Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…replaced with state regulation, and the circumstances Indigenous fishers must still navigate in order to harvest fish from their ancestral fishing grounds: declining runs, increasing competition from sports and non-Native…
Indian Status
…paternalistic policies towards Aboriginal peoples, the Canadian federal government assumed fiscal responsibility for Indians in order to support the colonial structures it imposed on Aboriginal peoples through the Indian Act,…
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
…the closure of residential schools, foster parenting, adoptions [link to 60s scoop], and other child welfare policies continue to separate Aboriginal families and place them in non-Aboriginal homes and kinship…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…in other contexts, such as in speaking to people from other communities, or people from other non-Indigenous cultural backgrounds. Many people also use terms such as “Indian” or “Native American”…
Aboriginal Rights
…existing Aboriginal rights and title in order to further settlement. During treaty negotiations, the Crown guaranteed certain rights to the local First Nations. There has since been much debate in…
Bill C-31
…to control their own band membership as a step towards self-government. Indian status – gender discrimination Under the Indian Act, an Indian woman who married a non-Indian man (whether non-Aboriginal…
Métis
…they are part of a distinctive cultural group. However, Métis identity is frequently misinterpreted by non-Métis to refer simply to Aboriginal-European ancestry. Métis genesis is a vexing aspect of the…
Aboriginal Title
…system that has marginalized Aboriginal peoples in their own homelands in order for non-Aboriginal interests to profit off Aboriginal territories.5 The Delagmuukw decision affirmed that the Crown holds underlying title…
Global Actions
…The majority of the world’s Indigenous populations seek state recognition of these collective rights in order to protect and strengthen their societies. International human rights instruments, which have been designed…
