Disturbing the Dead: Diversity and Commonality Among the Stó:lō

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathryn McKay
University of the Fraser Valley Research Review, vol. 2, no. 2, Through Students Eyes: Selected Papers From the Stó:lō Ethnohistory Field School, Spring, 2009, pp. 119-136
Description
Discusses the manner in which the Coast Salish attitude towards death and burial has been reflected in their cultural practices and oral traditions.
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Diversifying Aboriginal Forestry: Broad Directions

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Harry Bombay
Description
Argues that First Nation communities must look beyond timber harvesting to develop strategies encompassing new and different approaches to forest-based development.
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'Divided Loyalties' Hamper Wild Fisheries Protection: Justice Cohen

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, p. 9,24
Description

Looks at a report, on the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery, which was received with mixed reviews by First Nations and environmentalists.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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DNA Testing to Prove Indian Status Limited

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 24, no. 7, October 2006, p. 9
Description

Even with the amendments made to the Indian Act in 1985, complexities continue to surround Aboriginal people's attempts to regain their legal status.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

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Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters & Social Imagination

Alternate Title
Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters and Social Imagination
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nelson H. H. Graburn
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Summer, 2006, pp. 365-368
Description
Book review of: Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters & Social Imagination by Julie Cruikshank.
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Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Geddes
Description
Short documentary profiles five successful Aboriginal women. Duration: 28:42.
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"Doing Everything Possible to Encourage a British Sentiment": The Rise of Film Censorship and Regulation of Picture Houses in British Columbia, 1910–15

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brian McIlroy
BC Studies, no. 205, Spring, 2020, pp. 79-101
Description
Investigates how the implementation of film censorship in British Columbia complements established legislation regarding Indigenous and Asian populations during the early twentieth century. Censorship was used to advance and maintain British-influenced values.
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Doing It Right: A Best Practice Guide to Attracting, Training, Employing, and Retaining Aboriginal People in the Trades

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
ita [Industry Training Authority] Aboriginal Initiatives
Description
Discusses challenges and issues and the essential elements in employment counseling services and training programs including finding candidates, defining program's purpose, assessing participant readiness, and providing support and resources. Based on experiences of organizations in British Columbia.
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Doorways to Home: Indigenous/Newcomer Neighbourhood Dialogues

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessie Sutherland
Canadian Issues, Aboriginal Immigrant Relations Today, Summer, 2012, pp. 11-14
Description
Focuses on program to address everyday challenges, such as housing, abuse, and loneliness in British Columbia. To access article scroll to p. 11.
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“A Dreadful Little Glutton Always Telling You about Food”: The Epistolary Everyday and the Making of Settler Colonial British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Ishiguro
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 99, no. 2, Summer, May 2018, pp. 258-283
Description
Article examines communications between settlers in British Columbia and the United Kingdom highlighting the ways that settlers aligned themselves with metropolitan Europeans and disregarded local Indigenous and other racialized peoples in a way that reflected a broader politics of daily life that underpinned the settler colonial project.
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"Drifting Away in the Tide": Water Symbolism and Indigenous Environmentalism in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ina Habermann
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [123]-144
Description
Analyzes how Robinson's novel raises the awareness of Indigenous ways of understanding, living with, and respecting water and the environment. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 123.
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Drumming My Way Home: A Secwepemc Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgina Martin
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 2, 2011, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional benefits of hand-drumming practices in the pursuit of higher education.
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The Duty of Consultation and Treaty No. 8

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
DGW Law Corporation
Description
Defines the level of consultation that the Crown is responsible for when dealing with a treaty First Nation and the obligations to implement treaty promises.
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Duty to Consult

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gerald Heckman
Description
Discusses the right of Aboriginal title and duty to consult. Presents examples where Aboriginal people and the Crown have come together to reach an agreement. Duration: 7:30.
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Duty to Consult Met in Forest Management Decisions on Treaty Lands

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joan M. Young
[McMillan] Aboriginal Law Bulletin, July 2013
Description
Comments on the Kwakiutl First Nations' objections to the province's decisions to allow a forestry company to remove its private lands from a tree farm licence and to approve a forest stewardship plan. Refers to Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Chartrand v. The District Manager.
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E.B. v. Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 45, 2005 SCC 60

Alternate Title
E.B. Appellant and Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia...
E.B. v. OMI of BC File No.: 29890.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Found that the Oblates of Mary Immaculate were responsible for an employee who sexually assaulted a child at the residential school for First Nations.
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Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps

Alternate Title
Parliament of Canada ; 2nd Session, 40th Parliamanet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Art Eggleton
Wilbert Joseph Keon
Description
Overview of early learning policies and programs in provinces and territories as well as from other countries.
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Early Nuxalk Masks

Theses
Author/Creator
Lisa Pauline Seip
Description
Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.
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Early Years Indigenous Cultural Safety Resource Guide

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
Description
Includes information on online training courses, experiential learning, websites, videos and podcasts, and a set of fact sheets on pertinent topics along with related online supplemental readings.
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The Ecological Indian: Myth and History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ted Binnema
BC Studies, no. 130, Science Expedition, 2001, pp. 113-114
Description
Book review of: The Ecological Indian by Shepard Krech III. Scroll down to page 113 to read book review.
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Economic Development a Priority in Nation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 3, July 2002, p. 17
Description

Highlights the treaty talks between the First Nations people and the provincial government in British Columbia.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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