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What Does Indigenous Awareness Mean?
Indigenous awareness is a broad term – I know because my onsite and public workshops are dedicated to helping people understand the full extent of...
History (6)
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What are Aboriginal Rights?
The doctrine of Aboriginal rights exists… because of one simple fact: when Europeans arrived in North America, Aboriginal peoples were already here,...
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History of Assembly of First Nations
Every three years, the Assembly of First Nations holds an election for the Office of National Chief. This year the election will be on December 10,...
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Status Indians and Taxes
It’s tax time and that means tax pain, as the television commercials say. Tax time is also the time of year that one hears the common myth that...
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Delgamuukw and Gisday'way: The Reason We All Consult
The three commonly called Delgamuuk cases are a critical part of the constitutional puzzle of Aboriginal rights and title for British Columbia and...
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The Sparrow Case Affirms Constitutionally Protected Aboriginal Rights
The 1990 Supreme Court Decision in R. v. Sparrow was the first Supreme Court of Canada decision which applied s. 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982...
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The Indian Act Naming Policies
The federal government’s Indian Act policies for Indians or First Nation(s) people during the nineteenth century were primarily concerned with...
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First Nations and Salmon Fisheries
Salmon have been a vital food source to many First Nations in BC since time immemorial but to many cultures, the salmon is much, much more than a...
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Sixties Scoop Apprehension of Indigenous Children without Consent
The term “Sixties Scoop” refers to the period from 1961 through to the 1980s that saw an astounding number of Indigenous babies and children...
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Chinook Jargon - The First Language of Trade
tyee; skookum; tillicum; muckamuck It’s quite likely that at least one of the above words is familiar, especially to those who live in the Pacific...