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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]
Outside Canada, one Indigenous Canadian has been elected in Australia: Walt Secord served as a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2011 until his retirement in 2023. Secord is of Mohawk and Ojibwe descent. [1] [2] [3]
The ancestors of today's ACFN were evicted from Wood Buffalo National Park by the Government of Canada beginning in 1944, according to research published by the band. [3] The band launched a court challenge in 2007 to an oilsands lease given to Shell Canada by the provincial government which, the band alleged, they were not given a chance to ...
The vastness and variety of Canada's climates, ecology, vegetation, fauna, and landform separations have defined ancient peoples implicitly into cultural or linguistic divisions. Canada is surrounded north, east, and west with coastline and since the last ice age, Canada has consisted of distinct forest regions.
According to the Government of Alberta reserves cover a total area of 656,660 ha (1,622,630 acres). [1] However, according to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada reserves in Alberta total 866,022.8 ha (2,139,989 acres). Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada and Statistics Canada recognize six Indian settlements within Alberta. Constance,Lake.ON
Tsuutʼina children in traditional regalia at a Stampede Parade Tsuutʼina man and his wife. The Tsuutʼina Nation [3] (Tsuutʼina: Tsúùtʾínà, lit. 'a great number of people', [4] 'many people'; or 'beaver people' [5]), also spelled Tsuu Tʼina or Tsu Tʼina, is a First Nation band government in Alberta, Canada.
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.
Name of public agency Category Responsibilities Ministry Alberta Assessors' Association - Executive Committee : Regulatory/Adjudicative Manages and conducts the business and affairs of the Alberta Assessors' Association, and reviews disciplinary complaints.