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40,000 BP The earliest record of Rangifer tarandus caribou [4] (which includes five subspecies:boreal woodland caribou, barren-ground caribou) in North America . is from a 1.6 million year old tooth found in the Yukon Territory; other early records include 45,500-year-old cranial fragment from the Yukon and a 40,600-year-old antler from Quebec (Gordon 2003).
Potawatomi Chief Wabaunsee (Little Dawn) An image of Chief Pontiac painted by John Mix Stanley nearly 100 years after Pontiac's death. Francis Pegahmagabow , Canadian war hero, shortly after World War I
In order to receive funding from the Canadian Government for the OMI mission to the Dene people, the area they served needed to be under treaty. [14] From 1909 to 1921, Oblate Gabriel-Joseph-Elie Breynat, Vicar Apostolic of Mackenzie and titular Bishop, [15] lobbied and negotiated so that the Dene would have such a treaty but reception from the Canadian government was lukewarm.
During the late 15th century is estimated to have been between 200,000 [27] and two million, [28] with a figure of 500,000 currently accepted by Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Health. [29] Although not without conflict, European Canadians ' early interactions with First Nations and Inuit populations were relatively peaceful. [ 30 ]
Canadian Martyrs who served as missionary of the Society of Jesus in North America In this long history of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada, a number of deceased persons of the Church have had their life and work declared worthy of achieving one of the four stages of canonization in the Catholic Church: Servants of God ; Venerable ...
On June 29, 2007, Canadian Aboriginal groups held countrywide protests aimed at ending First Nations poverty, dubbed the Aboriginal Day of Action. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, although groups disrupted transportation with blockades or bonfires; a stretch of the Highway 401 was shut down, as was the Canadian National Railway 's line ...
Canadian Aboriginal law is the area of law related to the Canadian government's relationship with the Indigenous peoples. Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 gives the federal parliament exclusive power to legislate in matters related to Aboriginals, which includes groups governed by the Indian Act , different Numbered Treaties and ...
The Martyrs' Shrine in Midland, Ontario, [11] the site of the Jesuits' missionary work among the Huron, is the National Shrine to the Canadian Martyrs. A National Shrine of the North American Martyrs has been constructed and dedicated in Auriesville, New York . [ 12 ]