Totem Poles
…Kramer’s website here, or the Tyee’s excellent article “Totem Poles: Myth and Fact.” Socio-cultural importance of totem poles From their earliest origins to today, totem poles hold a significant socio-cultural…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…advise the provincial government policies regarding Aboriginal relations, title, and rights. By Erin Hanson. Recommended resources UBCIC Official website: http://www.ubcic.bc.ca The UBCIC’s website is a valuable resource for information pertaining…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…mission.7 Scholar Joan Sangster points out that female sexuality was regulated in numerous ways, with colonial law as “one crucial site of sexual regulation.”8 The Indian Act gave the agent…
Global Actions
…“The Formation of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples.” April 1980, Fourth World Documentation Project, Center for World Indigenous Studies. https://www.cwis.org/document/the-formation-of-the-world-council-of-indigenous-peoples-by-douglas-sanders-april-1980-2/ Thornberry, Patrick. Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights. New York:…
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…
Cedar
…a forest utilization site containing a CMT created prior to 1846 is protected by law.10 Today, Aboriginal peoples continue to create new CMTs as part of their cultural and economic…
Reserves
…have continued hunting, gathering, and fishing in off-reserve locations that they have used for many generations. In addition, important ceremonial sites may be located outside a reserve but continue to…
Sparrow Case
…http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ Musqueam Indian Band. “Statement on the passing of Ronald “Bud” Sparrow.” (2020). https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/statement-passing-ron-bud-sparrow/ Endnotes 1 Helloing, Evaleen, “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020). http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ 2 Peter Kulchyski, Ed….
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