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'A Souteaux Indian Travelling with his Family in Winter near Lake Winnipeg' Credit: LAC, Acc. No. 1970-188-1756 W.H. Coverdale Collection of Canadiana

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Extinguishment of First Nation Title

The history of extinguishment of First Nation title has its roots in old or historic treaties as shown from the excerpt below from Treaty 3, between Her Majesty the Queen and the Saulteau Tribe of the Ojibbbeway Indians, signed on October 3, 1873....

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totem Photo: Pexels

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Journey From Her Head to Her Heart as Honorary Witness for the TRC

Shelagh Rogers, OC, journalist, host/producer of the CBC radio program The Next Chapter and Chancellor of the University of Victoria, is an Honorary...

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Indigenous totem in front of Walmart and McDonalds

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First Nations and Big Retail Outlets - Signs of Respect

I was inspired to write this blog post while on a recent trip to Campbell River, BC when I noticed this Target Store logo with First Nations designs...

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Emerald Lake, Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

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Creation Stories - The Origins of Culture

An Exploration of Ktunaxa Creation Stories By Tanya Laing Gahr This video was created as part of a thesis project for a master’s degree in...

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Twin Towers, New York

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Kahnawake Skywalkers: The Mohawk Steel Worker Tradition

Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada They can balance and they can climb Like their fathers before them They’ll walk the girders of the...

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powwow regalia

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Indigenous Powwow Protocol - #2 of 3 in the Powwow Series

This is the second in our three-part series on powwows. In the first part, A Primer on Indigenous Powwows, we covered a bit of the history. This...

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Chief Robert Joseph

Chief Dr. Robert Joseph - Q&A on Reconciliation and Forgiveness

In this segment from his presentation at the Expanding Our Knowledge Conference, Chief Dr. Joseph took questions from the audience on reconciliation...

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Métis artwork

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A Report on Métis Identity by Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee

Ottawa (June 6, 2013) – A report on Métis identity released today by the Senate Aboriginal Peoples Committee calls on the federal government to...

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a hoe chucker stacking logs, Copper Canyon, Vancouver Island, BC. Photo: David Stanley, Flickr.

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Blockade by Individuals Amounted to ‘Abuse of Process’ Behn V Moulton

The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that individual members of an Aboriginal group can’t use blockades or other “self-help” remedies when claiming...

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Inukshuk

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Self-Government Arrangements - 4 Examples

When we take a look at the day-to-day operations of a band we see that all the actions of the band are directed in accordance with the Indian Act....

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