Canada 1985-2015

New Territory (1999)

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Nunavut is created. Nunavut is a new territory in Canada with a majority Inuit population and Inuktitut and English as its official languages. Politically, Nunavut has its own legislative assembly, which has powers equivalent to those of any other federal territory, and its own Supreme Court. The majority of the government is Inuit considering most of the population is indigenous.

Oka Crisis (1990)

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I believe this was the most voice the First nations had, because there was many places to build golf courses and the Canadian government decided to attempt to build on a Native burial ground which in this case aboriginals were not happy as expected. The First Nations defended this land and they even let the women join in and it forced the military to stand down. They ended up keeping the land safe and the golf course was not made.

The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996)

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This I believe is the second most most voice the aboriginal people had because the have fought for years upon years just to get some freedom in their own land and homes. The First Nations have begged for a very long time that the "white men" stopped and agreed to listen to the Native men and women. The time came when they finally got the Canadian government to agree to their wishes and they would no longer harm people over land and building.

Nisga'a People Sign a Treaty for More Land (1998)

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The aboriginals have been wanting more land back after having it stripped from them and built upon. They finally got the chance to sign a treaty saying they would be owners of 2000 square km as their own.

(1992)

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Elijah Harper, a Cree member of the Manitoba Legislature, refused to support the Meech Lake Accord on the grounds that the revision to the Canadian Constitution did not recognize Aboriginal rights. His action had won over the accord and put the provinces and federal government back to the discussion table. The Meech Lake Accord was an attempt by the federal government to win Quebec's consent to the revised Constitution.

(2008)

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Shannen Koostachin, a 14-year old girl from Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario, meets with Indian Affairs minister Chuck Strahl to demand a new “safe and comfy” school for her community because the residential schools are hurting the population and families well being. She was turned down for many years and didnt get her wish until the government announced that the school is scheduled to be finished for the 2013-14 school year.

United Nations Declaration (2010)

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Canada now supports and signs the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which it was opposed since it was adopted by the General Assembly in 2007.

(1985)

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Section 12 of the Indian Act was removed as a result of the Lavell case at the Supreme Court. Native women can now marry a non-native and keep their status and rights to own or inherit family land and they can also participate in band councils, political and social affairs of their communities this was all due to the fact that the Indian at was removed from the system.

(2012)

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The Idle No More movement uses social media to call on “all people to join in a peaceful revolution, to honour Indigenous power and authority, and to protect the land and water.” Protests such as circle dances and railroad blockades were staged across the country on a wide variety of issues involving this dilemma.

(2015)

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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, releases its final report. The commission looked at activities that residential schools were illegally partaking in, to brain wash the kids, as well as the negative impacts of the schools' stated aim to assimilate First Nations children.

(1995)

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After decades of protesting, members of the Stoney Point and Kettle First Nations enter Ipperwash Provincial Park in Ontario to demand that the government return the land that it occupied in 1942 for a training camp and promised to return after the war. Protester Dudley George was shot and killed, and two others injured by the OPP. The land was returned in 2007 due to the efforts to get it back.

(2006)

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Members of the Six Nations (Haudenosaunee) put up barricades around a housing development near Caledonia, Ontario to demand recognition of their land title that was taken away in the 1840s. The Ontario government buys housing development and put a ban on construction. Some land claims are settled and in 2011, the province awards local residents and businesses $20 million in settlement for the disruption to business caused by the protest but the land claims remain unresolved.