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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]
This organization, however, collapsed in 1967 as the three groups failed to act as one, so the non-status and Métis groups formed the Native Council of Canada and the treaty/status groups formed the National Indian Brotherhood (NIB), an umbrella group for provincial and territorial organizations like the Indian Association of Alberta.
It was intended as an umbrella organization for the various provincial and territorial organizations of status Indians, such as the Indian Association of Alberta. [3] [4] The Métis and non-status Indians set up a separate organization in 1971, known as the Native Council of Canada (NCC). It originally was made up of regional and provincial ...
A History of Aboriginal Treaties and Relations in Canada; Map of historical territory treaties with Aboriginal peoples in Canada; Naming guidelines of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of Canada; Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Several peoples in Alberta fall under the term Dene, which is a name used by many related peoples in the Northwest Territories. In Alberta this includes the Beaver, Chipewyan, Slavey, and Sarcee. All Dene peoples share similar spiritual beliefs and social organization, but the Sarcee people are a Plains people, while the others are Subarctic.
After completing a 2-year business program at McTavish Business College, one of Jenny's first jobs was as office manager for the newly formed Alberta Native Communications Society, whose mandate was to produce and provide communications of all media (print, radio, TV, film) from an Indigenous perspective to the Indigenous peoples of Alberta.
Before 1946, Indians in Alberta were not as united. and The 1927 Indian Act forbade aboriginals in Canada from forming political organizations as well as practicing their traditional culture and language. Still, a number of Cree and Stoney Indians from central Alberta formed the League of Indians of Alberta (LIA) in 1933. President John ...
Manages and conducts the business and affairs of the Alberta Assessors' Association, and reviews disciplinary complaints. Advanced Education: Alberta Association of Architects and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) - Joint Board of Practice Regulatory/Adjudicative