Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Juan Islands, set reef nets perpendicular to the shore in places, such as the mouth of a bay, where the tidal flow pushed salmon into the nets. These nets were…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…non-status person have a child, that child will be 6(2). If that 6(2) person has a child with a non-status person, their child will not have Indian status. This is…
Indian Status
…futures. Despite shared interests, many non-status Indians face challenges in finding forums in which these concerns can be addressed, as the Canadian government claims it is not responsible for non-status…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…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 systems.15 Aboriginal families initially continued…
MΓ©tis
…following links are valuable resources for learning more about these ways in which Métis cultures are expressed. Learn Michif Manitoba Métis Resource Centre Métis Museum Métis peoples insist that they…
About Indigenous Foundations
…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 the…
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 attempt to…
Aboriginal Title
…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 to…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…settlers. The Royal Proclamation further sets out that only the Crown can buy land from First Nations. Most Indigenous and legal scholars recognize the Royal Proclamation as an important first…
Sparrow Case
…European settlement in the Lower Mainland, the Musqueam saw their rights to the land and its resources infringed upon as non-Aboriginal fishers took increasing control of the fishing industry. New…