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Searching for the Bone Needle: A Journey in Coming to Understand Aboriginal Justice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wenona Victor
Justice as Healing, vol. 11, no. 1, 2006, p. [?]
States that a comprehension of the colonial process is first needed in order to understand Aboriginal justice. Presented in part at Indigenous Peoples and Justice Program, 2005. Sample article courtesy of Native Law Centre of Canada; subscriptions available from the Centre.
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The SEAS Toolkit: A Resource for Planning Your On-the Land Indigenous Youth Program

Alternate Title
Taking Care of What We Know: An Evaluation of the SEAS Community Initiative
The Supporting Emerging Aboriginal Stewards Toolkit: A Resource for Planning Your On-the Land Indigenous Youth Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nature United
Offers guidance for getting started, designing, planning and implementing a program, and program reflection.
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The Sechelt Act and What it Means

Alternate Title
Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act
An Act Relating to the Establishment of Self-Government for the Sechelt Indian Band
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theo Collins
Presented in two columns: text of the Act in one, interpretations in the other.
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Sechelt Elder Arrested With Sunshine Coast Logging Protesters

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013

Looks at a group of protesters who want an investigation into the forestry practices of a British Columbia logging company.

Page 3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye; Special Section Providing Aboriginal News from BC & Yukon.

Insert has been scanned out of sequence. 

Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to access article.

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Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act

Alternate Title
An Act relating to self-government for the Sechelt Indian Band
Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act, 1986, c. 27, S-6.6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Federal statute providing the Sechelt First Nation with management and administrative controls concerning specific land.
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Sechelt Women and Self-Government

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa M. Jeffries
BC Studies, no. 89, pp. 81-86
Discusses the past, present, and future of the Sechelt Band with particular emphasis on the role of women.
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“The Secret Past Life of Plants”: Paleoethnobotany in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Artifacts as Botanical Specimens: An Example from Vancouver Island
Plant Technology in Archaeology: From the Ancient Past into the Future
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lepofsky
Natasha Lyons
[Dale R. Croes
Kathleen Hawes
Kathryn Bernick]
BC Studies, no. 179, Ethnobotany in BC, Autumn, 2013, pp. 39-83
Provides brief description of development and status of the discipline, and uses two case studies to illustrate the applications and results of research. Case Study 1: Plant Technology in Archaeology: From the Ancient Past into the Future. Case Study 2: Artifacts as Botanical Specimens: An Example from Vancouver Island.
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Secwepemc-kuc: We are the Secwepemc

Alternate Title
Connecting Traditions: Explore Secwepemc Pre-Contact Life
[Secwepemc-Kuc: Let the Journey Begin]
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Education Council
School District 73?]
Comprehensive educational website. Contains links to: introduction, language, origin story, village life, and archaeology.
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Secwépemc: Lands and Resources Law Research Project

E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessica Asch
Kirsty Broadhead
Georgia Lloyd-Smith
Adrienne Macmillan
Simon Owen
Analyzes 30 stories and conversations with community members to articulate the First Nation's legal principles with respect to: territorial and harvesting protocols and practices; establishing and maintaining agreements and conflict resolution; decision making; relationships, responsibilities and rights; and consequences, enforcement and teaching. Uses individual traditional stories as a foundation for case briefings.
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SEED: A Ktunaxa Nation Resource

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Independent School System
Selective Ethnobotanical Education Directory (SEED) compiled by four Ktunaxa/Kinbasket students. Includes information on plants used in daily life, information about the First Nation and a short quiz.
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Self Government in Action in BC

Alternate Title
Self Government in Action in BC [Grade 12 Students from Saskatchewan Travel to BC]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Linda Okanee
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 5, September 1998, p. 33

Describes Saskatchewan’s Thunderchild High School excursion trip to visit the British Columbia Sechelt Indian Band, the first Indian band to obtain and practice self government.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.33.

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The Self Government Landscape

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Discusses the five realities of self government: historical reality, legal reality, political reality, economic reality, and one First Nation's reality.
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Semiahmoo People

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Jack Brown
Categories include: political and social structure, early history, subsistence activities and details on Semiahmoo encampments.
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The Serpent Slayer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Nicol
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 1, February-March 2015, pp. 42-46
Brief biography of Andrew Paul, the Salish lawyer, political activist, and leader.
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Setting the Table: Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans K-8: Foundational Knowledge

Alternate Title
Traditional First Nations Foods Lesson Plans
Food Is a Gift
Gifts of the Season
Gifts of the Season
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Dickens
Jaymyn La Vallee
Jared Qwustenuxun Williams
Lucy Hemphill
Fiona Devereaux

Lesson Plans: Food Is a Gift suitable for K-2; Gifts of the Season suitable for Grades 3-5; Gifts of the People suitable for Grades 6-8.

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'Setting Up a Solid Foundation': Exploring the Capacity of Indigenous Not-for-Profit Early Learning and Child Care Programs in British Columbia: A Summary Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alison Gerlach
Shemine Gulamhusein
Leslie Varley
Magnolia Perron
Looks at the organizational and funding factors which either contribute to success or to enforced closure of centres and makes recommendations about how to support operational requirements; based on interviews with 11 Executive Directors, 6 Indigenous managers, and 2 provincial experts in the field.
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Seven Habits of Highly Effective First Nations

Alternate Title
Policy Paper (Atlantic Institute for Market Studies)
[Policy Series (Frontier Centre for Public Policy) ; no. 189]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tom Flanagan
Lee Harding
Examines practices of 21 First Nations who scored highly on Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' 2011 Community Well-being Index. Used data related to incomes, labour market participation, educational achievement and housing quality.
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Seventh Report on the North-Western Tribes of Canada

Alternate Title
Physical Characteristics of the Tribes of the North Pacific Coast
Third Report on the Indians of British Columbia
E-Books
Author/Creator
Franz Boas
Daniel Wilson
Committee of Dr. E.B. Tylor, G.W. Bloxam, Sir Danel Wilson, Dr. G.M. Dawson and R.G. Haliburton appointed to investigate the physical characters, languages, and industrial and social condition of the people in what is now British Columbia.
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Sex Trafficking of Indigenous Women in Ontario

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Women's Association
Broad overview of the problem as well as discussion of initiatives being undertaken in various jurisdictions, and set of recommendations.
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Sexual Exploitation of Youth in British Columbia

Alternate Title
E-Books
Author/Creator
Assistant Deputy Ministers' Committee on Prostitution and the Sexual Exploitation of Youth
Discusses concerns Aboriginal communities have about sexual exploitation of their children and youth and the need for this issue to be addressed by the community and the government.
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