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Indian Act and the Pass System
No rebel Indians should be allowed off the Reserves without a pass signed by an I.D. official. The dangers of complications with white men will thus...
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No rebel Indians should be allowed off the Reserves without a pass signed by an I.D. official. The dangers of complications with white men will thus...
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Indigenous awareness is a broad term – I know because my onsite and public workshops are dedicated to helping people understand the full extent of...
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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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The term “Sixties Scoop” refers to the period from 1961 through to the 1980s that saw an astounding number of Indigenous babies and children...