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Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight, but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal India(...)
Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight, but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal India(...)

Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight, but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal India(...)

Date6/1/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Self-government won't change the economic status of this native family overnight; but it will offer hope of escaping the confines of the federal Indian Act and gaining control of their own community affairs.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0024057F
Metis Rosemarie Moffitt has submitted a report to the Ontario government on the deprivations of her people, non-status native Indians
Metis Rosemarie Moffitt has submitted a report to the Ontario government on the deprivations of her people, non-status native Indians
8/28/1974
Elijah Harper, in white shirt, joined other native leaders in a traditional drum ceremony at Res 90, an economic development conference for Canada's natives
Elijah Harper, in white shirt, joined other native leaders in a traditional drum ceremony at Res 90, an economic development conference for Canada's natives
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Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
Hell will break loose if Canada's Metis are not given the same status as full-blood Indians, Joe Blyne, vice-president of the Alberta Metis Association, warns
6/11/1975
Ojibway Schoolgirls Mabel Mandomin (left), 21, in native costume, and Karen Lavallee, 18, work at their costume-making course in Native Indian Centre (...)
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Native children: U.N. is investigating treatment of Canadian natives
Native children: U.N. is investigating treatment of Canadian natives
6/21/1976
A poster featuring an illustration of a woman with thread.
Benefit concert for Native People
1977
Native Youngster, swinging in the winter, illustrates combination of old ways and new which already characterizes Canada's North
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5/10/1969
Native fighters
Native fighters
10/12/1990
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Some observations on the situation, disposition, and character of the Indian natives of this continent
Some observations on the situation, disposition, and character of the Indian natives of this continent
1774
An older native woman plucks a duck near Kingfisher Lake
An older native woman plucks a duck near Kingfisher Lake
10/7/1990
Six Nations Reserve stages gala pow wow: Justine Smoke, 5, of the Six Nations Reserve shows off her finery at the Grand River Champion of Champions pow wow on the weekend, which drew native dancers from across Canada and the United States, who vied for prize money totaling $16,000.
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