Calder Case
…to be cited in modern Aboriginal land claims across Canada, as well as internationally in Australia and New Zealand. By Tanisha Salomons Recommended Sources Asch, Michael. “From Calder to Van…
Aboriginal Rights
…Our People. In some ways, section 35 has diverted our people, and the new leadership instead of fighting for our rights, is negotiating to help Canada and the provinces define…
Bill C-31
…United Nations Human Rights Committee. Lovelace, a Maliseet woman from Tobique in New Brunswick, had married an American man and moved away from her reserve community. When the marriage ended…
Guide Pages
…Videos Some guide pages contain links to IF video resources and some of them use our special Interactive Video / Transcript Viewer (IVT). When you click one of these video…
Musqueam Legal History Digital Media Archive
…presented through the mainstream news media. We hope this project will serve as a useful tool for students and researchers who wish to understand these specific cases and their significance…
Governance and Land Claims
…underway, and the Tsawassen Treaty, since concluded, was still in progress. Former Nisga’a Lisims CEO Edward Allen and Tsawassen Chief Kim Baird speak (Land Claims 4,2). Some good stories: listen…
Land & Rights
…and the connection of the family, and the connection to community, and how that intersects to the natural world.” Jeanette Armstrong Okanagan author & educator For many Aboriginal cultures, land…
About Tsu Heidei Shugaxtutaan
…Artist statement I work with concepts, the medium follows. In the business of this “Indian Art World” I have become impatient with the institutional prescription and its monolithic…
Global Indigenous Issues
…the United Nations (UN), which has responded to these groups by creating new bodies and policies to support Indigenous peoples worldwide. Early attempts to recognize the rights of Indigenous peoples…
Van der Peet case
…Peet: Aboriginal Rights and Canadian Law, 1973-96.” In Indigenous Peoples’ Rights in Australia, Canada, & New Zealand, edited by Paul Havemann. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999: 428-445. Barsh, Russel Lawrence…
