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The First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) is an Ontario, Canada-based non-profit organization working in the field of First Nations data sovereignty.The organization is known for its comprehensive national surveys, which include the First Nations Regional Health Survey (FNRHS), and focus on the health and socio-economic conditions of First Nations people in Canada.
The First Nations principles of OCAP establish an Indigenous data governance standard for how First Nations ' data and information should be collected, protected, used, and shared. [ 1] OCAP is an acronym for the principles of ownership, control, access, and possession. [ 2] The principles were established in 1998 by Canadian First Nations ...
Across Canada, there has been a large number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women since 1980. 16% of female murder victims and 12% of missing women have been Aboriginal, while demographically they constitute only 4% of the overall female population. This amounts to almost 1,200 Aboriginal females either missing or murdered in just over 30 ...
Gitxsan (Gitxsanimaax speaking) Nisga'a. Haida (Haad kil speaking) Southern Wakashan peoples. Nuu-chah-nulth (incorrectly called Nootka) Tla-o-qui-aht (Clayoquot) Mowachaht - Muchalaht. Ahousaht (formed from the merger of the Ahousaht and Kelsemeht bands in 1951) Ehattesaht.
The Pikangikum First Nation (/ pɪˈkændʒɪkəm /, Ojibwe: Bigaanjigamiing, unpointed ᐱᑲᐣᒋᑲᒥᐠ,,pointed ᐱᑳᐣᒋᑲᒦᐣᐠ) is an Ojibwe First Nation [3] located on the 1,808-hectare (4,470-acre) Pikangikum 14 Reserve, [4] in Unorganized Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [5] The main centre is the community ...
First Nations in Ontario constitute many nations. Common First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Anishinaabe , Haudenosaunee , and the Cree . In southern portions of this province, there are reserves of the Mohawk , Cayuga , Onondaga , Oneida , Seneca and Tuscarora .
In 1987, the Ontario Native Affairs Directorate was established. It was renamed the Ontario Native Affairs Secretariat in 1991. The entity acted as a support for the Minister Responsible for Native Affairs, and was headed by an Executive Director and later a Secretary, who for the most part held the rank of Assistant Deputy Attorney General.
Neskantaga First Nation (formerly known as Lansdowne House Indian Band) is a remote Ojibway First Nation band government in the northern reaches of the Canadian province of Ontario, situated along the shore of Attawapiskat Lake in the District of Kenora. The First Nation is a signatory to Treaty 9 (originally as part of the Fort Hope Band) and ...