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Walter Currie was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1922. [1] The son of William and Clara Currie, he was a non-status Indian of Potowatomi and Ojibwe descent. [3] He served three years in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War Two, [4] and later studied engineering at the University of Toronto, before leaving his studies early to support his young family. [4]
Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and contemporary experience of Native peoples in North America, [1] or, taking a hemispheric approach, the Americas. [2]
The university's Geography Department was set up in 1968, [13] and in 1969 the university offered Canada's first Native Studies program. [10] [14] In 2017, Trent announced the Trent University Research & Innovation Park (since renamed to Cleantech Commons). [15] That year the university enrolled about 3,500 new students. [16]
Redlands Community College, El Reno (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution) Rogers State University, Claremore (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution) St. Gregory's University, Shawnee (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution) Seminole State College, Seminole (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution)
First Nations in Ontario constitute many nations. Common First Nations ethnicities in the province include the Anishinaabe , Haudenosaunee , and the Cree . In southern portions of this province, there are reserves of the Mohawk , Cayuga , Onondaga , Oneida , Seneca and Tuscarora .
According to the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students, indigenous peoples have a right to education under the terms of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, Constitution Act, 1982, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (Canada),and the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, but that these rights have historically been ...
Shingwauk Indian Residential School was a Canadian residential school for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children that operated in Canada between 1873 and 1970 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, by the Anglican Church of Canada and the Government of Canada. Today, Shingwauk Hall, built in 1935, forms the central building of Algoma University.
University of Ottawa’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) (or l'École supérieure d'affaires publiques et internationales de l'Université d'Ottawa (ESAPI)) is a professional public and international policy school at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.