Global Actions
…represents approximately 150,000 Inuit people across Alaska, Canada, Russia, and Greenland and, for a time, the Saami of Scandinavia. The ICC has consultative status at the United Nations, and is…
George Manuel
…excerpts and so on available online via Doreen Manuel’s website, “Running Wolf Productions:” http://www.runningwolf.ca/from-the-heart/ Manuel, George, and Michael Posluns. The Fourth World: An Indian Reality. Toronto: Collier-Macmillan Canada, 1974. McFarlane,…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…to develop band membership rules that “reflect their unique cultures and customs” (Lawrence, 68) and so have some degree of autonomy over the configuration of their communities’ identities. Bill C31…
The Residential School System (2009)
…punished if these, among other, strict rules were broken. Former students of residential schools have spoken of horrendous abuse at the hands of residential school staff: physical, sexual, emotional, and…
Calder Case
…court had denied the existence of Aboriginal title, the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that Aboriginal title had indeed existed at the time of the Royal Proclamation of 1763. The…
Bill C-31
…were joined in appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1973 Bedard and Lavell lost their cases – the “marrying out” rule of the Indian Act was upheld. Despite…
About Sovereignty Performance
…First Nations Band”. I wanted to make a point to the people of the area by writing out the rights and rules involved with becoming part of the “Status Indian”…
The Residential School System
…these, among other, strict rules were broken. Former students of residential schools have spoken of horrendous abuse at the hands of residential school staff: physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological. Residential…
Berger Inquiry
…traditional lands. Justice Morrow of the Supreme Court of the NWT was asked to rule on whether the caveat could be filed. Justice Morrow took his court to small communities…
The Indian Act
…cultural group.6 The UN ruling in 1982 coincided with the repatriation of the Canadian constitution, which includes the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that guarantees gender equality. The government allowed…