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Sentence Examples Some time later, the Kutenai and Shuswap First Nations made their home in the valley. She played broomball at the First Nations Winter Games and was the Assistant Coach for Boy's soccer at the Summer Games. Although Canada's non-Aboriginal population is aging, the First Nations are booming. These First Nations are of Tagish, Tlingit, and Southern Tutchone cultural backgrounds. Today hoary marmots are protected from being hunted in the Yukon, except by First Nations people. First Nations performers and artists are now receiving the respect and admiration they richly deserve. The Assembly of First Nations does not represent Metis, non-status or Inuit people. And on this chilly Friday afternoon, the group is creating button blankets, traditionally used in First Nations ceremonies such as the potlatch. On June 11, the First Nations Land Management Act passed in both houses of Parliment and royal assent will follow within the next month. He stated that First Nations are allies with the Queen, not subjects to her. But it doesn't sit well with Grand Chief Shirley Adamson of the Council of Yukon First Nations. The order still stands but has been reduced in extent as various lands have been redesignated according to agreements with First Nations. I am a final year Australian law student and I've come to Canada for my final semester to study First Nations law. For non-aboriginal readers, it provides a rare insight into the experience of one contemporary First Nations artist. Canada holds in trust a little over a billion dollars that belongs to the First Nations communities. He will not quibble about the cost of this process because Canada owes First Nations more than it can ever repay. Unlike many First Nations people in Canada, the Inuit have always given Canada the benefit of the doubt. This respect should be expanded to embrace all aspects of First Nations culture within North America. The report also stated that Canada has tried to fit all First Nations into the same box. The result is a cultural competency whose previous absence hindered the chances of success for First Nations clients of social services. Show More Sentences Everyone recognizes that the Assembly of First Nations is an unwieldy organization in dire need of reform. One of the problems with our education has been the government's approach to First Nations communities. Specific claims arise when the federal government breaches its agreements with First Nations. Franciscan missionaries moved into the area of the Rio Grande and began attempts to Catholicise the First Nations populations. It is time a party began to work towards settlement with the First Nations people of Canada. I spent the first months meeting people and listening to our 11 First Nations communities. This action by the minister to silence us is an ominous sign for all First Nations organizations in Canada. The balance of power between colonial interests was controlled by the First Nations until the American civil war. The Brant family provides glimpses of long ago battles and important ways First Nations contributed to Canadians evolving sense of identity. The term Aboriginal in this report refers to First Nations, Inuit and Metis. Inuit, Metis and First Nations youth have the spirit to succeed and these role models are a prime example of that. Water has great significance for First Nations and Aboriginal peoples. He sees this plan as very promising and states that the First Nations must partake in this project. Even when First Nations were able to keep hold of reserved land, the government sometimes sold its resources to outsiders. All First Nations are working well with the study and contractor is well prepared for the 1997 season. The national framework needs to convey the voices of First Nations communities and not the other way around. It is an effort to mend the disruption of First Nations knowledge transmission. Access to clean, safe and reliable drinking water is an essential requirement for the health and well-being of First Nations people. The federal government now subsidizes the province and First Nations communities for many services it formerly provided. You know, it's really a situation where thank goodness we're at the First Nations University, because if we were not, we would be in big trouble. Show More Sentences As First Nations and Inuit people have low life expectancy of all groups in Canada, an Aboriginal senior is any person 55 years of age and older. The inner circle contains a stylized image of the medicine wheel used among many First Nations and easily recognizable to most members. This is a tri-partite approach that was put in place to develop a new model to deliver primary health care to the Eskasoni First Nations. He has been awarded a hereditary chieftainship, as well as several hereditary names from Northwest Coast First Nations. Other wellknown articles are also made by weaving or braiding, such as Inuit or First Nations snowshoes or the traditional Métis sash. The lithographed map is the first known attempt by European map makers to describe the areas occupied by North America's First Nations. In Toronto's inner city, a teenager prepares for the rite of passage of her first fist fight, while searching for her First Nations roots. This contribution will also provide for outreach activities to encourage First Nations economic and agribusiness development. Intertidal clams, including razor clams, have been and continue to be an important staple food item for First Nations throughout the coast. Reserve refers to lands owned