Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…where these two types of relations intersect, and where they diverge. As non-Aboriginal settlers first arrived in what is now Canada, they brought with them their patriarchal social codes and…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…identities is therefore no relic of a more openly colonial era – it is part of the way in which Canada and the United States continue to actively maintain physical…
Indian Status
…own membership codes, and thereby determine who can participate in band politics and society, as well as who can access band resources such as band property. Bands, however, did not…
The White Paper 1969
…education. The civil rights movement sweeping the United States brought public attention to the intense racism and discrimination experienced by African Americans and other minorities. The movement also led many…
Métis
…as treasonable and wanted him executed. Riel fled to the United States. Despite these setbacks, the Métis provisional government won federal approval of the Manitoba Act, which took effect in…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…Clubs across British Columbia were united as the Indian Homemakers’ Association, the first one in the country. Charlie became the Association’s first president, and would go on to lead the…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…constitution.4 It took two years and the raising of concerns before an international audience, including the United Nations and the British Parliament, before the Canadian government finally agreed to include…