Aboriginal Activism &

Change

Bianca Coleman

You are going to

be the aboriginal
people of the
future. So lets talk
about how you are
treating aboriginal
people today.

Pre-reading
Section

Who are the activists

in this article? First
Nations themselves
or someone on their
behalf

Will First Nations gain

sovereignty or remain
the exotic other?

Do they want to gain

power and ownership?
Or will this add a tear in
their culture?

During-reading Section
Sovereignty: The ultimate right and
power of a governing body to govern
itself without interference from outside
sources or bodies.

Who are the activists in

this article? Aboriginals
themselves or someone
on their behalf

Activists:
Chuck Strahl: Confronted Sinclair to join the movement
Justice Murray Sinclair: Aboriginal Manitobans judge
that changed over to a First Nations activist
Pivotal moment in First Nations-Canada Relation when Sinclair joined the
movement as a preacher

Will First Nations gain

sovereignty or remain
the exotic other?

Action plan
Sinclair calls for royal
proclamation
Strengthen the
sovereignty of First
Nations
Not treated as
another minority group
in society

Canadian citizens
want a say over
Crown Land - not a
First Nations Veto
Lands provide
forestry, fisheries,
mining, and oil

Do they want to gain

power and
ownership? Or will
this tear their culture?

Connection and Analysis Section

Article 2
EQUALITY
Indigenous people
are free and equal
to all other
peoples and
individuals and
have the right to
be free from any
kind of
discrimination, in
the exercise of
their rights, in
particular that
based on their

Article 8
INTEGRITY OF PERSONS AND
PEOPLES
States shall provide effective
mechanisms for prevention of,
and redress for:
Any action which has the aim
or effect of depriving them of
their integrity as distinct
peoples, or of their cultural
values or ethnic identities;

Article 14
EDUCATION
Indigenous people
have the right to
establish and control
their educational
systems and
institutions providing
education in their
own languages, in a
manner appropriate
to their cultural
Any action which has the aim methods of teaching
or effect of dispossessing
and learning.
them of their lands,

I wonder
Although this declaration is in order and sets
boundaries and barriers for First Nations and
individuals, do the First Nations wish to own their
house or be reserved land?
Is Sinclair right when he warns us that soon true
North Americans will become the minority in due
time?

Should Canada be seen as a successful

example of the fulfillment of the United
Nations Declaration on Rights of
Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)?