Sechelt
Alternate Names
Sechelt Indian Band
Latitude
49.47389961
Longitude
-123.7499555
Province
British Columbia
Region
British Columbia
Type
First Nation Location
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
Description
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.
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
Description
Presented in two columns: text of the Act in one, interpretations in the other.
Sechelt Elder Arrested With Sunshine Coast Logging Protesters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013
Description
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.
The Sechelt Indian Band: An Analysis of a New Form of Native Self Government
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carol E. Etkin
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, 1988, pp. 73-105
Description
How the Sechelt Indian Band of British Columbia, in 1984, became the first to develop its own constitution and to withdraw from the authority of the Indian Act.
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
Description
Federal statute providing the Sechelt First Nation with management and administrative controls concerning specific land.
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
Description
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.
Speaking Truth to Power III: Self-Government: Options and Opportunities, March 14 - 15, 2002
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stephen Cornell
Claire Marshall
Sophie Pierre
Edmond Wright
Jim Abram
Kent McNeil
Greg Poelzer
Jim Aldridge
Graham Allen
Tim Raybould
Allan Edzerza
Tom Molloy
Hamar Foster
Murray Rankin
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Papers presented at a forum held under the auspices of the BC Treaty Commission and the Law Commission of Canada.