Aboriginal Rights
…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 is…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…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” (see…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…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 Great Britain…
Berger Inquiry
…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), a…
Gustafsen Lake
…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 politicians…
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 of…
George Manuel
…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. In…
Government Policy
…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 these…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…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: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/hypatia/v018/18.2lawrence.pdf Maracle, Lee. I am…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…identities is therefore no relic of a more openly colonial era – it is part of the way in which Canada and the United States continue to actively maintain physical…
