UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…119. 2 United Nations, “History (brief).” https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/unpfii-sessions-2.html 3 Henderson, 70. 4 Ibid. 5 Lightfoot, “Emerging International Indigenous Rights Norms and ‘Over-compliance’ in New Zealand and Canada,” Political Science vol. 62,…
Sixties Scoop
…Websites Indian & Northern Affairs Child and Family Services Program: http://www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/hb/sp/fncf/index-eng.asp First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (FNCFCS):http://www.fncfcs.com/home.html FNCFCS First Nations Research Site: http://www.fncfcs.com/projects/FNRS.html FNCFCS Resource list:…
Berger Inquiry
…a large pool of oil at Prudhoe Bay in Alaska. The petroleum industry had served notice that if commercial quantities of oil and gas were discovered, the industry would apply…
MΓ©tis
…of Métis History and Culture, by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research. http://www.metismuseum.com/ Political Organizations Métis National Council: http://www.metisnation.ca/ Métis Nation of BC: http://www.mnbc.ca/ Métis Nation…
Totem Poles
…Film Board http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/keyword/en/totem_poles/ Totem Pole Photos – SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology https://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/northwest-coast-totem-poles.html Totem Poles-The Bill Reid Centre- Simon Fraser University https://www.sfu.ca/brc/art_architecture/totem_poles.html Books & articles Black, Martha. “Totem Poles…
Ipperwash Crisis
…2005. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_23_05/text.htm Ipperwash Inquiry Transcript, November 28, 2006. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_28_05/text.htm Gillespie, Kerry. “Ipperwash Land Returned to Indians.” In The Star. December 21, 2007. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/287702 Ontario, The Ipperwash Inquiry online archive. http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/index.html…
Powley Case
…food?), Whether the claimant is a member of a contemporary Métis community, Identification of the historic Métis community, Identification of the contemporary Métis community, The historical time-frame of the practice,…
The Residential School System (2009)
…History.” June 9, 2008. Available online: http://www.fns.bc.ca/pdf/Backgrounder_ResidentialSchoolHistory.pdf 21 Communiqué of the Holy See Press Office, April 24, 2009. 22 Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission website: Backgrounder. www.trc-cvr.ca/28_04_08.html 23…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…and the circumstances Indigenous fishers must still navigate in order to harvest fish from their ancestral fishing grounds: declining runs, increasing competition from sports and non-Native commercial fisheries, restrictions on…
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…
