UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…13 Stephen Hui, “Throne Speech Offers “Illusion of Support” for U.N. Declaration, First Nations Leader Says,” The Georgia Straight, March 3, 2010, . 14 Ibid. 15 Lightfoot. 16 Ibid. 17…
Sixties Scoop
…of First Nations Children and Youth.” First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2004. Available online at: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/docs/KeepingThePromise.pdf Fournier, Suzanne and Ernie Crey. Stolen from Our Embrace. Vancouver:…
The Residential School System (2009)
…online: http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volume.html 18 Frideres & Gadacz, Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. Toronto: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008. 81. 19 Frideres & Gadacz, 85. 20 First Nations Leadership Council, BC Assembly of First…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Vision and Community Survival. Toronto: Sumach Press, 2003. Blair, Peggy J. “Rights of Aboriginal Women On- and Off-Reserve.” Vancouver: The Scow Institute, 2005. Cole, Susan C. “Voices of First Nations…
Global Actions
…Nations (AFN) gives a unified voice to First Nations across Canada, in federal politics as well as on the international stage. The AFN participated in drafting the U.N. Declaration on…
Totem Poles
…a rot-resistant tree that is straight-grained and easy to carve.7 Before a cedar tree is harvested for a totem pole, many coastal First Nations communities will perform a ceremony of…
The Indian Act
…system.” Assembly of First Nations, “Assembly of First Nations– The Story.” Available online at: http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf 10 Cardinal, Harold. The Unjust Society. 2nd ed. Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, 1999. 140….
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Landing Native Fisheries: Indian Reserves & Fishing Rights in British Columbia, 1849-1925. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2008. Harris, Douglas C. And Millerd, Peter. “Food Fish, Commercial Fish, and Fish to Support…
Métis
…David. “Louis Riel will smile: Appeal will find court decision on Métis flawed,” Winnipeg Free Press, 6 January 2008. Available online at Manitoba Métis Federation, Land Claims Decisions. Downloadable to…
Reserves
…via https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-native-reserves-deserve-foreign-correspondent-treatment/article717978/. 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…
