Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…bar, to the left, and explore from there. About the project To learn about the Indigenous Foundations project, including our banner and navigation system, click here. Featured Pages Indian…
Constitution Express
UBCIC News, April, 1981. Click to visit UBCIC’s Constitution Express Digital Collection. The Constitution Express was a movement organized in 1980 and 1981 to protest the lack of recognition of…
Berger Inquiry
…gas in the Delta to justify the pipeline’s construction. Canada Today/Aujourd’hui, Volume 8, #5, Canadian Embassy, Washington, DC, 1977. (Click image for a larger version) Within the same period, aboriginal…
Governance and Land Claims
…To load the pages noted above in the viewer as a play list, click this button If you would simply like to explore the archive on your own, (click here)…
Reserves
…they perhaps breaking down somewhat. Cole Harris Making Native Space, xxi. What are Indian Reserves? Map of Indian reserves in British Columbia, courtesy of Natural Resources Canada. Click to view…
Gustafsen Lake
…video of RCMP officers discussing a media smear campaign against the Sundancers was later submitted as evidence in court. Click to watch. The court proceedings that followed the stand-off later…
Culture
First Nations of British Columbia. Click to enlarge. Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of Anthropology, University of B.C., Vancouver. Aboriginal groups across what is now Canada each have their…
Nicholas Galanin
Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Nicholas Galanin’s video performance “Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan Parts I and II” are presented below. Click each to watch, and be sure to watch with your volume up….
Totem Poles
…Please click here for a video of a totem pole raising ceremony at the University of Alaska Southeast. At these ceremonies, the significance of the pole and stories of the…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…the Australian Racial Discrimination Act in order to introduce policies that were previously outlawed, and has sparked much debate. Australia Read Australia’s official statement of support here. Click here to…
