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Why Do Indigenous Peoples Want Self-Government?
Perhaps a more accurate question would be, “Why do Indigenous Peoples want self-government back?” Long before European contact, Indigenous Peoples...
Indigenous Rights (3)
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Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982
In 1982, the Government of Canada patriated the Canadian Constitution, and in so doing, formally entrenched Aboriginal and treaty rights in the...
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Guerin v. the Queen 1984
In 1955, the Musqueam First Nation approved a surrender "in trust" of some of its reserve land in the city of Vancouver, for the purpose of a lease...
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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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1969 White Paper - Rejected by Liberal Party of Canada
At the Liberal Party of Canada biennial convention in Montreal in February 2014, party members voted on a number of policy resolutions. Of particular...
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Who Owns TEK?
Definition: Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) describes aboriginal, indigenous, or other forms of traditional knowledges regarding...
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War of 1812... Who Won? Undecided. Who Lost? Indigenous Peoples of Canada.
The seeds of the War of 1812 (1812 - 1814) were sown in the Napoleonic Wars (1799 - 1815) between France and Great Britain. Napoleon, frustrated by...