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…
Van der Peet case
…people to fish solely for the purposes of sustenance and ceremonial use, and prohibited the sale of fish to non-Aboriginal people. Van der Peet challenged the charges, arguing that as…
Reserves
…of private property, and operate on the assumption that the only “solution” to the challenges reserve communities in Canada face is to assimilate into non-Aboriginal “white” society and adopt non-Aboriginal…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Sixties Scoop
…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 protection…