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Join us in our mission to provide access to justice for Indigenous Nations.
RAVEN’s work is taking place in a time of great change and great opportunity. With reconciliation being discussed in communities, in classrooms, in boardrooms, and on the floor of Parliament, there is an upwelling of interest and passion for engagement with Indigenous rights in Canada.
At the same time, we face continued challenges as a result of centuries of assimilationist policy and colonization. While participating in dialogue about reconciliation, Indigenous communities continue to live without equitable access to clean water, to health care, and to education.
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RAVEN Takes a Fresh, Funny Look at Indigenous Rights: HONL in the media
RAVEN’s work through Home on Native Land was featured in the Global Heroes Magazine — and we love the story they told about how taking this course is a tool for holding courageous conversations about what it really means…
The Doctrine of Discovery has been rescinded by the Vatican. What happens next? HONL in the media
Following the news of the Vatican denouncing the “Doctrine of Discovery,” The National Observer got in touch with RAVEN’s Andrea Palframan to ask: what does this mean, and what happens next? Get more info on how Home on Native…
Del’s Truck: a metaphoric understanding of the Doctrine of Discovery for young people
A Home on Native Land student contacted us the other day, pointing to the similarities between our “Doctrine of Discovery” cartoon, which uses the metaphor of the theft of a car to illustrate the illegality…
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Whose Land is it, Anyway?
Land Acknowledgement
The purpose of this guide is to provide guidance for speakers, business leaders, community organizers, teachers, and facilitators who want to thoughtfully recognize the Indigenous Nations upon whose territory they are working or holding events.
This step-by-step guide outlines key considerations and provides reflection questions to take your land acknowledgement from a stiff recitation to a in-the-moment, sincere and heartfelt moment of reflection and commitment.
Recognizing Rights Report
The purpose of this guide is to provide information on the different Aboriginal rights as they are understood in Canadian common law and the ways in which Indigenous people can assert these rights within the Canadian colonial court system.
Produced in collaboration with Pro-Bono Students Canada.
