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…
Sixties Scoop
…Review. 3.1 (2007): 65-82. Available online at: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/online-journal/vol3num1/Sinclair_pp65.pdf Swidrovich, Cheryl Marlene. “Positive Experiences of First Nations Children in non-Aboriginal Foster or Adoptive Care: De-Constructing the “Sixties Scoop.” MA Thesis, University…
The Indian Act
…at UBC’s Xwi7xwa library, Point Grey campus. Union of British Columbian Indian Chiefs, The Indian Act and What it Means. Vancouver: UBCIC, 1988. Available online, courtesy of UBCIC: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861468/13_TheIndianAct_WhatItMeans.pdf?1484861468 Venne,…
MΓ©tis
…by Binnema et al, 111–128. Available online: http://hdl.handle.net/2149/81 Pannekoek, Frits. A Snug Little Flock: The Social Origins of the Riel Resistance, 1869–70. Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1991. Payment, Diane. “The…
Sparrow Case
…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 defining…
Aboriginal Title
…Available online: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861461/12_aboriginalrightspositionpaper1985.pdf?1484861461 —– “Aboriginal Title Implementation.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/aboriginal_title_implementation_ubcic_1998 —– “’Certainty:’ Canada’s Struggle to Extinguish Aboriginal Title.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/certainty_canada_s_struggle_to_extinguish_aboriginal_title —– “Two World Views in Law.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/two_world_views_in_law Endnotes 1 Union of British Columbia…
Van der Peet case
…& Tanisha Salomons Recommended resources Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1407/index.do Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van der Peet: Aboriginal…
Reserves
…Accessed May 2010. 9 Office of the Auditor General of Canada, “Land Management and Protection on Reserves,” 2009 Fall Report of the Auditor, sec. 6.59. Available online via http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_200911_06_e_33207.html. Accessed…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…Patricia. The Indian Voice: Centering Women in the Gendered Politics of Indigenous Nationalism in BC, 1969-1984. MA Thesis. Vancouver: University of British Columbia, 2009. Available online via UBC cIRcle: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0067761…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…women had no housing rights or recourse to help through the law. Janet Silman Enough is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out, 11 Targeting kinship & family systems under the Indian…
