The First Nations Tax Commission has recommended that taxing authority be given over to First Nations governments so they can implement their own levies on cannabis produced on reserves.
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In 2009, Ms. Wilson-Raybould became the province's regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations, the largest lobby group for First Nations people in the country, representing 634 reserves.
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Former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations Phil Fontaine spent 2017 travelling to meet with First Nations and cannabis companies about the potential for future jobs and economic growth.
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Beyond the totem poles long displayed in the park, visitors to Vancouver can now gain a fuller appreciation for the area's native people, known as First Nations, by staying in the city's only First Nations' lodge, touring an expanded collection of native art, dining on First Nations cuisine and exploring the urban rain forest with a native guide.
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Such messages of support for Canada's "First Nations" are everywhere.
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Trudeau said we can do better for First Nations kids.
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I'm not 'Indian,' I'm Native American, Indigenous, or First Nations.
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"It brought a lot of hope to First Nations leadership," said Bob Chamberlin, vice-president of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, which represents more than 100 first nations on Canada's west coast.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads The Global First Nations Performance Network (GFNPN), a pilot initiative dedicated to cultural change through Indigenous performance, kicks off this week with the First Nations Dialogues Lenapehoking New York.
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Johnson believes First Nations Dialogues is a step in that direction.
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Eight are Native American, First Nations, or children of mixed parentage.
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Now, I'm trying to empower my people–First Nations people. Warriors.
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"First Nations" is the Canadian term for folks indigenous to Canada.
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Examples of First Nations taking bigger roles in energy projects are mounting.
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It is also home to 26 Aboriginal groups, known as First Nations.
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This is a reality too often lived by Canadian First Nations youth.
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That won a promise to "affirm and recognise" the First Nations' status.
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Age: 2200+ Retail type: Privately-run storefronts, including in First Nations communities.
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So did Canada's indigenous groupings: Inuit, First Nations and mixed-race Métis.
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Phil: This is really about the revitalization of First Nations/Indigenous economies.
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Canada is—belatedly—facing up to its mistreatment of its first nations.
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What's more complex and unresolved is the relationship with the First Nations.
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What I saw was a complex reality for Australia's First Nations people.
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In Canada's case, activists who represent the country's 1.7m indigenous people, who are customarily divided into First Nations, Métis (a mix of First Nations and Europeans) and Inuit, hope the verdict will lead to changes to judicial procedures.
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The report found not only that fire incidence rates were 2.4 times higher for First Nations than the rest of the country, but that First Nations residents are 10 times more likely to die in a house fire.
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Nearly a decade ago, the social worker filed a human rights case that claimed First Nations kids are systemically denied access to the health, education, and child welfare services that are widely available to non-First Nations kids.
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Young First Nations children often were plucked from their families and their traditions.
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First Nations peoples, Métis and Inuit make up 4.9 percent of Canada's population.
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The survival of the First Nations themselves depends on how they are defined.
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We have many First Nations deprived of the right to water and sanitation.
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When will Canada wake up and open its eyes to First Nations communities?
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It was a similar story on other First Nations, the class action says.
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First Nations could not hire a lawyer to defend their land claims until 1951.
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I sincerely and unreservedly apologise to all First Nations people for this thoughtless action.
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The tribunal eventually agreed with you, that First Nations kids are racially discriminated against.
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First Nations people had stood up, resisted a pipeline, and stopped it for now.
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In 2016, she published "Signs of Your Identity," a book featuring First Nations Canadians.
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Other First Nations and climate activists across Canada have taken up the Wet'suwet'en cause.
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But the First Nations say the treaties are meaningless unless the recommendation is upheld.
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Colonialism makes a good effort to stamp out any traces of First Nations people.
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Emily Johnson, a lead organizer with First Nations Dialogues Lenapehoking New York, told Hyperallergic that this year's performance series is only the first step in a three-year pilot program for what she hopes will become the Global First Nations Performance Network.
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"It would destroy the faith of First Nations in these modern treaties if the government can just go back and start over and even then can reject the whole thing," said Thomas Berger, a lawyer who represents the First Nations and environmental groups.
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He revealed that the show brought "like 150 First Nations," referring to the indigenous community.
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Upon arrival, they were greeted warmly by the historic First Nations owners of the community.
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The federal government's track record on rural broadband isn't great, particularly in First Nations communities.
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The federal government, territorial government, First Nations, and commercial interests all have conflicting historical claims.
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By 2000, the First Nations he supervises had brand new infrastructure, including water treatment plants.
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In Manitoba, for example, First Nations people make up over 15 percent of the population.
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First, nations must continually supervise all of the space missions that happen within their borders.
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It pits the Yukon territorial government against three First Nations and two environmental non-profits.
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There are currently 131 drinking water advisories on 88 First Nations, not including British Columbia.
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She brings it to New York today under the umbrella of the First Nations Dialogue.
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At the same time, government began negotiating with the Coastal First Nations and Nanwakolas Council.
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The difference in their status is a testament to the complexity of First Nations identity.
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They engaged in a 10-month dialogue that included consultations with the First Nations groups.
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"I come from a long line of matriarchs," she said, referencing her First Nations background.
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First Nations in British Columbia have used similar treaties in the past to oppose pipelines.
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"[Some] Inuit peoples, as well as northern First Nations, really depend on Caribou," said Boyce.
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First Nations' support gives energy firms better odds of overcoming any concerns from other aboriginal groups.
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At the same time, the government began negotiating with the Coastal First Nations and Nanwakolas Council.
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Behind him hung First Nations flags—Haudenosaunee, Tiano Confederation and Ramapough—brought back from Standing Rock.
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Other groups, including First Nations and members of the public, have also expressed concern, she said.
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" He continued, "I sincerely and unreservedly [apologize] to all First Nations people for this thoughtless action.
