Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…of providing food for themselves but not for sale, barter or traffic, by any means other than with drift nets, or spearing.” The increasing non-Aboriginal interest in the fisheries, particularly…
Indian Status
…Alternately, if a status Indian woman married a non-status man, she would lose status, or become “enfranchised.” These provisions have resulted in social and political conditions that have disproportionately discriminated…
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”…
Reserves
…workforce. This was partially due to growing competition from new immigrants (some of them willing to perform cheap labour) and to open racism in the hiring process.6 In addition, by…
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…
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…
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…
