Reserves
…simply abolish the reserve system absolves the Canadian government of its legally-binding obligations and commitments it made to First Nations. As with the Indian Act and related policies, the reserve…
Cedar
…Canada. 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:…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…chiefs and political organizations across BC urging them to come together so that First Nations across the province could discuss a united response to the White Paper. With the support…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…Studies Program, UBC. Converse, Cathy. Mainstays: Women who shaped B.C. Victoria: Horsdal and Schubart, 1998. 170. Haig-Brown, Celia. Taking Control: Power and contradiction in First Nations Education. Vancouver: UBC Press,…
Aboriginal Rights
…Section 35. (Vancouver: Theytus Books Ltd, 2003.) Endnotes 1 Article 1(2) of the United Nations Charter, https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-i/index.html Manitoba, Justice Institute. “Aboriginal And Treaty Rights.” http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter5.html#9 2 Avigail Eisenberg, “Reasoning about…
Gustafsen Lake
…from The Heart: Fourteen Years of the First Nations Drum. Vancouver: Totem Pole Books, 2004. 161-4. Switlo, Janice G.A.E. Gustafsen Lake: Under Siege. Exposing the truth behind the Gustafsen Lake…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Stony Point First Nations. In December 2007, the government agreed to do so, although at present the land remains to be repatriated. Amnesty International and other human rights groups have…
Community & Politics
…and again in 1981 in which Aboriginal groups chartered two trains across Canada, from Vancouver to Ottawa, to demand inclusion of Aboriginal rights in the soon-to-be-patriated Canadian constitution. The Constitution…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…www.issuesintheclass.com By Karrmen Crey. Works cited & recommended readings Books & Articles Lawrence, Bonita. Real Indians and Others: Mixed-blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood . Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004….
Aboriginal Title
…https://tinyurl.com/y2te6wps McNeil, Kent. “The Meaning of Aboriginal Title.” In Michael Asch, ed. Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in Canada: Essays on Law, Equality, and Respect for Difference. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1997….