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21 Things™ You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act
The great aim of our legislation has been to do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the other...
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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...
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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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The Enduring Nature of First Nation Stereotypes
Canada is a country whose citizens pride themselves on their diversity and promotion of pluralism yet turn a blind eye to the continued stereotypical...
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What Is the Root Cause of Indigenous Education Issues
Fifty-eight percent of young adults living on reserve in Canada have not completed high school, according to the 2011 National Household Survey...
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Calder Case
For many years, the Government of Canada refused even to entertain the concept of Aboriginal title. That policy mountain moved in 1973, shortly after...
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Indigenous Alcohol Intolerance
There is a Canadian Press and Steve Lambert article out with a headline that reads "Online brochure tells lodge visitors aboriginals have...
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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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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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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...