Reserves
…1850s, it became apparent that the underlying motive for setting aside small tracts of land for Aboriginal peoples was to make available to newcomers the vast expanses of land outside…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…the following year. Upon its approval, the draft declaration was sent to the Commission of Human Rights, which established another working group consisting of human rights experts and over 100…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Hedican, Edward J. “The Ipperwash Inquiry and the Tragic Death of Dudley George.” The Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 28.1 (2008): 159-173. — “Aboriginal Policy Issues: Anthropological Perspectives.” Applied Anthropology…
Van der Peet case
…to contact; Courts must approach the rules of evidence in light of the evidentiary difficulties inherent in adjudicating Aboriginal claims; Claims to Aboriginal rights must be adjudicated on a specific…
Aboriginal Rights
…that existed pre-contact is ethnocentric, as it is not equally applied to non-Aboriginal rights.2 Aboriginal rights as inherent Although the court system has further defined Aboriginal rights, enabling the government…
The Residential School System
…By Erin Hanson (2009), with updates and revisions by Daniel P. Gamez & Alexa Manuel (September 2020). The original version of this article has been archived, but may be…
Oral Traditions
…elsewhere, they would likely alter it to some degree to reflect their understandings of events and to better apply the story to its present context. In some instances, precision may…
Gustafsen Lake
…came to Gustafsen Lake for the Sundance chose to stay in defense of the land as events unfolded during the ceremonial period. They said the land is unceded and unsurrendered…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…that has organized contemporary First Nations life in ways that have been almost entirely naturalized, and that governs ways of thinking about Native identity. To date few individuals appear to…