Global Actions
…Special Rapporteur on Discrimination against Indigenous Populations, José Martínez Cobo, developed a working definition for use with the Working Group of Indigenous Populations: Indigenous communities, peoples and nations are those…
The White Paper 1969
…2 vols. Ottawa: Queen’s Printer Press, 1966–1967. Available online: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/arp/ls/phi-eng.asp Weaver, Sally. “The Hawthorn Report: Its Use in the Making of Canadian Indian Policy.” In Anthropology, Public Policy and Native…
Guide Pages
…Videos Some guide pages contain links to IF video resources and some of them use our special Interactive Video / Transcript Viewer (IVT). When you click one of these video…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Wheeler calls Shingwauk’s Vision “the most thorough and comprehensive study of Indian residential schools in Canada to date and most noted for its good use of a wide range of…
The Indian Act
…with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language. 7 Section 67 of the…
Van der Peet case
…Aboriginal 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…
Land & Rights
…Aboriginal 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…
Identity
…to 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…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…for the state to administer policy and legislation directed at Aboriginal peoples. Under the Indian Act, tracts of lands called “reserves” were set aside for use by Status Indians with…
