Sixties Scoop
…of First Nations Children and Youth.” First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2004. Available online at: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/docs/KeepingThePromise.pdf Fournier, Suzanne and Ernie Crey. Stolen from Our Embrace. Vancouver:…
The Indian Act
…First Nations Governance, 2008. Available online at: http://fngovernance.org/ncfng_research/milloy.pdf Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. “Chapter 9: The Indian Act,” in Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Looking Forward, Looking…
Métis
…p 209. Available online at http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_01.html 2 Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Blais, 2003 SCC 44, [2003] 2 S.C.R. 236. September 19, 2003. Available online at: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2077/index.do 3 Chartrand,…
Reserves
…before the Minister approves of the allotment.” You can read the Indian Act and its regulations over reserves online here: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-5/ . Creation of the reserve system Precursors to the…
Van der Peet case
…Erin Hanson & Tanisha Salomons Recommended resources Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1407/index.do Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van der…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…from viewing “Nikamowin/Song”? I think that this film/video speaks best to my many intentions of working with the Cree language, so I hope that all folks take away from this…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Implement This New Human Rights Instrument,” NationTalk, May 1, 2008, http://www.nationtalk.ca/modules/news/article.php?storyid=9167 12 “Canada Slammed at UN over Indigenous Rights,” Reuters, May 1, 2008,. Available online at: http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAN0134751220080501 (accessed January 2010)….
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Accessed February 17, 2011. Available online at http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/02/16/breaking-the-silence-about-canadas-800-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-interview-with-cree-academic-and-activist-robyn-bourgeois-a-photo-essay-of-the-no-more-silence-rally-feb-14th-201/ 15 Emberley, 61. 16 Emberley, 62. 17 McGrath & Stevenson, 41. 18 Emberley, 61. 19 Razack, 92. 20 Lowman, John. “Violence against…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…not always stable, but they are the best we have. Conclusion To summarize: Many Indigenous people prefer to identify themselves by specific local terms based on family and community location…
Guerin Case
…Constitution. By Tanisha Salomons & Erin Hanson Recommended Resources Supreme Court of Canada, Guerin v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 335. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2495/index.do Musqueam Band. “Musqueam Day 2020.” https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-day-2020/…
