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Referendum in B.C. Doesn't Mean Much

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Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, July 8, 2002, p. B1
Contends that the results of the British Columbia referendum are restrictive in regards to future treaty and land negotiations.
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Reflection: My Transpacific Life

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Author/Creator
Margarita James
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, January 09, 2020
Author’s autobiographic account of her family’s history and experiences as mixed race people.
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Reflections on Rethink150: Indigenous Truth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Crystal Przybille
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 7-11
Brief discussion of the processes behind, and outcomes from exhibition held at the alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in Kelowna, British Columbia.
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Regional Analysis of Health Statistics for Status Indians in British Columbia 1991-1999: Birth Related and Mortality Summaries for British Columbia and 20 Health Regions

Alternate Title
Birth Related and Mortality Summaries for British Columbia and 20 Health Regions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency
Explains the need for accurate First Nations health statistics and population estimates and looks at the usefulness of these statistics.
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A Regional Profile of Commercial Harvesting of Non-Timber Forest Products in the Cascade Forest District, British Columbia

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael E. Keefer
Tyson Ehlers
Nancy Macpherson
Looks at non-timber forest resources including botanical and mycological products and associated services of the forest such as wild food, medicinals and floral greenery, arts and crafts materials, specialty wood products, ethno-botanical teaching and ecotourism. Scroll down to read paper.
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"A Relationship and Interchange of Experience": H. B. Hawthorn, Indian Affairs, and the 1955 BC Indian Research Project

Alternate Title
The First Hawthorn Report, The Indians of British Columbia: A Survey of Social and Economic Conditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Byron King Plant
BC Studies, no. 163, Autumn, 2009, pp. 5-31
Discusses the historical development, operation and implications of the project which was a comprehensive survey of Aboriginal life, society and economy.
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Relationships: A Study of Memory, Change, and Identity at a Place Called I:yem

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda Fehr
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. 9-35
Explores ways the Aboriginal people of the Fraser Canyon and Valley understand I:yem and its memorial today. Looks at significance of ancient memorial site for Stó:lō people.
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Release the Evidence, Says UBCIC's Stewart Phillip

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Author/Creator
Shauna Lewis
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, p. 8

Comments on the request for full disclosure of evidence, regarding the injury of a man while in police custody, by the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs and the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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Relocating Yuquot: The Indigenous Pacific and Transpacific Migrations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Price
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, 01 09, 2020, pp. 21-44
Article re-examines the colonial narrative surrounding the Pacific Northwest costal region of British Columbia; the author situates the Village of Yuquot as a strategic portal on the Pacific and as a site of arrival for Europeans, Chinese labourers, Hawaiians and others.
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Repatriation as Social Drama: The Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, 1922-1980

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ira Jacknis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 274-286
Article describes the social and political factors and events that influenced and were a part of the extended process of repatriating potlatch artifacts that had been confiscated in 1922 under an amendment to the Indian Act prohibiting the potlatch ceremony.
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Repatriation: Empowerment Through (Re)Connection

Alternate Title
Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jordan Coble
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 23-26
Discusses author's perspective and experience building an Indigenous-led and -focused museum. Extract from author's presentation at “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together” symposium, March 2017.
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Repatriation in Two Acts: The Museum of Vancouver

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruce Granville Miller
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 81-94
Author--who is an anthropologist specializing in Coast Salish culture, a member and chair of the collections committee, and a board member of the Museum--discusses several examples of repatriating objects, and the process of developing a formal policy.
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Report Card on Aboriginal Education in British Columbia 2011

Alternate Title
Studies in Education Policy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Cowley
Stephen Easton
Michael Thomas
Presents academic data from public and independent schools. Key indicators show Aboriginal students lagging behind their non-Aboriginal classmates.
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Report From Queensland on the New Directions Workshop

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judy Atkinson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 6, 1991, pp. 17-22
Looks at workshop that centered around community which went from 100 percent alcohol dependency to 5 percent in fourteen years. Looks at the use of spiritual practices to heal the hurt and trauma cause by alcohol and drug dependency.
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The Report of the British Columbia Claims Task Force

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joe Mathias
Miles G. Richardson
Audrey Stewart
Murray Coolican
Edward John
Tony Sheridan
L. Allan Williams
Contains sections on: scope, process, interim measures and public information and education.
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Report of the Indigenous Engagement In Regulatory Matters Task Force

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Author/Creator
Indigenous Engagement in Regulatory Matters Task Force

Task force struck in response to complaints that the sanctions levied by the Law Society of British Columbia against Stephen Bronstein were too lenient. Bronstien, a non-Indigenous lawyer, represented approximately 624 residential school survivors making Independent Assessment Process claims. The lawyer had hired a paroled murderer to reruit and support people through the process who then requested money from settlement funds.

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Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia

Alternate Title
McKenna-McBride Final Report
McKenna-McBride Royal Commission: Minutes of Decision 1913-1916
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia
Commission appointed to make recommendations as to reserved and to be reserved for Indians. Links to detailed reports for each agency and four volume final report.
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