UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
…step forward, the continued use of qualifiers in official speeches have left many skeptical of Canada’s true commitment. Much like New Zealand’s official statement of endorsement, the Canadian government suggests…
Global Actions
…explore how globalization has influenced and impacted Indigenous peoples’ movements throughout history, using case studies from India, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States. This book is a rare examination…
Oral Traditions
…in Places (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1996); and Julie Cruikshank, Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters and Social Imagination (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005). See our bibliography, above,…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…– as well as at Rivers Inlet, and on Vancouver Island, the Queen Charlottes, and other locations. The growth in new canneries was staggering. In her book Tangled Webs of…
Indian Status
…Endnotes 1 Assembly of First Nations, “The Story,” http://caid.ca/AFNHis2010.pdf Clifton, James A, Ed. The Invented Indian: Cultural Fictions and Government Policy. New Brunswick: Transaction, 1990, 350. 2 Department of the…
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…
Totem Poles
…in the fish and fur trade with Europeans. During this time, coastal First Nations acquired new tools that enabled them to construct more elaborate poles. Most poles, even though they…
Constitution Express
…Constitution. When this large-scale peaceful demonstration did not initially alter the Trudeau government’s position, delegations continued on to the United Nations in New York, and then to Europe to spread…
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs
…a policy that aimed to guide and establish “a new government-to-government relationship based on respect, recognition and accommodation of Aboriginal title and rights.”11 The UBCIC continues to work with and…
Reserves
…charges. At Sillery in New France (now part of the Canadian province of Quebec), these settlements were created with the intention to encourage Aboriginal peoples to adopt Christianity.1 These first…
