Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…she was deemed unworthy of respect. These concepts were written right into the Indian Act, with certain rights afforded to men and women of “good moral character,” as determined by…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…terms had existing functions in Canadian law. “Indian,” for instance, is the generic term used in the Indian Act, a centerpiece of state identity regulation, since 1876. The Indian Act…
Video Resources
…navigate to them through the menu at your left. Check back as more resources are made available all the time. Oral Narratives of the Klamath Termination Oral Narratives of the…
Klamath Termination
…Oral Narratives of the Klamath Termination: Individual Elders Reflect on Time and Change is a video archive that records the observations of a group of six members of the…
The Residential School System
…Relations of Indigenous Oral Histories,” in Walking a Tightrope: Indigenous Peoples and their Representations, 2005. 193) Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Indian Residential Schools: The Nuu-Chah-Nulth Experience. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, 1996. Roberts,…
The Residential School System
…Relations of Indigenous Oral Histories,” in Walking a Tightrope: Indigenous Peoples and their Representations, 2005. 193) Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, Indian Residential Schools: The Nuu-Chah-Nulth Experience. Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, 1996. Roberts,…
Guerin Case
…time, the Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club was looking for land for its golf course. The Club approached the Department of Indian Affairs (DIA) in the hopes of leasing 162…
George Manuel
…excerpts and so on available online via Doreen Manuel’s website, “Running Wolf Productions:” http://www.runningwolf.ca/from-the-heart/ Manuel, George, and Michael Posluns. The Fourth World: An Indian Reality. Toronto: Collier-Macmillan Canada, 1974. McFarlane,…
Gustafsen Lake
…read the rest of his article here: http://www.nationnewsarchives.ca/article/rcmp-should-avoid-waco-style-shootout-in-b-c/.) Then-Attorney General Ujjal Dosanj would infamously state, “Where’s the other side of the story? There is only one side of the story….
The White Paper 1969
…1970. Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. “Our History”. https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/about The Hawthorn Report Hawthorn, Harry, ed. A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies….
