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…
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…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…live under our Protection, should not be molested or disturbed in the Possession of such Parts of Our Dominions and Territories as, not having been ceded to or purchased by…
Totem Poles
…of British Columbia to purchase the G’psgolox Pole.16 One day in 1929, the pole was severed and taken from the Haisla village of Misk’usa while the villagers were away on…
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 Identity & the Classroom
…of classroom situations; these analyses will link to historical materials in the rest of the section where relevant. The Role of the Indian Act Identity is a highly charged subject…
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…
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…
