Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…of fish for winter use, and for trade with other Indigenous groups. Salmon were received by First Nations peoples as gift-bearing relatives, and were treated with great respect. Nick Claxton…
Bill C-31
…membership code to submit to INAC, as well as submit a list of all people included on the band membership list. It is worth pointing out that INAC provides funding…
ILO Convention 107
…as citizenship and the vote in nations where these rights were absent (Aboriginal peoples in Canada did not receive the franchise until 1960). It also recommended vocational training to help…
Ipperwash Crisis
…The government had initially made an offer to the Stony Point First Nation, but they rejected it, as the land was of particular cultural and spiritual significance due to its…
Berger Inquiry
…an inquiry that was markedly different from those of the past. For the first time, environmental and aboriginal organizations received funding to present their own expert witnesses at the Formal…
ILO Convention 169
…of the terms “consent and control” in reference to Indigenous peoples’ input on activities that might impact their rights, but government and business representatives did not agree and offered instead…
Métis
…chose not receive their land at all. Money scrip certificates were worth either $160 or $240, based on the often inaccurate assumption that land sold for roughly $1 per acre….
Aboriginal Rights
…arrival of settlers, but have received little to no recognition by the colonial institutions that facilitated these infringements. Historically, some non-Aboriginal politicians claimed to support the petitions and other actions…
Guerin Case
…acres of the Musqueam reserve. The DIA obtained Musqueam’s consent by assuring them that the band would receive revenue from the lease. According to Musqueam, the band was denied legal…
The Residential School System (2009)
…their languages—even though many children knew no other—or to practise Aboriginal customs or traditions. Violations of these rules were severely punished. Residential school students did not receive the same education…
