About Sovereignty Performance
…large number of people that came by, hung out and even took part. I was even interviewed and was the front page story in“The Western Star” a local newspaper that…
Reserves
…workforce. This was partially due to growing competition from new immigrants (some of them willing to perform cheap labour) and to open racism in the hiring process.6 In addition, by…
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…
Métis
…in North America. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1985. Sawchuck, Joe. “The Métis, Non-Status Indians, and the New Aboriginality: Government Influence on Native political Alliances and Identity.” Canadian Ethnic Studies…
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…
Lease Lands Press
…The Vancouver Courier, February 3, 1972 The Vancouver Courier, February 15, 1995 The Province, February 19, 1995 The Vancouver Sun, February 24, 1995 The North Shore News, January…
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 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”…
