Bennett out, Miller in on Crown-Indigenous Relations portfolio as Trudeau announces new cabinet
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet on Tuesday, with most key northern-related portfolios all fronted by new
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Carolyn Bennett
New faces in key northern positions selected for Justin Trudeau’s cabinet
In a ceremony Wednesday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Primer Minister Justin Trudeau named his new cabinet. Northwest Territories Liberal
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Atlantic Canada: Innu Nation asks court to quash NunatuKavut agreement with Ottawa
The Innu Nation, in Atlantic Canada, is again challenging the Indigenous status of the NunatuKavut Community Council, this time in
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Ottawa apologizes to Inuit of Nunavut’s Baffin Island for sled dog killings, forced relocations
Canadian Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett gave wide-ranging apology to Inuit of Baffin Island in Iqaluit, in Canada’s eastern
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Ottawa announces compensation for students of Indian Day Schools, $200M legacy fund
Canada’s Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced today that eligible Indian Day School students will be entitled to thousands of
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Canadian government apologizes to Ahiarmiut Inuit for forced relocations in Nunavut
Seventy years after the federal government forcibly relocated Ahiarmuit away from their homeland, it’s apologizing to 21 survivors and their
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Ottawa to apologize for forced relocation of Ahiarmiut Inuit in Nunavut
Between 1949 and 1959, officials with the Canadian government forced Ahiarmiut from their homes in southwestern Nunavut, in Canada’s east-Arctic,
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Perry Bellegarde wins another term as Canada’s Assembly of First Nations chief
Perry Bellegarde won a second term as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) on Wednesday amid allegations
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Canada’s PM splits up northern and Indigenous affairs in cabinet shuffle
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a major cabinet shuffle on Wednesday that saw northern affairs and Indigenous relations split
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Canada’s northern affairs minister to attend ICC general assembly in Alaska
Carolyn Bennett, Canada’s minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, will participate in the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s general assembly in
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Canada’s department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs gets major shake up
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) got a major shake up on Monday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing it
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Canadian Inuit leader to advise government on Arctic
One of Canada’s most prominent Inuit leaders has been named by the federal government as their special adviser on Arctic
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