Social Timeline

1530

Jan 12, 1530

Fur trade starts between the First Nations and Europeans

1870

Jan 10, 1870

First Nation people are free independent people with their own goverment

1876

Jan 10, 1876

Canada;s Parliament passes the Indian act to ban certain first nation ceremonies

1879

Jan 10, 1879

Residential schools are made to assimilate First Nation children from first nation to Canadian

1939

Jan 10, 1934

First Nations organize the Indian asscocaiton

1946

Jan 11, 1946

Treaties with Great Britain and the trust was given to the Canadian government to live up to treaties. First Nations have felt that (Canadian) officials have not complied with those treaties.

1969

Jan 10, 1969

White Paper signed between Canadian Government and First Nation people to abolish Indian Act. The barriers created by special legislation, such as treaties, can generally be struck down

1980

Jan 10, 1980

Canada entrenching treaty and aboriginal rights within the constitution. Recongnition of unique history and destiny within Canada

1982

Jan 11, 1982

Pierre Trudeau led negotiations to patriate Canada's constitution in 1982

2007

Jan 11, 2007

First Nations negotiated the Treaties to share the land, so that first Nations peoples and non- First Nations peoples could benefit

1970

Jan 10, 2017

The Government must declare that it accepts the treaties as binding. The treaties are historic, moral and legal obligations.

2002

Jan 12, 2017

First Nations and Canada's government agree that the Indian Act needs updating. But First Nations rejected the government's attempt in 2002.