Adams Lake Indian Band, 61–64
Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), 132
Anishinaabe, 29, 83, 140, 168
Bathurst caribou, 53–54
Beaver Lake Cree Nation, 52
Behn family, 70–73
Bill C-15, 174–176
Blueberry River First Nations, 49–52
Boushie, Colten, 138, 181
British Columbia Court of Appeal, 46, 59, 65, 66, 71, 89, 109, 110, 172
British Columbia Supreme Court, 58, 61–64, 71, 74–77, 88, 90, 154, 163
Canada Day, 15–19
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 161
Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, 52
Catholicism, 29
Champlain, Samuel de, 157–158
Chieftan Metals, 74–75
Coastal GasLink, 142–144, 155
Colville Confederated Tribes, 23
Constitution Act, 1982
section 35, 17, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33, 34, 42, 80, 83, 96, 121, 124, 133, 136, 137, 143, 148, 166, 169, 176, 179
section 91(24), 33, 40–44
section 92, 41
Cowichan Tribes, 82
Cree, 29, 139, 140
Crown sovereignty, 16, 24, 27, 143
decolonization, 27
Desautel, Rick, 23–27
Doctrine of Discovery, 15–19, 27, 147, 169
Douglas Treaties, 80
Enbridge Northern Gateway project, 135–137
Energy East Pipeline, 144
environmental assessments (EAs), 74–75, 87–92, 118
Eyford, Douglas, 98
Far North Act, 104
Federal Court, 107, 122
Federal Court of Appeal, 107, 108, 122, 127–130, 135, 153, 159, 160
fiduciary obligations to Indigenous Peoples, 36, 37, 40–42, 47, 84, 85, 97, 100, 128–130, 137
Finch, Lance, 46–47, 64, 118
Fontaine, Tina, 138
foreign investment promotion and protection agreement (FIPA), 107
Fort McKay First Nation, 131–134
Fort Nelson First Nation, 70–73, 88–90
Fraser Institute, 172
Gitxsan, 143
Grassy Narrows First Nation, 83, 85, 95–97
Haida Nation, 82
Hirsekorn, Garry, 54–55
Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), 23, 29, 65
Iacobucci, Frank, 157
Indian Act, 34, 42, 142–145, 156
Indian Removal Act (US), 15
Innu First Nations, 107, 157
Interim Comprehensive Land Claims Policy, 98–101
James Bay Agreement, 108
Joint Indian Reserve Commission, 127
“justifiable infringements,” 47, 49–52, 71–72, 80, 84–85, 96, 100, 104, 147, 162–164
Kamloops Indian Residential School, 15, 18, 182
Keewatin, 84
Kettle Falls, 23
Komie North Mine, 88–89
Ktunaxa, 116–117, 158, 161
Kwakiutl First Nation, 65–69, 108
Kwikwetlem First Nation, 82, 110
Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, 102
Manitoba Court of Appeal, 37
Manitoba Act
section 31, 36–37
Manitoba Métis Federation, 31, 34–39
McMahon, Ryan, 168–169
Métis, 26, 31–44, 53–56, 139
Mikisew Cree First Nation, 107, 121–125
Mi’kmaw, 92, 139, 175
Mount Morrisey, 62–63
National Energy Board (NEB), 76, 114, 118
Nippon Cable Company, 61
Nlaka’pamux, 11
non-status Indians, 28, 32, 40–44, 145
North Slave Métis Alliance, 53
Northwest Company, 29
North-West Mounted Police, 54
Northwest Territories, 53–54, 102
Ontario Court of Appeal, 83
Peace River, 161–162
Peguis First Nation, 29, 32, 140
“Powley test,” 31, 33–35, 42, 55
Quebec Court of Appeal, 108
Red River Métis, 30, 32, 34–36, 44
Redfern, 74
Reserves, 41, 126, 127, 130, 142–144
residential school system, 15–19, 139
Royal Proclamation of 1763, 155, 158, 175
Saul, John Ralston, 98
Secwepemc Nation, 62, 161
Specific Claims Tribunal Act, 126–130
Site C dam, 161–164
Stellat’en First Nation, 57–60
Sun Peaks Resort, 61–64
Syilx Okanagan Nation, 25, 161
Taku River Tlingit First Nation (TRTFN), 74–77
Thompson Creek Metals, 57
Thompson, David, 23–25
Tlicho, 53
Tod Mountain, 61
Trans Mountain Pipeline, 135–137, 153, 157–160
Treaty 3, 83–84, 95
Treaty 4, 52
Treaty 8, 122, 131, 161–164
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 16, 185
Tulsequah Chief Mine, 74
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), 18, 38–39, 100, 101, 151, 158, 171–172, 174–176
Wabauskang First Nation, 83–86,
W.A.C. Bennett Dam, 161
West Moberly First Nation, 163
Western Forest Products, 65
Wet’suwet’en, 138–156, 175, 181
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, 139, 143, 155
Wilkinson, Jonathan, 157
Williams Lake Indian Band (WLIB), 126–130
Yellowknives Dene First Nation, 53, 102–105