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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 .
According to the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students, indigenous peoples have a right to education under the terms of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, Constitution Act, 1982, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Canada),and the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but that these rights have historically been ...
Native American boarding schools (United States) Cultural assimilation of Native Americans; Media portrayals of the Canadian Indian residential school system; Native schools (New Zealand) Stolen Generations, children of Australian Aboriginal descent who were removed from their families by the Government of Australia and state government agencies
1970 (became the first Native-administered school in Canada) RC Holy Angels Indian Residential School (École des Saints-Anges / Our Lady of Victoria Indian Residential School) Fort Chipewyan: AB: 1902: 1974: RC Crowfoot (St. Joseph's) Indian Residential School (Blackfoot Residential School) [12] Blackfoot Crossing (1900-1909) Cluny (Siksika ...
Big Grassy First Nation (Mishkosiminiziibiing Anishinaabeg in the Ojibwe language) is an Ojibwe or Ontario Saulteaux First Nation band government located in Rainy River District, Ontario near Morson, Ontario. Together with the Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, Big Grassy First Nation is a successor apparent to the former Assabaska Band of ...
Beausoleil First Nation (Ojibwe: G'Chimnissing) is an Ojibwe First Nation band government located in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. The main settlement of the Beausoleil First Nation is on Christian Island, Ontario, Canada in southern Georgian Bay. As of 2018, the total number of status Native Americans registered with the First Nation is 2,587.
The history of Ontario covers the period from the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands that make up present-day Ontario, the most populous province of Canada as of the early 21st century have been inhabited for millennia by groups of Aboriginal people, with French and British exploration and colonization commencing in the 17th century.
In the summer of 2007, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care approved the Oneida Nation of the Thames for the licensing and funding of 64 long-term care beds, as well as $2.8 million in capital. The First Nation continues to negotiate with other governments and partners to participate in this opportunity for family care.