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
…ability to pass along status. Should a status Indian under subsection 6(2) have children with a non-status person, their children are ineligible for Indian status. This is sometimes called the…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…the historical and social contexts be accompanied by an awareness of how individuals interpret this information and position themselves in relation to it. Both students and instructors, Aboriginal and non–Aboriginal,…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…many “did have close family ties and well-established social networks and had suddenly disappeared nonetheless.”21 This exchange illustrates the invisibility of Aboriginal women as persons, particularly those affiliated with prostitution,…
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”…
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…
Reserves
…from non–Aboriginal settlements, perpetuating a stark segregation between Native and non-Native populations. Ironically, this situation has contributed to maintaining Aboriginal community ties and cultural reproduction. The widely held colonial belief…
Métis
…in North America. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1985. Sawchuck, Joe. “The Métis, Non-Status Indians, and the New Aboriginality: Government Influence on Native political Alliances and Identity.” Canadian Ethnic Studies…
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
…Aboriginal rights. Legislation stated that a status Indian woman who married a non-Indian man would cease to be an Indian. She would lose her status, and with it, she would…