ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
aandc aboriginal_definitions_terms
Map of BC First Nations_Bands copy
Hoberg-course-brief-aboriginal-law
REQUIRED READINGS
Assigned text to read in full, Working Effectively with Aboriginal People by Bob Joseph. It will take an average reader about 4-6 hours to finish and should be read by the second week of classes.
- Preamble to the William Decision (pages 5-11)
http://www.fns.bc.ca/pdf/William_en_%28SCC-2014%29.pdf
- The Lax Kw’alaams First Nation overwhelmingly rejected a more than $1-billion offer in money and Crown land in exchange for supporting a natural gas terminal.
- Globe and Mail, May 2015: “C. pushing ahead with LNG proposal despite objections from First Nations “
- Best Practices for Consultation and Accommodation, prepared for the New Relationship Trust by MNP:
http://www.newrelationshiptrust.ca/downloads/consultation-and-accomodation-report.pdf
- The Provincial Government’s position on negotiating land claims:
http://www.gov.bc.ca/arr/treaty/negotiating/why.html
- The Tyee, Ian Gill, May 2015, “No Wealth, No Justice in $1 Billion LNG Offer to First Nation Band”
http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2015/05/09/No-Wealth-No-Justice-Billion-LNG-Offer/
- Monte Paulsen, “A Gentle Revolution” in the Walrus: http://thewalrus.ca/2006-01-politics/
- Michael Pond Resilience of Aboriginal People about the legacy of residential schools and the resilience of First Nations people.
SUGGESTED READINGS
- Union of BC Indian Chiefs: http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/Resources/#axzz2eKPVr6tZ
- Xwixwa Library at UBC about native land claims, produced by a First Nations film organization: http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=4123037
- Reading Recommended by the Dean: The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King
- A news article that discusses a study linking a Metlakatla woman with DNA that is at least 5500 years old:http://o.canada.com/news/breakthrough-dna-study-links-b-c-woman-5500-year-old-grandmother/
- Helen Haig-Brown writes about the experience of her ancestors since contact with Europeans in 1862: http://www.legacyinteractive.ca/legacy-articles/view/11/renewing-healing-honouring-and-transforming-the-legacy-by-helen-haig-brown
- A trailer for her film is here: https://vimeo.com/85854539