Community & Politics
…and again in 1981 in which Aboriginal groups chartered two trains across Canada, from Vancouver to Ottawa, to demand inclusion of Aboriginal rights in the soon-to-be-patriated Canadian constitution. The Constitution…
The Indian Act
…own at UBC’s Xwi7xwa library, Point Grey campus. Union of British Columbian Indian Chiefs, The Indian Act and What it Means. Vancouver: UBCIC, 1988. Available online, courtesy of UBCIC: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861468/13_TheIndianAct_WhatItMeans.pdf?1484861468…
Berger Inquiry
…and First Nations leaders who were involved in the earliest Indigenous rights cases heard in Canadian courts. Vancouver lawyer Thomas Berger, a graduate of UBC, was a key figure in…
About the REDress project
…that will later be installed in public spaces throughout Winnipeg and across Canada as a visual reminder of the staggering number of women who are no longer with us. Through…
Ipperwash Crisis
…land, a group of approximately 30 members of the band, including a number of children, began their occupation of the park on September 4, 1995. They planned to peacefully occupy…
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”…
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…
About Indigenous Foundations
…We use this image courtesy UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada. It was photographed by Kyla Bailey, and is object Nb3.1485 in the museum’s collection. This paddle was chosen in…
Calder Case
…Case, and the Future of Indigenous Rights. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007. Kulchyski, Peter. “Calder,” in Unjust Relations: Aboriginal Rights in Canadian Courts. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 1994. 61-126….
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,…
