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
…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, David. “Louis…
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…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…greatly between First Nations, they shared similar characteristics. Scholar Rebecca Tsosie identifies three common characteristics: gender roles were not ranked hierarchically but rather considered to be complementary, in many cases…
Global Actions
…1970s. In 1973, the first Arctic Peoples’ Conference was held in Copenhagen to acknowledge and address common issues and rights among Arctic populations. The conference comprised representatives from its Greenlandic…
Totem Poles
…in many First Nations communities. Most First Nations commemorate the raising of a totem with a totem pole raising ceremony, which is often held concurrently with a feast or potlatch….
Van der Peet case
…& 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 Peet: Aboriginal…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…be read online. The UN Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) responded to these findings by creating the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP), comprised of five independent experts as well…
Ipperwash Crisis
…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 Inquiry online archive. http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/index.html…
The Indian Act
…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 Back….
