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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 ...
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 ...
Indigenous leaders in British Columbia (55 P) M. Indigenous leaders in Manitoba (17 P) O. Indigenous leaders in Ontario (29 P) Q. Indigenous leaders in Quebec (21 P) S.
Gabriel Dumont, Métis military leader during the North-West Rebellion; Cuthbert Grant, Métis political and military leader; James Isbister, was a Canadian Métis leader and he is considered to be the founder of the city of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Josette Vieau Juneau, Métis "founding mother" of Milwaukee.
List of Canadian Aboriginal leaders; List of First Nations peoples; List of Indian reserves in Canada; List of Indian reserves in Canada by population; List of place names in Canada of Aboriginal origin; United States. Federally recognized tribes (Federally) unrecognized tribes; Native Americans in the United States; List of Alaska Native ...
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 ...
Grey Owl (1888–1938) (real name Archibald Stanfield Belaney) – conservationist who falsely presented himself as an Aboriginal person and worked to save the beavers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba Rick Hansen CC OBC LLD ( hc ) DLitt ( hc ) (born 1957) – paraplegic athlete who completed an around-the-world marathon for spinal cord injury research
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]