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It was thought that the name "Canada" came from the Mohawk word "kanata." "Kanata" means "village"or "settlement."
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In 1763, the Royal Proclamation was created to integrate New France into the British Empire in North America.
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The colonies are renamed the "Dominion of Canda". John A. MacDonald becomes the first prime minister. There are four original provinces: Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
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The land owned by the Hudson Bay Company sold their "Land" to the Dominon Of Canada. This made the Metis and aboriginals mad because they felt that they violated the rights of their land and there way of life.
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With the death of the of the buffalo from the Plains, the Métis were almost killed.
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Any woman who is married to a Aboriginal man was considerd an Aboriginal. But any Aboriginal woman who was married to a white man lost their indian status and all their rights with it.
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An agreement between the Canadian government and the First Nations who lived on the land we now know as Saskatchewan and Alberta. There were 19 signings spanning from 1876-1956. In 1956, the Michel Band is given citizenship by the Department of Indian Affairs, and the reserve is dissolved.
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Louis Riel died at the age of 41, when he was executed in Regina.
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Alberta and Saskatchewan were added to Canada in 1905.
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Only 15 residential schools are still operating in Canada. So the department of Indian Affairs evaluates them and creates initiatives. Including a plan to make them more aware of aboriginal students' needs.
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The Gordon Residential School, the last federally run facility, closes in Saskatchewan, November 1996.
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Nunavut is made from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories and Iqaluit is made it's capital.
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The Indian Act was amended to allow band members living off reserve to vote in band elections and referendums.
