Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…had been placed on their food fisheries in the name of “conservation.” Ron Sparrow was arrested for fishing on the Fraser River with a drift net that was longer than…
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…
Aboriginal Title
…unanimously agreed that Nisga’a title had existed. This significant agreement would pave the way for addressing Aboriginal title in Canada. R v Guerin [1984] established that Aboriginal title was a…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…Band member Ronald Sparrow was arrested for fishing in traditional Musqueam territory with a net that was longer than was permitted by his food fishing license. Musqueam recognized that this…
The Indian Act
…own 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…
Sixties Scoop
…University of Saskatchewan. 2004. Available online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-07082008-141746 Walmsley, Christopher. Protecting Aboriginal Children. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005. Film Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Métis…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…The Story of Mary John. Vancouver: Tillacum Library, 1988. 110-117. Tennant, Paul. Aboriginal Peoples and Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press, 1990. 153. Vancouver Community: Indian Homemaker’s Association of B.C.” http://vancouvercommunity.net/multicultural/140.html…
Métis
…Canada, edited 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,…