by the Crown and held in trust for the use and benefit of First Nations, for which they were set apart. As recommended by an independent evaluation of the ISR initiative, INAC looks forward to continuing to work with First Nations on welfare reform. The Kelowna Accord setout a plan to close the gap in the quality of life between First Nations and other Canadians within 10 years. He is determined to see wrongs righted and to see hope realized for present and future generations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis women. More recently he has been saying all First Nations concerns can be dealt with during the implementation phase, which would of course happen after the bill is passed. Many traditional First Nations people consider song and dance to be sacred. The following list of program categories will set the stage for strategic direction and standards for public health services for First Nations. By identifying itself directly to the First Nations, Soleica Inc wishes to demonstrate the nobleness of its mission. Locals don western wear and the rodeo itself showcases everything from chuck wagon racing to traditional First Nations cooking. Governments have continued with the status quo, while First Nations are advocating for change. The Yukon First Nations Council is an organization comprised of 14 different Nations, 11 of which are self-governed. Show More Sentences One of the fundamental inequalities that put First Nations people at risk for poor health is income. First Nations singer and storyteller Jerry Alfred helps to preserve First Nations language and traditions. It has taken historic steps to retool the specific claims process in order to bring justice to First Nations and certainty for all Canadians. This grain that we find so frequently on our plates was the very basis of the First Nations diet for a very long time. The painting is a rather romanticized image of an attack on a fort by First Nations people. The Medical Services Branch of Health Canada has begun to transfer health services to First Nations self-determining groups. At the service, a Metis fiddle lament, an Inuit throat song and a First Nations honor dance added unique touches to the traditional wreath laying and playing of the Last Post. First Nations must have the right to control their own destinies, he said. Across the country, First Nations are adding to the irrepressible spirit of entrepreneurship that continues to propel Canada's economy. A First Nations education system envisioned by all First Nations communities represents and serves the people to become self-determining. Today First Nations University offers 18 undergrad degree programs and more than 10 certificate diploma programs. And I am intent on travelling widely to learn firsthand the challenges that face First Nations and the opportunities available to communities. This includes people from First Nations, Inuit, Inuvialuit, and Métis communities, or any other former student. And out of more than 232,000 registered nurses in our country, there are about twelve hundred who work in First Nations and Inuit communities. Some First Nations provide security for their communities by establishing community constables. One key requirement in any struggle by First Nations to gain recognition and implementation of their rights is relentlessness. He described historical accounts of the lake, noting that First Nations histories depict it as having bountiful salmon populations. The First Nations people made the earliest finds of fossilized dinosaur bones, which they saw as ancestors of the bison. In 1998, the regional office reported that some First Nations on the north coast submitted either no catch data or data that were unusable. The allocation for these gear types is 4,005 mt of the total TAC, after deductions for First Nations fisheries and research. Show More Sentences As a form of collective action, First Nations governments have a critical role in providing the formal public health system infrastructure. Fish are connected to First Nations culture, and their loss jeopardizes the health and wellbeing of First Nations communities. With respect to First Nations people, the most common cause of death for those aged 1 to 44 was injury and poisoning. Unless authorities address these impacts in First Nations specific legislation, it is likely that no change for the better will occur. We thank the people of the First Nations for their many sacrifices in the process of building the country that we cherish. Our government is following through on our commitment to make real and tangible improvements in the lives of First Nations people in our country. The primary issue here is that civil unrest normally occurs outside of First Nations reserves. Dance Saskatchewan has always had First Nations Dance as part of this programming. The Deh Cho First Nations have been totally and unfailingly in support of the expansion of the park reserve. Its main purpose is to recognize the powers of First Nations to make laws on reserve land matters. One little First Nations girl in my class was quiet and shy but always well behaved and apparently attentive. Indeed, other First Nations communities are asking to take part in their programs. A member of the committee of management of a home or joint home or board of management of an approved municipal home or First Nations home. The assimilationist policies continue cautiously, in large part because the non-indigenous population yearns to decide how First Nations should conduct themselves. She found First Nations houses are ten times more likely to be crowded than the Canadian