GEOG 2OC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Kelowna Accord, Oka Crisis, First Nations
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Important events in aboriginal/non-aboriginal relation in canada over the last 30 years. 1985: changes to the indian act extend formal indian status to the metis, all enfranchised aboriginals living off reserve land and aboriginal women who had previously lost their status by marrying a non-aboriginal man. 1990: the oka crisis focuses attention of native land claims. 1999: nunavut is created in the western arctic, with lands set aside where inuit can live, hunt, and control sub-surface resources. 2000: the federal gover(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t approves the nisga"a treaty, givi(cid:374)g the tri(cid:271)e a(cid:271)out 196$ (cid:373)illio(cid:374) over 15 years plus communal self- government and control of natural resources in parts of northwestern bc. 2005: the kelowna accord called for spending 5 billion over 5 years to improve native education, health care, and living conditions. Paul martins minority liberal government fell before the accord could be implemented. 2008: prime minister stephen harper offers a formal apology on behalf of canada over residential schools.
