Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge and ...

Prepared by Stephen J. Augustine for the Biodiversity Convention Office of Environment Canada, October 1997 Introduction The intent of this paper is to stimulate…
Strategies for a Living Earth: Exampl...

Prepared by Natasha Blanchet-Cohenfor the Biodiversity Convention Office, Environment Canada (1996). IntroductionAboriginal peoples today are looking to restore and regain cont&...
Control and Access to Indigenous know...

Submitted by Yianna Lambrou, Ph.Dto the Biodiversity Convention OfficeEnvironment CanadaOctober 31, 1997 IntroductionAs indigenous peoples increasingly manage theiraffairs in w&...
The Indian Act (1876)

From the Department of Justice Canada, Chapter 1-5 Indian Act. http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-5/page-1.html 
Aboriginal Law and Legislation

A website concerning Aboriginal law in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. http://www.bloorstreet.com/300block/ablawleg.htm
Section 35 of the Constitution Act (1...

This houses the Canadian Constitution Act (1982). Scroll down the page to find Section 35 – Part II: Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada. http://www.bloorstreet.co&...
Supreme Court of Canada Reports of Pu...

This service is provided through a collaborative effort of the Supreme Court of Canada, Lexum and the Research Chair of Legal Information of the Law Faculty at the University of...
The Douglas Treaties (1850 – 1854)

A description of the Douglas Treaties on Vancouver Island, published by the BC Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation. http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/history/douglas.htm
Six-Stage Treaty Negotiation Process

British Columbia Treaty Commission Agreement Six-Stage Treaty Process The six-stage treaty process is set out in the BC Claims Task Force Report of 1991 and in&...
British Columbia Treaty Commission

"The Treaty Commission is the independent and neutral body responsible for facilitating treaty negotiations among the governments of Canada, BC and First Nations in BC. The...
Guerin v. The Queen (1984)

"In 1955, the Musqueam Indian band approved a surrender, ‘in trust", of some of its reserve land in the City of Vancouver for the purpose of lease to a golf and ...
Sparrow v. The Queen (1990)

"The Sparrow case was the first in which the Supreme Court of Canada dealt with section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 which recognizes and affirms ‘the existing ab...
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