average. There is disagreement within the First Nations community about that. Since when were the First Nations of Canada homogenous, or even similar? She was the first First Nations woman in Canada to obtain a law degree. What they received was a recognition that they, along with First Nations and Inuit people, form a distinct group with protection under Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution. Alternatively, the First Nations may wish to move beyond consultation, and take a greater role in the management of their heritage sites. Show More Sentences For 10 days, the Treaty 7 First Nations of Southern Alberta will raise tipis and re-enact life as it once was for their communities. What tall, decorated poles are carved by First Nations, such as the Gitxsan, to tell stories and legends? Native Indians from the Dogrib First Nations community in Canada were demonstrating their ancient lore and traditions in Stromness on Saturday afternoon. A play by the children from the Kawartha First Nations, a large powwow at Curve Lake and games highlighted the weekend. These informal patterns of child raising gradually became inadequate as outside pressures began to affect First Nations communities. Today Phil Fontaine announced that he will be retiring as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. The Cree complaints echo those of an alliance of Manitoba First Nations, which also say the inclusion of their lands in the new territory was done without their consent. Summary: Wild salmon are vital for our First Nations, our food web and our environment, and must be preserved. The FNTC actively promotes understanding of the First Nation local revenue system to First Nations, taxpayers and the public. For example, in 2001 they expanded addictions services and continuing care for First Nations. For instance, federal investments are required to provide higher levels of continuing care in First Nations communities. And more and more blue-chip companies and multinationals are seeing the advantages of partnerships with First Nations groups. In conclusion, the Assembly of First Nations put together a report card on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. The double standard of human rights protection for some but not for First Nations people is gone and it is gone forever. In the context of First Nations communities, raising homes in flood-prone areas would be a typical example of structural mitigation. In another, he organized an Anglican theological college, which became the foundation for the growth of First Nations ministry in the North. As a woman and a First Nations business owner, there is not a glass ceiling over me, but a net under me. He also compared incense such as frankincense to a smudge that First Nations people use like sage. In accordance with the terms of the strategic alliance, we are gradually reducing our interest in First Nations Bank. In addition, personal income tax collection and sharing agreements have been entered into with the seven self-governing Yukon First Nations. Show More Sentences Academic training of First Nations people in the area of health research and information science is urgently needed. Roughly 222 fishing vessels and their crews rely on it and thousands of crab fishermen from 33 coastal First Nations communities depend on it. It must also be pointed out that a number of First Nations opted for scrip but had to forgo their treaty rights. Without Phase 1, it is unlikely that tripartite agreements will be more than a form of lip service to First Nations. They fear Ottawa may be trying to blur the distinct needs facing First Nations, Inuit and Metis in favour of cheaper, one-size-fits-all solutions. Aboriginal kids panhandle because of the erosion of First Nations cultural norms and communities, and all the usual baggage that comes along with that. To pursue its own goal of Aboriginal participation, the Government of Canada has made significant investments in the Four Host First Nations Society and in Olympic Legacies for the Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. With this season's abundant numbers, for the first time in four years, all sectors, including commercial, recreational and First Nations have had a chance to harvest Fraser River sockeye. In First Nations settings, a confederacy council spanning several communities may be recognized as having authority over its members' traditional knowledge. Our shared objective in the final stage of negotiations is to remove some of the most confining parts of the Indian Act, which currently restrict the authority and power of First Nations governments. However, what sets First Nations apart is that these laws are not separate from the individual but are rather internalized, influencing every aspect of the individual's behaviour. Because First Nations are expected to pay third party or co-managers out of their existing funding, capacity development and training within the First Nation was often put on hold. Demonstrates how to appropriately enquire whether a First Nations patient is taking traditional herbs or medicines to treat his or her ailment and how to integrate that knowledge into his or her care. A self-taught artist from Whitehorse, Tisiga relies on storytelling and personal narratives as inspiration to create new works that juxtapose First Nations symbolism with themes of commercialism and youth culture. Data gathered from 2000 to 2009 shows a connection between First Nations women with pre-existing diabetes and the risk of stillbirths. Just hours before the crash, Tsawout First Nations members and Goldstream