About Nikamowin (Song)
…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, which…
Constitution Express
…following year to further develop Section 35—subsections (3) and (4) were added in 1983. For more information on the development of Section 35 and what it means, please read By…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…Nations already coping with impoverished or inadequate economic and social infrastructures faced the possibility of having increased membership without resources to support them. In addition, years of coping with difficult…
The White Paper 1969
…the white paper proposed to Eliminate Indian status Dissolve the Department of Indian Affairs within five years Abolish the Indian Act Convert reserve land to private property that can be…
UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011
…at the First Nations Longhouse as participants entered the First Nations Longhouse through the ceremonial entrance door, a door normally opened only for graduation ceremonies twice a year. During the…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…was initially issued by King George III in 1763 to officially claim British territory in North America after Britain won the Seven Years War. In the Royal Proclamation, ownership over…
Bill C-31
…children, was no longer entitled to live on reserve, as they no longer had Indian status and could not inherit reserve land. Her band gave her a year to dispose…
Indian Status
…Annual Report for the year ended 30th June, 1876 (Parliament, Sessional Papers, No. 11, 1877), p. xiv. 3 Aboriginal Rights Coalition, What Have You Heard? Victoria: Aboriginal Rights Coalition, 1991….
Government Policy
…for the year ended 30th June, 1876 (Parliament, Sessional Papers, No. 11, 1877), p. xiv. The history of government policy is not strictly a unilateral, top-down relationship—Aboriginal peoples have consistently…
Guerin Case
…lease were kept secret from the Musqueam for 12 years, until an employee at the DIA revealed them to then-chief Delbert Guerin. It took five years before Musqueam was able…
