Van der Peet case
…made in determining whether an Aboriginal claimant has demonstrated the existence of an Aboriginal right; In order to be integral a practice, custom or tradition must be of central significance…
Indian Status
…Act on the Indian Register– a central registry maintained by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC). Status Indians are issued a status card that contains information about their identity, their…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…have played important roles in British Columbia’s political history by circulating up-to-date political information to distant and otherwise isolated Aboriginal communities. The UBCIC also serves as a central information resource…
George Manuel
…unity of Indigenous peoples of North, Central and South America as well as Europe and Asia. He called this collection of Indigenous societies that had been swamped under successive waves…
Cedar
…boxes could be used to hold all sorts of goods, and they also served as burial boxes for the deceased.14 Longhouses formed the central dwelling unit of each village, with…
Governance and Land Claims
…claims in British Columbia, from two lawyers central to them (Land Claims 3,2). A snapshot of modern treaties: in 2005 the Nisga’a treaty had been concluded and implementation was underway,…
