Global Actions
…Find Our Own Path as the Fourth World,” 1995, Center for World Indigenous Studies. http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00—off-0ipc–00-0—-0-10-0—0—0direct-10—4——-0-1l–11-en-50—20-about—00-0-1-00-0–4—-0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&cl=CL1.7&d=HASH01e837a63c33c9b791bf5928&x=1 7 Sanders. 8 Sanders. 9 The Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), “Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC),” http://inuitcircumpolar.com/index.php?ID=16&Lang=En&Parent_ID=16…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…The Association created the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society (AMCS) in Vancouver’s east side, a drop-in centre where Aboriginal women could gather and receive support including childcare, training, and hot meals….
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…The UBCIC helped orchestrate several direct actions, including the Indian Child Caravan in 1980, the 1981 women’s 3-week occupation of the BC Regional Office of the Department of Indian Affairs…
Totem Poles
…longhouses had house posts, carved with human or animal forms, to support the main beams of the building. Similarly, some longhouses featured a house frontal pole, which would be located…
ILO Convention 169
…Peoples’ Rights Through ILO Conventions: A compilation of ILO supervisory bodies’ comments 2009-2010.” International Labour Organization, 2010. Available online: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—ed_norm/–normes/documents/publication/wcms_126028.pdf Schulting, Gerard. “ILO Convention 169: Can it help?” http://www.abyayalanews.org/document/2444 Swepston,…
Community & Politics
…have organized for increased political representation. In this section Political organizations The Indian Homemakers Association of B.C. was a political organization formed by Indian women with the support of the…
Indian Status
…not provided with compensation or support, nor could she be guaranteed access to her community of origin since her band membership would have been removed as well. Essentially, she lost…
Powley Case
…Métis Nation of Ontario recognized this as a test case for Métis rights, and provided financial support for the trial. In 1998, the Powleys were acquitted after the trial judge…
Constitution Express
…on our hands, and the food wasn’t coming along too well. We were trying to raise awareness about food. So she says, ‘Well, I think you guys need some help,’…
ILO Convention 107
…help Indigenous peoples enter the (settler-based) market economy. Regarding land rights, Article 12.1 of the convention states that Indigenous populations “shall not be removed without their free consent from their…
