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…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…guide to land use studies, Stolen Lands, Broken Promises, a guide for band researchers, Our Homes are Bleeding, a history of the reserve system, and many more. Follow UBCIC on…
Aboriginal Title
…collective right to the use of and jurisdiction over a group’s ancestral territories. This right is not granted from an external source but is a result of Aboriginal peoples’ own…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…country with the goal of assimilating and “civilizing” First Nations peoples based on a European model. These policies had profound effects on Aboriginal women across the country. By outlining these…
Van der Peet case
…Aboriginal people to fish solely for the purposes of sustenance and ceremonial use, and prohibited the sale of fish to non-Aboriginal people. Van der Peet challenged the charges, arguing that…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…in film/video because it introspection. One of the things that I have had a hard time with is the notion that elders bestow all knowledge of ‘what is’ ~ something…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…the need for work to continue Larry Grant (Musqueam Indian Band): The impact of the residential schools on communities; loss of culture, community stability; effects on families Louisa Smith A…
The Indian Act
…with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language. 7 Section 67 of the…
Oral Traditions
…Stories? The use of oral histories as evidence in the court of law has become a topic of much discussion and debate in Canada. Perhaps the most famous example of…
About the REDress project
…Artist Statement My work is informed by and emerges from the places where the social, cultural, political and personal intersect. I use my work as a tool for exploring,…
