Oral Traditions
…their own terminology for such narratives. Anthropologist Bruce Miller uses the term oral narratives to encompass all of these meanings and to sidestep the oral tradition/oral history dichotomy, which he…
George Manuel
…book on his idea of the Fourth World, The Fourth World: An Indian Reality, as well as publishing a number of other written works. In 1977 at the Second General…
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….
Guide Pages
…Guide Pages are a way for people such a course instructors to organize approaches to the materials in Indigenous Foundations for specific uses, such as preparation for class discussions…
The Indian Act
…own at UBC’s Xwi7xwa library, Point Grey campus. Union of British Columbian Indian Chiefs, The Indian Act and What it Means. Vancouver: UBCIC, 1988. Available online, courtesy of UBCIC: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861468/13_TheIndianAct_WhatItMeans.pdf?1484861468…
Guerin Case
…Constitution. By Tanisha Salomons & Erin Hanson Recommended Resources Supreme Court of Canada, Guerin v. The Queen, [1984] 2 S.C.R. 335. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/2495/index.do Musqueam Band. “Musqueam Day 2020.” https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/musqueam-day-2020/…
Indian Status
…(For more information on how taxation applies to status Indians, visit the Canadian Revenue Agency’s website here: http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/brgnls/menu-eng.html). Who can have Indian Status? There are complex rules governing Indian status,…
Powley Case
…R. v. Powley [2001]: https://www.ontariocourts.ca/decisions/2001/february/powley.htm Books, articles and links: Bell, Catherine and Clayton Leonard. “A New Era in Métis Constitutional Rights: The Importance of Powley and Blais.” Alberta Law Review…
Van der Peet case
…Distinctive Culture Test.” Human Rights Dialogue: “Cultural Rights.” 2.12 (2005). Available online at: https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/archive/dialogue/2_12/section_3/5149 Lambert, Douglas . “Van der Peet and Delgamuukw: Ten Unresolved Issues.” University of British Columbia Law…
Aboriginal Rights
…Section 35. (Vancouver: Theytus Books Ltd, 2003.) Endnotes 1 Article 1(2) of the United Nations Charter, https://www.un.org/en/sections/un-charter/chapter-i/index.html Manitoba, Justice Institute. “Aboriginal And Treaty Rights.” http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter5.html#9 2 Avigail Eisenberg, “Reasoning about…