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The health impacts on Canadian and First Nations communities living downstream from the mining are alarming.
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It was a clear environmental victory, and awakened the northern First Nations as a political force.
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Additionally, the federal government failed to adequately consult First Nations, as required by law, it ruled.
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Many attend the Pelican Falls First Nations High School, a boarding school nearer to the reserves.
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Frank advised big politicians like Perry Bellegarde, the current chief of [Assembly of First Nations] Canada.
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During that same time, there was the election for the [Assembly of First Nations] National Chief.
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Hope: The increasing value being placed on importance of recognizing First Nations culture within broader society.
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What can black people do to stand in further solidarity between First Nations people and ourselves?
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Solidarity between First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and black people, is something that must be co-constituted.
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When I told the management, some people said she can't be racist because she's First Nations.
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Denise Williams is Coast Salish from Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island, and serves as Executive Director for The First Nations Technology Council which works to ensure First Nations communities in BC have access to the Internet and the capacity to utilize digital technologies to the fullest potential.
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Others, however, worry about being tied to First Nations' finances because of historic mismanagement by some bands.
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It called for "Makarrata", or "agreement-making between governments and First Nations"—a treaty, in other words.
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For books on Indigenous history, sort through some "essential reading" from the First Nations Development Institute here.
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He recently became the CEO of Indigenous Roots, a medical cannabis company by and for First Nations.
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According to Native American and First Nations elders, Ray offered a gift that wasn't his to share.
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Shaped like a turtle, the symbol of truth for First Nations people, the center smells of pine.
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Built by Ngarluma man Tyson Mowarin, Welcome to Country helps travellers learn about first nations around Australia.
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The government said it made eight accommodation measures to the First Nations after consulting with the groups.
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In January, for example, a Canadian pipeline spilled 200,000 liters of oil in a First Nations community.
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His company uses technology to help Canada's First Nations peoples with governance issues such as mobile voting.
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The only addictions treatment facilities funded by the federal health ministry are those for First Nations peoples.
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In 1876, Canada passed the Indian Act, a law that gave colonialists authority over First Nations peoples.
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By happenstance, I stopped in town just as the 24th Annual Dehcho First Nations Assembly was underway.
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We thought it was a good fit, given my own long experience in the First Nations community.
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What can black people do specifically to stand in further solidarity between First Nations people and ourselves?
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Canada still has serious problems with structural discrimination, particularly when it comes to its First Nations population.
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The final message is about First Nations traditional approaches to our regalia and our way of life.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities announced a three-year partnership with the First Nations Development Institute.
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Within Canada's universal health system, the federal government pays for specific First Nations benefits, including birth control.
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The land Whistler Blackcomb resort sits upon was first inhabited by the Squamish and Lil'wat First Nations.
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Perry Bellegarde, head of the Assembly of First Nations umbrella group, called for calm and constructive dialogue.
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They called for "power over our destiny" and for a "First Nations Voice enshrined in the constitution".
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Purchasing First Nations Australians' art is an ethical minefield, that must be explained with thought and care.
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A First Nations medicine man performed a ceremony before a private unveiling for family and close friends.
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Nyla Rose is a tough-as-nails Oneida First Nations professional wrestler signed with All Elite Wrestling.
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The five Wet'suwet'en First Nations along the pipeline route have signed agreements with Coastal GasLink, as have all 20 affected First Nations in B.C. However, the Wet'suwet'en Nation is also organized into five traditional clans with 13 hereditary chief positions, and several of the hereditary chiefs oppose the project.
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The lawsuit follows a worldwide crash in the price of oil, which has First Nations worrying about what the downturn could mean for revenues, according to Indian Oil and Gas Canada (IOGC), the federal agency responsible for leasing and royalties of oil and gas on First Nations reserves.
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But the convention's other big demand would: it asks for a "First Nations voice enshrined in the constitution".
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If they had properly consulted with First Nations, he said, "we wouldn't be in this situation," he argued.
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Members of indigenous "First Nations" were not allowed to vote until 1960 unless they renounced their Indian status.
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"Even people in Canada don't know First Nations cultures," said Keith Henry, former chief executive of the association.
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Three First Nations children are featured in the film, as they talk about their families' intergenerational conservation efforts.
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Earlier this month, the justice minister told Parliament the Act was akin to shackles on First Nations peoples.
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From the wine to the art on the walls, Salmon n' Bannock celebrates and promotes First Nations culture.
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And it was symbolically at Uluru that in May this year the First Nations National Constitutional Convention met.
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The First Nations have been robbed of so many things, and suddenly here we are telling their stories.
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For them and other First Nations, our coming autocracy is just a new flavor of authoritarian disregard. Hmm.
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Guatemala was one of the first nations to recognize the state of Israel upon its establishment in 1948.
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Big-footing British Columbia and its First Nations, even if constitutionally viable, would likely damage Mr. Trudeau politically.
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Many First Nations communities are also in the line of fire and will be affected by this crisis.
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The Matagarup First Nations Refugee Camp occupies an oblong-shaped island on a bend of the Swan River.
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The gift includes more than 400 works by Indigenous artists, particularly Inuit and Northwest Coast First Nations artists.
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"This legislation advances a path forward to true reconciliation," Scott Fraser, B.C.'s minister of indigenous relations, said in a joint statement with the leaders of the indigenous groups who helped write the legislation - the BC Assembly of First Nations, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and First Nations Summit.
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Other cannabis companies are partnering directly with Indigenous communities, including 48North Cannabis, which has investments from 49 First Nations.
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The company has community benefit agreements with First Nations and has been providing drug and alcohol education on reserves.
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The Senate has urged the federal government to negotiate a revenue-sharing agreement with First Nations communities on cannabis.
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The Association of First Nations umbrella organization for aboriginals said the changes announced by Trudeau were a significant step.
