UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
On November 1, 2011, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, the First Nations House of Learning at UBC hosted a day-long Dialogue on the History…
Métis
…elect federal Members of Parliament, to have both French and English recognized as official languages, and to maintain Métis culture and customs. When a Canadian surveyor in Red River was…
About Indigenous Foundations
…hope this is emphasized in the connections presented throughout Indigenous Foundations. Graphic design of the banner and other parts of the site is by Emma Kesler. Navigation system The navigation…
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…
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….
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…
Reserves
…2 Ibid. 3 Keith Thor Carlson, “Indian Reservations,” in A Stó:lō Coast Salish Historical Atlas, (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre), 2001, 94. 4 Cole Harris, Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and…
About Nicholas Galanin
…aesthetic spectrum. With a fiercely independent spirit, Galanin has found the best of both worlds and has given them back to his audience in stunning form. Official website: https://galan.in…
About Jordan Bennett
…interactive performance spaces, I aim to form an atmosphere where traditional meets contemporary, shifting preconceived notions on an object or an actions original function or intent. Official website http://www.jordanbennett.ca…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…to the topic of the Indian Residential Schools, see Government Policy: The Residential School System. Special Project: The Berger Inquiry. This site now includes a special project on the MacKenzie…
