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…
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…
The White Paper 1969
…of education. The civil rights movement sweeping the United States brought public attention to the intense racism and discrimination experienced by African Americans and other minorities. The movement also led…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…Rights and Freedoms guarantees that nothing can terminate or diminish the Aboriginal rights outlined in the Proclamation. The Royal Proclamation also applied to the United States; however, American independence from…
Government Policy
…crucial to early European explorers’ survival in unfamiliar territories, and later were valuable military allies in wars between Canada and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries. When…
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…
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…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Nationhood. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. —– “Gender, Race, and the Regulation of Native Identity in Canada and the United States: An Overview.” Hypatia 18(2): 2003. Available online at:…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…right to claim membership may be challenged. In the United States, tribal communities decide membership and the standards of inclusion vary widely. In Canada, while the government decides “Indian status”…
