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The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act [a] (French: Loi sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, also known as UNDA or formerly Bill C-15) is a law enacted by the Parliament of Canada and introduced during the second session of the 43rd Canadian Parliament in 2020. [1]
Timeline of the 2020 Canadian pipeline and railway protests – Widespread protests in Canada in 2020; Trans Mountain pipeline – Oil pipeline in southwestern Canada; Treaty rights – Indigenous rights stipulated in treaties with settler societies; Oka Crisis – 1990 land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the town of Oka, Quebec ...
Indigenous peoples in Canada (also known as Aboriginals) [2] are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations , [ 3 ] Inuit , [ 4 ] and Métis , [ 5 ] representing roughly 5.0% of the total Canadian population .
Indigenous or Aboriginal self-government refers to proposals to give governments representing the Indigenous peoples in Canada greater powers of government. [16] These proposals range from giving Aboriginal governments powers similar to that of local governments in Canada to demands that Indigenous governments be recognized as sovereign, and capable of "nation-to-nation" negotiations as legal ...
January 11 - BC Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender calls for a halt to the CGL pipeline until the affected Indigenous groups consent to the construction. [ 5 ] January 16 - UN committee chair Noureddine Amir admits to media that he was unaware that the CGL had broad Indigenous backing other than the Wet'suwet'en.
Royal Proclamation of 1763. The Royal Proclamation of 1763, issued by King George III, is considered one of the most important treaties in Canada between Europeans and Indigenous peoples, establishing the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the Crown, which recognized Indigenous peoples rights, as well as defining the treaty making process, which is still used in Canada today. [7]
Violence against Indigenous people in Canada (6 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Indigenous rights in Canada" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
An 'enfranchised Indian' would lose this status and the unique legal rights that came with it. [1] The act specifically cited the exemption for Indians from debt repayments to non-Indians, enacted by the 1850 Act for the protection of the Indians in Upper Canada, [14] as no longer applying after enfranchisement. [1]