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Additionally, in Yukon, there are four indigenous MLAs (two Liberals, one New Democrat, and one Yukon Party). Outside Canada, one Indigenous Canadian has been elected in Australia: Walt Secord served as a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2011 until his retirement in 2023. Secord is of Mohawk and Ojibwe descent. [1 ...
Mary John, Sr., CM was a leader of the Dakelh (Carrier) people and a social activist. [17] A story of her life is told in the book titled Stoney Creek Woman. [18] Ethel Blondin-Andrew, was a Canadian politician of Dene descent in the Northwest Territories and the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the Parliament of Canada. [19]
Indigenous leaders in Atlantic Canada (1 C, 31 P) B. Indigenous leaders in British Columbia (55 P) M. Indigenous leaders in Manitoba (17 P) O. Indigenous leaders in ...
The native peoples of the Pacific coast also make totem poles, a trait attributed to other tribes as well. In 2000 a land claim was settled between the Nisga'a people of British Columbia and the provincial government, resulting in the return of over 2,000 square kilometres of land to the Nisga'a.
Part of a series on Indigenous peoples in Canada First Nations Inuit Métis History Timeline Pre-colonization Genetics Settler colonialism Genocide Residential schools Indian hospitals Reconciliation Politics Indigenous law British Columbia Treaty Process Crown and Indigenous peoples Health Policy Idle No More Indian Act Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Land Back Land claims Land ...
The parallel term Native Canadian is not commonly used, but Native (in English) and Autochtone (in Canadian French; from the Greek auto, own, and chthon, land) are. Under the Royal Proclamation of 1763, [22] also known as the "Indian Magna Carta," [23] the Crown referred to Indigenous peoples in British territory as tribes or nations.
Canadian Aboriginal law is the area of law related to the Canadian government's relationship with the Indigenous peoples. Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 gives the federal parliament exclusive power to legislate in matters related to Aboriginals, which includes groups governed by the Indian Act , different Numbered Treaties and ...
20.3 Indigenous leaders. 21 Producers. 22 Religious figures. ... Francis Pegahmagabow MM** (1891–1952) – the most highly decorated aboriginal Canadian soldier of ...