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Lower Income - #4 of 8 Key Issues for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Indigenous Canadians earn about 70 cents for every dollar made by non-Indigenous Canadians, according to Canada's income data. This is a very...
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Inadequate Housing and Crowded Living Conditions - #3 of 8 Key Issues
Indigenous People face the worst housing outcomes in the country. Hon. Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations [1] To understand the...
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Lower Education - #2 of 8 Key Issues for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Education is considered a human right in Canada. Yet, while Canada has one of the world's highest levels of educational attainment, the graduation...
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Poorer Health - #1 of 8 Key Issues for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
In 2015, we published an article outlining the eight key issues of primary concern for Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Since then, the article has been...
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Resilient, Strong and Indigenous
By Bronte Phillips Changing their last names after marriage and sharing their bodies with their unborn children are two ways in which many women and...
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The First Thanksgiving in North America Was Not Held by Europeans
The descendants of European settlers are brought up believing that it was their ancestors who celebrated the first thanksgiving after surviving the...
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11 Ways to Virtually Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
In National Indigenous Peoples Day: 10 Ways to Celebrate we have suggestions for celebrating this important day. Most of the suggestions involve...
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A Brief Look at Indigenous Star Names
Photo: Shutterstock As the clock runs out on the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages we wanted to take a look at the...
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Respecting the Cultural Diversity of Indigenous Peoples
Anishinaabe, Métis, Coastal Salish, Cree, Cherokee. We have nothing much in common. We’re all aboriginal and we have the drum. That’s about it. ...
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What Does Indigenous Knowledge Mean? A Compilation of Attributes.
What does Indigenous knowledge (IK) mean? That’s a big question because “there are approximately 370 million Indigenous people in the world,...