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"A first nations voice to parliament is a meaningful step towards reconciliation," BHP Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie said.
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Mi'kmaq are a First Nations people Indigenous to the eastern seaboard of Canada and into the state of Maine.
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"A First Nations' voice to parliament is a meaningful step toward reconciliation," BHP Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie said.
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The committee represents Gwich'in Athabascans, First Nations people who live largely above the Arctic Circle in Alaska and Canada.
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First Nations communities along the pipeline route have also filed lawsuits, arguing that the project threatens their drinking water.
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The First Nations band in Jean Marie River was paying $1.91 CDN, making a solar array an easier sell.
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The interplay between Stylez' lyrics and Asapace's singing contrasts modern First Nations struggles with the effort to preserve spirituality.
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After viewing the video last night, she said she promptly contacted the First Nations advocate office and other officials.
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Across Canada, excluding British Columbia, there are 240 First Nations on boil water advisories — some of them for decades.
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Across Canada, excluding British Columbia, there are 239 First Nations on boil water advisories — some of them for decades.
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The group made an official statement asking all governments, including First Nations Chiefs and Councils to honor "ancient treaties".
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He also led the effort to have First Nations input in the park — a radical idea 27 years ago.
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Yet I also saw the country's First Nations people scarred by the images that white colonizers thrust upon them.
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"Everything stood still in Whitehorse that day," Michelle Dawson-Beattie, president of the Yukon First Nations Hockey Association, said.
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Each of the museum's other history galleries has a large panel offering "A First Nations Perspective" on a topic.
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First Nations do not include the Inuit of the far north or the Metis, a people of mixed ancestry.
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Among the hurdles on the road to separation are old treaties signed by indigenous First Nations with Canada's rulers.
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Canada officially recognizes 634 First Nations, comprising nearly 900,000 indigenous people, or about 2.3 percent of the country's population.
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According to the Wyss Foundation, the donation will help the Dehcho First Nations benefit economically from managing the area.
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Each of them, according to Viaguard, possessed 20 percent First Nations DNA (containing the same admixture as Côté's results).
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In his new series, Brian Jungen explores how the Canadian media have told the stories of First Nations people.
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Two First Nations are suing the Canadian government for an estimated $3 billion in lost oil and gas revenues.
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"We repeat our call for a national strategy to address First Nations suicide," the Assembly's national chief, Perry Bellegarde, said.
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Within a month, the feds cut all of the funding to her nonprofit First Nations Child and Family Caring Society.
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Under a previous Socialist administration, Spain also became in 2004 one of the first nations to legalize same-sex marriage.
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But with the environmental assessment of nearing completion, political headwind and resistance from First Nations may yet unravel the plan.
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Even so, some nonetheless believe that if there are problems plaguing reserves, First Nations people should just up and move.
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The first film work by either artist, "Modest Livelihood" (2012) explores the relationship of First Nations people to their land.
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An investment of $1.2 billion was needed immediately to get First Nations up to the agency's standards, the report said.
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A lot of Métis people and First Nations people in Canada have been plagued with the aftermath of residential schools.
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She's Cote First Nation and has made it a mission to inspire First Nations/Native American youth with her play.
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But that change starts with trust, a bridge that white Australia has yet to cross with its First Nations people.
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Canada officially recognizes 634 First Nations, comprising a population of nearly 900,000 people or about 2.3 percent of the population.
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Throughout his 2015 election campaign, Trudeau promised to eliminate all long-term water advisories on First Nations by March 2021.
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Vancouver has long been a showcase for First Nations art, led by the immersive University of British Columbia's Museum of Anthropology.
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Desjardins will consult affected communities, including First Nations, before making a business decision, the lender said in the statement on Wednesday.
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From the First Nations Shuswap region of Kamloops, the train whisks passengers eastward, deeper and higher into the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
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For example, in First Nations communities that rely on bottled water until the underlying issue with their water supply is remedied.
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Families wiped out Before European colonization, the population of First Nations people was estimated to be around 800,000 to one million.
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"We're doing a white man's fight through the courts, but we're never going to win as First Nations people," Abraham says.
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Outside of KIN Conversations, an important goal of First Nations Dialogues is to convey the infinite scope of Indigenous-inflected practices.
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First Nations here haven't always had a good relationship with Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the Crown corporation that owns the Bruce.
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For First Nations families, because of the legacy of residential schools, those times are more difficult than other people have experienced.
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In one gallery: haunting First Nations masks dating back to the 1700s, bedecked with abalone, sea lion whiskers and human hair.
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Trudeau has said it is a priority for his government to repair relations with First Nations and to champion Indigenous rights.
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Museum Curator of Anthropology Dr. Brooke Morgan told CNN photos of the artifacts were then sent to the First Nations community.
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Saliva from pet dogs and non-Indigenous people returned impossible percentages of First Nations DNA, raising questions about a possible scam.
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That these reenactments take place so close to countries that committed repeated genocides of First Nations people lends the whole practice an unsettling air of absurdity — particularly as First Nations people's fights for land and cultural heritage continues in the US. Equally disconcerting are the European men dressed as Confederate soldiers, a stomach-churning costume even stateside.
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In May, Northern Gateway, along with the four stewards who represent the 31 First Nations and Metis owners of the project, requested a 3-year extension to the sunset clause that established the start date, citing delays in getting approval from other regulators, judicial challenges, as well as the need to gather more support from First Nations communities.
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Gabriel is a leader of the Haudenosaunee confederacy (referred to by English settlers as the Iroquois.) The Assembly of First Nations pegs spending on language education around $123 to $215 per student, but that number is only for First Nations schools, and doesn't account for children who are not enrolled in them, or Inuit or Metis children.
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Cedar and Sage grew up in a home on a First Nations reserve in Alberta plagued by violence, neglect, and substance abuse.
