Bands
…councils are responsible for the governance and administration of band affairs, including education, band schools, housing, water and sewer, roads, and other community businesses and services. Traditionally, some First Nations…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…doing the men’s work. The power and agency of Aboriginal women were invisible to them. Scholar Laura E. Donaldson provides another telling example of Eurocentric mischaracterization. She describes the Cherokee…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…this event: UBC Dialogue: Nov 1, 2011. This page presents the complete video record: the menu system above here provides detailed descriptions and controls for navigating this record. For more…
Enfranchisement
…a university education, for leaving reserves for long periods – for instance, for employment – and, for Aboriginal women, if they married non-Indian men or if their Indian husbands died…
Ipperwash Crisis
…further recommendations including, among others, that public education about land claim issues should be prioritized, an impartial body oversee land claims settlements, the OPP create a formal process to consult…
Indian Status
…as band administration, education, and health care. The Indian Act has historically stated that those with Indian status have rights to live on reserves, share in band monies, vote for…
Klamath Termination
…restoration of their culture and community. One, Morrie Jimenez, the primary contributor to the archive, describes his long involvement in civil rights and education, and all the processes that contributed…
ILO Convention 169
…and protects them against displacement. The Convention further guarantees the rights of Indigenous peoples to equal and fair employment opportunities (Articles 20-23), rights to health care (Article 25), and education…
About Jaime Black
…Manitoba and has an Education degree from The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education. She has taught in Opaskwayak Cree Nation in the Pas, Manitoba, has worked developing art curriculum…
Identity
…as well as relationships between Aboriginal individuals and communities. In this section Terminology: Many people find terminology confusing and intimidating. Our terminology guide can help you determine which terms to…