Guerin Case
…they are set apart,” and that “the Governor in Council may determine whether any purpose for which lands in a reserve are used or are to be used is for…
Totem Poles
…longhouses had house posts, carved with human or animal forms, to support the main beams of the building. Similarly, some longhouses featured a house frontal pole, which would be located…
Identity
…use in which contexts, while learning the histories behind each term. A discussion on Aboriginal identity: Karrmen Crey begins our discussion on identity, its construction, and perception. This section explores…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…because this category is reserved for those with Indian status (Lawrence, 220). In some cases, those without status “encounter suspicions about their Nativeness because they lack Indian status” (221). Indian…
Land & Rights
…rights are collective rights which flow from Aboriginal peoples’ continued use and occupation of certain areas. They are inherent rights which Aboriginal peoples have practiced and enjoyed since before European…
Guide Pages
…a viewer should pop up showing both the video and a linked transcript, and the video should begin to play (it sometimes takes a minute). Because the IVT uses a…
Global Actions
…Indigenous Peoples and Forests. Photo by Broddi Sigurdarson, January 2011. (c) 2011 UNPFII. Photo used with permission from UNPFII. Under international law, there is no official definition of Indigenous, although…
Ipperwash Crisis
…use as a burial ground. The government eventually expropriated the land under the War Measures Act, and compensated the Stony Point First Nation at $15 an acre. At the time,…
Van der Peet case
…people to fish solely for the purposes of sustenance and ceremonial use, and prohibited the sale of fish to non-Aboriginal people. Van der Peet challenged the charges, arguing that as…
The Indian Act
…the passing down of our oral history. It prevented the passing down of our values. It meant an interruption of the respected forms of government that we used to have,…