—00-0-1-00-0–4—-0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&cl=CL1.7&d=HASH01e837a63c33c9b791bf5928&x=1 7 Sanders. 8 Sanders. 9 The Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), “Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC),” http://inuitcircumpolar.com/index.php?ID=16&Lang=En&Parent_ID=16 10 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, “Structure within ECOSOC,” https://www.un.org/en/ecosoc/about/pdf/ecosoc_chart.pdf 11 Ibid….
The Residential School System (2009)
This article has been archived. An updated version was published in 2020; read it here. Residential Schools Children’s dining room, Indian Residential School, Edmonton, Alberta. Between 1925-1936. United Church Archives,…
Cedar
…Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 2004. Nelson, John David. A Vanishing Heritage: The Loss of Red Cedar from Canada’s Forests. Vancouver: Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 2004. Stewart, Hilary. Cedar. Vancouver: Douglas…
Gustafsen Lake
…explosive device), or a landmine, planted by the RCMP as instructed by military advisors. The young woman watched in horror as her pet dog who had jumped out of the…
Constitution Express
…organization representing bands across British Columbia, viewed the position of First Nations within the Commonwealth as sovereign nations in their dealings with two other nations: Canada and Britain.2 UBCIC understood…
Métis
…of Alberta: http://albertametis.com/ Métis Nation of Saskatchewan: https://metisnationsk.com Manitoba Métis Federation: http://www.mmf.mb.ca/ Métis Nation of Ontario: http://www.metisnation.org/ Endnotes 1 See Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents 1610—1791, Vol V, p 209….
The Indian Act
…Canada’s commitment to the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights, led to the revision of the Indian Act in 1951. The more oppressive sections of the Indian Act were…