About Sovereignty Performance
…covers all the news of Western Newfoundland, this is where the public reception changed some. There were a mass amount of comments on the Newspapers website, most being negative and…
About Nikamowin (Song)
…northern Manitoba. Swampy Cree is our dialect. I was raised there, but am currently living in Winnipeg, after an eleven year hiatus in Vancouver, BC. When creating a new piece,…
Government Policy
…Aboriginal rights discourse today. The White Paper ,1969 was a policy the government proposed but later dropped due to widespread resistance from Aboriginal peoples and organizations across Canada. Section 35…
Powley Case
…historic time frame qualifier needed a new definition that differed from the “pre-contact” conditions set for Indian rights in Van der Peet or Sparrow. As Métis peoples are a result…
UBC Dialogue: Full Video Record
…parent page, that although participants expressed their appreciation and optimism following this event, these videos present accounts of the Indian Residential Schools and their effects that most viewers find emotionally…
UBC Dialogue: Full Record
…note that, as described on the parent page, that although participants expressed their appreciation and optimism following this event, these videos present accounts of the Indian Residential Schools and their…
Lease Lands Press
…The Vancouver Courier, February 3, 1972 The Vancouver Courier, February 15, 1995 The Province, February 19, 1995 The Vancouver Sun, February 24, 1995 The North Shore News, January…
Berger Inquiry
…offer testimony. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation created an aboriginal news team that would broadcast nightly reports from the Inquiry in six languages. Special Counsel Ian Waddell organized hearings in cities…
Aboriginal Title
…1985. Available online: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/ubcic/pages/1440/attachments/original/1484861461/12_aboriginalrightspositionpaper1985.pdf?1484861461 —– “Aboriginal Title Implementation.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/aboriginal_title_implementation_ubcic_1998 —– “’Certainty:’ Canada’s Struggle to Extinguish Aboriginal Title.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/certainty_canada_s_struggle_to_extinguish_aboriginal_title —– “Two World Views in Law.” https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/two_world_views_in_law Endnotes 1 Union of British…
Van der Peet case
…right. The Court’s decision thus went beyond the earlier Sparrow ruling (1990), to define particular Aboriginal rights regarding fishing. The ruling also resulted in what is known today as the…
