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“How do porcupines hug?” Merrell-Anne Phare asks. “Carefully,” Michael Miltenberger responds. This old joke is the disarming beginning to every episode of Porcupine, a podcast hosted by political consultant Michael Miltenberger and lawyer Merrell-Ann Phare....

Review by Mary Tuti Baker

BC Studies no. 213 Spring 2022 | Page(s) 146-148

soundwork

Gyitwaalkt: A Dialogue on Tsimshian War and Metal

By Max Jacob Ritts, Spencer Greening

BC Studies no. 198 Summer 2018 | Page(s) 153-162

music sound recordings aboriginal culture Tsimshian

Book Review

Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It

Given the failure of constitutional negotiations to define the meaning of Aboriginal rights and title recognized in Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution – a failure that marks the recalcitrance of provincial and federal governments...

Review by Corey Snelgrove

reflection

OBITUARY: William McLennan, 4 October 1948–3 July 2020, Curator Emeritus, Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver

By Anthony Alan Shelton

BC Studies no. 207 Autumn 2020 | Page(s) 121-126

Museum of Anthropology (UBC) museums aboriginal art William (Bill) McLennan

Book Review

Beyond Rights: The Nisga’a Final Agreement and the Challenges of Modern Treaty Relationships

Most Canadians are aware of the existence of treaties between Indigenous peoples and the Crown. Phrases like “treaty rights” and “treaty relationships” form part of the everyday political vocabulary at every level of our federal...

Review by Joshua Nichols

BC Studies no. 213 Spring 2022 | Page(s) 150-151

article

Cultural History of the Fraser-Delta Region: An Outline

By Charles E. Borden

BC Studies no. 6-7 Autumn 1970 | Page(s) 95-112

archaeology aboriginal culture Salish Fraser River

this space here

Haida Emoji Project

By Jaalen Edenshaw

BC Studies no. 205 Spring 2020 | Page(s) 7-9

myths and stories social media aboriginal art Haida

Exhibition, Film, and New Media Review

RAVEN (De)Briefs Podcast: Indigenous Law in Action

Season one of the RAVEN (De)Briefs podcast series is a refreshing Indigenization of the traditional podcast format in that it evokes everyday kitchen table conversations among relatives, combined with sonic, Indigenous documentary. Exploring contemporary environmental...

Review by Lydia Toorenburgh

BC Studies no. 207 Autumn 2020 | Page(s) 128-129

colonialism Delgamuukw v. BC Indigenous Indigenous rights treaties land claims law

reflection

Anniversary Issue Reflections – Ti wa7 szwatenem. What we know: Indigenous knowledge and learning

By Lorna Williams

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 31-44

education colonialism resistance Aboriginal languages Lil'wat

this space here

A Historic Day for BC First Nations. Now the Work Starts: UNDRIP starts us on a journey, but without work, co-operation and shared vision we will be lost

By Judith Sayers

BC Studies no. 204 Winter 2019/20 | Page(s) 11-13

aboriginal rights aboriginal people UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) legislation

Exhibition, Film, and New Media Review

Now Is the Time

In the extraordinary short film Now Is the Time, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter brings to the screen a moving story of renewal through the restoration and re-editing of footage from the National Film Board of...

Review by Kristin L. Dowell

BC Studies no. 207 Autumn 2020 | Page(s) 130-131

museums repatriation aboriginal self government colonialism settler colonialism aboriginal art aboriginal rights Haida Indigenous worlds

photo essay

Changing Images: Photographic Collections of First Peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast Held in the Royal British Columbia Museum,i860-1920

By Dan Savard

BC Studies no. 145 Spring 2005 | Page(s) 55-96

photography archives aboriginal people

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reflection

Anniversary Issue Reflections – Photo Vignette – T’łisalagi’ lakw School, ‘Yalis (Alert Bay), BC, early days

By Dara Culhane

BC Studies no. 200 Winter 2019 – 50th Anniversary | Page(s) 45-47

education Aboriginal languages Kwakwaka'wakw Alert Bay

Exhibition, Film, and New Media Review

When the City Sleeps, We Dream of Disruption: A Review of Lisa Jackson’s Transmissions Exhibition

Lisa Jackson’s exhibition entitled Transmissions premiered at the Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver campus from 6–28 September 2019. This new body of work weaves interdisciplinary themes regarding society, nature, Indigenous languages, and ecological futures. Lisa Jackson is Anishinaabe from the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and...

Review by Karlene Harvey