Guerin Case
…the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club was looking for land for its golf course. The Club approached the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) in the hopes of leasing 162 prime…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…Studies XXV, 2 (2005): 609-626. Films Club Native. Directed by Tracey Deer. Rezolution Pictures Inc/National Film Board of Canada, 2008. Endnotes 1 Canadian policy and legislation towards Aboriginal people has…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…case regarding 162 acres of Musqueam lands that had been leased to a Vancouver golf club in 1958. The Musqueam went to trial after discovering that the lands had been…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…peoples. Beginning in the 1930s, the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) provided small grants to fund homemakers’ clubs on reserves across Canada. These were clubs where women would gather to…
Indian Status
…Film Board of Canada’s film “Club Native.” As was mentioned earlier, these categories rest predominantly on legislation and not on actual Aboriginal ancestry. These subsections and the ability to pass…