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The results would supposedly not only confirm someone's ancestry, but narrow down which tribes of the First Nations community they belonged to.
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On Saturday, the First Nations Dialogues marks the start of a week-long series in support of Indigenous performance and cultural change.
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There are more than 130 boil water advisories on 87 First Nations — not including those in British Columbia — as of December 31.
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"One of the original ways contemporary technology was introduced to First Nations communities across Canada was by the federal government," she explains.
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The First Nations Convention at Uluru will help create the recommendations which will then be given to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Watch Cut-Off, Viceland's visit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to two remote First Nations communities struggling with water access and suicide.
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"A first nations voice to parliament is a meaningful step toward reconciliation," BHP Chief Executive Officer Andrew Mackenzie said earlier this year.
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Berube is of Cree descent and, if the Blues prevail, would become the only First Nations coach to win the Stanley Cup.
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New acquisitions include Ghanaian carved coffins, First Nations moccasins embroidered with a Nike motif, and a plethora of East Indian advertising materials.
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"Non-native beach owners can manage their beach more effectively using tools and technologies that First Nations people have developed," Hatch says.
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The only women were the First Nations women, the Chinook women, or someone from the Multnomah tribes who would have been there.
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In May, a team of 21953- and 211-year-old First Nations boys faced racial slurs at a tournament in Quebec City.
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In Ontario, Adam Capay, a 24-year-old First Nations man, has been kept in solitary confinement for the last four years.
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The docent was careful to talk about Carr's close relationship with "the First Nations," the popular term in Canada for Indigenous people.
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A pass system, in force from 1885 to the 20153s, required members of First Nations to get a permit to leave their reserves.
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American Indians would have still, in all likelihood, faced violence and oppression absent American independence, just as First Nations people in Canada did.
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Fraser's office worked with First Nations Summit (FSN), which represents the majority of British Columbia Indigenous councils, and others to write the bill.
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The passage of the deal into law this spring will come with a payment of $15 million from the province to First Nations.
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A First Nations gallery does double duty as the hotel reception, and the hotel maintains a tentlike sweat lodge on the roof terrace.
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The area is also home to the indigenous First Nations, "who have provided stewardship of the forest for millennia," according to a release.
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After a century-and-a-half of colonial dispossession, First Nations reserves now account for just 0.2 percent of the country's land base.
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Downie seized the opportunity to call on his prime minister for greater action in addressing Canada's troubled relationship with its indigenous First Nations.
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As a Native Canadian, she also felt it was important to educate kids about First Nations culture, and thankfully, producers didn't push back.
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The Canadian Press reported the regional First Nations government was sending a crisis response unit to the community following the declaration on Saturday.
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Since 1986, the province has compensated 311 residents for mercury poisoning through a Mercury Disability Board established following legal action by First Nations.
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Since the board's inception, 1,064 people from Grassy Narrows and other nearby First Nations have applied for compensation due to suspected mercury poisoning.
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The funding will go to several small service providers in the targeted provinces, including the First Nations-owned Arrowhead Technology Group in Alberta.
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According to the government's own documents, there are more First Nations children in child welfare today than at the height of residential schools.
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Wadsworth spoke to me from Victoria, BC, a province where 34 First Nations languages are spoken, more than any other province or territory.
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Project Reconciliation said the investment will alleviate First Nations poverty, a watershed for indigenous people who have historically watched Canada's resources enrich others.
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We must acknowledge that the ongoing connection of First Nations peoples to the land and culture is critical to life on the land.
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The court ruled that Canada's federal government did not properly consult with First Nations on or near the route of the Enbridge Inc.
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Canada's previous conservative government approved Northern Gateway in 2014, but a coalition of First Nations, environmentalists and labor challenged the decision in court.
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Many First Nations members say that the federal government should have no part in parsing identity, and that indigenous peoples themselves should decide.
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Ms. Wilson-Raybould was a powerful regional chief of First Nations on Canada's west coast, an advocate for Indigenous rights and a lawyer.
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Trudeau's visit is part of a VICELAND documentary project on issues affecting First Nations youth on reserves to be released later this spring.
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Since coming to power, the Liberals reinstated frozen funds under the act and suspended court actions against First Nations that refused to comply.
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All of these projects have been bogged down by a combination of the federal approval process, environmental protest and opposition from First Nations.
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"Our leaders understand our wellbeing is connected to the wellbeing of our lands and waters," said Chief Marilyn Slett, president of Coastal First Nations.
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In 2016, 31% of First Nations people and 46% of Inuit did not have secondary-school qualifications, compared with 8% of the non-indigenous.
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Northern Gateway is the more controversial of the two pipelines and has experienced legal setbacks after successful challenges by a BC First Nations community.
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The Philippines last December became one of the first nations in Asia to unveil an official policy allowing drone-assisted surveys for land titling.
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But inequality is definitely still the norm, as one 2016 study found that 60% of First Nations children on Canada's reserves live in poverty.
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"Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, called the inquiry an "opportunity and hope to end that violence in our communities.
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For First Nations children on reserve, poverty rates are highest in Manitoba (76 percent) and Saskatchewan (69 percent), and lowest in Quebec (37 percent).
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A new round of First Nations consultations is currently playing out, while the National Energy Board returned an environmentally-minded "Reconsideration Report" on Feb.
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Two First Nations have won the right to take their battles against the federal government and energy companies to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Enbridge said it "appreciates and respects" the court's decision and is committed to fostering a strengthened relationship with the Chippewas and all First Nations.
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Opened in February 2010 by Inez Cook and Remi Caudron, Salmon n' Bannock Bistro is the city's only First Nations restaurant open year-round.
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It was in Prince Rupert, this past weekend, that roughly 300 First Nations leaders, environmentalists, and politicians held a rally against the proposed development.
