Royal Proclamation, 1763
What is the Royal Proclamation? The Royal Proclamation is a document that set out guidelines for European settlement of Aboriginal territories in what is now North America. The Royal Proclamation…
Berger Inquiry
In 1974, Jean Chretien, Canada’s Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) faced a dilemma. Oil and gas exploration in the Canadian north had boomed after the discovery of…
Métis
…Free People—Otipemisiwak,” Batoche, Saskatchewan, 1870–1930. Ottawa: National Historical Parks and Sites, Canada Parks Service, 1990. Peterson, Jacqueline, and Jennifer Brown, eds. The New Peoples: Being and Becoming Métis in North…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…North America. Historically, colonial policy and legislation had the explicit goal of terminating Aboriginal peoples’ cultural and social identities in order to assimilate them into colonial society. Colonial governments and…
Aboriginal Title
…across what is now known as North America have maintained a strong connection to the land since time immemorial. Although there is vast cultural variation between First Nations, most groups…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…of social organization. Anthropologists Charles Menzies and Caroline F. Butler write that “the northern canning industry was quite literally built upon the traditional fisheries of the Ts’mysen.”14 The operation of…
George Manuel
…as Chief of the Shuswap people, a position which he held for seven years. In 1959, Manuel stepped into the role of President of the North American Indian Brotherhood of…
The Indian Act
…Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), formerly the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND). The Indian Act is a part of a long history of assimilation policies that…
Bands
…held for it by the federal government, and c) is declared a band by the Governor-in-Council.1 Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is the federal government department responsible for administering…
The Residential School System (2009)
…as the general population in the public school system, and the schools were sorely underfunded. Teachings focused primarily on practical skills. Girls were primed for domestic service and taught to…
