Special Projects
…Valley, to Chicago. The Berger Inquiry broke precedent. For the first time, Aboriginal and environmental organizations were given funding so they could cross-examine oil company experts and call their own…
Governance and Land Claims
…Claims 6,40). At the time of the last session in this series, Tahltan elders opposing Shell Oil’s plans to begin drilling in the Sacred Headwaters area in northern British Columbia….
Land & Rights
…is frequently mentioned separately. Precedent-setting court cases R v Calder [1973] was the first time the courts acknowledged that Aboriginal title to the land had existed at one point– although…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…those it has defined and to deny them the rights accorded to citizens, since until 1960 “Indians” could not simultaneously be citizens with the right to vote. In past times,…
About Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan
…define culture as it unfolds. Native American Art will not be commonly defined as our work moves freely through time. The viewer, collector, or curators’ definition often conveys more about…
Mapping Tool: Kitsilano Reserve
…1869, the colonial government set aside a small Indian reserve at the creek mouth, and in 1877, the government allotted the reserve to the Squamish alone. Over time these lands…
Enfranchisement
…Enfranchisement would become legally compulsory with the Indian Act of 1876, which stood until 1961. Over time, Aboriginal people have been enfranchised for serving in the Canadian armed forces, gaining…
