Constitution Express
…of Ottawa came to us and asked us how we were doing and we told her, well, we only had about, we could count the number of billets we’d arranged…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…level of affection. And in the US, given a different social and regulatory history, “Indian” or “American Indian” is still a preferred term, though “Native American,” a term deriving from…
Terminology
…identity through this legislation and a myriad of other distinctions (i.e., “treaty” and “non-treaty,” etc.). In the United States, however, the term “American Indian” and “Native Indian” are both in…
George Manuel
…term as Chief of the Shuswap people, a position which he held for seven years. In 1959, Manuel stepped into the role of President of the North American Indian Brotherhood…
Gustafsen Lake
…stand-off. The Canadian government sought his extradition for violating his parole. American Justice Janice Stewart, however, refused the extradition, claiming that his charges were “of a political character,” given that…
Community & Politics
…Gustafsen Lake standoff occurred in 1995 near Williams Lake, B.C. due to a land dispute between First Nations Sundancers and an American rancher. A peaceful protest quickly escalated into a…
Bill C-31
…United Nations Human Rights Committee. Lovelace, a Maliseet woman from Tobique in New Brunswick, had married an American man and moved away from her reserve community. When the marriage ended…
Aboriginal Rights
…but has been built upon a foundation of British, American, and Aboriginal law.6 Indigenous philosopher and scholar Dale Turner has suggested that Aboriginal peoples must be central in defining their…
Métis
…17, no. 2 (1986): 133–146. Sawchuck, Joe. “Negotiating an Identity: Métis Political Organizations, the Canadian Government, and Competing Concepts of Aboriginality.” American Indian Quarterly 25, no. 1 (2001): 73–92. Websites…
Reserves
…of Canada was formed in 1867. Newcomers began occupying the traditional territories of Aboriginal peoples in increasing numbers (some with the financial assistance of their governments). Colonial authorities and some…
