Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…The UBCIC was founded in November 1969 when a number of chiefs across British Columbia united in response to the federal government’s proposed “White Paper,” a policy paper in which…
The White Paper 1969
…Indian Act. This white paper was met with forceful opposition from Aboriginal leaders across the country and sparked a new era of Indigenous political organizing in Canada. What is a…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…northern Manitoba. Swampy Cree is our dialect. I was raised there, but am currently living in Winnipeg, after an eleven year hiatus in Vancouver, BC. When creating a new piece,…
Community & Politics
…Express garnered international attention and continued on to New York, London, and Geneva. The Constitution Express was ultimately successful, resulting in the inclusion of Aboriginal peoples in the constitution. The…
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….
Aboriginal Title
…resource development in the province declined due to uncertainty over Aboriginal title. A number of First Nations throughout British Columbia had set up roadblocks and other similar protests in desperate…
Métis
…Red River Métis in the Nineteenth Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. Pannekoek, Frits. “Métis Studies: The Development of a Field and New Directions.” In From Rupert’s Land to…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…Proclamation of 1763 to Constitutionally Entrenched Aboriginal Rights.” In Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, Paul Havemann [Ed.]. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1999. 351-377. Hutchings, Patricia Margaret,…
Calder Case
…der Peet: Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Law, 1973-96.” Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand. Havemann, Paul, Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. 428-445. Foster, Hamar, Heather Raven…
Sparrow Case
…rights was justifiable, providing that these rights were in existence at the time of the Constitution Act, 1982. This criteria is known as “the Sparrow Test.” History of the Sparrow…