Gustafsen Lake
…Overview of the Gustafsen Lake Stand-off Gustafsen Lake or Ts’Peten, a region close to 100 Mile House in British Columbia, in Secwepemec (Shuswap) territory, was the location of a…
Community & Politics
…Gustafsen Lake standoff occurred in 1995 near Williams Lake, B.C. due to a land dispute between First Nations Sundancers and an American rancher. A peaceful protest quickly escalated into a…
Glossary
…Government Policy Guerin Case Guide Pages Gustafsen Lake Identity ILO Convention 107 ILO Convention 169 Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia Indian Status Ipperwash Crisis Jaime Black Jordan Bennett Kevin…
The Residential School System (2009)
…settlement. Another successful case followed in 1990, made by eight survivors from St. Joseph’s school, in Williams Lake, against the Catholic Church and the federal government.20 The court cases continued,…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…Can you please introduce yourself and tell us where you are from? My name is Kevin Lee Burton and I originate from God’s Lake Narrows, a fly-in reserve in…
Global Indigenous Issues
…by the shores of Lake Titicaca. Photo: Broddi Sigurdarson, (c) 2010 UNPFII. Photo used with permission from UNPFII. Despite the vast differences between Indigenous populations across the globe, many Indigenous…
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…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…schools as a way to understand cultural safety; international on-line learning Dr Leonie Sandercock (UBC School of Community and Regional Planning): The Cheslatta & Burns Lake project; using film to…
