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2020: Animated short [199] The Road Forward: Marie Clements: 2017: Documentary [200] The Road to Webequie: Tess Girard, Ryan Noth: 2016: Short documentary [201] Roberta: Caroline Monnet: 2014: Short drama [202] Rocks at Whiskey Trench: Alanis Obomsawin: 2000: Documentary [203] The Romance of the Far Fur Country: Harold M. Wyckoff: 1920 ...
On July 12, 2018 Crown-Indigenous Relations Canada (CIRC) officials released a draft discussion paper, " What we heard so far on the recognition and implementation of Indigenous rights" as part of the ongoing process. [8] According to CBC News, the paper was widely panned by First Nations leaders as "insulting."
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 ...
The Supreme Court of Canada argued that treaties "served to reconcile pre-existing Indigenous sovereignty with assumed Crown sovereignty, and to define Aboriginal rights." [ 31 ] First Nations interpreted agreements covered in Treaty 8 to last "as long as the sun shines, grass grows and rivers flow."
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]
Inconvenient Indian is a 2020 Canadian documentary film, directed by Michelle Latimer. It is an adaptation of Thomas King's non-fiction book The Inconvenient Indian, focusing on narratives of indigenous peoples of Canada. King stars as the documentary's narrator, with Gail Maurice and other indigenous artists appearing.
In 1945, the North American Indian Brotherhood was founded by Andy Paull as a national lobby group which urged extension of voting rights without loss of Indian rights, removal of liquor offences as a way of ending most of the criminal charges faced by Indian people, and advocating pensions and welfare for Indians on the same level as the ...
Pages in category "Documentary films about Indigenous rights in Canada" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .