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
…and James Youngblood Henderson. “The Supreme Court’s Van der Peet Triology: Native Imperialism and Ropes of Sand.” McGill Law Journal. 42 (1997): 998-1009. Available online at: https://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/wp-content/uploads/pdf/5306792-42.BarshHenderson.pdf Eisenberg, Avigail. “The…
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
…Nationhood. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. —– “Gender, Race, and the Regulation of Native Identity in Canada and the United States: An Overview.” Hypatia 18(2): 2003. Available online at:…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…a Moderate Livelihood: Characterizing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights to Canadian Fisheries.” Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 1 (2010): 82-107. Available online at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1594272 Menzies, Charles and Caroline Butler,…
The White Paper 1969
…1969. Available online: http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/inac-ainc/indian_policy-e/cp1969_e.pdf Cairns, Alan. Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2000. Tennant, Paul. Aboriginal Peoples and Politics: The Indian Land Question in British…
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…
