The Residential School System
…Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. 574. To Cite This Article MLA: Hanson, Eric, et al.“The Residential School System.” Indigenous Foundations. First Nations and Indigenous Studies UBC, 2020. Website. [Date accessed]. Chicago:…
The Indian Act
…on new episodes of RevisionQuest by visiting its official site at http://www.cbc.ca/revisionquest/ The “Potlatch Law” & Section 141 One of the most famous examples of this oppression and subsequent resistance…
Sparrow Case
…Musqueam Indian Band. “Statement on the passing of Ronald “Bud” Sparrow.” (2020). https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/statement-passing-ron-bud-sparrow/ Endnotes 1 Helloing, Evaleen, “The Legacy of R v Sparrow.” (2020). http://www.thecourt.ca/the-legacy-of-r-v-sparrow/ 2 Peter Kulchyski, Ed. Unjust…
Reserves
…hunting, gathering, and fishing in off-reserve locations that they have used for many generations. In addition, important ceremonial sites may be located outside a reserve but continue to be significant…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations, an information resource on key topics relating to the histories, politics, and cultures of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. This website was developed to support students…
Klamath Termination
…while the White Paper successfully resisted in Canada, the Klamath termination and the other terminations that accompanied it, serve as a clear example of the effects of policies that move…
Video Resources
…throughout the site, but you can also access them directly through this section. Below are short descriptions of the archives with links to more information, but you can also navigate…
Berger Inquiry
…the environment and aboriginal rights. The Berger Inquiry Project gives you a way to explore this history in depth. Click on the image below here to enter the project site….
Special Projects
Much of the content on Indigenous Foundations is designed to provide you with concise information on key topics in Indigenous studies. Some parts of this site, however, contain special projects…
Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
False Creek, in what is now Vancouver, British Columbia, was the site of an ancient village known in the Musqueam language, hən’q’emin’əm’, as sən’a?qw and in Skwxwú7mesh as Sen’ákw. In…
