Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Muszynski, Alicja. “The Creation and Organization of Cheap Wage Labour in the British Columbia Fishing Industry.” PhD Dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1986. R G-10, Vol. 12338, Indian Agent’s Letterbook,…
Sixties Scoop
…protection was one of these areas.2 In 1951, twenty-nine Aboriginal children were in provincial care in British Columbia; by 1964, that number was 1,466. Aboriginal children, who had comprised only…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…restructured over time through a number of policies, including the Indian Act, Indian status, and the residential school system. Scholars, community members and other experts point out that even after…
Oral Traditions
…oral narratives often present variations—subtle or otherwise—each time they are told. Narrators may adjust a story to place it in context, to emphasize particular aspects of the story or to…
Reserves
…that affected most Native opportunities and movements. Once put in place, they had a long life. Only now, more than a hundred years after most of them were laid out,…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…have reason to think you might find these descriptions especially troubling, we urge you to delay viewing this video until you are located in a place where support services are…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…me to no end. I’m a talker, which seems totally foreign from my upbringing, so banter is a fun place to bounce the inspiration of ideas, thoughts and perspectives. I’m…
Gustafsen Lake
…Glavin, Terry. “How the Circus Came to Gustafsen Lake,” in The Albion Monitor. 14 November 1995. Also found in This Ragged Place: Travels Across Landscape. Vancouver: New Star Books, 1996….
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…classes for the first day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s National Event in Vancouver. A considerable amount of programming and other activity took place on campus to…
Métis
…of Métis peoples took place in different ways at different times and places. As evidence, they point to the many and various locations that witnessed the development of Métis communities,…
