Grade 12: B.C. First Peoples
Constitution, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Indigenous rights, Treaty rights
Constitution, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Indigenous rights, Treaty rights
Provincial and federal government policies and practices that have affected, and continue to affect, the responses of B.C. First Peoples to colonialism. Sample topics:
- Indian Act and its amendments
- enfranchisement
- White Paper, Red Paper (Alberta), Brown Paper (B.C.)
- residential schools, including federal apology, Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Report
- treaties, including fishing and hunting rights
- Sixties Scoop and foster care system
- Canada’s constitution (e.g., Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms)
- UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples