Reserves
…audit of the environmental conditions of reserves. She found that there was a significant gap between environmental conditions in reserve communities and those in other communities in Canada. Non-reserve communities…
Sixties Scoop
…to have specific training in dealing with children in Aboriginal communities. Many of these social workers were completely unfamiliar with the culture or history of the Aboriginal communities they entered….
Métis
…people who have continued ties to a historical Métis community, and are accepted as such by that community. Yet Métis identity is also adopted by some non-status Aboriginal peoples and…
Powley Case
…food?), Whether the claimant is a member of a contemporary Métis community, Identification of the historic Métis community, Identification of the contemporary Métis community, The historical time-frame of the practice,…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Executive Committee. The Chiefs’ Council is comprised of chiefs from each of the member communities, and serves as the governing body of the UBCIC. The Chiefs’ Council meets at least…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…to give legal recognition to these territories. The Declaration does not override the rights of Indigenous peoples contained in their treaties and agreements with individual states, and it commands these…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…and the circumstances Indigenous fishers must still navigate in order to harvest fish from their ancestral fishing grounds: declining runs, increasing competition from sports and non-Native commercial fisheries, restrictions on…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Inquiry Transcript, November 23, 2005. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_23_05/text.htm Ipperwash Inquiry Transcript, November 28, 2006. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_28_05/text.htm Gillespie, Kerry. “Ipperwash Land Returned to Indians.” In The Star. December 21, 2007. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/287702 Ontario, The Ipperwash…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…their community may not recognize the traditional community name, or might know the community or nation by another name than the one the community uses: many common names others use…
The Residential School System (2009)
…child apprehensions from Aboriginal families continue to occur in disproportionate numbers. In part, this is the legacy of compromised families and communities left by the residential schools. The last residential…
