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Indigenous peoples were producing art in the territory that is now called Canada for thousands of years prior to the arrival of European settler colonists and the eventual establishment of Canada as a nation state. Like the peoples that produced them, Indigenous art traditions spanned territories that extended across the current national ...
There is a continuous record of occupation of S'ólh Téméxw by Indigenous people dating from the early Holocene period, 10,000–9,000 years ago. [76] Archaeological sites at Stave Lake, Coquitlam Lake, Fort Langley and region uncovered early period artifacts. These early inhabitants were highly mobile hunter-gatherers, consisting of about 20 ...
1961 In the early 1960s, the National Indian Council was created in 1961 to represent indigenous people of Canada, including treaty/status Indians, non-status Indians, the Métis people, though not the Inuit. [156] 1960s The Sixties Scoop was coined by Patrick Johnston in his 1983 report Native Children and the Child Welfare System.
National Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly National Aboriginal Day, June 21, recognizes the cultures and contributions of Aboriginal peoples of Canada. [117] There are currently over 600 recognized First Nations governments or bands encompassing 1,172,790 2006 people spread across Canada with distinctive Aboriginal cultures, languages, art, and ...
Map with areas labelled where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission held outreach and statement-gathering events over the impact of residential schools with the indigenous peoples. In 2008, the Government of Canada formally apologized to the indigenous peoples of Canada for the residential school system and the damage it caused. [244]
The Picture Gallery of Canadian History is a three volume pictorial history of Canada, written and illustrated by historical artist Charles William Jefferys. [1] It was published by Ryerson Press; Volume 1: Discovery to 1763 was released in 1942, Volume 2: 1763 to 1830 in 1945, and Volume 3: 1830 to 1900 in 1950.
Prince Arthur with the Chiefs of the Six Nations at the Mohawk Chapel, Brantford, 1869. The association between Indigenous peoples in Canada and the Canadian Crown is both statutory and traditional, the treaties being seen by the first peoples both as legal contracts and as perpetual and personal promises by successive reigning kings and queens to protect the welfare of Indigenous peoples ...
Indigenous people of the War of 1812 (4 P) Pages in category "History of Indigenous peoples in Canada" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.