Gustafsen Lake
…Vancouver Sun, 12 September 1995, A1. As quoted in Lambertus, 112. 19 Lambertus, 109. 20 Switlo, personal communication. 21 Switlo, personal communication. 22 As quoted by Mofino, Rick. “U.S. court…
Totem Poles
…the Pacific Northwest to represent and commemorate ancestry, histories, people, or events. Totem poles are typically created out of red cedar, a malleable wood relatively abundant in the Pacific Northwest,…
About the REDress project
…women across Canada. It is an installation art project based on an aesthetic response to this critical national issue. The project seeks to collect 600 red dresses by community donation…
Aboriginal Title
…afforded to non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under Canadian common law. Over time, various court decisions have contributed to this definition of title. Along with defining Aboriginal title in more precise terms,…
Guerin Case
…case was filed in 1975 and went through three levels of court before the federal court ruled in Musqueam’s favour and awarded $10 million in compensation to the band. The…
Sparrow Case
…defining decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding Aboriginal rights. Musqueam community members recognized Sparrow’s arrest as a threat to their collective rights, and to the rights of Aboriginal…
Reserves
…this, see the Royal Commission of Aboriginal Peoples, “Differing Assumptions and Understandings” in Looking Forward Looking Back, 1996.) Colonial agents frequently insisted that a prime motive for establishing the reserve…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…Two. Dir. Maurice Bulbulian. National Film Board of Canada, 1987. Endnotes s Juristocracy. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004. 196. 3 R. v Sparrow, [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075. Accessed online:https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/609/index.do 4…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…rights, serving as a source of information for bands across the province, and building capacity for Aboriginal communities.2 The UBCIC also holds a special consultative status with the Economic and…
Global Actions
…Committee on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 2010. Photo by Evan Schneider. (c) 2010 UNPFII. Photo used with permission from UNPFII. In 1982, the U.N. Working Group…
