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…
Van der Peet case
…Aboriginal 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…
About Indigenous Foundations
…system 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…
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…
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…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…to make any purchase from the said Indians of any Lands reserved to the said Indians, within those parts of our Colonies where We have thought proper to allow Settlement:…
Totem Poles
…Consul 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…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…analysis 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…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…through certificates of possession , women had no housing rights or recourse to help through the law. Janet Silman Enough is Enough: Aboriginal Women Speak Out, 11 Targeting kinship &…
Aboriginal Title
…1985. 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…
