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Canada Place is a glass-and-steel office building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Currently, it houses the main federal government offices for Edmonton and much of Western Canada. Currently, it houses the main federal government offices for Edmonton and much of Western Canada.
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada First Nation(s) Ethnic/national group Tribal council Treaty Area Population [141] Notes ha acre 2016 2011 % difference Cadotte Lake [142] Woodland Cree: Woodland Cree: Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council: 8: 0.0 0.0: Indian settlement: Carcajou 187 — 42.0 103.8: Indian settlement: Desmarais [143] Bigstone ...
From this total population, 47.3% of the population lives on an Indian reserve and the other 52.7% live in urban centres. [2] According to the 2011 Census, the First Nations population in Edmonton (the provincial capital) totalled at 31,780, which is the second highest for any city in Canada (after Winnipeg). [3]
Hardeep Singh Nijjar (11 October 1977 – 18 June 2023) was a Canadian Sikh involved with the Khalistan movement, which calls for an independent Sikh state. [3] [4]Born in India, Nijjar emigrated to Canada in the mid-1990s. [5]
Former federal Indian affairs minister David Crombie was responsible for Bill C-31. The Indian Act is Canadian law that dates from 1876. The Act replaced pre-Confederation Canadian laws, and was intended to administer the Indigenous people, and define Canadian interactions.
The Commission of Inquiry investigated the evolution of the relationship among Aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), the Government of Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and part of the Culture of Canada as a whole.
Enoch Cree Nation 135, (Cree: ᒪᐢᑫᑯᓯᐦᐠ, romanized: maskêkosihk / m ə s ˈ k eɪ ɡ oʊ s iː k /) previously known as Stony Plain No. 135, is an Indian reserve of the Enoch Cree Nation #440 in Alberta. [4] It is adjacent to the City of Edmonton to the east and Parkland County to the north, west, and south. [6]
The Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs was established by the then new Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (now Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada), in 1968. Although the mandate has changed many times, it is current, as of the 43rd Parliament.