ILO Convention 169
…assembled a Committee of Experts to revise it. The Committee’s proceedings in the late 1980s included meetings with Indigenous delegates, but Committee members, principally non-Indigenous government and business representatives, had…
Credits
…Concept: Linc Kesler, Karrmen Crey Visualization Tool: Nicolas Garcia Belmonte (http://thejit.org) Customisations: Shaffiq Rahemtullah, ArtsISIT, UBC Non directional to directional graph (main algorithm changes) Graph Operations (zoom/rotation) Administrative tools –…
Berger Inquiry
…hearings held in Yellowknife. Professor Michael Jackson of the University of BC organized hearings in more than 30 Dene, Inuit and non-aboriginal communities across the NWT so residents could offer…
Identity
…internalized by members of the group in question. Identity – and how it is created, maintained and regulated—is a complex topic critical to understanding relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal groups…
Land & Rights
…linked. Aboriginal rights and title are not granted from an external source but are a result of Aboriginal peoples’ own occupation of and relationship with their home territories as well…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…mediums where languages have been encapsulated, with the intention of ‘preservation’, but none have been overly successful. My theory is that these encapsulations have failed due to the lack of…
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…
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…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…judge Mary-Ellen Turpel also argues that by accepting the Constitution, a colonial form of rule based in Western (non-Indigenous) concepts and ideologies, such as individual rights and private property ownership,…
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…
