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
…“Bill C-21: An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act.” Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Law and Governance Division, 2008. Available online at: https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ResearchPublications/LegislativeSummaries/392LS577E 9 “This apartheid law prohibited…
Marginalization of Aboriginal women
…Accessed February 17, 2011. Available online at http://blackcoffeepoet.com/2011/02/16/breaking-the-silence-about-canadas-800-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-interview-with-cree-academic-and-activist-robyn-bourgeois-a-photo-essay-of-the-no-more-silence-rally-feb-14th-201/ 15 Emberley, 61. 16 Emberley, 62. 17 McGrath & Stevenson, 41. 18 Emberley, 61. 19 Razack, 92. 20 Lowman, John. “Violence against…
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,…
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…
Aboriginal Fisheries in British Columbia
…by Cedar, Living by the River. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1999. 232. BC Elders Communication Centre Society, “Elders’ Voice,” Volume 6 Issue 10, September 2006, 11. Available online at:…
Oral Traditions
…biases to their work—that is, they are subjective. Ultimately, the divide between oral and written history is a misconception. Writing and orality do not exclude each other; rather they are…
Aboriginal Identity & Terminology
…still often the ultimate arbiter in identity debates and challenges. The complexities of this system and its many amendments and other provisions are described further on our Indian Act page….
About Sovereignty Performance
…First Nations Band”. I wanted to make a point to the people of the area by writing out the rights and rules involved with becoming part of the “Status Indian”…
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…