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There's risk of fire, explosion, chemical releases, a natural disaster for our First Nations people who use the inlet so much, and for business.
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The group is demanding the abolition of the reserve system and the Indian Act — which is the Canadian government's primary legislation for First Nations.
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I took in stunning natural beauty, experienced a unique arts scene, much of it centered around First Nations culture, and gorged on good food.
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Attend any event in B.C., and you're likely to hear someone acknowledge you're on the unceded lands of one or more local First Nations.
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I chose the Missisquoi Valley, in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, because I liked what the bay's First Nations name meant: many aquatic birds.
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"If we win, it will be a huge victory for First Nations across Canada," said Simon Mervyn, chief of the Na-Cho Nyak Dun.
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One group did closely resemble Native Americans by physical description, and they were engaging in behavior that embraced negative stereotypes of First Nations people.
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There are more than 130 drinking water advisories on First Nations reserves across the country, according to the most recent figures from Health Canada.
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" The report said the violence against women and girls amounted "to a race-based genocide of Indigenous peoples, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
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The designation means a crisis response team from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, which represents eight First Nations including Attawapiskat, is being sent in to help.
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According to CBC News, a number of CAPC's members aren't part of any First Nations community and don't have Canadian government-issued Indian status.
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The project has modest financial backing from one of Canada's richest families, the Aquilini Group, and support from 35 First Nations to use their land.
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"Trump regularly makes racist comments about Native Americans, even going so far as to joke about genocidal acts against First Nations people," the group said.
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The AFN has struck a committee to monitor the effects of legalization on First Nations peoples and to document any concerns about health and safety.
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Nearly 22015% of First Nations people are poor, meaning their after-tax income is less than 258% of the median income, adjusted for family size.
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It's not void in Canada — indeed, there the 1763 proclamation is viewed as a fundamental document providing rights to self-government to First Nations tribes.
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The court also noted that it would have taken little time and effort to meaningfully engage with First Nations, but that it was not done.
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"We gather the water and mud to heal ourselves," said Bob Etienne, First Nations Holy Man and Nk'MIp Desert Cultural Centre guide, in a video.
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This law enforced colonial authority over First Nations peoples, partially to force assimilation through policies that displaced Indigenous people and removed them from their communities.
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While there are already a handful of wineries run by First Nations people in Canada, Gondwana Wines is hoping to do the same in Australia.
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She says recent generations of First Nations people are unfamiliar with their native traditions, the result of decades of government-sponsored assimilation through residential schools.
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As for that coverage, you offered a wide range of suggestions: Canadian culture, the social safety net, the real estate market, First Nations issues, education.
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But then there are plots involving an Irish stowaway and a pretty barmaid and the local First Nations population and on and on and on.
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And the only one that really adds anything is the story about the First Nations population, largely because Fargo veteran Zahn McClarnon is in it.
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Anjuli, 28Background: Guyanese (with black, Portuguese, Indian, and First Nations descent) I know that [my light skin] benefits me, which is a really sad fact.
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The song was recorded 10 months before Asapace's death, and deals with issues of addictions and poverty in First Nations communities stemming from colonial destruction.
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As set out by land claim agreements, the Yukon territorial government has to consult all affected First Nations groups before any development plan goes forward.
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First Nations and medieval Viking symbolism merge brilliantly in Andrea Carlson's mixed media works; graphic patterns and obscure shapes are harmoniously balanced with runic determination.
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Based in Winnipeg, the capital of Manitoba, the network has broadcast in English, French and 20 languages spoken by many of Canada's 634 First Nations.
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The Trudeau government has also pledged $1.8-billion over five years for First Nations water infrastructure, although various observers say it will not be enough.
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A crowd of youth and community leaders gathered to welcome Justin Trudeau as he arrived on an isolated First Nations reserve by helicopter Thursday morning.
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"I will encourage the prime minister to visit Attawapiskat and other First Nations that are experiencing the same problems our youth are facing," Redsky added.
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"These are the changes the whole country needs to make," said Blaine Favel, the former grand chief of Saskatchewan's 2140 First Nations, or indigenous groups.
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The protest was significant because "it brought so many First Nations people together, including Alaska Natives," said Mr. Adams, a member of Natives Photograph's board.
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The museum has several other exhibits including a mineral exhibit, glass sea life (by the same glass artists), taxidermy, skeletons, and a First Nations exhibit.
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It's always been there, from early European settler domination of our indigenous First Nations communities, to more recent hate speech and actions accosting American Muslims.
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I visited an Indigenous water protector, Nancy Scanie, in her cedar house on the Cold Lake First Nations reservation, which lies adjacent to the sands.
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The Royal British Columbia Museum announced a $500,000 grant to assist First Nations communities with the repatriation of cultural artifacts and ancestral remains from museums.
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Many of them want to amend the constitution to guarantee wider rights, enshrining a voice for the "first nations", as they are now more often known.
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" The youngest person in the report is 14-year-old Asinay, a boy of First Nations and Métis heritage who was described as a "gentle giant.
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The deal would also end of the commercial grizzly bear hunt within Coastal First Nations territories, though other existing tourism-related businesses will not be affected.
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For decades, a battle raged amidst the trees of Great Bear Rainforest, with First Nations, environmentalists and the lumber industry clashing over logging and land rights.
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It will also puts a stop to trophy hunting of grizzlies on the traditional lands of BC's coastal First Nations — although bear hunting will otherwise continue.
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During last year's federal election campaign, Trudeau pledged to do what it takes to ensure all First Nations have access to clean water within five years.
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Last New Year's Eve I was at a "Lone Ranger" themed party where some of us, myself included, wore the traditional dress of First Nations people.
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"It's the first time we white people are coming together with all these First Nations folks to live in a village and in harmony," Misha says.
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First Nations would still be able to hunt grizzlies in accordance with Aboriginal rights for food, social, or ceremonial purposes, or treaty rights, the government said.
