About Nikamowin (Song)
…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, which…
About Nicholas Galanin
…University, where he received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts with honors in Jewelry Design and Silversmithing and at Massey University in New Zealand earning a Master’s degree in Indigenous Visual…
Calder Case
…be cited in modern Aboriginal land claims across Canada, as well as internationally in Australia and New Zealand. By Tanisha Salomons Recommended Sources Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van der…
Powley Case
…time frame qualifier needed a new definition that differed from the “pre-contact” conditions set for Indian rights in Van der Peet or Sparrow. As Métis peoples are a result of…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…some form of consent between the two, and for the First Nation to be compensated for any lands or resources taken. However, the Royal Proclamation was designed and written by…
Bill C-31
…joined in appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1973 Bedard and Lavell lost their cases – the “marrying out” rule of the Indian Act was upheld. Despite the…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Media: Thornhill, Ont, 2006. 90 min. Sources Used Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, “Background of Ipperwash.” https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/ipperwash/ Canadian Press,“Ontario Set to Give Up Ipperwash.” CBC News. 1 March 2010. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontario-set-to-give-up-ipperwash-1.892907 Ipperwash Public…
Terminology
…Canada, and includes First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. This term came into popular usage in Canadian contexts after 1982, when Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution defined the term…
Aboriginal Title
…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 attempts…
Sparrow Case
…European settlement in the Lower Mainland, the Musqueam saw their rights to the land and its resources infringed upon as non-Aboriginal fishers took increasing control of the fishing industry. New…
