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The commission was established in 1991 as a result of the Oka Crisis. The main point brought up was the need for a change of the relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples. The relationship will respect cultures and values, history of nationhood, and the right to self-govern itself. 440 recommendations were established in a 20-year plan to create the new relationship.
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Canada finally endorses the UN's rights in 2010.
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On April 1st, 1999, Nunavut was created as a new territory with a major Inuit population. The territory has its own legislative assembly, Supreme Court and powers equal to that of other federal territory.
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One member of the Manitoba Legislature, Elijah Harper, refused to support the Meech Lake Accord. This was of the Constitutional Act declined support for any Aboriginal rights. Harper speaking out against the accord forced the provincial and federal governments to backtrack.
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This was the first time the Nisga'a and the Canadian government signed a treaty about a land claim of more than 2000 sq. kilometers.
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This was a commission that observed activities occurred at residential schools and the negative impacts on assimilating First Nations children. 94 "Calls to Action" were identified to further progress the reconciliation of Canada and redress the legacy.
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In 2008, Shannen Koostachin met with the Indian Affairs minister to demand a new school in her First Nations community in northern Ontario. Her demands touched on the poor education conditions and the social issues facing reserves. She was declined, however the school was planned to be done by 2013.
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Section 12 was repealed in 1985 after the Lavell case. This section removed the law that states Indian women will lose their status if they married to a Non-Indian man.
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This movement used social media for three reasons. To band together for a peaceful revolution, protect land and water, and honour Indigenous sovereignty. The movement gathered to do circle dances and/or rail blockades around the country against many issues.
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The aboriginal nations of Stoney Point and Kettle First entered the park to demand the government to return it. Said land was used as a camp during World War 2 and took the nations decades of letters with no response. The land in the park did eventually return to the groups 12 years later in 2007.
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Caledonia, Ontario saw the members of the Six Nations blocking a housing development for their recognition of their land taken back in the 1840s. The provincial government would later buy the land and banned any construction activity. Some land claims are still unresolved to this day.
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Due to a golf course expanding to overlapping Mohawk burial territory, the latter decided to fight the people working there. Police and the Armed Forces got involved at Oka, raising the tensions between the two parties. In the end, the golf course did not build its expansion.