hatchery volunteers had released 8,000 coho salmon into the river. The Hayes remains much as it was when the fur traders travelled on its waters, unaltered by dams and development. It is still an important transportation route and a source of traditional harvesting for First Nations peoples. This includes a network of solvent addictions treatment centres that provide culturally appropriate in-patient and out-patient treatment services to First Nations youth. Unlike later treaties signed in other parts of Canada, the Peace and Friendship Treaties did not involve First Nations surrendering rights to the lands and resources they had traditionally used and occupied. We expect this Report to help Canadian governments and all of Canadian society to reconcile our shared history with the First Nations so we can enter the 21st century with a renewed commitment to charting a new course. Show More Sentences In addition, the reinstatement through Bill C-31 of the registered Indian status of many First Nations citizens, including a large percentage of women and their children, has impacted supply and demand. In particular, it recalls the ancestral presence of the First Nations, the Francophone and Anglophone communities, as well as the diversity of the immigrant populations that came to colonize the Canadian West. This theme of the inescapable importance of the land for the well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples was to come up repeatedly during the Vancouver forum. We need to keep going and build on this momentum, so we can ensure that First Nations children have the start they need to build a prosperous future for themselves and their communities. She outlines connecting principles between First Nations cultures in Canada and describes the ways these principles are different from those embedded within Western ontology. The author argues that these theories are too narrow to appropriately address First Nations cultures and realities particularly in terms of reflecting First Nations ontology. Chief Clarence Louie has been invited to many other communities in Canada and globally to speak about economic development, and what First Nations can do to rise above their circumstances and prosper. To provide service to First Nations, regions and districts in making available copies of abstracted records and documents, both manual and computerized. However, overall, the claims process is still slow and fraught with too many twists and turns that give governments an advantage over First Nations seeking recognition of their legitimate rights. In January and February 2003, Natalie D'Astous, the community liaison officer for the First Nations Communication and Support Strategy completed the first round of visits to the communities. According to these reports, First Nations groups believe this would mean that the current grants from the program would be turned into repayable loans under the Canada Student Loans Program. Indeed, it is evident to us that without a union to represent workers and negotiate aggressively on their behalf, the appropriate equity solutions for First Nations employees will not be properly introduced or enforced. Yet terrible as the poverty of the First Nations and the Global South are, even worse is the poverty of human hearts that are prepared to allow others to live in such misery. It is intended to clarify direction, align resources to results concentrating on priority issues, and focus INAC, First Nations, Inuit, Northerners and their partners on performance for which each is responsible. Which First Nations have signed the Framework Agreement? We are working with First Nations, government and communities to share information and answer questions about our drilling program in the Horn River Basin. The concerns of First Nations, Inuit and Métis for their continuity as peoples with distinctive cultures and identities have led to the development of codes of research practice that are in keeping with their world views. In addition, there are fears in First Nations communities that access to health data for purposes other than treatment will facilitate unauthorized government surveillance. Canada, as signatory to a number of international treaties and covenants has acknowledged the importance of health to the well-being of First Nations. First Nations and Inuit people from Northern Canada speak a version of Canadian English influenced by the phonology of their first languages. Show More Sentences First Nations traded their furs for many French goods such as metal objects, guns, alcohol, and clothing. The panel depicting First Nations people includes a young boy with the traditional haircut and wearing war paint. Lawrence River, making alliances with First Nations that would become important once France began to occupy the land. The First Nations and the Inuit of Quebec also have their own traditional music. One of the earliest First Nations students to be educated at Red River in the 1830s was Henry Budd. The other First Nations that submitted bids to host the games were Waterhen Lake, George Gordon, Lac La Ronge and Little Pine. In other areas south of the tree line, Native American and First Nations cultures were well established. Canada's 1982 Constitution Act recognized the Inuit as Aboriginal peoples in Canada, but not First Nations. Generally speaking, the works of First Nations artists were made with materials such as wood, leather or cloth. Due to this emphasis, the French relied heavily on creating friendly contacts with the local First Nations community. The continuing association between the Selkirk colonists and