Aboriginal Title
…to non-Aboriginal Canadian citizens under Canadian common law. Over time, various court decisions have contributed to this definition of title. Along with defining Aboriginal title in more precise terms, these…
Reserves
…the map in full. An Indian Reserve is a tract of land set aside under the Indian Act and treaty agreements for the exclusive use of an Indian band. Band…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…78. McLellan. Laura. “History of the BC Indian Homemakers Association.” BA Dissertation, University of British Columbia, 2005 Moran, Bridget. Stoney Creek Woman, Sai’k;uz Ts;eke: The Story of Mary John. Vancouver:…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
Musqueam Legal History — A Digital Media Archive The Musqueam Indian Band has been involved in a number of precedent-setting legal battles over the past few decades. Four of these…
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…peoples and fails to balance individual and collective rights or the rights of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. No credible legal rationale has been provided to substantiate these extraordinary and erroneous…
Aboriginal Rights
…and the Future of Indigenous Rights. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2007). Henderson, James Sákéj Youngblood. “Postcolonial Ledger Drawing.” In Marie Battiste, ed., Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision. (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000.)…
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…
The Residential School System (2009)
…History.” June 9, 2008. Available online: http://www.fns.bc.ca/pdf/Backgrounder_ResidentialSchoolHistory.pdf 21 Communiqué of the Holy See Press Office, April 24, 2009. 22 Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission website: Backgrounder. www.trc-cvr.ca/28_04_08.html 23…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…would be a rejection of government control.7 This meant that funding for bands, education initiatives, and welfare programs were also cut off, crippling the UBCIC as well as bands around…
Global Actions
…UK: Ashgate Dartmouth, 2003. ———. Indigenous Peoples in International Law. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Beier, J. Marshall, ed. Indigenous Diplomacies. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009….