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The Saulteaux (pronounced / ˈ s ɔː l t oʊ /, SAWL-toh or in imitation of the French pronunciation / ˈ s oʊ t oʊ /, SOH-toh; also written Salteaux, Saulteau and other variants), otherwise known as the Plains Ojibwe, are a First Nations band government in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Comprehensive claims are assertions of Aboriginal title by Indigenous groups over their ancestral lands and territories. Following the 1973 Calder decision, in which the existence of Aboriginal title was first recognized in Canadian courts, the Canadian government implemented the Comprehensive Land Claim Policy. It is through this process that ...
John Kim Bell OC OOnt (born October 8, 1952) is Canada’s first Indigenous symphony-orchestra conductor, the founder of the country’s precedent-setting National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (today known as Indspire) and the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (today known as the Indspire Awards) and one of Canada's leading energy resource consultants representing First Nations.
The last of the 17 Canadian and American missionaries captured in Haiti last month and then held for ransom have been released.
[4] Eskimo is found in historical documents about Canadian Inuit. The term Aboriginal is commonly used when referring to the three groups of indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) as a whole. [4] It is also used by Aboriginal people who live within Canada who claim rights of sovereignty or Aboriginal title to lands.
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 ...
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 people who worked as missionaries, whether in Canada or elsewhere. (For Christian missionaries who worked in Canada, see Category:Christian missionaries in Canada ) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Missionaries from Canada .