UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…What is the UNDRIP? From the Ninth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. New Zealand delegation celebrates the endorsement by the Government of New Zealand of the…
Global Actions
…began visiting Indigenous communities around the world, including nations in Tanzania, Scandinavia, and New Zealand, to learn first hand their experiences and struggles. He then decided to form an international…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…– as well as at Rivers Inlet, and on Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlottes, and other locations. The growth in new canneries was staggering. In her book Tangled Webs of…
Indian Status
…few generations until it virtually disappears. The Bill C-31 amendment has created new categories of Indian status, which renders determining one’s status even more complex. One is no longer either…
The White Paper 1969
…Indian Act. This white paper was met with forceful opposition from Aboriginal leaders across the country and sparked a new era of Indigenous political organizing in Canada. What is a…
Oral Traditions
…present a lesson in a new light, among other reasons. Through multiple tellings, a story is fleshed out, creating a broader, more comprehensive narrative. Should listeners ever recount the narrative…
Totem Poles
…in the fish and fur trade with Europeans. During this time, coastal First Nations acquired new tools that enabled them to construct more elaborate poles. Most poles, even though they…
Calder Case
…to be cited in modern Aboriginal land claims across Canada, as well as internationally in Australia and New Zealand. By Tanisha Salomons Recommended Sources Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van…
ILO Convention 169
…Taku River Tlingit (2004) and Haida Nation (2004). While the new Convention generally gives greater recognition to the agency of Indigenous peoples and calls for Indigenous participation in the decision-making…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…introduced new definitions of Indian status called 6(1) and 6(2), which did not change the logic of Indian status but only deferred the “bleeding off” of status by a generation….