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"We, as First Nations, have problems accessing services in general, and if it's specific to rape kits and rape, it becomes even more challenging," she explained.
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Remote First Nations that might feel pressured to sign onto resource extraction projects for income and employment can now look to a greener solution: growing weed.
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And in the meantime, a lawyer for the First Nations is asking the energy companies to halt their projects until the Supreme Court decides the case.
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Crisscrossing the province, he visited cafes and restaurants, a microbrewery, an aluminum factory, a First Nations community radio station and a mosque marked by bullet holes.
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David Gaertner, an expert in digital storytelling with the University of British Columbia's First Nations and Indigenous Studies program, told me that he loves the idea.
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Beyond the picture-perfect downtown waterfront, British Columbia's capital is an exhilarating blend of cultures, from Canadian and First Nations to Chinese and European (especially British).
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Start at Ogden Point, where interpretive kiosks tell about the Breakwater and the Unity Wall murals painted on both sides, depicting Coast Salish First Nations culture.
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As the coronavirus spread, South Korea quickly became one of the first nations to register thousands of cases — more than 7,000 — and became an early epicenter.
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He was able only to compare Ms. Warren's DNA to that of indigenous people in Peru and Mexico, as well as First Nations people in Canada.
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The story helped young Muslims "understand that your religious ancestors had a connection with the First Nations people in Australia from well before 1770," Charkawi said.
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"This is fundamental to our survival as indigenous people," said Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, which represents 634 reserves in Canada.
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First Nations people in Canada who are native to the mountains where this study took place don't even have a word for moose, said Dr. Serrouya.
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Beneath the roar of their helicopter's blades, dressed in tactical assault gear with loaded rifles, the RCMP aimed their weapons at peaceful First Nations land defenders.
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Even as these efforts press forward, however, many people of the First Nations suffer from disproportionately high rates of poverty, unemployment, suicide, violence, incarceration and addiction.
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The action recognizes that people with First Nations heritage — who number more than 21893 million currently throughout Canada — were the original occupiers of the land here.
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Barbecued by South America's First Nations since long before Europeans arrived, ponche is a traditional meat in Colombia's coastal Caribbean departments of Bolívar, Sucre, and Cordoba.
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Logging will be banned in 85 percent of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia and hunting grizzly bears will be banned within First Nations territories.
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In many ways this latest turn of events could be a fitting end for the Matagarup First Nations Camp, which was born out of government evictions.
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The Oka crisis, which profoundly changed the relationship between Indigenous people and the Canadian government, led other First Nations to draw similar lines in the sand.
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For six months it consulted indigenous people around Australia, culminating in a "First Nations National Constitutional Convention" at Uluru (Ayers Rock), in central Australia in late May.
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That is the basic intention of the sweat ceremony, an indigenous custom that's been preserved for thousands of years by Native Americans and Canada's First Nations people.
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It's NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee) week in Australia, an opportunity to celebrate the work and the culture of the country's first nations people.
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"I believe these public health crises that the First Nations community is facing now is the direct result of the legacy of these residential schools," she said.
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We hope that through Prime Minister Trudeau's visit, the layered and complex issues facing First Nations youth in Canada become even more present in the national conversation.
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The event is a football carnival, but also a "modern corroboree" of Indigenous Australians billed as the largest gathering of First Nations people in the Southern Hemisphere.
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If the bill becomes law, Australia would be one of the first nations to impose broad access requirements on technology companies, though others are poised to follow.
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Thanks to a conservation agreement signed in 2016 between First Nations and the British Columbia government, the forest's protected land has been expanded to 19 million acres.
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No way could the North American mounds and artifacts have been made by people of the First Nations, it had to be an "alien" (non-local) race.
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Headed into the election, the Assembly of First Nations cited a record number of Indigenous candidates, with potential for Indigenous candidates to swing one in five ridings.
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France and Poland both issued green bonds in the last four months, becoming the first nations to venture into territory previously dominated by development banks and companies.
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And yet all around me were messages that being First Nations was not OK, that we had done something very wrong, and we were being treated differently.
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A huge part of the problem is that many Canadians still go through their lives without actually visiting a reserve, or even knowing any First Nations people.
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I'm not really sure, but I would challenge anybody who believes that First Nations people should "just move" to watch Cut-Off and find out for themselves.
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First Nations community treatment programs in Ontario frequently lack enough money to cope with the severity of the problem and have been turning some prospective patients away.
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The First Nations, joined by two environmental groups, filed a lawsuit, arguing that the government had violated its treaty obligations and must accept the commission's final recommendation.
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I met with Reichardt in New York to talk about the challenge of recreating a First Nations language, cooking in movies, and casting the titular first cow.
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Place 17 Yes, the winters are long and brutal, but in warmer months this river-oriented metropolis is bursting with life — including celebrations of First Nations culture.
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I was headed to Wanuskewin Heritage Park, dedicated to honoring and fostering an understanding of the cultures of First Nations people and their relationship to this land.
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Several protesters supporting the First Nations against the natural gas pipeline have caused blockades on rail tracks since Thursday forcing train cancellations in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
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Horgan, who also spoke to the Assembly of First Nations two months ago and claimed to understand that "reconciliation is not just words," has decried protest efforts.
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The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said he would speak with reporters first thing Tuesday morning to discuss the ongoing tensions in British Columbia.
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A coalition of greens and First Nations leaders said it would become the country's biggest greenhouse gas emitter and threaten the salmon population that natives rely upon.
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The company behind the pipeline, Coastal GasLink, has signed agreements on the project with all 20 of the elected councils representing First Nations people along the route.
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"For First Nations, Métis Nation and Inuit peoples in Canada, those early colonial relationships were not about strength through diversity, or a celebration of differences," he said.
