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:…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Canada, 1996. 344-353. 11 Ibid. 12 Ibid. 13 Milloy, xvii. 14 Canada, 344-353. 15 Dixon, Alvin. Guest lecture. Introduction to First Nations Studies. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. 12…
The Residential School System
…The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Indigenous Communities. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1997. Haig-Brown, Celia. Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp…
The Residential School System
…The Abduction of First Nations Children and the Restoration of Indigenous Communities. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1997. Haig-Brown, Celia. Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School. Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp…
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…
Métis
…River Rebellion. Under the leadership of Louis Riel, the Métis set up a provisional government at Red River with the goal of negotiating terms for entering into Confederation with Canada….
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…
The Indian Act
…with 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…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves & Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008. Harris, Douglas C. And Millerd, Peter. “Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support…
