Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…in 1983 and would hold it until 1998, the longest term of any UBCIC President. When Saul Terry decided not to run, Chief Stewart Phillip was elected in 1998. He…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…University; culturally-based education as a response to the residential school history Rupert Richardson (UBC graduate student in Education): The aspirations of students for university curricula and programming; educating about residential…
Cedar
…young women running up a mountain. Therefore, Yellow Cedar trees are found on the slopes of subalpine mountains, and contain soft inner bark, like that of woman’s hair.7 Harvesting Both…
Constitution Express
…order to delay the train and to intimidate the activists.13 The train was stopped in remote, rural Ontario, and the passengers’ belongings were searched. Despite the unsettling hold up, the…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…and judge Mary-Ellen Turpel also argues that by accepting the Constitution, a colonial form of rule based in Western (non-Indigenous) concepts and ideologies, such as individual rights and private property…
Community & Politics
…Union has also published news sources, runs resource centres (including an extensive online resource), and continues to work with and advise provincial government policies regarding Aboriginal relations, title, and rights….
Sixties Scoop
…the government changed child welfare laws so that bands could run their own social service, but problems similar to those seen during the Sixties Scoop persist today. In June 2000,…
Reserves
Indian Reserves In various ways in different parts of [British Columbia], Native life came to be lived in, around, and well beyond these reserves, but wherever one went,…
Indian Status
…(For more information on how taxation applies to status Indians, visit the Canadian Revenue Agency’s website here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/brgnls/menu-eng.html). Who can have Indian Status? There are complex rules governing Indian status,…
Bands
…if these membership codes do not deprive membership to those who acquired membership under previous rules. Membership codes are maintained by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. By Karrmen Crey Recommended…
