Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…state to step up and protect us. And these stereotypes provide the justification for why the State doesn’t step up.14 Indian Act Gendered Discrimination Now that we’ve explored the ways…
The Indian Act
…By 1869, the federal government had created the Gradual Enfranchisement Act which established the elective band council system that remains in the Indian Act to this day. The Gradual Enfranchisement…
Bill C-31
…to bands only for Status Indians, not for band members. As a result, despite the fact that bands can determine their own membership, the amount of federal resources that they…
Sixties Scoop
…their families and communities, first through the residential schools, and then through the child protection system, continues to impact the lives of these mothers, their children and their grandchildren. —Pivot…
Indian Status
…without status under the Indian Act remain legally unrecognized as Aboriginal peoples by the Canadian government. Non-status Indians face the challenges of being legislated out of their communities, unable to…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…leased to the club by the Federal Government on significantly different terms than those which Musqueam had agreed to. The Court ruled that the Crown had neglected its fiduciary duty…
Ipperwash Crisis
…Inquiry Transcript, November 23, 2005. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_23_05/text.htm Ipperwash Inquiry Transcript, November 28, 2006. http://mail.tscript.com/trans/ipperwash/nov_28_05/text.htm Gillespie, Kerry. “Ipperwash Land Returned to Indians.” In The Star. December 21, 2007. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/287702 Ontario, The Ipperwash…
Cedar
…the tree, harvesters use methods that ensure the survival of the tree as a species. It is traditional practice that before a tree is cut down, the woodcutters will say…
Métis
…1870 and led to the creation of the province of Manitoba. The Manitoba Act recognized Métis title to the land within the province, and Section 31 set out 1.4 million…
The Residential School System (2009)
…the opportunity to be here at this moment in time to talk about those realities that we are dealing with today. What is it that this government is going to…
