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1996 （Most voice 5)
Four of the seven commissioners appointed were Aboriginal people; three were non-Aboriginal. The main conclusion was the need for a complete change in the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada. This new relationship would respect Aboriginal cultures and values, the history behind Aboriginal nationhood and the inherent right to Aboriginal self-determination (self-government). It set out 440 recommendations over a 20-year plan to establish this new relationship. -
1998 (third voice)
For the first time in their history, the Nisga's people sign a treaty with the governments of British Columbia and Canada settling a land claim on more than 2000 square kilometers of land. -
1999(fourth voice)
Nunavut is created. Nunavut is a new territory in Canada with a majority Inuit population and Inuktitut and English as its official languages. Politically, Nunavut has its own legislative assembly, which has powers equivalent to those of any other federal territory, and its own Supreme Court.
~ This Canadian Encyclopedia timeline presents the long path toward the creation of Nunavut. -
2008(Last voice)
Shannen Koostachin, a 14-year old girl from Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario meets with Indian Affairs minister Chuck Strahl to demand a new “safe and comfy” school for her community. She is turned down. -
2010(second voice)
Canada endorses the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which it had opposed since its adoption in 2007.
