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10 Treaty Facts
Treaties are negotiated agreements that define the rights, responsibilities and relationships between Indigenous groups and federal and provincial...
Indigenous Rights (2)
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First Nations Individual Rights vs Collective Rights
Do First Nation members hold Aboriginal and treaty rights individually or collectively? Or, put more simply do the interests of individuals trump...
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What are First Nation Inherent Rights?
For some First Nation people, inherent rights are rights bestowed upon them by the Creator who placed them on Turtle Island and provided them with...
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First Nation Right to Vote
The right to vote is widely recognized as a fundamental human right in a democratic society and in Canada, every Canadian citizen has that right as...
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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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Forestry After Tsilhqot'in
Did anyone notice that the Province didn’t officially respond to Tsilhqot’in until September 11, 2014? Why? Things have changed in a way that is hard...
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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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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...
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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...