UBC Dialogue: Full Record
Video Controls TimeCode Chapt ChapterSelect — Chapters — Ceremonial Opening (Evening, Oct 31) Opening Remarks Musqueam welcome; remarks by Linc Kesler, Director of UBC First Nations House of Learning; Musqueam…
Gustafsen Lake
…unable to do until the Sundance was complete. The Sundancers claimed that to breach or interrupt a multi-year Sundance commitment is a very serious matter. The Sundancers recall one night…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…capacity of the camp, of the number of children that extended families had, of the number of fishing rocks that were accessible according to the varying levels of the river…
Sixties Scoop
…was one of these areas.2 In 1951, twenty-nine Aboriginal children were in provincial care in British Columbia; by 1964, that number was 1,466. Aboriginal children, who had comprised only 1…
Guerin Case
…the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club was looking for land for its golf course. The Club approached the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) in the hopes of leasing 162 prime…
Global Actions
…of the country. In this situation, Indigenous populations have become socio-economically disadvantaged and vulnerable to discriminatory state policy and even to outright armed repression. A major thrust of much colonial…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…U.N. Declaration—Or Is It?” Indian Country Today. May 3, 2010. —— “Emerging International Indigenous Rights Norms and ‘Over-compliance’ in New Zealand and Canada.” Political Science vol. 62, no.1 (2010): 96….
Oral Traditions
…anyone who misbehaved, resulting in a number of distinct geological formations throughout S’olh Temexw (or Stó:lō territory). Xe:xals also rewarded individuals who showed exemplary behaviour by turning them into valuable…
The Residential School System (2009)
…infamously said, “to kill the Indian in the child.” Today, we recognize that this policy of assimilation was wrong, has caused great harm, and has no place in our country….
Constitution Express
…Parliament could change Canadian law. Patriating the Constitution would give Canada authority to amend its own laws and make it functionally a more independent country, and in October of 1980,…