Reserves
…Minister must approve any certificates of possession or similar forms of property ownership for on-reserve band members. The Indian Act further states that “the Minister may, in his discretion, withhold…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…in 1993 to the Subcommission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (now known as the Subcommission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights), who approved it…
Ipperwash Crisis
…land, a group of approximately 30 members of the band, including a number of children, began their occupation of the park on September 4, 1995. They planned to peacefully occupy…
Van der Peet case
…the Court of Appeal. In 1996, the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeal’s finding, ruling that while fishing constitutes an Aboriginal right, the sale of such fish does not….
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
…the individuals and the communities affected. In 1951, with the amendments to the Indian Act, the half-day work/school system was progressively abandoned, conceding power to the provinces to apprehend children,…
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
…and the Sundancers, and therefore they would observe, and not become directly involved. Approximately twenty to thirty of the Sundancers, which included non-dancing participants, stayed on: men, women and children….
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…as a starting point to understanding why identity is such a charged issue and why it appears so frequently in troubling classroom situations. It is critical that an understanding of…