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What Is Indigenous Self-Reliance?

Indigenous Peoples want the ability to participate in the political, and more importantly, the economic mainstream without having to rely on federal funding to meet their community needs. In addition to business opportunities, they also want to get...

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Councillor Samuel Sawanis, Chief Apin Ka-Ke-pe-ness and Councillor Senia Sak-che-ka-pow of the Caribou Lake Band, the first elected leaders of the band in Treaty. Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development / Library and Archives Canada / c068948

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Indian Act and Elected Chief and Band Council System

The first thing to know about the Indian Act electoral process is that if you are chief or council, you are elected by your people, but you are...

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15 Strategies for Teachers of Indigenous Students

The pedagogical challenge of Canadian education is not just reducing the distance between Eurocentric thinking and Aboriginal ways of knowing, but...

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Indian Act and the Pass System

No rebel Indians should be allowed off the Reserves without a pass signed by an I.D. official. The dangers of complications with white men will thus...

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Chief Dr. Robert Joseph receiving the Order of British Columbia

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Chief Robert Joseph Appointed to Order of British Columbia

On June 15, 2015, I, along with my sisters, had the great honour of witnessing our father, Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, be appointed to the Order of...

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Photograph of Antoine Bulldog of Beaver First Nation at the Boyer River Reserve, standing beside the pasture fence with his young son.

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Indian Act and the Permit System

This article is part of our series on the Indian Act and the many restrictions historically imposed on First Nations as a means of controlling them...

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Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

The term “Corporate Social Responsibility” has been around for some time now. Essentially, it’s about pursuing a broader and more inclusive approach...

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21 Things® You May Not Have Known About the Indian Act

The great aim of our legislation has been to do away with the tribal system and assimilate the Indian people in all respects with the other...

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Kamloops Residential School

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Indian Residential Schools: A Collection of Articles

On this blog, we have written a number of articles on residential schools, and the impacts and outcomes of those schools on First Nations...

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Onion Lake Catholic Indian Residential School, ca. 1950. Photo: LAC e011306857

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Reading for Reconciliation: 6 Books on Residential Schools

To honour and support the Closing Events of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), May 31 - June 3, 2015, in Ottawa, we have...

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