Sixties Scoop
…http://www.nfb.ca/film/richard_cardinal/ 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…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Residential School. Penticton: Secwepemc Cultural Education Society & Theytus, 2000. Websites Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools http://www.wherearethechildren.ca/ Canadian Broadcast Commission. Truth and Reconciliation: Stolen Children….
Ipperwash Crisis
…Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry, here: http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/report/index.html Amnesty International, The Ipperwash Crisis. https://www.amnesty.ca/legal-brief/ipperwash-inquiry CBC News, The Ipperwash Inquiry. https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/ipperwash/ Ontario Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs, “The Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry:…
Métis
…Virtual Museum of Métis History and Culture, by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. http://www.metismuseum.com/ Political Organizations Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/ Métis Nation of BC: http://www.mnbc.ca/…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” New Zealand Law Journal (October 2006): 335–337. http://www.apc.org.nz/pma/cc001006.pdf Charters, Claire, and Rodolfo Stavenhagen, eds. Making the Declaration Work: The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of…
Community & Politics
…include: The Assembly of First Nations – http://www.afn.ca The First Nations Summit – http://www.fns.bc.ca/ The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami – http://www.itk.ca The Native Women’s Association of Canada – http://www.nwac.ca The Metis…
Totem Poles
…What are totem poles? House frontal poles outside the Haida Heritage Centre, Kaay Llnagay, BC. Photo (c) 2010, Robyn Hanson. Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of…
ILO Convention 107
…Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the ILO began the process of writing a convention outlining government obligations to the Indigenous peoples under their jurisdictions. Discussions lasted 11 years, culminating…
ILO Convention 169
…while setting standards for national governments regarding Indigenous peoples’ economic, socio-cultural and political rights, including the right to a land base. The convention is law within the nation-states that have…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…advise the provincial government policies regarding Aboriginal relations, title, and rights. By Erin Hanson. Recommended resources UBCIC Official website: http://www.ubcic.bc.ca The UBCIC’s website is a valuable resource for information pertaining…