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The band offices of Poundmaker and Onion Lake First Nations did not immediately respond to requests from VICE News, and neither did Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
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And because the feds fund services on reserve, and child welfare is provincial jurisdiction, sometimes they'll fight between each other about who should pay for services for a First Nations kid, and in the process, they're denied or delayed services just because they're First Nations... Health Canada recently spent $32,000 fighting a teenager in court over a surgery that would give this girl a chance to eat and talk properly.
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"It is time we recognize and safeguard indigenous peoples human rights, so that we may finally move away from conflict, drawn-out court cases and uncertainty, and move forward with collaboration and respect," Scott Fraser, B.C.'s minister of indigenous relations, said in a joint statement with indigenous leaders who helped write the legislation - including the BC Assembly of First Nations, the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and First Nations Summit.
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"It's assets that create cash flow," said Joe Dion, Chief Executive of First Nations-owned Frog Lake Energy Resources Corp, which produces 2,000 barrels of oil per day.
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He added that First Nations should not feel bound to any provincial rules around cannabis, for instance, if a community wanted to raise the minimum age of consumption.
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Indeed, the move would likely be seen as a major betrayal of Trudeau's promises to repair the deeply broken relationship between Canada's First Nations and the federal government.
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The Canadian state has had the same 'Indian policy' for decades, and each party pushes forward with the assimilation of First Nations, albeit with varying degrees of politeness.
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The National Energy Board (NEB), the agency tasked with pipeline review, is facing a long list of court challenges from First Nations who allege they weren't properly consulted.
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And the newly elected Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has made it his business to increase ties to First Nations peoples, appointing two indigenous ministers to his cabinet.
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This in turn allows the e-market segment to be open to any competitor determined enough to form a market impact, something uncommon in other mobile-first nations.
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But with liquified natural gas companies now sponsoring the tournament some First Nations, led by reigning champions the Skidegate Saints, are bringing active protest to the week's contest.
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RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson and Assembly of First Nations' National Chief Perry Bellegarde signed a memorandum of understanding as part of the Indigenous group's three-day general assembly.
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"The idea of an inaugural drag pageant for First Nations queens was way too much of an opportunity to pass up," he explains over the phone from Sydney.
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New extractive projects present First Nations with a choice: either bend values and culture to accommodate colonial capitalism, or take a stand to protect lands, waters and rights.
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Canadian artist Emily Carr was born in British Columbia, and the aesthetic traditions of the First Nations influenced her rich paintings, as well as Modernism's arrival in Canada.
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Do a D.I.Y. progressive feast at the Granville Island Public Market, or hit trendy Yaletown and emerging Gastown for everything from oyster bars to a First Nations teahouse.
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Russia backs Maduro, who took office in 2013, while the U.S. was one of the first nations to recognize National Assembly leader Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's interim president.
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Like 93 other First Nations across Canada, excluding British Columbia, they are currently under "boil water" and "do not consume" advisories, meaning they rely on bottled water deliveries.
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In Ontario alone, due to suicide, unsafe drinking water and other issues, 23 First Nations are currently experiencing active states of emergency — more than anywhere else in Canada.
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Make time to tour the nearby Emily Carr House (6.75 dollars); the Victoria-born painter of forests and First Nations scenes spent her childhood gamboling in the park.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rode into power partly on the promise to make up for the Canadian government's years of neglect and rank abuse of First Nations peoples.
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I spoke to him over the phone while he was in Thunder Bay on the tail end of a summer tour, which included shows on First Nations reserves.
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While the Indian Health Service and the First Nations Health Authority continue to remain chronically underfunded, medical providers still push invasive forms of birth control on this community.
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The story of the Australia's "First Nations'" 60,000 year-plus history on the land and their long and deep relationship with the Makassans resonated with many Muslim youth.
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The deal will also see the end of the commercial grizzly bear hunt within Coastal First Nations territories, though other existing tourism-related businesses will not be impacted.
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The Tsilhqot'in Decision, named for the bands involved, has bolstered First Nations across the province, who now have a legal precedence for fighting development on their traditional territories.
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It's also home to a blend of First Nations, Chinese, British and uniquely Canadian cultural elements, all of which we teach you to explore in our local guide.
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Involving indigenous groups early in the process will likely help companies smooth some opposition other projects have run into, said Patrick Kelly, chair of the Coastal First Nations.
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Pipeline opponents' lawyer Elin Sigurdson argued the Canadian government did not provide "meaningful consultation" with First Nations and other groups, and neglected to adequately review certain environmental issues.
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Its findings led Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to promise a "total renewal" of Canada's relationship with the First Nations, and to hold reconciliation talks with 225 aboriginal communities.
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Ms. Johnson is the first to point out that while the First Nations Dialogues may be new, the work that she and her colleagues are doing is not.
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They did, and it turns out, some of the artifacts in the museum were sacred, and should only be viewed by certain members of the First Nations community.
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There are currently 28 active states of emergency declared by First Nations communities in Ontario alone because of issues ranging from suicides among young people to housing conditions.
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But First Nations demonstrators at the Toronto INAC office say the way they have been treated by the ministry is not a great indicator of things to come.
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Trudeau's Thunder Bay visit comes on the last day of an inquest into the mysterious deaths of seven First Nations students who died there from 2000 to 2011.
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Squamish Mayor Patricia Heintzman said the announcement was somewhat "jumping the gun" as there are 25 environmental conditions put forward by the Squamish First Nations still being worked out.
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Under a revision of the citizenship oath proposed by the government in May, new Canadians would recognise "the aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples".
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Related: Canada Extends Olive Branch to First Nations Amid Escalating Pipeline Tensions When the Trans Mountain hearings resumed in the afternoon, the three activists sat down on the floor.
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Prime Minister Trudeau pledged to balance Canada's energy and environmental priorities with regard to the pipeline, but the project has been condemned by conservationists and some First Nations communities.
