UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…well as Indigenous advisors, in order to focus exclusively on Indigenous issues worldwide. Its role was to make recommendations to the Commission of Human Rights through the Subcommission.1 In consultation…
Reserves
…experiments would become a rough model for subsequent reserves in Canada. Non-Aboriginal settlement of what is now Canada expanded as the British gained control of French colonies and the Dominion…
Sixties Scoop
…unsuitable to care for them. This transition to provincial services led to a 1951 amendment that enabled the Province to provide services to Aboriginal people where none existed federally. Child…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…order to improve the living conditions within First Nations communities, including providing adequate facilities on reserves, facilitating training programs, fighting discrimination, promoting equality and establishing political recognition for women and…
The Indian Act
…role in distribution of wealth. Non-native colonists and missionaries saw the sharing of wealth and food at potlatches as excessive and wasteful, but ultimately they knew how integral it was…
Constitution Express
…The Constitution Express from Vancouver to Ottawa, New York, and London In order to bring national and international attention to the issue, as well as to potentially delay the patriation…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is a non-profit political organization representing numerous First Nations across BC in order to protect and further Aboriginal title and rights….
Gustafsen Lake
…the “largest paramilitary operation in Canadian history.”1 The Gustafsen Lake Stand-off stemmed from the longstanding conflict over Aboriginal land occupied by non-Aboriginal settlers without having first signed treaties. People who…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…to the great Dissatisfaction of the said Indians: In order, therefore, to prevent such Irregularities for the future, and to the end that the Indians may be convinced of our…
Sparrow Case
…Ronald Sparrow was arrested for fishing with a net longer than was permitted by his food fishing license. His arrest and subsequent court case led to one of the most…