First Nations leaders in B.C. lay out their priorities in the federal election
The full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in Canada is top of ...
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Talking Back to the Indian Act: Critical Readings in Settler Colonial Histories
As a piece of legislation that is central to Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities, and one that has undergone many amendments, the Indian Act is uniquely positioned to act as ...
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K'ómoks First Nation members vote overwhelmingly in favour of modern treaty
Challenge from nearby First Nation The K'ómoks treaty has faced opposition from the Wei Wai Kum First Nation, which has overlapping claims of traditional territory in central Vancouver Island ...
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Indian Act
Pam Palmater: The Indian Act is used as a target to deflect blame for racist decisions made by the federal government; a clever guise to force the surrender of all First Nations’ rights ...
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Thinking about the Indian Removal Act, at the National Archives Museum and National Museum of the American Indian
The Indian Removal Act, signed by Andrew Jackson in 1830, became for American Indians one of the most detrimental laws in U.S. history. Nation to Nation looks at Removal’s historic and legal ...
Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again
Discover the story of activist Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades against gender discrimination in Canada's Indian Act.
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Native Perspectives on the 40th Anniversary of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act
Forty years ago, the American Indian Religious Freedom Act finally finally extended that right to the country’s Native citizens. Here Native Americans who observe traditional ways talk about ...