Oral Traditions
…suggested that taking Aboriginal oral histories out of their native languages and fitting them into English terms such as legend, history, or story, and their corresponding concepts, may create artificial…
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,…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…coast. In 1901, the year of record sockeye runs for the Fraser River, 49 cannery camp-villages were operating from New Westminster to the mouth of the river.12 By the early…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…Social Council of the United Nations. Since its inception, the UBCIC has established several publications, including its newspaper NESIKA, the UBCIC News, and Indian World. These publications along with frequent…
The Indian Act
…conceptual framework that has shaped contemporary Native life in ways that are now so familiar as to almost seem “natural.” –Bonita Lawrence1 You can read the Indian Act online, at…
Métis
…elect federal Members of Parliament, to have both French and English recognized as official languages, and to maintain Métis culture and customs. When a Canadian surveyor in Red River was…
Gustafsen Lake
…later confirmed that RCMP had deliberately spread misinformation. A video of RCMP officers discussing smear tactics against the campers was later submitted as evidence in court, and today can be…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…a relatively short time. These impacts continue to be felt by Aboriginal women across Canada today. Aboriginal Women’s Traditional Roles & Power Women were respected for their spiritual and mental…
Constitution Act, 1982 Section 35
…Lee Maracle considers that Section 35 reinforces colonialism by recognizing Canadian law as supreme, instead of breaking away from it as would be expected under a true nation-to-nation relationship.6 Lawyer…
ILO Convention 107
…countries that have ratified it, but has since been amended in many countries by ILO Convention 169. Read ILO Convention 107 here Since the mid-twentieth century, world leaders have attempted…
