About the REDress project
…dresses taking over public space, streets and parks and trees covered in empty red dresses, until the whole city is mourning the loss of these women, until something is done….
About Sovereignty Performance
…City, and to challenge the public. I wanted people to walk by, ask questions and even take part. The public reception was very positive in person! There were a large…
ILO Convention 169
…“A New Step in the International Law on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples: ILO Convention No. 169 of 1989,” Oklahoma City University Law Review, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall 1990. 696-710….
Lease Lands Press
…The Westender, January 7, 1999 The Vancouver Sun, January 14, 1999 The Vancouver Sun, January 19, 1999 The Vancouver Courier, January 31, 1999 Terminal City News, February 5, 1999 The…
Bands
…the Indian Act and policies and programs relating to bands, including disbursement of administrative monies, social service programs, and educational programs; band administration is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of…
Sixties Scoop
…to care for them. This transition to provincial services led to a 1951 amendment that enabled the Province to provide services to Aboriginal people where none existed federally. Child protection…
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 stand-off…
Berger Inquiry
…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 the…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…Conference.” December 16, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/12/16/remarks-president-white-house-tribal-nations-conference 9 S. Edwards, “Tories Defend ‘No’ in Native Rights Vote,” The Montreal Gazette, September 14, 2007, 10 Paul Joffe, “Global Implementation of the U.N. Declaration…
Welcome to Indigenous Foundations
…Residential Schools. On November 1, 2011 the UBC First Nations House of Learning, in collaboration with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, hosted a day-long event addressing the history and…
