Métis
…Diane. “The Free People—Otipemisiwak,” Batoche, Saskatchewan, 1870–1930. Ottawa: National Historical Parks and Sites, Canada Parks Service, 1990. Peterson, Jacqueline, and Jennifer Brown, eds. The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…a relatively short time. These impacts continue to be felt by Aboriginal women across Canada today. Aboriginal Women’s Traditional Roles & Power Women were respected for their spiritual and mental…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…continues to serve as President today. In 2005, the UBCIC joined First Nations Summit, the BC Assembly of First Nations, and the BC Liberal government in drafting BC’s “New Relationship,”…
The Indian Act
…of Indian status While the Indian Act has undergone numerous amendments since it was first passed in 1876, today it largely retains its original form. The Indian Act is administered…
Oral Traditions
…present a lesson in a new light, among other reasons. Through multiple tellings, a story is fleshed out, creating a broader, more comprehensive narrative. Should listeners ever recount the narrative…
Indian Status
…few generations until it virtually disappears. The Bill C-31 amendment has created new categories of Indian status, which renders determining one’s status even more complex. One is no longer either…
ILO Convention 169
…Taku River Tlingit (2004) and Haida Nation (2004). While the new Convention generally gives greater recognition to the agency of Indigenous peoples and calls for Indigenous participation in the decision-making…
Government Policy
…to develop an understanding of the relationship between the Canadian government and Aboriginal peoples, and how government policy continues to be an invasive force on Aboriginal peoples today, we recommend…
Sixties Scoop
…their homes and placed, in most cases, into middle-class Euro-Canadian families. This overrepresentation continues today. An epidemic of Aboriginal child apprehension The government began phasing out compulsory residential school education…
Constitution Express
…Constitution. When this large-scale peaceful demonstration did not initially alter the Trudeau government’s position, delegations continued on to the United Nations in New York, and then to Europe to spread…
