Indigenous Peoples, Land, and the Law in Canada

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Indigenous Peoples, Land, and the Law in Canada

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IdleNoMoreMedia, the creator of this video, provides the following description: "This summer the Supreme Court of Canada made a historic ruling that the Tsilhqot'in Indigenous nation in British Columbia holds Aboriginal title to its traditional…
Indian Chiefs Medal, Presented to commemorate Treaty Numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Queen Victoria)

From Library and Archives Canada: "Medal presented to Indian chiefs to commemorate Treaty Numbers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. Year digit would be added following inscribed: "187" Treaty digit would be added following inscribed "INDIAN TREATY NO" This medal…
Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta

The following description is adapted from Onondaga Nation, People of the Hills, "Two Row Wampum – Gusweñta", online: http://www.onondaganation.org/culture/wampum/two-row-wampum-belt-guswenta/ Two rows of blue, each symbolizing a different nation.…
"Crown-Aboriginal Treaties in Canada, 1763-2005"

This map of Canada illustrates the territory covered by treaties with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Ontario First Nations Map

From the Government of Ontario, "Ontario First Nations Maps" web page, online: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-first-nations-maps : The Ontario First Nations map shows the locations of: First Nation communities: listed by band number and…

This website contains interactive maps related to Indigenous peoples in Canada. This collection includes: a Story Map, two History Maps, a Treaties and Land Claims map, a Present Day: First Nations map, and a Present Day: Inuit Map.

This blog post tells the story of Lake Ontario. The blog as a whole focuses on the Aboriginal history of Toronto using story telling.
Red Man Laughing podcast: "Land"

From the Red Man Laughing, "Land" podcast (July 25, 2016), online: https://www.redmanlaughing.com/listen/2016/7/red-man-laughing-land "In this episode of Red Man Laughing, Ryan turns the microphone on himself to share three stories that might shine a…

This three-part video series tells the story of Tsilhqot'in Nation Elders as they journey from their home territory (located within British Columbia) to the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
Notably, in the Tsilhqot'in Nation v. British…
Illustration, "Trouble on Turtle Island"

This is an illustration that accompanied a Book Review published in The Walrus magazine, online: https://thewalrus.ca/trouble-on-turtle-island/  The books canvassed in the Book Review were: Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of…

From the First Nation Literacy YouTube page: "Long ago, after the Great Mystery, or Kitchi-Manitou, first put people on the earth, the Anishinabe, or Original People, strayed from their peaceful ways. They began to argue and fight with one another.…
Original plan of the Toronto Purchase from the Indians, 1787-1805.

Caption pasted on this item:Original Plan of the Toronto Purchase from the Indians, 1787-1805. Showing the 250,808 acres, of which Toronto occupies (1911) 10,477, sold by the Indians to the Government for $9,500.
Iroquois Chiefs from the Six Nations Reserve reading Wampum belts / Chefs iroquois de la réserve des Six-Nations en train de lire des ceintures wampum.

This is a photograph of Iroquois Chiefs from the Six Nations Reserve reading Wampum belts
Dish with one spoon Wampum Belt

This is a replica of the One Dish One Spoon Wampum, which established an agreement to share resources of territories in vast regions of the Great Lakes peacefully among a number of Indigenous nations, including the Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee.

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