November 1 – Musqueam Day

November 1 – Musqueam Day

November 1 is Musqueam Day! This important community holiday celebrates the day Musqueam won their court case in the Supreme Court of Canada in 1984. Moving forward the Guerin decision affirmed the Crown’s responsibility to recognize Aboriginal title, affirmed Canada’s fiduciary obligation to act in the best interest of Indigenous Peoples, and that Canada has a legal duty to consult.

To learn more about the history of this case, Chief Delbert Guerin, and the outcomes of this decision for Indigenous Peoples in Canada see here.

If you are on the Vancouver campus we invite you to visit our branch to check out our Musqueam Day display!

Resources at UBC Library:

• Reynolds, J. I., & ProQuest (Firm). (2020). From wardship to rights: The guerin case and aboriginal law (1st ed.). UBC Press. https://go.exlibris.link/W24bPr4Q
• Reynolds, J. I., & Thomas K. Fleming Collection of British Columbia History. (2005). A breach of duty: Fiduciary obligations and aboriginal peoples. Purich Pub. https://go.exlibris.link/vKgQJvvM
• Smith, K. D., & Xwi7xwa Collection. (2014). Strange visitors: Documents in indigenous-settler relations in canada from 1876 (1st ed.). University of Toronto Press. https://go.exlibris.link/ry0lBqHg
• Kulchyski, P. K., & Canada. Supreme Court. (1994). Unjust relations: Aboriginal rights in canadian courts. Oxford University Press. https://go.exlibris.link/mH0DsrGT

Online resources:

• Guerin Decision – Musqueam: a Living Culture
• Guerin v. the Crown from the Supreme Court of Canada
• Guerin Case – Indigenous Foundations
• Guerin Case – Canadian Encyclopaedia
• Musqueam Research Guide
• Musqueam Declaration 1976
• UBC Memorandum of Affiliation
• Indigenous Learning Pathways