surrounding First Nations groups evolved into a unique contact language. The highlands above the Churchill Falls were once an ancient hunting ground for the Innu First Nations and settled trappers of Labrador. Although not without conflict, European Canadians' early interactions with First Nations and Inuit populations were relatively peaceful. There are 600 recognized First Nations governments or bands, encompassing a total of 1,172,790 people. To enable First Nations to assume control of their membership. When First Nations youth are in need of assistance in dealing with problems they face, they most often turn to their parents or guardians, friends their own age, or no one at all. As long as these First Nations have not concluded self-government agreements related to land management, and are not First Nations Land Management Act First Nations, the proposed Act would apply to them. The framework includes a public expression of regret for tragic experiences visited upon First Nations through years of paternalistic policies that fostered inequity, intolerance, isolation and indifference. Ischemic heart disease is the primary cause of death for First Nations people 45 years of age and older, according to national statistics, and is cited as the number one cause in British Columbia and Saskatchewan. However, it is uncertain that a systematic process currently exists to ensure that First Nations communities are informed of the parameters set in these agreements. Show More Sentences However, the extent of this baby boom may not be fully reflected in the Census population count, since not all of the Aboriginal children born are registered as status First Nations members. One First Nations woman opened a small bus service on a fee-for-service basis only to learn that the Council planned to open a free service the next year. The intent of this child-first principle is to ensure that the necessary care for a First Nations child is not delayed or disrupted by a jurisdictional dispute. With support from the Treaty Commission, the First Nations were able to bring the other two governments into far-ranging discussions on six major issues they see as obstacles to progress in treaty negotiations. Conversely, one of the 100 top-scoring Canadian communities is a First Nation community compared to the bottom 100 Canadian Communities where 92 First Nations communities are ranked. Putting forth broader amendments to the Indian Act has to be preceded by a thorough engagement with First Nations and other Aboriginal groups and organizations. Before our business corporation was structured, Sliammon was on a slippery slope where we couldn't develop any business opportunities because outside opportunity did not want to deal with First Nations Chiefs and Councils. Initiatives of both First Nations and Inuit peoples to establish ethical guidelines and protocols for consultation and partnership are grounded in Aboriginal rights to self-governance. Hundreds of people gathered along the banks of the Yellowknife River to feast and feed the fire as they opened the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly. While many First Nations remain focussed on developing the commercial fishery, there is evidence that Aboriginal groups are beginning to show interest in becoming more involved in the aquaculture industry. Chinook, a 19th century trade language used extensively in western Canada and the United States, was spoken by many different First Nations as well as Europeans, Chinese and Hawaiians. The Government of Canada and the Government of Yukon are currently entering into negotiations to achieve similar agreements with other self-governing Yukon First Nations. It is difficult to see how this could be viewed as an advantageous outcome by the citizens of First Nations governments or of other self-governing Indigenous communities. The agreement that the two sides have committed to reaching will ensure members of the Liard First Nation get well-paying, long-term jobs and rewarding training opportunities for First Nations workers. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has been working in partnership with Health Canada, Environment Canada, and First Nations to make advances on all five elements in the Plan of Action. Minister Moore also announced funding for 16 language projects in British Columbia: 12 under the auspices of the First Peoples' Cultural Foundation and 4 other First Nations projects. The First Nations we visited have a vision of their development and have begun to build the institutional arrangements that can sustain their economic activities. A First Nations band council with its administrative office in Quebec may also be considered an eligible company if it holds the required authorizations or licences for its operations. They lack the lived experience that First Nations peoples emphasize. The treaty making process began and ended with Indian ceremony, consummating the spiritualness of the agreement between First Nations and the Crown. Show More Sentences Leasehold arrangements are rather rare in Canada now, but may burgeon as First Nations increasingly turn to residential development as a way of generating revenue and increasing employment opportunities for their members. Nevertheless, especially among First Nations peoples, there is obviously a culture of suspicion, distrust and less than whole-hearted belonging to Canada. The Battlefords Yellowhead Heritage Park could involve constructing a new multiplex recreation facility, performing arts centre, hotel, First Nations heritage park, casino, pow-wow facility and a health spa. The Government of