Cedar
…years old. With its lightweight and rot-resistant wood, Red Cedar is the most versatile and most widely-used plant among coastal First Nations.4 Yellow Cedar bark is softer and more pliable…
Global Actions
…from Indigenous groups. Indigenous efforts were aimed both at making common cause, first regionally and then globally, and at entering the International arena as sovereign players independent of the states…
Bill C-31
…a membership code to submit to INAC, as well as submit a list of all people included on the band membership list. It is worth pointing out that INAC provides…
ILO Convention 107
…in 18 countries.3 By Erin Hanson. Links & Recommended Resources International Labour Organization website: www.ilo.org Convention 107: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/fp=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C107 “Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/indigenous-tribal/lang–en/index.htm Nations that ratified Convention 107: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=1000:11300:0::NO:11300:P11300_INSTRUMENT_ID:312252 Endnotes…
ILO Convention 169
…Erin Hanson Recommended resources Websites International Labour Organization: http://www.ilo.org Convention No. 169: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/fp=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_ILO_CODE:C169 The ILO and Indigenous & Tribal Peoples: http://www.ilo.org/indigenous Pro 169 Training Tool Box on Indigenous People’s Rights:…
Aboriginal Title
…to limit the scope of Aboriginal title, making it easier to extinguish. The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) claims that “there remains a significant difference between what Indigenous…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Constitutional priority of the food, social and ceremonial fishery.”1 During the salmon fishing season, tensions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishers are commonplace on the Fraser River. Sometimes conflicts arise over…
The White Paper 1969
…Indian Affairs through its mouthpiece, the Honourable Mr. Chrétien, leads directly to cultural genocide. We will not walk this path. —Harold Cardinal, The Unjust Society In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…to First Nations in B.C. This website holds digital archives of old UBCIC newsletters, photographs, video, and makes several UBCIC publications available online including policy papers, Chief Kerry’s Moose, a…
Gustafsen Lake
…Gustafsen Lake, some journalists became rightly suspicious. As reporter William Johnson wrote in: Perhaps it’s the old newsman in me, but I’m uneasy about the reporting. Journalists have been kept…
