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,…
Government Policy
…crucial to early European explorers’ survival in unfamiliar territories, and later were valuable military allies in wars between Canada and the United States in the 17th and 18th centuries. When…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Indian Residential Schools. On November 1, 2011 the UBC First Nations House of Learning, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, hosted a day-long event addressing the history…
Lease Lands Press
…31, 1999 Terminal City News, February 5, 1999 The Martlet, April 6, 1999 The National Post, November 2, 1999 The Province, June 13, 2000 The Province, June 13, 2000…
Glossary
…System The Residential School System (2009) The White Paper 1969 Totem Poles UBC Dialogue: Full Record UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011 UN Declaration on the…
Video Resources
…has been developed by First Nations Studies professor Linc Kesler at UBC as open-source software. You can download what you need to develop your own implementation by clicking here….
Governance and Land Claims
…BC and associated governance issues. British Columbia is unusual in Canada in having very few historical treaties. Canadian courts at the close of the 20th century have recognized what First…
Jaime Black
The REDress Project About Jaime Black About the REDress Project (c) 2010 Jaime Black. The REDress Project. Photo credit: Jaime Black. (c) 2010 Jaime Black, The REDress Project….
Artistic Expressions
…on what has informed their work. Endnotes 1 In Bill Reid and Beyond: Expanding on Modern Native Art, edited by Kern Duffek and Charlotte Townsend-Gault, 2004. p. 285…
