Guerin Case
…than what Musqueam had agreed to. Musqueam had been told that they would profit off of the 75-year lease, with rents being adjusted to fair market rates every decade. Unbeknownst…
Bill C-31
…her children, was no longer entitled to live on reserve, as they no longer had Indian status and could not inherit reserve land. Her band gave her a year to…
Government Policy
…Report for the year ended 30th June, 1876 (Parliament, Sessional Papers, No. 11, 1877), p. xiv. The history of government policy is not strictly a unilateral, top-down relationship—Aboriginal peoples have…
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,…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…in 1976! We discovered in that year that we could no longer knit and crochet and quilt and leave Native politics to others… Here was our chance to talk, and…
The White Paper 1969
…end, the white paper proposed to Eliminate Indian status Dissolve the Department of Indian Affairs within five years Abolish the Indian Act Convert reserve land to private property that can…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…in the Third Year of our Reign. GOD SAVE THE KING Recommended Resources & Further Reading Borrows, John. “Wampum at Niagara: The Royal Procalamation, Canadian Legal History, and Self-Government.” In…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…order to facilitate assimilation into the colonial mainstream. Aboriginal children were forcibly removed from their homes and communities and made to live the majority of the year in these schools…
Terminology
…“Aboriginal peoples” (plural) indicates a number of separate Aboriginal populations. To capitalize or to not capitalize? There is no official consensus on when to capitalize certain terms. Some people consider…
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…
