Aboriginal Rights
…forums such as the United Nations (UN) in order to argue against the British Crown’s imposition of its own laws and regulations onto existing Aboriginal legal systems and institutions. Canada…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Social Council of the United Nations. Since its inception, the UBCIC has established several publications, including its newspaper NESIKA, the UBCIC News, and Indian World. These publications along with frequent…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…the services noted below here. Please also note that, while participants were aware of and consented to the recording of this event, the strength of their reactions are often very…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
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UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…have reason to think you might find these descriptions especially troubling, we urge you to delay viewing this video until you are located in a place where support services are…
Métis
…acts as treasonable and wanted him executed. Riel fled to the United States. Despite these setbacks, the Métis provisional government won federal approval of the Manitoba Act, which took effect…
ILO Convention 169
…What is the International Labour Organization Convention 169 (1989)? The International Labour Organization (ILO) is an agency of the United Nations dedicated to improving working conditions of the citizens…
Berger Inquiry
…apply to build a pipeline down the Mackenzie Valley and ship the hydrocarbons to markets in the United States. Two pipeline companies proposed different routes. Canadian Arctic Gas Pipelines (CAGPL),…
George Manuel
…other Aboriginal people in their fight against the federal plan. George Manuel united Indigenous peoples on local, regional, national and international levels in an attempt to see Aboriginal rights recognized….
Gustafsen Lake
…were beginning to notice. Many international Indigenous leaders, as well as a former Attorney General of the United States and noted human rights activist, (William) Ramsey Clark, wrote to Canadian…
