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The presidents of NTI, Makivik Corporation, Nunatsiavut, and the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, the four regional land claims organizations, govern the national body, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) as its board of directors. [1] NTI continues to play a central role in Nunavut, even after the creation of the Government of Nunavut.
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ, meaning "Inuit are united in Canada"), [2] previously known as the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada (Eskimo Brotherhood of Canada), [3] [4] [5] is a nonprofit organization in Canada that represents over 65,000 Inuit across Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. [6]
Former logo of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference. The Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC; formerly the Inuit Circumpolar Conference) is a multinational non-governmental organization (NGO) and Indigenous Peoples' Organization (IPO) representing the 180,000 Inuit and Yupik (sometimes referred to as Eskimo) people living in Alaska (United States), Canada, Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark), and the ...
The organization is heavily involved in political activism and advocacy work focused on better legislation for Inuit women. Pauktuutit members have collaborated with the Canadian government in policy-making, and partners with Inuit and other Indigenous organizations like ITK, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and the Missing and ...
This is a list of indigenous rights organizations.Some of these organizations are members of other organizations listed in this article. Sometimes local organizations associated with particular groups of indigenous people will join in a regional or national organization, which in turn can join an even higher organization, along with other member supraorganizations.
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The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) (formerly the Native Council of Canada and briefly the Indigenous Peoples Assembly of Canada), founded in 1971, is a national Canadian aboriginal organization that represents Aboriginal peoples (Non-Status and Status Indians, Métis, and Southern Inuit) who live off Indian reserves in either urban or rural areas across Canada. [1]
In 2010, Labrador Métis began calling themselves the Southern Inuit of NunatuKavut following a membership renewal process that required all members to submit proof of Inuit ancestry. [53] The organization changed its name to the NunatuKavut Community Council after the historic name of the Southern Inuit, the NunatuKavummiut. [10] [45]