Canada also recognizes that legislation developed under this initiative could be of benefit to other First Nations that wish to avail themselves of it. The needs of Métis, Inuit and First Nations are diverse, but remain closely interwoven in many areas, including gender, the matter of articulating holistic medicine, and cultural survival. Repeal of section 67 will bring First Nations and their citizens closer to the full measure of equality to which they are entitled and which they have long been denied. This short length of term places First Nations communities in an almost continual state of electioneering, and it undermines the Band Council's stability as well as their efforts to develop long-term projects. While many institutions do a good job, some museums, archives and institutions are sharing traditional stories and cultural property without appropriate First Nations, Inuit or Métis involvement. Video conferencing has been used to share science projects among 100 different First Nations schools, as well as to participate in interactive videoconferencing programs like Breaking Barriers. It is highly likely that many First Nations communities will need to link together in the sharing of public health services where their population numbers are small. This position paper is sort of an opportunity for the Executive Directors of the Bands of the First Nations of Quebec to put an emphasis on the reality we manage within. Another challenge is to increase the capacity of First Nations and Inuit to manage fiscal matters by strengthening institutional and human resources. This issue remains a pressing one for First Nations for which extinguishment or its equivalent ought not to be a pre-condition for treaty conclusion. We followed due process and gave political direction to downsize and depoliticize the First Nations University board of governors, thereby dissolving the board. Again, on February 4, 2010, the FSIN chiefs in assembly followed due process in giving the political direction to downsize and depoliticize the First Nations University board of governors. How can Canada, in good conscience, promote respect for human rights both at home and abroad while excluding First Nations people from full human rights protection? From a population of approximately 660 First Nations communities, 863 water treatment systems seems to represent at least one system per community, but this would give a false impression of the current situation. When two or more First Nations come together to pool resources, knowledge and expertise to create a business venture, great things can be accomplished. They include Inuit, First Nations and Métis, people born in countries that have a high incidence of TB, HIV infected individuals and those who have spent time in a correctional facility. I'd like to say thank you to the Indian Resource Council for the opportunity to speak here today on the First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys initiative. Show More Sentences Community representatives and participants from the education sector will rub shoulders with First Nations, government, municipal and industry representatives. However, the nature and extent of the rights of the Métis has to date been a gray area as the majority of case law and judicial and academic commentary has focused on the rights of First Nations peoples. The points of the diamond shape symbolize the four sacred directions for the First Nations, the horizontal directions of life and the vertical directions of the spirit. The AGA begins the process of moving the First Nations from wardship under the Indian Act to recognition of their inherent right to govern themselves. Capotes were once worn by many First Nations in what are now the Prairies. Implement a Canada-First Nations Funding Agreement that will provide a single funding instrument and promote a common accountability framework for federal departments that provide funds to First Nations. Through our combined efforts, I am confident that we will be able to introduce measures that will reflect real change in First Nations communities across the country. Here in Saskatchewan we're also working with First Nations to get results. Optimally, these regional analytic resource centers should be under control of First Nations authorities and should be staffed by First Nations technicians. If we look at the documents of the government and the department, they look at the Assembly of First Nations as a lobby group that represents the chiefs and band councils of the country. Consensus must be developed as to how First Nations modernize their fiscal regimes to be comparable to those of other governments while building on the strengths of their own culture. Canadian Rangers are dedicated, knowledgeable members of the Canadian Forces who play an important role in advancing public recognition of Canada's First Nations and Inuit groups. Cuthand, of Saskatoon, used this grant to write a script for a docudrama about the Manitou Stone meteorite and the effect it has had on the history of the First Nations of the Great Plains. The 13,000 ethnological and archaeological objects in the First Nations Collection document the arts, crafts, cultures, and traditions of aboriginal communities from across Canada. Fur traders wore these sashes, together with felt hats trimmed with ostrich feathers, as they journeyed by canoe to trade with First Nations peoples. Through a sophisticated business relationship with members of the First Nations, these traders pushed westward, exploiting a seemingly endless supply of fur. Throughout the report, the framework used was a