Sixties Scoop
…Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. Available online at: https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/docs/FirstNationsFS1.pdf Blackstock, Cindy, et al. “Keeping the Promise: The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Lived Experiences…
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…
Van der Peet case
…Erin Hanson & Tanisha Salomons Recommended resources Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Van der Peet, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 507. Available online: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1407/index.do Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van der…
Reserves
…before the Minister approves of the allotment.” You can read the Indian Act and its regulations over reserves online here: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/i-5/ . Creation of the reserve system Precursors to the…
Métis
…Canada, edited by Binnema et al, 111–128. Available online: http://hdl.handle.net/2149/81 Pannekoek, Frits. A Snug Little Flock: The Social Origins of the Riel Resistance, 1869–70. Winnipeg: Watson & Dwyer, 1991. Payment,…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…online at: http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter13.html Razack, Sherene H. “Gendered Racial Violence and Spatialized Justice: The Murder of Pamela George,” Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 2000, 15:2, pp. 91-30. Silman, Janet. Enough…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…Indigenous fisheries” Accessed December 22, 2020. Available online at: https://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/abor-autoc/index-eng.html Harris, Douglas. Fish Law and Colonialism: The Legal Capture of Salmon in British Columbia. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001….
The White Paper 1969
…lifestyles, whether within reserve communities or elsewhere. He also advocated ending all forced assimilation programs, especially the residential schools. (Hawthorn’s two-volume report can be read online here.) Based on Hawthorn’s…
Constitution Express
…be viewed online via UBCIC’s Constitution Express Digital Collectionn at http://constitution.ubcic.bc.ca/node/133 Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, “Constitution Express Digital Collection.” http://constitution.ubcic.bc.ca/ A fantastic online resource that includes further information…
Ipperwash Crisis
…longstanding historical grievances which form the root of the problem. By Tanisha Salomons Recommended Resources Websites & online resources Government of Ontario, the Ipperwash Inquiry. http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/inquiries/ipperwash/index.html This website includes the…
