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…
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….
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),…
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…
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…
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…
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 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”…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…peoples’ 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…
Indian Status
…homelands, cultures and histories, may find themselves excluded from land claims, treaties, and other similar agreements. Organizations such as the United Native Nations of B.C. and the nationally-based Congress of…
