Factsheet

Indian Moneys, Legislation, and the 1951 Indian Act Amendments

This resource provides a timeline of the fiscal relationship between First Nations and Canada including the Indian trust fund, band funds, and Indian Act Amendments that formed this relationship. This resource was created as part of the Yellowhead Institute Cash Back Red Paper. Picking up from Land Back, the first Red Paper by Yellowhead about the project of land […]

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The Indian Trust Fund: Debunking Myths and Misconceptions

This factsheet provides a summary of the Indian Trust Fund and seeks to answer common questions to provide clarity on how the trust fund operates. This resource was created as part of the Yellowhead Institute Cash Back Red Paper. Picking up from Land Back, the first Red Paper by Yellowhead about the project of land reclamation, Cash Back looks at

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Corporate Colonialism

This resource demonstrates how private capital is interlaced with colonial governance and the dispossession that sourced Canada’s wealth. This resource was created as part of the Yellowhead Institute Cash Back Red Paper. Picking up from Land Back, the first Red Paper by Yellowhead about the project of land reclamation, Cash Back looks at how the

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Cash Back Part 3

Flow Chart: Do you have a right to catch and sell fish commercially?

This flowchart demonstrates the paths involved in claiming rights to catch and sell fish commercially. This resource was created as part of the Yellowhead Institute Cash Back Red Paper. Picking up from Land Back, the first Red Paper by Yellowhead about the project of land reclamation, Cash Back looks at how the dispossession of Indigenous

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An Analysis of Coastal GasLink’s Notice of Application for Injunction

This document provides an analysis of Coastal Gaslink’s Notice of Application for Injunction, filed on November 26, 2018. The analysis breaks down select parts of the application, highlighting the specific strategies used to weaponize Canadian law over Indigenous law and rights, as well as the resulting financial and time disadvantage forced upon Indigenous communities defending

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