Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…order for it to be subdivided and leased to non-Band members. The leases began in 1966 and lasted 99 years, 30 years of which the rents were fixed at $400…
Reserves
…of private property, and operate on the assumption that the only “solution” to the challenges reserve communities in Canada face is to assimilate into non-Aboriginal “white” society and adopt non-Aboriginal…
Oral Traditions
…as an intrinsic aspect of their cultures and societies. Nonetheless, discussions of oral history have occasionally been framed in oversimplistic oppositional binaries: oral/writing, uncivilized/civilized, subjective/objective. Critics wary of oral history…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is a non-profit political organization representing numerous First Nations across BC in order to protect and further Aboriginal title and rights. The…
Government Policy
…has nonetheless had a profound and frequently devastating impact on Aboriginal peoples. The development of Canada was greatly facilitated by relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Aboriginal peoples were crucial…
Van der Peet case
…people to fish solely for the purposes of sustenance and ceremonial use, and prohibited the sale of fish to non-Aboriginal people. Van der Peet challenged the charges, arguing that as…
Gustafsen Lake
…“largest paramilitary operation in Canadian history.”1 The Gustafsen Lake Stand-off stemmed from the longstanding conflict over Aboriginal land occupied by non-Aboriginal settlers without having first signed treaties. People who came…
Community & Politics
…Chiefs. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs is a non-profit political organization representing numerous First Nations across BC in order to protect and further Aboriginal title and rights. The Union…
The Residential School System (2009)
…non-Aboriginal peers. Post-secondary education was still considered out of reach for Aboriginal students, and those students who wanted to attend university were frequently discouraged from doing so.15 The process to…

The Residential School System
…non-Indigenous peers. Post-secondary education was strongly discouraged for Indigenous students because those who wanted to attend university would have been enfranchised. The process to phase out the residential school system…