Terminology
…“Aboriginal peoples” (plural) indicates a number of separate Aboriginal populations. To capitalize or to not capitalize? There is no official consensus on when to capitalize certain terms. Some people consider…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…Musqueam Legal History — A Digital Media Archive The Musqueam Indian Band has been involved in a number of precedent-setting legal battles over the past few decades. Four of…
ILO Convention 169
…Lee. “A New Step in the International Law on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: ILO Convention No. 169 of 1989,” Oklahoma City University Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 1990….
The White Paper 1969
…North American Indian Brotherhood—invited bands across British Columbia to a conference in Kamloops where they could develop a collective response to the white paper and discuss the ongoing fight for…
Government Policy
… This painting depicts the drafting of the British North America Act in 1866. Painted in 1899 by John David Kelly. (c) 2007 Library and Archives Canada. Image courtesy…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…consistently to an ethnic and linguistic group in the far north. “Métis,” on the other hand, is a term with a history at least as complex and contentious as “Indian.”…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Valley Pipeline Inquiry that, in the 1970s, held extensive hearings in Aboriginal communities in the north on the potential effects of the building of a pipeline through their territories. The…
Aboriginal Rights
…on a case-by-case basis. There have since been a number of court cases that have contributed to this definition. The 1990 R v Sparrow decision, for example, created the “Sparrow…
Indian Status
…their band, and their registration number. “Status Indians” are wards of the Canadian federal government, a paternalistic legal relationship that illustrates the historical imperial notion that Aboriginal peoples are “children”…
The Residential School System
…churches and the government of Canada could be sued as an entity. As the number of cases grew, a National Class Action was filed in 2002 for compensation for all…