The Residential School System
…their beds; some had needles shoved in their tongues for speaking their native languages. These abuses, along with overcrowding, poor sanitation, and severely inadequate food and health care, resulted in…
Aboriginal Rights
…Review 285. —– Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (U. of Toronto Press 2002). Foster, Hamar, Heather Raven, and Jeremy Webber, eds. Let Right Be Done: Aboriginal title, the…
Indian Status
…such as band administration, education, and health care. The Indian Act has historically stated that those with Indian status have rights to live on reserves, share in band monies, vote…
Powley Case
…Endnotes 1 Jean Teillet. “R. v. Powley, A Summary of the Supreme Court of Canada Reasons for Judgment.” Pape & Salter Barristers and Soliciters, 1. Available online at: http://albertametis.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MétisRights_Powley_supremecourtsummary.pdf…
Constitution Express
…17 Smith, Melvin. “Some Perspectives on the Origin and Meaning of Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.” Vancouver: Fraser Institute, 2000. Available online: https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/PerspectivesonSection35.pdf 18 Romanow, Roy J., Howard…
Global Actions
…or other populations who have attempted to undermine Indigenous autonomy. It was also carefully crafted to remove potentially problematic notions of race and blood quantum.1 Some Indigenous leaders and experts…
Indian Homemakers’ Association of British Columbia
…child and family services for the prevention of child apprehension, a culturally-sensitive model for female Aboriginal inmate rehabilitation, and so on.8 The BCIHA provided a voice for Aboriginal women who…
Royal Proclamation, 1763
…to make any purchase from the said Indians of any Lands reserved to the said Indians, within those parts of our Colonies where We have thought proper to allow Settlement:…
Aboriginal Identity & the Classroom
…resources set aside by the Canadian federal government in “compensation” for removal from traditional territories, including health care, education, and the legal right to reside on reserve lands. This legislation…