Calder Case
…had never been lawfully extinguished through treaty or by any other means. While both the BC Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal rejected the claim, the Nisga’a appealed to…
Powley Case
…Endnotes 1 Jean Teillet. “R. v. Powley, A Summary of the Supreme Court of Canada Reasons for Judgment.” Pape & Salter Barristers and Soliciters, 1. Available online at: http://albertametis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MétisRights_Powley_supremecourtsummary.pdf…
Guerin Case
…R. v. Guerin [1984] R. v. Guerin is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision that established the Canadian government’s fiduciary duty to First Nations, a trust-like relationship stemming…
Totem Poles
…What are totem poles? House frontal poles outside the Haida Heritage Centre, Kaay Llnagay, BC. Photo (c) 2010, Robyn Hanson. Totem poles are monuments created by First Nations of…
Bill C-31
…terminated except through a lengthy and involved legal process. Two court cases directly challenged the discriminatory sections of the Indian Act. Jeannette Corbiere Lavell married a non-Indian in 1970, and…
Cedar
…traditionally use metal nails and bolts, withes were used to lash together roof planks and setting baseboards, a vital part of house construction.13 The most versatile part of the cedar…
Berger Inquiry
…the Mackenzie Delta, began a house-to-house campaign to explain the land claim to families in six communities around the Beaufort Sea. In Yellowknife, the chiefs at the Indian Brotherhood of…
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…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…for UNDRIP,” April 26, 2010, http://ahi-ka-roa.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-zealands-support-for-undrip.html (accessed June 2010). 8 United States of America Government, Office of the Press Secretary, “Remarks made by the President at the White House Tribal…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…Burning): Participants leave by Ceremonial Door Observations by Participants (following event) On November 1, 2011, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, the First Nations House of Learning…
