Sixties Scoop
…2, “Families.” Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1996. 9-106. Bennett, Marilyn. “First Nations Fact Sheet: A General Profile on First Nations Child Welfare in Canada.” First Nations Child…
Special Projects
…witnesses. The Judge also held Community hearings in thirty small Dene and Inuvialuit villages. Almost a thousand witnesses testified. Featured Documentary This documentary tells the story of Tom Berger from…
Credits
…for the project: The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs The British Columbia Assembly of First Nations The Musqueam Indian Band The First Nations Technology Council The First Nations Summit…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…legal history digital archive was put together in 2009 by 4th year First Nations Studies student Tanisha Salomons. Tanisha examined how the legal history of the Musqueam Band was presented…
About Sovereignty Performance
…speaking their minds. Jordan Bennett Artist Statement Jordan Bennett is a multi-disciplinary visual artist of Mi’kmaq decent who calls the west coast of Newfoundland home. His work is derived from…
George Manuel
…then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau released the White Paper policy in 1969, Manuel spoke out strongly against the proposed assimilationist goals. Manuel found himself in a position to lead other…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…the province. In the ensuing months, many First Nations protested these drastic measures when it became starkly apparent just how dependent First Nations bands and organizations were on federal money….
The Residential School System
…rules were broken. Former students of residential schools have spoken of horrendous abuse at the hands of residential school staff: physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological. Residential schools provided Indigenous students…
The Residential School System
…rules were broken. Former students of residential schools have spoken of horrendous abuse at the hands of residential school staff: physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological. Residential schools provided Indigenous students…
About the REDress project
…to protest their missing and murdered loved ones in the main square in Bogota. By a female Aboriginal scholar at a Canadian Studies conference in Germany standing up to remind…