trichotomy composed of the British, the French and other Canadians, which paid little attention to the First Nations as people with distinct aboriginal rights and entitlements. His songs interweave his personal background to the destiny of the Algonquin of Abitibi and channel an opportunity of dialogue between Quebecers and First Nations. In the case of many other First Nations, this asserted administrative control continues incongruously side by side with Canada's acknowledgement of the constitutionally protected inherent right to self-government. Our people will live as healthy, self-determining First Nations in which they value and respect their individual lives, families, communities, and nations. Show More Sentences Local communities have governing bodies that may be specific to the Aboriginal population, such as band councils on First Nations reserves or councils in Métis settlements. It is committed to working toward ensuring that every First Nations person resident on reserve has access to services that are designed, controlled and managed by First Nations. Perhaps the way to overcome the tendency to see unused land as waste is to enshrine it, to associate it with spirituality, and First Nations tradition is an important connection. In addition to a strong grounding in ecology and wildlife, course work and training has also included economics, social geography, and First Nations anthropology and ethnology. As well, licences held by First Nations communally and restrictions on the transfer of licences from aboriginal to non-aboriginal people were meant to maintain First Nations' participation in the fishery. The issue of allocating the amount of salmon that First Nations, commercial, and recreational fishers can take has been the subject of debate for a number of years. Establish an international trade policy to discourage appropriation through the imposition of a tax on the import, export and sale of inauthentic replicas of First Nations, Inuit and Métis cultural items. Participants felt that advisory services should be available to all First Nations and that all unaffiliated First Nations should receive this funding regardless of size. Eighteen of these unaffiliated First Nations receive funding under the Band Advisory Services program to acquire the same five advisory services supported through the Tribal Council Funding program. The fund will provide financial backing to First Nations that meet certain criteria, such as a demonstrated ability to manage their finances, loans and housing. These agreements usually outline how the research information will be used and ensure that First Nations people have a say in interpreting the results and have access to these. We need to lift off of First Nations and First Nations leaders the archaic and overly administrative burdens that the Indian Act places upon First Nations people and First Nations leaders. Grand Chief Nadli helps Minister Nault try on a jacket made of caribou hide, a gift from the Deh Cho First Nations to commemorate the historic day. These internships provided First Nations and Inuit youth on reserve and in recognised communities with work-related skills and experience to help them make the transition from school to work. The old way of life, based on the annual buffalo hunt, was quickly slipping away and thousands of First Nations and Métis men, women and children were suffering the consequences. These measures represent an historic breakthrough in the previously intractable logjam of specific claims and are an important symbol of stronger relations between Canada and First Nations. However, First Nations have been unable to take advantage of these opportunities due to the current restrictions and limitations forced upon them by the Indian Act, the Indian Oil and Gas Act and its regulations. With financial support from the Government of Canada, the dramatic three-story, 2,800-square metre centre opened in 2008 showcasing the histories, creative works and cultures of these two distinctly different First Nations. This is certainly true in Campbell River, where the local school district and First Nations banded together nearly three years ago to improve the educational achievement of First Nations children in their region. Dene Nation, Council of Yukon First Nations and Inuit organizations played a very important role in the chain of events leading to the Stockholm Convention. Show More Sentences Through many of these oil and gas industry partnerships, First Nations members are also getting vital training and job opportunities in an economic sector that has nowhere to go but up. The TFA itself and the treaty process more generally were the subjects of mixed commentary since the closing stages of negotiation, largely by First Nations and non-First Nations observers within the province. He is involved in pro bono work for First Nations communities in the Northwest Territories, and is a principal in four small public oil and gas start-ups. As well, and according to several respondents, there is amongst First Nations people a natural disinclination to trust any government service or system. These include a stronger and better-tooled First Nations education system and a faster resolution of the gap in student achievement between First Nations and other Canadians. The program provided 217 First Nations members with on-the-job training related to safety at sea, basic seamanship, fishing skills, watch-keeping duties and other harvesting related tasks. The oral history of several First Nations people talk about deadly events that took place in the past, but nowhere are these more vivid