Global Actions
…and the Meech Lake Accord. In the Pacific Northwest, The Coast Salish Gathering represents Coast Salish peoples on both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border. The Gathering was the first transnational…
The Residential School System (2009)
…non-Aboriginal peers. Post-secondary education was still considered out of reach for Aboriginal students, and those students who wanted to attend university were frequently discouraged from doing so.15 The process to…
The Indian Act
…council’ system.” Assembly of First Nations, “Assembly of First Nations- The Story.” Available online at: http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf 10 Cardinal, Harold. The Unjust Society. 2nd ed. Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, 1999. 140….
Bands
…a non-Indian or a non-status Indian man, now allowing these women to retain their status and be able to pass Indian status onto their children, thus allowing them to stay…
Sixties Scoop
…2, “Families.” Ottawa: Minister of Supply and Services Canada, 1996. 9-106. Bennett, Marilyn. “First Nations Fact Sheet: A General Profile on First Nations Child Welfare in Canada.” First Nations Child…
Métis
…Constitution.8 The courts further established the “Powley test” to determine what constitutes a Métis right, much as the Van der Peet test established guidelines to determine First Nations’ constitutional rights….
The Residential School System
…Mowatt v. Clarke, in which eight former students of St. George’s Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C., sued a priest, the government, and the Anglican Church of Canada; both the…
The Residential School System
…Mowatt v. Clarke, in which eight former students of St. George’s Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C., sued a priest, the government, and the Anglican Church of Canada; both the…
