Noeline Villebrun 'Aboriginal Rights in Canada'

Interviewee: Villebrun, Noeline; Interviewer: Wiberg, Chantal; Oral Testimony Archivists: Weasal Bear, Robyn and Harrison, Don; Principle Investigator: ross, Dr. annie

Noeline Villebrun 'Aboriginal Rights in Canada'

Indigenous Environmental Activism (2015)

Author:

Interviewee: Villebrun, Noeline

Interviewer: Wiberg, Chantal

Oral Testimony Archivists: Weasal Bear, Robyn and Harrison, Don

Principle Investigator: ross, Dr. annie

Peer reviewed:

No, item is not peer reviewed.

Scholarly level:

Undergraduate student

Date created:

2015-03-20

Keywords:

Mackenzie Valley Pipeline

Copper Dene

Yellowknife

International Court

Treaties

Indian Act

Indian Residential School

Resource extraction

Mining

Traditional laws

Colonization

De-colonization

Missing and murdered Aboriginal women

Noeline Villebrun

Indigenous environmental activism

Abstract:

Former Dene National Chief Noeline Villebrun is from the Copper Dene First Nation and was elected National Chief in 2003. Before becoming National Chief, Chief Villebrun was the Vice-President of the Native Women's Associtaion (NWT). She is commited to improving the lives of First Nations women. Chief Villebrun talks about Indian Residential Schools, Dene cultural history, the Indian Act and how First Nations communities can move forward together toward self-determination.

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Disclaimer: All testimonies are the experiences and beliefs of the individuals interviewed.

Language:

English

Document type:

Video

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