than in the Nass River valley of west-central British Columbia. High prevalence rates of infectious diseases including hepatitis A, B and C, gastroenteritis, meningitis, gonorrhea and chlamydia have been reported among First Nations people. Building the all-weather road on the east side of Lake Winnipeg is a priority for the provincial government and Assembly of First Nations, who's former National Chief Phil Fontaine chaired a planning committee on the project. We chose to place our involvement in abeyance until Minister Nault and First Nations could develop a consultation process that was respectful and in partnership with First Nations. Through their specific engagement with western formalist concepts and First Nations traditions, Yuxweluptun's works challenge conceptions of modernism and primitivism that inform many of the written histories of art. The absence of federal leadership on First Nations water issues has left poverty-stricken communities vulnerable to the privatization of their water systems. In Ontario, British culinary traditions remained strong and were combined with native ingredients used by First Nations, such as corn, beans, pumpkin, squash, turkey, wild rice, moose and maple syrup. Recognition of the unique role of the Inuit, First Nations and Metis peoples of Canada in Canada's social union and the contributions each can bring to reflect and give expression to the fundamental values of Canadians. Traditionally, many First Nations organized their societies through houses or clans, which preserved their authority through complex variations of matrilineal or patrilineal systems. At the time of Ms. Smith's death, this Office was already in the process of investigating the October 3, 2006 death of a First Nations man who died in his prison cell at a medium security institution. This is so, even though the recognition of inherent lawmaking powers by First Nations independent of a self-government agreement remains a significant outstanding legal and political issue. Being a family man preoccupied by the future of the youth, he is involved with the First Nations Education Council in a tour of the on-reserve secondary schools. In the last budget we saw no commitment to defining the federal responsibility for post-secondary education, which leaves institutions such as the First Nations Technical Institute lurching from crisis to crisis. Participants expressed concerns about the lack of resources, capacity, consistency and consensus necessary for First Nations to move towards enacting its own MRP laws. Show More Sentences Canada will also consult with the affected Maa-nulth First Nations prior to the establishment of any new national park or national marine conservation area within the applicable Maa-nulth First Nation Areas. Many First Nations have been critical of the election process under the Indian Act, which they believe sets out an electoral regime that is antiquated and paternalistic. The consummation of acceptable arrangements between the Aboriginal Pipeline Group and the First Nations of the North, coupled with arrangements with the Government of Canada. This point was at the crossroads of canoe routes travelled by First Nations before European contact. In 1805, Canadian colonists observed First Nations peoples engaged in farming activity along the Red River. At present, NAC partners with NAPS, providing air transportation for police services in 37 First Nations communities throughout Northern Ontario. The New Democratic Party still stands behind its policy of resource revenue sharing with First Nations. The Innu are Naskapi-Montagnais Indians, or, politically correctly, First Nations, who, I'm sure don't appreciate being called Inuit by mistake. The gulf has provided a historically important marine fishery for various First Nations that have lived on its shores for millennia and used its waters for transportation. Alexis said First Nations will continue to push for an upgrader, especially with the province embracing an economic partnership with Saskatchewan and British Columbia. We're like the Saskatchewan Roughriders for First Nations people. Most Canadians know more about Third World living conditions around the globe than those plaguing First Nations communities across the country, reads a press release. The budget, which projects slight increases in First Nations spending, contains no new programs or services to close the gap between First Nations and Ontarians. While Calgarians participate in celebrations of First Nations, Metis and Inuit culture, their understanding and appreciation could go deeper, says McLandress. Officials with Moose Deer Point First Nations report construction work on Niigon Technologies, a world-class injection molding facility, is pressing ahead. Thomas Ontario, Canada, has opened the Munsee Tree Corporation with the partnership of Tree Canada, Southern First Nations Secretariat and TD Bank Financial Group. These and other organizations directly financed and sent missionaries to establish the English Church in Canada and to convert Canada's First Nations people. More treatment and support to battle prescription drug addiction will go to on-reserve members of Manitoba First Nations, reports the Thompson Citizen. He was ordained in 1850 and was the first First Nations priest and became the missionary at Fort Cumberland on the Saskatchewan River and then to the post of The Pas. A new trend in the heated controversy between First Nations groups and scientists is the repatriation of native artifacts to the original descendants. Find more words! 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