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Timeline of events in Canada
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Lavell Case result
As a result of the case native women can marry a non native man and keep their status to keep and inherit the family land. -
Mohawk warriors set up barricades
They set up barricades to protect their land from a golf course expansion near Oka, Quebec. Police and army were called. -
Meech Lake Accord
Elijah Harper a Cree member of Manitoba Legisature refused to support the Accord because Canadian Constitution didn't recognize Aboriginal rights. -
Ipperwash Provincial Park protest
Members of the Stoney Point and Kettle First nations enter the park and demand that the goverment gives back the land it took in 1942 for a training camp and promised to return it. 2 people were shot and 1 was killed by the OPP -
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal people report
The main conclusion of the report is that there was needed a complete change in the relationship of Aboriginal people and non-Aboroiginal people -
Nisga'a treaty with the goverment
They settle a land claim with the goverment on more then 2000 square meters of land -
Creation of Nunavut
Nunavut was created. The province has major parts of Inuit population and speak English and Inuktitut as their official languages -
Six Nations protest
The Haudenosaunee put baricades around a housing development to demand their land title back. In 2008 some land titles were settled. In 2011 they get reward with 20 million dollars from the class action lawsuit. -
Shannen Koostachin
Shannen Koostachin a 14 year old from Attawapiskat First Nation meets with Indian Affairs minister Chock Struhl to build a "safe and comfy" school. Her offer is turned down and the school is scheduled to be finised in 2013-2014. -
The Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People
Canada endorses the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which had opposed since its adoption in 2007 -
The Idle No More Movement
They use social media to call on people for "peacful revolution". Protests such as circle dances and rail blockades were made. -
The Truth and Reconciliation Commision report
The report identified 94 "Calls To Action" to "redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian reconcilitation".