Indian Status
…the State alike require that every effort should be made to aid the Red man in lifting himself out of his condition of tutelage and dependence, and that is clearly…
Aboriginal Title
…early twentieth centuries, Crown representatives and leaders of Aboriginal communities signed treaties throughout most of Canada in an effort to resolve issues of outstanding Aboriginal title. These treaties set out…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…fishing in inland waters. As a result, Aboriginal fishers bore the brunt of this conservation effort. The bands above the slide – the Thompson, Shuswap and Lillooet – all fished…
Government Policy
…every effort should be made to aid the Red man in lifting himself out of his condition of tutelage and dependence, and that is clearly our wisdom and our duty,…
Reserves
…effect, it was an effort to extinguish Aboriginal title through administrative and bureaucratic means.”3 Reserve reduction in British Columbia Reserves in British Columbia had barely been established before government officials…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…forthwith to remove themselves from such Settlements. And whereas great Frauds and Abuses have been committed in purchasing Lands of the Indians, to the great Prejudice of our Interests. and…
Oral Traditions
…on Trial (Vancouver: UBC Press, forthcoming.) 17 Alessandro Portelli, “What Makes Oral History Different,” in The Oral History Reader, 34. 18 Ibid., 34–5. 19 Delgamuukw v. British Columbia [1997] 3…
Berger Inquiry
…the Mackenzie Delta, began a house-to-house campaign to explain the land claim to families in six communities around the Beaufort Sea. In Yellowknife, the chiefs at the Indian Brotherhood of…
Klamath Termination
…and functions of life on the reservation before termination as a way of understanding and assessing cultural change, what was lost and, in some respects, with great effort, regained. Participants…
