UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…UNDRIP’s 46 articles declares that “Indigenous peoples have the right to the full enjoyment, as a collective or as individuals, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms as recognized in…
Métis
…Métis peoples. As exemplified in the Powley case, the term Métis has come to hold legal and political significance. In fact, Métis rights discourse has been at the cutting edge…

The Residential School System
…with inappropriate education, often only up to lower grades, that focused mainly on prayer and manual labour in agriculture, light industry such as woodworking, and domestic work such as laundry…
The Residential School System
…with inappropriate education, often only up to lower grades, that focused mainly on prayer and manual labour in agriculture, light industry such as woodworking, and domestic work such as laundry…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…sort of demonstrate that it isn’t technology that is going to save our languages, it is the humans that are invested and utilizing the technology that will, if they find…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…individual could own it. But based on his knowledge of the extended family, his knowledge of the various fishing methods, his knowledge of the capacity of the dry rack, his…
Oral Traditions
…the circle and these constituted a reconnaissance of collective memory and knowledge. In the end the Elders left with a knowledge that was built by the collectivity.” Stephen J. Augustine…
Global Indigenous Issues
…experience similar struggles. These include access to their traditional lands and recognition of their rights, including the right to practice their cultures, to speak their languages, and to engage in…
The Residential School System (2009)
…Residential schools provided Aboriginal students with an inferior education, often only up to grade five, that focused on training students for manual labour in agriculture, light industry such as woodworking,…
Cedar
…a prayer and express their gratitude to the tree’s spirit. Traditionally, men were responsible for cutting down a tree, which is a time-consuming and laborious process that involves chiselling and…