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Rather, First Nations and activist groups worked to change the economic forces that drive the forestry industry — essentially, launching a boycott — a tactic now being considered elsewhere in Canada.
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Related: After the Deaths of Two Teenage Girls, This Aboriginal Community Says the System Failed Them The researchers found that 220 percent of First Nations children live in poverty.
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First Nations chiefs in Ontario say help is urgently needed from the Canadian government after a staggering five children, including a 277-year-old, committed suicide in recent weeks.
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First Nations chiefs in Ontario say help is urgently needed from the Canadian government after a staggering five children, including a 226-year-old, committed suicide in recent weeks.
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It also pledged to end the water crisis on First Nations reserves, something that human rights groups in Canada and abroad have said is impossible with the current budget.
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Indigenous communities, the traditional homes of the Dene and Gwitch'in and Inuit First Nations peoples, dot the rivers and lakes, outposts of an old civilization in a vast land.
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Drawing a large audience, the collective's members sang and rhymed about positive as well as painful issues such as First Nations and reparations, their uplifting spirits carrying the message.
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In the past, however, the federal police force has used databases from domestic law enforcement partners and public information sources to keep tabs on environmental and First Nations protesters.
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FirstVoices Chat, created in response to First Nations youth who wanted to use their own languages to communicate online, is a texting app for Facebook Chat and Google Talk.
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You could spend hours in this stellar repository of natural and human history, with its singular collection of British Columbia First Nations archaeological materials, as well as provincial archives.
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Now contrast that to Canada — in Canada they had a decade of truth and reconciliation and it's widely understood, their history, what has happened to First Nations communities there.
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That's because the vast majority of First Nations that fall inside the province's borders never signed treaties with the government, and therefore never surrendered their ownership of the land.
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Greenpeace climate campaigner Mike Hudema called the protests "an indigenous-led moment" that at the same time fostered closer relationships and future cooperation between First Nations and environmental groups.
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Greenpeace climate campaigner Mike Hudema called the protests "an indigenous-led moment" that at the same time fostered closer relationships and future cooperation between First Nations and environmental groups.
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Although in line with calls from the Uluru Statement From the Heart to establish "a First Nations voice enshrined in the Constitution," it did not address its broader requests.
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With that in mind a GoFundMe page for fire relief for First Nations communities has been set up to provide culturally sensitive, specific, and direct support to communities affected.
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The province has agreed to sell up to approximately 15 million shares in Hydro One to First Nations which, depending on their participation would reduce provincial ownership to 47.4%.
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Minority groups would have a strong voice, front and center at the cabinet table and Trudeau made sure to appoint women from First Nations, South Asian and Ukrainian communities.
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The provincial government will consult with First Nations and other stakeholder groups during the fall to determine the next steps as it moves toward ending trophy hunting, it said.
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But erasing his native heritage also deprived generations of his line from enjoying treaty rights as Indians, the name by which Canada's First Nations are still legally called today.
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Tam said social distancing is the only way for Canadians to reduce opportunities to virus spread, particularly in at-risk regions such as First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities.
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The Wyss Foundation is donating $20203,000 to help the Dehcho First Nations in Canada to create a management program for the Edéhzhíe National Wildlife Area in the Northwest Territories.
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While Indigenous languages may be taught in public schools attended by Indigenous children in most provinces, First Nations have no right to educate their children in their own languages.
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La Guilde, a gallery and museum that promotes and presents artworks and fine crafts from Inuit and First Nations artists, mixed its own collection with works of the Biennale.
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" Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, tweeted prayers for Downie's family, adding that "our hearts break on news of the passing of ... an ally and friend.
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"To the Salish Tribes and First Nations of the Pacific Northwest, the salmon is far more than a food item, it's a core part of our cultural DNA," Waterhouse said.
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Its owner, Inez Cook, opened the 30-seat cafe in 2010 with just five menu items as a way of exploring her own First Nations background as a Nuxalk native.
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In December, the British Columbia government along with First Nations created a plan to transition out of open-net farming by 2023 so that the wild salmon population can recover.
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Bites Between the elk, venison and fish harvested by the First Nations and the pork-heavy diet of the French settlers, Canadian cuisine has always been known for its protein.
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A Canadian company is giving out 240,2130 bottles of vitamin water as a "band aid" solution to a water crisis that's plagued some First Nations in Canada for 287 years.
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A Canadian company is giving out 60,000 bottles of vitamin water as a "band aid" solution to a water crisis that's plagued some First Nations in Canada for 20 years.
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Trudeau could assemble a team to consult First Nations, and direct the NEB to produce a study of tanker traffic, said Richard Masson, executive fellow at the University of Calgary.
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Before he became a water treatment plant operator on his isolated reserve, Nico Suggashie was feeling depressed — a problem many young Indigenous people struggle with on First Nations in Canada.
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Some had called for Trudeau to appoint an indigenous judge to fill the spot on Canada's top court as the government aims to repair its relationship with First Nations communities.
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"The feds, for a long time, have been discriminating against first nations and tribal lands with regard to hemp cultivation and hemp agriculture," said Lauren Stansbury, a Vote Hemp spokesperson.
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"We spent 250 years convincing the First Nations and Inuit to hunt as part of the European organized industrial chain," notes John Ralston Saul, a Canadian author and public intellectual.
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In an interview with the network during his election campaign last year, Mr. Trudeau pledged that First Nations would "absolutely" have veto power over natural resource projects in their territories.
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The board has been a longstanding supporter of Native Voices at the Autry, the US's only theatre company exclusively producing works by Native American, Alaska Native, and First Nations playwrights.
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JFK Law, which released the decision, called the court's ruling a "major victory" for First Nations, whose rights and interests they say were overlooked in the assessment of the pipeline.
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