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teepees in Ottawa

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Indigenous Consultation and Engagement

What's the difference between consultation and engagement? Legally, the government has the duty to consult but sometimes governments do make project approvals without adequate consultation which can ultimately lead to projects not moving ahead in a...

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Ceinture Fléchée or Métis sash

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The Métis Nation: A Battered but Unbroken People

Photo: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1972-26-301 During the 1600s, France began establishing settlements along the St. Lawrence River to...

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handshake

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Handshakes and Indigenous Peoples

When it comes to a handshake and Indigenous Peoples what could possibly go wrong? Many people like to shake hands and always offer a hand when...

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Specific Claims

"The Manitoba Indian Treaty - Indian Chief Harranguing at the Stone Fort". Photo: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R9266-3764c: Peter Winkworth...

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Kenipitu women in beaded amautiit, Cape Fullerton (Qatiktalik)

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3 Mistakes People Make When Working With the Inuit

The Inuit were identified as one of Canada's three distinct Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution Act of 1982 and as such Inuit have their own...

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The Royal Proclamation of 1763

In Canada, the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous Peoples was driven primarily by the Royal Proclamation of October 1763; of particular...

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Summer lodges of the Ojibway. Photo: Credit: Library and Archives Canada / PA-121615

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Were All Indigenous People Nomadic?

There has been a long-held idea that all Indigenous Peoples were nomadic peoples living in primitive conditions roaming the land searching for their...

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black and red painted canoe on water

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Indigenous Peoples Did Not Have Wheels

Indigenous Peoples did not have wheels at the time of the arrival of Christopher Columbus and were therefore, according to widely held belief, living...

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