Events
The federal government
approves the Nisaga’a
Treaty, giving the tribe
about $196 million over
15 years plus communal
self-government and
control of natural resources
in parts of northwestern
British Columbia.the Nisaga’a TreatyThe Kelowna Accord
called for spending
$5 billion over five
years to improve native
education, health care
and living conditions.Prime Minister
Stephen Harper
offers a formal
apology on
behalf of Canada
over residential
schools.Canada signs the
United Nations
Declaration on
the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.A winter housing crisis
in the northern Ontario
native community of
Attawapiskat rivets national
attention on native living conditions.Harper holds
a summit
meeting
with First
Nations chiefs.The Truth and
Reconciliation
Commission
holds its first
public event
in Winnipeg.Construction of the
Wuskwatim Dam nears
completion. Manitoba Hydro
continues to plan for c
onstruction of the Keeyask
and Conawapa dams.Mohawks Reject CasinoIndian
Residential
Schools
Settlement
AgreementFirst
Indigenous
Constitution
in OntarioMontréal Changes Coat
of Arms and Announces
Amherst Street RenamingEnergy East
Pipeline Project
CancelledFirst Victory of
a Sixties Scoop
LawsuitApology to All
Former Residential
Schools Students
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