Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…net, a ring of willow was woven into the net, which allowed some salmon to escape. This is more than just a simple act of conservation (the main priority and…
About Indigenous Foundations
…system was created specifically for Indigenous Foundations by Shaffiq Rahemtullah and Linc Kesler. Indigenous Foundations operates using a navigation system that will link related topics together as you navigate through…
Sparrow Case
…conservation, and That a restriction on net length infringed on Musqueam’s fishing rights and was not justified by reason of conservation.1 The case was first heard in the British Columbia…
About Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan
…Artist statement I work with concepts, the medium follows. In the business of this “Indian Art World” I have become impatient with the institutional prescription and its monolithic…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…analysis of classroom situations; these analyses will link to historical materials in the rest of the section where relevant. The Role of the Indian Act Identity is a highly charged…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…through certificates of possession , women had no housing rights or recourse to help through the law. Janet Silman Enough is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out, 11 Targeting kinship &…
Aboriginal Title
…1985. Available online: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861461/12_aboriginalrightspositionpaper1985.pdf?1484861461 —– “Aboriginal Title Implementation.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/aboriginal_title_implementation_ubcic_1998 —– “’Certainty:’ Canada’s Struggle to Extinguish Aboriginal Title.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/certainty_canada_s_struggle_to_extinguish_aboriginal_title —– “Two World Views in Law.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/two_world_views_in_law Endnotes 1 Union of British…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…Band member Ronald Sparrow was arrested for fishing in traditional Musqueam territory with a net that was longer than was permitted by his food fishing license. Musqueam recognized that this…
The Indian Act
…own at UBC’s Xwi7xwa library, Point Grey campus. Union of British Columbian Indian Chiefs, The Indian Act and What it Means. Vancouver: UBCIC, 1988. Available online, courtesy of UBCIC: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861468/13_TheIndianAct_WhatItMeans.pdf?1484861468…
Sixties Scoop
…University of Saskatchewan. 2004. Available online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07082008-141746 Walmsley, Christopher. Protecting Aboriginal Children. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005. Film Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Métis…
